/**
 * The table meta object is a layer that keeps all settings of the Handsontable that was passed in
 * the constructor. That layer contains all default settings inherited from the GlobalMeta layer
 * merged with settings passed by the developer. Adding, removing, or changing property in that
 * object has no direct reflection on any other layers.
 *
 * +-------------+.
 * │ GlobalMeta  │
 * │ (prototype) │
 * +-------------+\
 *       │         \
 *       │          \
 *      \│/         _\|
 * +-------------+    +-------------+.
 * │ TableMeta   │    │ ColumnMeta  │
 * │ (instance)  │    │ (prototype) │
 * +-------------+    +-------------+.
 *                         │
 *                         │
 *                        \│/
 *                    +-------------+.
 *                    │  CellMeta   │
 *                    │ (instance)  │
 *                    +-------------+.
 */
export default class TableMeta {
    /**
     * Main object (instance of the internal TableMeta class from GlobalMeta), holder for all settings defined in the table scope.
     *
     * @type {TableMeta}
     */
    meta: Record<string, unknown>;
    /**
     * Initializes the table meta layer by instantiating a new meta object from the GlobalMeta constructor.
     */
    constructor(globalMeta: {
        getMetaConstructor(): new (...args: unknown[]) => unknown;
    });
    /**
     * Gets settings object for this layer.
     *
     * @returns {TableMeta}
     */
    getMeta(): Record<string, unknown>;
    /**
     * Updates table settings object by merging settings with the current state.
     *
     * @param {object} settings An object to merge with.
     */
    updateMeta(settings: Record<string, unknown>): void;
}