import type { Codec, Registry } from '@polkadot/types/types';
import type { HexString } from '../types';
export declare class CreateType {
    registry: Registry;
    private metadata;
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of CreateType for encoding and decoding payloads
     * @constructor
     * @description
     * Can be initialized in 3 ways:
     * 1. Without arguments - uses default type registry
     * 2. With custom types - registers provided types in addition to defaults
     * 3. With hex metadata - initializes from on-chain metadata
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * // Default initialization
     * const createType = new CreateType();
     *
     * // With custom types
     * const createType = new CreateType({
     *   MyStruct: {
     *     field1: 'u8',
     *     field2: 'String'
     *   }
     * });
     *
     * // With hex metadata
     * const createType = new CreateType('0x...');
     * ```
     */
    constructor();
    constructor(types: Record<string, Record<string, any> | string>);
    constructor(hexRegistry: HexString);
    private registerDefaultTypes;
    /**
     * ## Register custom types
     * @param types
     * @example
     * ```javascript
     * const createType = new CreateType();
     * createType.registerCustomTypes({
     *   MyType: 'u32',
     *   MyStruct: {
     *     field1: 'u8',
     *     field2: 'u16',
     *   },
     * });
     * ```
     */
    registerCustomTypes(types: Record<string, Record<string, any> | string>): void;
    /**
     * Create a type instance for encoding or decoding payloads
     *
     * @param type The type name or type index to encode/decode the payload. Can be:
     * - A built-in type like 'String', 'u32', etc.
     * - A custom type that was registered via registerCustomTypes()
     * - A type index from metadata
     * @param payload The data to encode or decode:
     * - For encoding: Pass the raw value
     * - For decoding: Pass the hex string or Uint8Array
     * @returns A Codec instance that provides methods like:
     * - toHex(): Get hex representation
     * - toHuman(): Get human readable format
     * - toJSON(): Get JSON format
     * - toU8a(): Get Uint8Array bytes
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * // Encoding a string
     * const createType = new CreateType();
     * const encoded = createType.create('String', 'Hello, World');
     * console.log(encoded.toHex()); // 0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421
     *
     * // Decoding hex data
     * const decoded = createType.create('String', '0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421');
     * console.log(decoded.toHuman()); // "Hello, World!"
     *
     * // Using custom types
     * createType.registerCustomTypes({
     *   User: {
     *     name: 'String',
     *     age: 'u8'
     *   }
     * });
     * const user = createType.create('User', { name: 'Alice', age: 25 });
     * ```
     */
    create<T extends Codec = Codec>(typeOrTypeIndex: string | number, payload: unknown): T;
    /**
     * Static method to create a Codec instance for encoding/decoding data.
     *
     * @param type The type name to encode/decode the payload (e.g. 'String', 'u32', custom type)
     * @param payload The data to encode or hex string to decode
     * @param hexRegistry Optional hex-encoded type registry for custom types
     * @returns A Codec instance with methods like toHex(), toHuman(), toJSON(), toU8a()
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * // Encode a string
     * const encoded = CreateType.create('String', 'Hello, World');
     * console.log(encoded.toHex()); // 0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421
     *
     * // Decode hex data
     * const decoded = CreateType.create('String', '0x48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421');
     * console.log(decoded.toJSON()); // "Hello, World"
     *
     * // Using custom types with registry
     * const registry = '0x...'; // Hex registry containing custom type definitions
     * const result = CreateType.create('MyCustomType', data, registry);
     * ```
     */
    static create<T extends Codec = Codec>(type: string, payload: unknown, hexRegistry?: HexString): T;
}