export interface IErrorChain {
    name: string;
    value?: any;
}
export interface IErrorChainItem extends IErrorChain {
    stack: string;
    message?: string;
    errno?: number;
    code?: string;
    path?: string;
    syscall?: string;
}
export interface IErrorChainSerialised {
    ErrorChain: IErrorChainItem[];
}
export declare class ErrorChain {
    /** Error names. */
    static readonly ERROR: {
        SERIALISE: string;
        DESERIALISE: string;
    };
    /** Returns true if error instance of ErrorChain. */
    static isErrorChain(error: any): error is ErrorChain;
    /** Returns true if error instance of Error or ErrorChain */
    static isError(error: any): error is Error | ErrorChain;
    /** Construct error message from data and optional cause. */
    static messageConstructor(data: IErrorChain, cause?: ErrorChain | Error): string;
    /** Return serialisable object of generic error data. */
    static serialiseError(error: any): IErrorChainItem;
    /** Return deserialised ErrorChain instance of serialised data. */
    static deserialise(serialised: IErrorChainSerialised): ErrorChain | null;
    name: string;
    stack?: string;
    message?: string;
    value?: any;
    cause?: ErrorChain | Error;
    constructor(data: IErrorChain, cause?: ErrorChain | Error);
    toString(): string;
    /** Join chained error names. */
    joinNames(separator?: string): string;
    serialise(): IErrorChainSerialised;
}
export default ErrorChain;