/** this submodule exports the base abstract class {@link RuntimePackage},
 * that is supposed to be utilized for parsing package metadata, and resolving various import path aliases.
 *
 * @module
*/
import { type ConstructorOf } from "../deps.js";
import { type ResolvePathFromImportMapEntriesConfig } from "../importmap/mod.js";
import type { ImportMapSortedEntries } from "../importmap/typedefs.js";
/** an abstraction for import-map utilities of a general javascript runtime's package object with the schema `SCHEMA`.
 * - in the case of node, `SCHEMA` would represent `package.json`'s schema.
 * - in the case of deno, `SCHEMA` would represent `deno.json`, `deno.jsonc`, or `jsr.json`'s schema.
 *
 * @template SCHEMA a record type representing the package schema.
*/
export declare abstract class RuntimePackage<SCHEMA extends Record<string, any>> {
    /** the path or url of the package json(c) file.
     *
     * the {@link RuntimePackage | base class} does nothing with this information;
     * it is just there so that subclasses can make uses of this information (usually for resolving relative paths).
    */
    protected readonly packagePath: string;
    /** the fetched/parsed package metadata file's raw contents. */
    protected readonly packageInfo: SCHEMA;
    /** the import-map entries of the package, sorted from the largest key-alias to the shortest.
     *
     * > [!note]
     * > each subclass will have to assign on their own, in addition to ensuring the required sorting order.
    */
    protected abstract importMapSortedEntries: ImportMapSortedEntries;
    /** the export-map entries of the package, sorted from the largest key-alias to the shortest.
     *
     * > [!note]
     * > each subclass will have to assign on their own, in addition to ensuring the required sorting order.
    */
    protected abstract exportMapSortedEntries: ImportMapSortedEntries;
    /** @param package_object the parsed package metadata as an object.
     *   - in the case of node, this would be your json-parsed "package.json" file.
     *   - in the case of deno, this would be your json-parsed "deno.json" file.
    */
    constructor(package_object: SCHEMA, package_path: string);
    /** get the package's name. */
    abstract getName(): string;
    /** get the package's version string. */
    abstract getVersion(): string;
    /** get the path/url to the package's json(c) file.
     *
     * the {@link RuntimePackage | base class} does nothing with this information;
     * it is just there so that subclasses can make uses of this information (usually for resolving relative paths).
    */
    getPath(): string;
    /** this method tries to resolve the provided export `path_alias` of this package,
     * to an absolutely referenced path to the resource (using the internal {@link exportMapSortedEntries}).
     * if no exported resources match the given `path_alias`, then `undefined` will be returned.
     *
     * > [!tip]
     * > for test case examples and configuration options, see the documentation comments of {@link resolvePathFromImportMapEntries}
    */
    resolveExport(path_alias: string, config?: Partial<ResolvePathFromImportMapEntriesConfig>): string | undefined;
    /** this method tries to resolve the provided import `path_alias` done by some resource within this package,
     * using the internal {@link importMapSortedEntries} list of import-aliases that this package uses.
     * if no import resources match the given `path_alias`, then `undefined` will be returned
     * (which would probably mean that the given `path_alias` is already either an absolute or relative path, or perhaps incorrect altogether.
     *
     * > [!tip]
     * > for test case examples and configuration options, see the documentation comments of {@link resolvePathFromImportMapEntries}
    */
    resolveImport(path_alias: string, config?: Partial<ResolvePathFromImportMapEntriesConfig>): string | undefined;
    /** create an instance of this class by loading a package's json(c) file from a url or local file-system path.
     *
     * > [!tip]
     * > the constructor uses a "JSONC" parser (from [@oazmi/kitchensink/stringman](https://jsr.io/@oazmi/kitchensink/0.9.10/src/stringman.ts)) for the fetched files.
     * > therefore, you may provide links to ".jsonc" files, instead of parsing them yourself before calling the super constructor.
    */
    static fromUrl<SCHEMA extends Record<string, any>, INSTANCE = RuntimePackage<SCHEMA>>(this: ConstructorOf<INSTANCE, [SCHEMA, string]>, package_jsonc_path: URL | string): Promise<INSTANCE>;
}
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