export declare class Namespace {
    readonly abbreviationPrefix: string;
    readonly baseIri: string;
    constructor(baseIri: string, abbreviationPrefix: string);
    /**
     * Returns an abbreviated IRI if the specified iri starts with the baseIri; the unchanged input
     * String otherwise;
     *
     * @param iri
     * @return
     */
    abbreviate(iri: string): string;
    getLocalnameIfFullNamespaceIri(iri: string): string;
    expand(abbreviatedIri: string): string;
    /**
     * Returns true if the specified abbreviatedIri starts with the namespace's abbreviation prefix.
     */
    isAbbreviatedNamespaceIri(abbreviatedIri: string): boolean;
    /** Returns true if the specified iri starts with the namespace's baseIri. */
    isFullNamespaceIri(iri: string): boolean;
    /**
     * Prepends the namespace's baseIri to the specified localName.
     *
     * @param localName
     * @return
     */
    makeIriInNamespace(localName: string): string;
}
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