/**
 * Metadata associated with a channel.
 */
export declare class Channel {
    name: string;
    dataType: string;
    sampleRate: number;
    time: string;
    publisher: string;
    partitionID: number;
    /**
     * Creates a new Channel instance.
     *
     * @param name - The name associated with this channel.
     * @param dataType - The data type associated with this channel.
     * @param sampleRate - The sampling rate associated with this channel.
     * @param time - The timestamp when this metadata became active.
     * @param publisher - The publisher associated with this channel.
     * @param partitionID - The partition ID associated with this channel.
     */
    constructor(name: string, dataType: string, sampleRate: number, time: string, publisher: string, partitionID: number);
    /**
     * Creates a Channel instance from a JSON object.
     *
     * This method converts a JSON representation of channel metadata
     * into a Channel instance, mapping JSON field names to the
     * corresponding Channel properties.
     *
     * @param json - JSON object containing channel metadata with snake_case field names
     * @returns A new Channel instance created from the JSON data
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * const jsonData = {
     *   name: 'L1:GW-H1_STRAIN',
     *   data_type: 'float64',
     *   sample_rate: 4096,
     *   time: '2023-01-01T00:00:00Z',
     *   publisher: 'LIGO',
     *   partition_id: 1
     * };
     * const channel = Channel.fromJson(jsonData);
     * console.log(channel.name); // 'L1:GW-H1_STRAIN'
     * console.log(channel.sampleRate); // 4096
     * ```
     */
    static fromJson(json: any): Channel;
}
export type ChannelMessage = {
    done?: boolean;
    channel?: Channel;
};