import { type EnvironmentConfiguration } from 'dino-core';
import { type Request } from 'express';
import { type GenericObject } from '../Types';
/**
 * Parses the request body.
 *
 */
export declare class RequestBodyParser {
    private readonly environment;
    /**
     * Create a new instance of RequestBodyParser
     * @param {EnvironmentConfiguration} environment the environment configuration
     */
    constructor(environment: EnvironmentConfiguration);
    /**
     * Parse the body of the received request. Set forceBase64Decode to true will cause inspection
     * and deciding as  required of the top level properties of the received message, if the
     * received message contains the property isBase64Encoded this will take precedence above the
     * configuration settings.
     *
     * @param {Request} req the express request
     * @returns {object} the parsed body
     */
    parse(req: Request | GenericObject, method?: string, def?: GenericObject): GenericObject | string;
    /**
     * Customisable hook that allows to extract the body from the received request
     * @param {Request} req the received request
     * @returns {any} the request body
     * @protected
     */
    protected extractBody(req: Request | GenericObject, method?: string, def?: GenericObject): GenericObject | string;
    /**
     * Parse the request body decoding base64 string if present
     * @param {any} body the request body
     * @param {string[]} base64RequestDecodePaths an array of object pats that define the base64 strings to decode
     * @returns {any} the parsed and decoded request body
     * @private
     */
    private parseAndDecodeFromBase64;
}