import { Codex } from "../codex.js";
import { Id, Kind, Schema } from "./types.js";
/**
 * Codex Item
 * 	- Quay's concept of a nestable thing.
 * 	- ergonomic handle which consolidates taxonomy, clade, and hierarchy functionality.
 */
export declare class CodexItem<Sc extends Schema = any, K extends Kind<Sc> = Kind<Sc>> {
    private codex;
    id: Id;
    signal: import("@benev/slate").Signal<this>;
    constructor(codex: Codex<Sc>, id: Id);
    get kind(): K;
    isKind<K2 extends Kind<Sc>>(kind: K2): this is CodexItem<Sc, K2>;
    /** get information about the type of entity */
    get taxon(): Sc["taxon"];
    /** get information about this specific entity */
    get specimen(): Sc["specimens"][K];
    /** get this item's parent item, or undefined if it's not attached */
    get parent(): CodexItem<Sc> | undefined;
    /** get an array of this item's children */
    get children(): CodexItem<Sc>[];
    /** add items as children */
    attach(...items: CodexItem<Sc>[]): this;
    /** detach this item from the hierarchy completely */
    detach(): void;
    /** create a new item that will be a child */
    create<K extends keyof Sc["specimens"]>(kind: K, specimen: Sc["specimens"][K]): CodexItem<Sc, keyof Sc["specimens"]>;
    /** create a new item that will be a child */
    destroy(): void;
    /** iterate over this item and all its descendants */
    crawl(predicate?: (item: CodexItem<Sc>, path: CodexItem<Sc>[]) => boolean): Generator<[CodexItem<Sc, keyof Sc["specimens"]>, CodexItem<Sc, keyof Sc["specimens"]>[]], void, unknown>;
}