/**
 * Provides the functionality to compile a component.
 *
 * @template T
 * The type of the item which can be compiled by this compiler.
 */
export declare abstract class Compiler<T> {
    /**
     * The item to compile.
     */
    private item;
    /**
     * The path to save the compiled item to.
     */
    private destinationPath;
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of the {@link Compiler `Compiler<T>`} class.
     *
     * @param item
     * The item to compile.
     */
    constructor(item: T);
    /**
     * Gets the item to compile.
     */
    get Item(): T;
    /**
     * Gets or sets the path to save the compiled item to.
     */
    get DestinationPath(): string;
    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    set DestinationPath(value: string);
    /**
     * Compiles the item.
     */
    Execute(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Compiles the item.
     */
    protected abstract Compile(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Copies files using `ejs`.
     *
     * @param source
     * The source to copy the files from.
     *
     * @param destination
     * The destination to copy the files to.
     *
     * @param context
     * The context to use.
     *
     * @param delimiter
     * The delimiter of the ejs-tags.
     */
    protected CopyTemplate(source: string, destination: string, context?: Record<string, unknown>, delimiter?: string): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Joins the paths and returns the path contained by the destination-folder.
     *
     * @param path
     * The path that is to be joined.
     *
     * @returns
     * The joined path relative to the destination-folder.
     */
    protected MakeDestinationPath(...path: string[]): string;
    /**
     * Compresses a folder and saves the result to a specified file.
     *
     * @param source
     * The folder that is to be compressed.
     *
     * @param destination
     * The filename to save the compressed file to.
     */
    protected Compress(source: string, destination: string): Promise<void>;
}