export type LuaType = LuaLiteralType | LuaNamedType | LuaArrayType | LuaUnionType | LuaTupleType | LuaDictionaryType | LuaTableType | LuaFunctionType;
type LuaTypeByKind<TKind extends LuaTypeKind> = Extract<LuaType, {
    kind: TKind;
}>;
export type LuaTypeKind = Pick<LuaType, "kind">["kind"];
interface BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: LuaTypeKind;
    readonly optional?: boolean;
}
/**
 * A literal number, string, boolean or nil.
 */
export interface LuaLiteralType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "literal";
    readonly value: string;
}
/**
 * Any named class, table, enum etc, with or without generics. Includes basics
 * such as `table`, `string` etc.
 */
export interface LuaNamedType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "named";
    readonly name: readonly string[];
    readonly generics: LuaType[];
}
/**
 * Union of multiple types.
 */
export interface LuaUnionType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "union";
    readonly types: readonly LuaType[];
    readonly parens?: boolean;
}
/**
 * Array type.
 */
export interface LuaArrayType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "array";
    readonly arrayType: LuaType;
}
/**
 * Tuple type.
 */
export interface LuaTupleType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "tuple";
    readonly types: readonly LuaType[];
}
/**
 * Table with a specific key and value type.
 */
export interface LuaDictionaryType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "dictionary";
    readonly keyType: LuaType;
    readonly valueType: LuaType;
}
/**
 * Table with named and typed keys.
 */
export interface LuaTableType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "table";
    readonly fields: readonly [string, LuaType][];
}
/**
 * Function type.
 */
export interface LuaFunctionType extends BaseLuaType {
    readonly kind: "function";
    readonly parameters: readonly [string, LuaType][];
    readonly returnType: LuaType | null;
}
export declare function formatType(luaType: LuaType): string;
export declare function unionTypes(type: LuaType, ...types: LuaType[]): LuaType;
export declare function createType<TKind extends LuaTypeKind>(kind: TKind, fields: Omit<LuaTypeByKind<TKind>, "kind">): LuaTypeByKind<TKind>;
export {};