import { BaseIndividual } from '../../individual/base/';
import { IndividualReader, IndividualToken } from './IndividualReader';
/**
 * ## Basic individual reader
 * This class provides the basic implementation
 * of the methods of the [[IndividualReader]]
 * interface.
 * @typeparam I is the type of the generated individual.
 * @typeparam T is the value of the genes of the individual.
 */
export declare abstract class BaseIndividualReader<I extends BaseIndividual<T>, T> implements IndividualReader<I, T> {
    /**
     * Array of tokens of the individuals.
     */
    abstract readonly tokenDefinition: Array<IndividualToken<T>>;
    /**
     * This method converts a token
     * into the value of the individual
     * genes.
     * @param token of the individual.
     * @return the value of the individual.
     * @throws Error if there is an unexpected token.
     */
    convertToken(token: string): T;
    /**
     * given an array of tokens this
     * method converts into an array
     * of individual values.
     * @param tokens
     * @return the genotype or array of
     *          values
     */
    getGenotype(tokens: string[]): T[];
    abstract read(definition: string): I;
    abstract tokenize(definition: string): string[];
}