/** Error chain data type. */
export interface IErrorChain {
    name: string;
    value?: any;
}
/** Serialised error chain item type. */
export interface IErrorChainItem extends IErrorChain {
    stack: string;
    message?: string;
    errno?: number;
    code?: string;
    path?: string;
    syscall?: string;
}
/** Serialised error chain items. */
export interface IErrorChainSerialised {
    ErrorChain: IErrorChainItem[];
}
/** Error chain error names. */
export declare enum EErrorChainError {
    Serialise = "ErrorChainError.Serialise",
    Deserialise = "ErrorChainError.Deserialise"
}
/**
 * ErrorChain class.
 * Serialisable, chained errors utility.
 */
export declare class ErrorChain {
    /** 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;
    /** Returns name representation of error argument. */
    static errorName(error: any): string;
    /**
     * Construct error message from name, data and optional cause.
     * If data is a plain object it will be serialised into a JSON string.
     */
    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 | undefined;
    readonly name: string;
    readonly stack?: string;
    readonly message?: string;
    readonly value?: any;
    readonly cause?: ErrorChain | Error;
    /** Used for isErrorChain static method. */
    protected readonly isErrorChain = true;
    constructor(data: IErrorChain, cause?: ErrorChain | Error);
    toString(): string;
    /** Join chained error names with a separator. */
    joinNames(separator?: string): string;
    /** Return serialised data for this chained error. */
    serialise(): IErrorChainSerialised;
}