import { Router, Express } from 'express';
import { Type } from './types';
import { MiddlewareFunction } from './middleware';
/**
 * Attach controllers to express application
 */
export declare function attachControllers(app: Express | Router, controllers: Type[]): Promise<void>;
/**
 * Attach controller instances to express application
 */
export declare function attachControllerInstances(app: Express | Router, controllers: InstanceType<Type>[]): Promise<void>;
/**
 * Attach middleware to controller metadata
 *
 * @param {boolean} unshift if set to false all the custom decorator middlewares will be exectuted after the middlewares attached through controller
 *
 * Note- Please use custom decorators before express method decorators Get Post etc.
 */
export declare function attachMiddleware(target: any, property: string, middleware: MiddlewareFunction): void;