interface Catamorphism<E, A, B> {
    Err: (_: E) => B;
    Ok: (_: A) => B;
}
interface Err<E> {
    kind: 'err';
    error: E;
}
interface Ok<A> {
    kind: 'ok';
    value: A;
}
/**
 * A Result represents a computation that may succeed or fail. Ok<T> represents
 * a successful computation, while Err<E> represents a failure.
 */
declare class Result<E, A> {
    readonly state: Err<E> | Ok<A>;
    /**
     * Construct a successful result
     * @param value a value to wrap in Ok
     * @returns a new Result with the value wrapped in Ok
     */
    static ok<E, A>(value: A): Result<E, A>;
    /**
     * Construct a failed result
     * @param error a value to wrap in Err
     * @returns a new Result with the value wrapped in Err
     */
    static err<E, A>(error: E): Result<E, A>;
    /**
     * Returns true if the result is a success
     */
    isOk(): this is Result<E, A> & {
        state: Ok<A>;
    };
    /**
     * Returns true if the result is a failure
     */
    isErr(): this is Result<E, A> & {
        state: Err<E>;
    };
    /**
     * Returns the value from a successful result. For an error, returns the
     * result of evaluating the fn
     */
    getOrElse(fn: () => A): A;
    /**
     * Returns the value from a successful result. Returns the defaultValue if
     * the result was a failure.
     */
    getOrElseValue(defaultValue: A): A;
    /**
     * Returns a new result after applying fn to the value stored in a successful
     * result. If the result was a failure, then the Err result is simply
     * returned.
     */
    map<B>(fn: (_: A) => B): Result<E, B>;
    /**
     * An alias for `map`
     */
    and<B>(fn: (_: A) => B): Result<E, B>;
    /**
     * Returns a new result after applying fn to the error value. successful
     * results are returned unchanged.
     */
    mapError<X>(fn: (_: E) => X): Result<X, A>;
    /**
     * Chains together two computations that return results. If the result is a
     * success, then the second computation is run. Otherwise, the Err is
     * returned.
     */
    andThen<B>(fn: (_: A) => Result<E, B>): Result<E, B>;
    /**
     * Runs an alternative computation in the case that the first computation
     * resulted in an Err.
     */
    orElse<X>(fn: (_: E) => Result<X, A>): Result<X, A>;
    /**
     * Folds over types; a switch/case for success or failure.
     */
    cata<B>(matcher: Catamorphism<E, A, B>): B;
    /**
     * Encapsulates a common pattern of needing to build up an Object from
     * a series of Result values. This is often solved by nesting `andThen` calls
     * and then completing the chain with a call to `ok`.
     *
     * This feature was inspired (and the code lifted from) this article:
     * https://medium.com/@dhruvrajvanshi/simulating-haskells-do-notation-in-typescript-e48a9501751c
     *
     * Wrapped values are converted to an Object using the Object constructor
     * before assigning. Primitives won't fail at runtime, but results may
     * be unexpected.
     */
    assign<K extends string, B>(k: K, other: Result<E, B> | ((a: A) => Result<E, B>)): Result<E, A & {
        [k in K]: B;
    }>;
    /**
     * Inject a side-effectual operation into a chain of Result computations.
     *
     * The primary use case for `do` is to perform logging in the middle of a flow
     * of Results.
     *
     * The side effect only runs when there isn't an error (Ok).
     *
     * The value will (should) remain unchanged during the `do` operation.
     *
     *    ok({})
     *      .assign('foo', ok(42))
     *      .assign('bar', ok('hello'))
     *      .do(scope => console.log('Scope: ', JSON.stringify(scope)))
     *      .map(doSomethingElse)
     *
     */
    do(fn: (a: A) => void): Result<E, A>;
    /**
     * Inject a side-effectual operation into a chain of Result computations.
     *
     * The side effect only runs when there is an error (Err).
     *
     * The value will remain unchanged during the `elseDo` operation.
     *
     *    ok({})
     *      .assign('foo', ok(42))
     *      .assign('bar', err('hello'))
     *      .elseDo(scope => console.log('Scope: ', JSON.stringify(scope)))
     *      .map(doSomethingElse)
     *
     */
    elseDo(fn: (err: E) => void): Result<E, A>;
    private constructor();
}
declare function ok<E, A>(value: A): Result<E, A>;
declare function err<E, A>(error: E): Result<E, A>;
declare function isOk<E, A>(result: Result<E, A>): result is Result<E, A> & {
    state: Ok<A>;
};
declare function isErr<E, A>(result: Result<E, A>): result is Result<E, A> & {
    state: Err<E>;
};

export { type Catamorphism, type Err, type Ok, Result, err, isErr, isOk, ok };