/**
 * This file contains functions that need to construct generic Containers or convert from a
 * container of runtime determined type to something else.  Typescript has problems with
 * imports if two classes depend on each other so these functions have been pulled out into
 * something neither Container nor any of its subclasses need directly.
 */
import { Muid, Value, AsOf, Entry } from "./typedefs";
import { Container } from "./Container";
import { Database } from "./Database";
import { ContainerBuilder } from "./builders";
export declare function construct(address: Muid, database?: Database, containerBuilder?: ContainerBuilder): Promise<Container | null>;
export declare function interpret(entry: Entry, database: Database): Promise<Container | Value | undefined>;
export declare function toJson(value: Value | Container, indent?: number | boolean, asOf?: AsOf, seen?: Set<string>): Promise<string>;