import * as json from 'lossless-json';
/**
 * Convert JSON string to JSON object
 *
 * NOTE: the String() wrapping is used so the behavior conforms to JSON.parse()
 * which can accept simple data types but is not represented in the default typing
 *
 * @param str JSON string
 * @return {object} Parsed json object
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * const str = '[123, 12.3, 11223344556677889900]';
 * const result = parse(str);
 * // result = [123, 12.3, 11223344556677890048n]
 * ```
 */
export declare const parse: (str: string) => any;
/**
 * Convert JSON string to JSON object with all numbers as bigint
 * @param str JSON string
 * @return {object} Parsed json object
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * const str = '[123, 12.3, 1234567890]';
 * const result = parseAlwaysAsBig(str);
 * // result = [123n, 12.3, 1234567890n]
 * ```
 */
export declare const parseAlwaysAsBig: (str: string) => any;
/**
 * Convert JSON object to JSON string
 *
 * NOTE: the not-null assertion is used so the return type conforms to JSON.stringify()
 * which can also return undefined but is not represented in the default typing
 *
 * @param value JSON object
 * @param [replacer] Function that alters the behavior of the stringification process
 * @param [space] Used to insert white space into the output JSON string
 * @param [numberStringifiers] Function used to stringify numbers (returning undefined will delete the property from the object)
 * @return {string} JSON string
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * const value = [123, 12.3, 1234567890];
 * const result = stringify(value);
 * // result = '[123,12.3,1234567890]'
 * ```
 */
export declare const stringify: (value: unknown, replacer?: any, space?: string | number | undefined, numberStringifiers?: json.NumberStringifier[] | undefined) => string;
/** @deprecated equivalent to 'stringify', alias will be removed */
export declare const stringifyAlwaysAsBig: (value: unknown, replacer?: any, space?: string | number | undefined, numberStringifiers?: json.NumberStringifier[] | undefined) => string;
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