import type { Core } from '@strapi/strapi';
declare const population: ({ strapi }: {
    strapi: Core.Strapi;
}) => {
    /**
     * Build a full recursive populate object for a given model UID.
     * Uses plugin config values unless overrides are provided.
     */
    getFullPopulate(modelUid: string, maxDepth?: number, maxLocale?: number): any;
    /**
     * If params.populate === '*.*', replace with the full recursive populate.
     * Otherwise return params unchanged.
     */
    populateHandler(modelUid: string, params: Record<string, any>): {
        [x: string]: any;
    };
    /**
     * Wrapper for strapi.service(uid).find() with deep populate support.
     */
    find(coreService: Function, modelUid: string, params: Record<string, any>): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * Wrapper for strapi.service(uid).findOne() with deep populate support.
     */
    findOne(coreService: Function, modelUid: string, entityId: string | number, params: Record<string, any>): Promise<any>;
};
export default population;