/**
 * Represents an array of strings or numbers that represents a path.
 */
type PathArray = (string | number)[];
/**
 * Represents a type that can be either a `PathArray` or a string.
 */
export type PathArrayableType = PathArray | string;
/**
 * Represents a path that can be converted to an array or a string.
 */
export default class PathArrayable {
    path: PathArrayableType;
    constructor(path: PathArrayableType);
    /**
     * Sanitises the path by expanding, trimming, and filtering its elements.
     * If the path is a string, it expands it and then sanitises it.
     * If the path is an object, it trims and filters each element.
     * @returns A new sanitized PathArrayable object.
     * @throws {Error} If the path is of an invalid type.
     */
    sanitise(): PathArrayable;
    /**
     * Condenses the path into a PathArrayable object.
     * If the path is an array, it joins the elements with '/' separator.
     * If the path is a string, it returns a new PathArrayable object with the same path.
     *
     * @returns A new PathArrayable object with the condensed path.
     */
    condense(): PathArrayable;
    /**
     * Returns the condensed path as a string.
     * @returns The condensed path as a string.
     */
    condenseEnd(): string;
    /**
     * Expands the path into a PathArrayable object.
     * If the path is a string, it splits it by '/' and returns a new PathArrayable object.
     * If the path is already an array, it returns a new PathArrayable object with the same path.
     * @returns A new PathArrayable object representing the expanded path.
     */
    expand(): PathArrayable;
    /**
     * Expands the path and returns the expanded path as an array.
     * @returns The expanded path as an array.
     */
    expandEnd(): PathArray;
    /**
     * Returns the path as an array if it is not empty, otherwise returns null.
     * @returns The path as an array or null.
     */
    getNullablePath(): PathArrayableType | null;
    /**
     * Appends the given path to the current path.
     *
     * @param path - The path to append.
     * @returns A new `PathArrayable` instance with the appended path.
     */
    append(path: PathArrayableType): PathArrayable;
}
export {};
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