import { IApiItemReference } from './api/ApiItem';
/**
 * An API definition reference that is used to locate the documentation of exported
 * API items that may or may not belong to an external package.
 *
 * The format of the API definition reference is:
 * scopeName/packageName:exportName.memberName
 *
 * The following are valid API definition references:
 * \@microsoft/sp-core-library:DisplayMode
 * \@microsoft/sp-core-library:Guid
 * \@microsoft/sp-core-library:Guid.equals
 * es6-collections:Map
 */
export interface IApiDefinitionReferenceParts {
    /**
     * This is an optional property to denote that a package name is scoped under this name.
     * For example, a common case is when having the '@microsoft' scope name in the
     * API definition reference: '\@microsoft/sp-core-library'.
     */
    scopeName: string;
    /**
     * The name of the package that the exportName belongs to.
     */
    packageName: string;
    /**
     * The name of the export API item.
     */
    exportName: string;
    /**
     * The name of the member API item.
     */
    memberName: string;
}
/**
 * {@inheritdoc IApiDefinitionReferenceParts}
 */
export declare class ApiDefinitionReference {
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc IApiDefinitionReferenceParts.scopeName}
     */
    scopeName: string;
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc IApiDefinitionReferenceParts.packageName}
     */
    packageName: string;
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc IApiDefinitionReferenceParts.exportName}
     */
    exportName: string;
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc IApiDefinitionReferenceParts.memberName}
     */
    memberName: string;
    /**
     * Creates an ApiDefinitionReference instance given strings that symbolize the public
     * properties of ApiDefinitionReference.
     */
    static createFromParts(parts: IApiDefinitionReferenceParts): ApiDefinitionReference;
    /**
     * Stringifies the ApiDefinitionReferenceOptions up and including the
     * scope and package name.
     *
     * Example output: '@microsoft/Utilities'
     */
    toScopePackageString(): string;
    /**
     * Stringifies the ApiDefinitionReferenceOptions up and including the
     * scope, package and export name.
     *
     * Example output: '@microsoft/Utilities.Parse'
     */
    toExportString(): string;
    /**
     * Stringifies the ApiDefinitionReferenceOptions up and including the
     * scope, package, export and member name.
     *
     * Example output: '@microsoft/Utilities#Parse.parseJsonToString'
     */
    toMemberString(): string;
    toApiItemReference(): IApiItemReference;
    private constructor();
}