import IODefinitions from '../../core/definitions.cjs';
import Node from '../../parser/nodes/nodes.cjs';
import IOSchema from '../schema.cjs';
import TypeDef from '../typedef.cjs';
import MemberDef from './memberdef.cjs';
import '../schema-types.cjs';
import '../../core/positions.cjs';

/**
 * Represents the ObjectTypeDef which is reponsible for parsing,
 * validating, loading and serializing Objects.
 */
declare class ObjectDef implements TypeDef {
    private _names;
    /**
     * Returns the type this instance is going to handle.
     * Always returns object
     */
    get type(): string;
    static get types(): string[];
    get schema(): IOSchema;
    /**
     * Parses the object in IO format into JavaScript object.
     */
    parse: (node: Node, memberDef: MemberDef, defs?: IODefinitions) => any;
    /**
     * Load: Validates a JavaScript object against the schema
     */
    load: (value: any, memberDef: MemberDef, defs?: IODefinitions) => any;
    /**
     * Stringify: Converts a JavaScript object to IO text format
     * Returns undefined if value is undefined (signals to skip this field)
     */
    stringify: (value: any, memberDef: MemberDef, defs?: IODefinitions) => string | undefined;
    /**
     * Internal helper to load and validate a plain JS object according to schema
     */
    private _loadObject;
    /**
     * Internal helper to stringify an object according to schema
     */
    private _stringifyObject;
    /**
     * Resolves a schema reference - handles both Schema instances and variable references
     */
    private _resolveSchema;
    /**
     * Resolves variable references in memberDef fields
     */
    private _resolveMemberDefVariables;
    private _process;
}

export { ObjectDef as default };