import { IMetadataParam, Metadata, MetadataParamType } from '../../parser/types/metadata';
export declare function getTuplePropertyName(tupleItemIndex: number): string;
export declare function getTupleStructName(parent: Metadata): string;
export declare function getMetadataParamTypeName(param: MetadataParamType): string;
export declare function getOptionalStructName(parent: Metadata, metadataParamType: MetadataParamType): string;
export declare function getOptionalStructTypeReference(parent: Metadata, metadataParamType: MetadataParamType): string;
export declare function getTupleStructTypeReference(parent: Metadata): string;
export declare function getTraitUnionNodePropertyName(traitNode: Metadata): string;
export declare function jsbTypeToCodecSuffix(value: string): string;
export declare function metadataToRelativePath(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function getHeaderGuard(value: string): string;
export declare class RegularExpressions {
    static readonly literalTraceArgument: RegExp;
}
export declare function JSB_TRACE(name: string, ...args: string[]): string;
export declare function getTraitUnionName(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function getTraitUnionCompleteTypeReference(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function metadataGlobalNameToNamespace(metadata: Metadata, limit?: number | null): string;
export declare function getMetadataCompleteTypeReference(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function getMetadataName(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function getMetadataPrefix(metadata: Metadata): string;
export declare function getInitOptionalParameterFunctionName(metadata: Metadata, param: IMetadataParam): string;
/**
 * If `key` is prefixed with a asterisk, it will be removed. Otherwise, it will be prefixed with an ampersand.
 *
 * **Example:**
 *
 * ```typescript
 * pointer('key') // Returns "&key"
 * pointer('*key') // Returns "key"
 * ```
 * @param key Key to be transformed into a pointer
 * @returns Returns a pointer to the `key`
 */
export declare function pointer(key: string): string;
/**
 * If `key` is prefixed with an ampersand, it will be removed. Otherwise, it will be prefixed with an asterisk.
 * @param key Key to be dereferenced
 * @returns Returns a dereferenced key
 * @example dereference('key') // Returns "*key"
 * @example dereference('&key') // Returns "key"
 * @example dereference('*key') // Returns "*key"
 */
export declare function dereference(key: string): string;
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