import { DependencyMetadata } from '../di/metadata';
import { Type } from '../../facade/type';
/**
 * Declares an injectable parameter to be a live list of directives or variable
 * bindings from the content children of a directive.
 *
 * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/lY9m8HLy7z06vDoUaSN2?p=preview))
 *
 * Assume that `<tabs>` component would like to get a list its children `<pane>`
 * components as shown in this example:
 *
 * ```html
 * <tabs>
 *   <pane title="Overview">...</pane>
 *   <pane *ngFor="#o of objects" [title]="o.title">{{o.text}}</pane>
 * </tabs>
 * ```
 *
 * The preferred solution is to query for `Pane` directives using this decorator.
 *
 * ```javascript
 * @Component({
 *   selector: 'pane',
 *   inputs: ['title']
 * })
 * class Pane {
 *   title:string;
 * }
 *
 * @Component({
 *  selector: 'tabs',
 *  template: `
 *    <ul>
 *      <li *ngFor="#pane of panes">{{pane.title}}</li>
 *    </ul>
 *    <content></content>
 *  `
 * })
 * class Tabs {
 *   panes: QueryList<Pane>;
 *   constructor(@Query(Pane) panes:QueryList<Pane>) {
  *    this.panes = panes;
  *  }
 * }
 * ```
 *
 * A query can look for variable bindings by passing in a string with desired binding symbol.
 *
 * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/sT2j25cH1dURAyBRCKx1?p=preview))
 * ```html
 * <seeker>
 *   <div #findme>...</div>
 * </seeker>
 *
 * @Component({ selector: 'seeker' })
 * class Seeker {
 *   constructor(@Query('findme') elList: QueryList<ElementRef>) {...}
 * }
 * ```
 *
 * In this case the object that is injected depend on the type of the variable
 * binding. It can be an ElementRef, a directive or a component.
 *
 * Passing in a comma separated list of variable bindings will query for all of them.
 *
 * ```html
 * <seeker>
 *   <div #find-me>...</div>
 *   <div #find-me-too>...</div>
 * </seeker>
 *
 *  @Component({
 *   selector: 'seeker'
 * })
 * class Seeker {
 *   constructor(@Query('findMe, findMeToo') elList: QueryList<ElementRef>) {...}
 * }
 * ```
 *
 * Configure whether query looks for direct children or all descendants
 * of the querying element, by using the `descendants` parameter.
 * It is set to `false` by default.
 *
 * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/wtGeB977bv7qvA5FTYl9?p=preview))
 * ```html
 * <container #first>
 *   <item>a</item>
 *   <item>b</item>
 *   <container #second>
 *     <item>c</item>
 *   </container>
 * </container>
 * ```
 *
 * When querying for items, the first container will see only `a` and `b` by default,
 * but with `Query(TextDirective, {descendants: true})` it will see `c` too.
 *
 * The queried directives are kept in a depth-first pre-order with respect to their
 * positions in the DOM.
 *
 * Query does not look deep into any subcomponent views.
 *
 * Query is updated as part of the change-detection cycle. Since change detection
 * happens after construction of a directive, QueryList will always be empty when observed in the
 * constructor.
 *
 * The injected object is an unmodifiable live list.
 * See {@link QueryList} for more details.
 */
export declare class QueryMetadata extends DependencyMetadata {
    private _selector;
    /**
     * whether we want to query only direct children (false) or all
     * children (true).
     */
    descendants: boolean;
    first: boolean;
    constructor(_selector: Type | string, {descendants, first}?: {
        descendants?: boolean;
        first?: boolean;
    });
    /**
     * always `false` to differentiate it with {@link ViewQueryMetadata}.
     */
    readonly isViewQuery: boolean;
    /**
     * what this is querying for.
     */
    readonly selector: string | Type;
    /**
     * whether this is querying for a variable binding or a directive.
     */
    readonly isVarBindingQuery: boolean;
    /**
     * returns a list of variable bindings this is querying for.
     * Only applicable if this is a variable bindings query.
     */
    readonly varBindings: string[];
    toString(): string;
}
/**
 * Configures a content query.
 *
 * Content queries are set before the `ngAfterContentInit` callback is called.
 *
 * ### Example
 *
 * ```
 * @Directive({
 *   selector: 'someDir'
 * })
 * class SomeDir {
 *   @ContentChildren(ChildDirective) contentChildren: QueryList<ChildDirective>;
 *
 *   ngAfterContentInit() {
 *     // contentChildren is set
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export declare class ContentChildrenMetadata extends QueryMetadata {
    constructor(_selector: Type | string, {descendants}?: {
        descendants?: boolean;
    });
}
/**
 * Configures a content query.
 *
 * Content queries are set before the `ngAfterContentInit` callback is called.
 *
 * ### Example
 *
 * ```
 * @Directive({
 *   selector: 'someDir'
 * })
 * class SomeDir {
 *   @ContentChild(ChildDirective) contentChild;
 *
 *   ngAfterContentInit() {
 *     // contentChild is set
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export declare class ContentChildMetadata extends QueryMetadata {
    constructor(_selector: Type | string);
}
/**
 * Similar to {@link QueryMetadata}, but querying the component view, instead of
 * the content children.
 *
 * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/eNsFHDf7YjyM6IzKxM1j?p=preview))
 *
 * ```javascript
 * @Component({...})
 * @View({
 *   template: `
 *     <item> a </item>
 *     <item> b </item>
 *     <item> c </item>
 *   `
 * })
 * class MyComponent {
 *   shown: boolean;
 *
 *   constructor(private @Query(Item) items:QueryList<Item>) {
 *     items.onChange(() => console.log(items.length));
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 *
 * Supports the same querying parameters as {@link QueryMetadata}, except
 * `descendants`. This always queries the whole view.
 *
 * As `shown` is flipped between true and false, items will contain zero of one
 * items.
 *
 * Specifies that a {@link QueryList} should be injected.
 *
 * The injected object is an iterable and observable live list.
 * See {@link QueryList} for more details.
 */
export declare class ViewQueryMetadata extends QueryMetadata {
    constructor(_selector: Type | string, {descendants, first}?: {
        descendants?: boolean;
        first?: boolean;
    });
    /**
     * always `true` to differentiate it with {@link QueryMetadata}.
     */
    readonly isViewQuery: boolean;
    toString(): string;
}
/**
 * Configures a view query.
 *
 * View queries are set before the `ngAfterViewInit` callback is called.
 *
 * ### Example
 *
 * ```
 * @Component({
 *   selector: 'someDir',
 *   templateUrl: 'someTemplate',
 *   directives: [ItemDirective]
 * })
 * class SomeDir {
 *   @ViewChildren(ItemDirective) viewChildren: QueryList<ItemDirective>;
 *
 *   ngAfterViewInit() {
 *     // viewChildren is set
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export declare class ViewChildrenMetadata extends ViewQueryMetadata {
    constructor(_selector: Type | string);
}
/**
 * Configures a view query.
 *
 * View queries are set before the `ngAfterViewInit` callback is called.
 *
 * ### Example
 *
 * ```
 * @Component({
 *   selector: 'someDir',
 *   templateUrl: 'someTemplate',
 *   directives: [ItemDirective]
 * })
 * class SomeDir {
 *   @ViewChild(ItemDirective) viewChild:ItemDirective;
 *
 *   ngAfterViewInit() {
 *     // viewChild is set
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export declare class ViewChildMetadata extends ViewQueryMetadata {
    constructor(_selector: Type | string);
}