import { FieldDefinition, ParquetBuffer, ParquetCompression, ParquetField, ParquetRecord, SchemaDefinition } from './declare';
import { ParquetWriteBuffer } from './shred';
/**
 * A parquet file schema
 */
export declare class ParquetSchema {
    schema: Record<string, FieldDefinition>;
    fields: Record<string, ParquetField>;
    fieldList: ParquetField[];
    /**
     * Create a new schema from a JSON schema definition
     */
    constructor(schema: SchemaDefinition);
    /**
     * Retrieve a field definition
     *
     * If a string is provided it will be split using comma as a separator to
     * give the field path to look for.
     *
     * The code assumes the given field path is valid and a TypeError will
     * be thrown as a side effect if the field path isn't found in the schema.
     */
    findField(path: string): ParquetField;
    findField(path: string[]): ParquetField;
    /**
     * Retrieve a field definition and all the field's ancestors
     *
     * If a string is provided it will be split using comma as a separator to
     * give the field path to look for.
     *
     * The resulting array will have one ParquetField per segment of the
     * provided path.
     *
     * The code assumes the given field path is valid and a TypeError will
     * be thrown as a side effect if the field path isn't found in the schema.
     */
    findFieldBranch(path: string): ParquetField[];
    findFieldBranch(path: string[]): ParquetField[];
    shredRecord(record: ParquetRecord, buffer: ParquetWriteBuffer): void;
    materializeRecords(buffer: ParquetBuffer): ParquetRecord[];
    compress(type: ParquetCompression): this;
}