import { IStorage } from './storage.interface';
import { StorageType } from '../../constants/persistence.storage_type';
/**
 * A factory used to retrieve Storage objects
 *
 * @export
 * @class StorageFactory
 *
 * @author Scott O'Bryan
 * @since 1.0
 */
export declare class StorageFactory {
    /**
     * Returns a new instance of the storage factory.
     *
     * @static
     * @returns {StorageFactory}
     */
    static getStorage(): StorageFactory;
    private _storages;
    /**
     * Returns a singleton object of a specified type.  Storage
     * types are initialized lazily.
     *
     * @param {StorageType} type
     * @returns {IStorage}
     */
    of(type: StorageType): IStorage;
}