import { Equatable, Serializable } from "./../utilities";
import { Actor } from "../entities";
import { Scopable } from "./../scopable";
/**
 * Resource
 *
 * A resource.
 */
export declare abstract class Resource implements Scopable, Equatable, Serializable {
    readonly name: string;
    readonly scope: string;
    /**
     * Creates a Resource.
     * @param name The name of the resource.
     * @param scope the scope of the resource. Defaults to the global scope.
     */
    constructor(name: string, scope?: string);
    /**
     * Collection
     *
     * Creates a resource collection instance.
     * @param name the name of the resource. This name should be plural.
     * @param scope the scope of the resource instance. Defaults to the global scope.
     * @returns an instance of a resource collection.
     */
    static Collection(name: string, scope?: string): ResourceCollection;
    /**
     * Instance()
     *
     * Creates a resource instance.
     * @param name the name of the resource. This should be plural, as it refers to the resource collection.
     * @param id a unique identifier used to identify the resource instance.
     * @param owner a unique identifier for the owner of the resource.
     * @param scope the scope of the resource. Defaults to Global scope.
     * @returns a ResourceInstance instance.
     */
    static Instance(name: string, id: string, owner: string, scope?: string): ResourceInstance;
    /**
     * InstanceOf()
     *
     * Creates a Resource Instance from the provided resource collection.
     * @param collection the collection to derrive from.
     * @param id the id of the instance.
     * @param owner the owner of the instance.
     * @returns the created instance.
     */
    static InstanceOf(collection: ResourceCollection, id: string, owner: Actor): ResourceInstance;
    equals(suspect: any): boolean;
    serialize(): string;
}
/**
 * ResourceCollection
 *
 * A Resource Collection.
 */
export declare class ResourceCollection extends Resource {
    constructor(name: string, scope?: string);
    equals(suspect: any): boolean;
}
/**
 * ResourceInstance
 *
 * An instance of a Resource.
 */
export declare class ResourceInstance extends Resource {
    readonly id: string;
    readonly owner: string;
    constructor(name: string, id: string, owner: string, scope?: string);
    equals(suspect: any): boolean;
    serialize(): string;
    toString(): string;
}