import type { EntityBase } from './entity-base';
import type { ComplexTypeNamespace } from './selectable';
import type { DeSerializers } from './de-serializers';
import type { EntityApi } from './entity-api';
/**
 * Interface representing the return type of the builder function {@link entitySerializer}.
 */
export interface EntitySerializer {
    /**
     * Converts an instance of an entity class into a JSON payload to be sent to an OData service.
     */
    serializeEntity: <EntityT extends EntityBase>(entity: EntityT, entityApi: EntityApi<EntityT, any>, diff?: boolean) => Record<string, any>;
    /**
     * Method to serialize a complex type to JSON.
     */
    serializeComplexType: <ComplexTypeNamespaceT extends ComplexTypeNamespace<any> = any>(fieldValue: any, complexTypeNameSpace: ComplexTypeNamespaceT) => any;
    /**
     * Like {@link EntitySerializer#serializeEntity} ignoring custom fields.
     */
    serializeEntityNonCustomFields: <EntityT extends EntityBase>(entity: EntityT, entityApi: EntityApi<EntityT, any>) => Record<string, any>;
}
/**
 * Constructs an entitySerializer given the OData v2 or v4 specific tsToEdm method.
 * The concrete serializers are created in odata/v2/entity-serializer.ts and odata/v4/entity-serializer.ts.
 * @param deSerializers - (De-)serializers used for transformation.
 * @returns A entity serializer as defined by {@link EntitySerializer}.
 */
export declare function entitySerializer(deSerializers: DeSerializers): EntitySerializer;