/**
 * Singleton class that acts as a global registry for codecs.
 *
 * ### Adding an <mxCodec>:
 *
 * 1. Define a default codec with a new instance of the object to be handled.
 *
 *     ```javascript
 *     var codec = new mxObjectCodec(new mxGraphModel());
 *     ```
 *
 * 2. Define the functions required for encoding and decoding objects.
 *
 *     ```javascript
 *     codec.encode = function(enc, obj) { ... }
 *     codec.decode = function(dec, node, into) { ... }
 *     ```
 *
 * 3. Register the codec in the <mxCodecRegistry>.
 *
 *     ```javascript
 *     mxCodecRegistry.register(codec);
 *     ```
 *
 * {@link mxObjectCodec.decode} may be used to either create a new
 * instance of an object or to configure an existing instance,
 * in which case the into argument points to the existing
 * object. In this case, we say the codec "configures" the
 * object.
 *
 * @class mxCodecRegistry
 */
declare class mxCodecRegistry {
  /**
   * Maps from constructor names to codecs.
   * @static
   */
  static codecs: { [key: string]: mxObjectCodec };

  /**
   * Maps from classnames to codecnames.
   * @static
   */
  static aliases: { [key: string]: any };

  /**
   * Registers a new codec and associates the name of the template
   * constructor in the codec with the codec object.
   *
   * @static
   *
   * @param codec - {@link mxObjectCodec} to be registered.
   */
  static register(codec: mxObjectCodec): mxObjectCodec;

  /**
   * Adds an alias for mapping a classname to a codecname.
   * @static
   */
  static addAlias(classname: string, codecname: string): void;

  /**
   * Returns a codec that handles objects that are constructed
   * using the given constructor.
   *
   * @static
   *
   * @param ctor - JavaScript constructor function.
   */
  static getCodec(ctor: any): mxObjectCodec;
}