/*!
 * Copyright 2016 The ANTLR Project. All rights reserved.
 * Licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license. See LICENSE file in the project root for license information.
 */
import { Dependents } from "./Dependents";
import { Parser } from "./Parser";
/**
 * Declares a dependency upon a grammar rule, along with a set of zero or more dependent rules.
 *
 * Version numbers within a grammar should be assigned on a monotonically increasing basis to allow for accurate
 * tracking of dependent rules.
 *
 * @author Sam Harwell
 */
export declare function RuleDependency(dependency: DependencySpecification): (target: object, propertyKey: PropertyKey, propertyDescriptor: PropertyDescriptor) => void;
export interface DependencySpecification {
    readonly recognizer: {
        new (...args: any[]): Parser;
    };
    readonly rule: number;
    readonly version: number;
    /**
     * Specifies the set of grammar rules related to `rule` which the annotated element depends on. Even when absent
     * from this set, the annotated element is implicitly dependent upon the explicitly specified `rule`, which
     * corresponds to the `Dependents.SELF` element.
     *
     * By default, the annotated element is dependent upon the specified `rule` and its `Dependents.PARENTS`, i.e. the
     * rule within one level of context information. The parents are included since the most frequent assumption about a
     * rule is where it's used in the grammar.
     */
    readonly dependents?: Dependents[];
}