/**
 * Construct a form data with the submitter value.
 * It utilizes the submitter argument on the FormData constructor from modern browsers
 * with fallback to append the submitter value in case it is not unsupported.
 *
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData/FormData#parameters
 */
export declare function getFormData(form: HTMLFormElement, submitter?: HTMLInputElement | HTMLButtonElement | null): FormData;
/**
 * Returns the paths from a name based on the JS syntax convention
 * @example
 * ```js
 * const paths = getPaths('todos[0].content'); // ['todos', 0, 'content']
 * ```
 */
export declare function getPaths(name: string | undefined): Array<string | number>;
/**
 * Returns a formatted name from the paths based on the JS syntax convention
 * @example
 * ```js
 * const name = formatPaths(['todos', 0, 'content']); // "todos[0].content"
 * ```
 */
export declare function formatPaths(paths: Array<string | number>): string;
/**
 * Format based on a prefix and a path
 */
export declare function formatName(prefix: string | undefined, path?: string | number): string;
/**
 * Check if a name match the prefix paths
 */
export declare function isPrefix(name: string, prefix: string): boolean;
/**
 * Compare the parent and child paths to get the relative paths
 * Returns null if the child paths do not start with the parent paths
 */
export declare function getChildPaths(parentNameOrPaths: string | Array<string | number>, childName: string): (string | number)[] | null;
/**
 * Assign a value to a target object by following the paths
 */
export declare function setValue(target: Record<string, any>, name: string, valueFn: (currentValue?: unknown) => unknown): void;
/**
 * Retrive the value from a target object by following the paths
 */
export declare function getValue(target: unknown, name: string): unknown;
/**
 * Check if the value is a plain object
 */
export declare function isPlainObject(obj: unknown): obj is Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>;
/**
 * Check if the value is a File
 */
export declare function isFile(obj: unknown): obj is File;
/**
 * Normalize value by removing empty object or array, empty string and null values
 */
export declare function normalize<Type extends Record<string, unknown>>(value: Type, acceptFile?: boolean): Type | undefined;
export declare function normalize<Type extends Array<unknown>>(value: Type, acceptFile?: boolean): Type | undefined;
export declare function normalize(value: unknown, acceptFile?: boolean): unknown | undefined;
/**
 * Flatten a tree into a dictionary
 */
export declare function flatten(data: unknown, options?: {
    resolve?: (data: unknown) => unknown;
    prefix?: string;
}): Record<string, unknown>;