/**
 * @class
 * Creates a tree by traversing the definitions where the parent model is the rootNode and child
 * model is one of it's children.
 */
export declare class PolymorphicTree {
    name: string;
    children: Map<string, PolymorphicTree>;
    /**
     * @constructor
     * Initializes a new instance of the PolymorphicTree
     *
     * @param {string} name- The name of the parent model
     * @param {Map<string, PolymorphicTree>} [children] - A map of zero or more children representing
     *    the child models in the inheritance chain
     */
    constructor(name: string, children?: Map<string, PolymorphicTree>);
    /**
     * Adds a childObject to the PolymorphicTree. This method will not add the child again if it is
     * already present.
     *
     * @param {PolymorphicTree} childObj- A polymorphicTree representing the child model.
     * @returns {PolymorphicTree} childObj - The created child node.
     */
    addChildByObject(childObj: PolymorphicTree): PolymorphicTree;
}
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