import Component from "./component.js";
import { Document, WriterParts } from "./types.js";
import Output from "./io/output.js";
/**
 * Base class for all writers.
 */
export default abstract class Writer extends Component {
    parts: WriterParts;
    document?: Document;
    private language?;
    /**
     * Final translated form of `document` (Unicode string for text, binary
     * string for other forms); set by `translate`.
     */
    output?: string | {};
    /**
     * `docutils.io` Output object; where to write the document.
     * Set by `write`.
     */
    private destination?;
    write(document: Document, destination: Output<string> | undefined): Promise<string | {} | undefined>;
    abstract translate(): void;
    assembleParts(): void;
}