import type { ZodSchema } from 'zod';
import type { DomainObjectClass } from './DomainObjectClass';
import type { DomainObjectRefBy } from './DomainObjectPragma';
/**
 * .what = the type of a domain object's `.contract`: its stamped zod schema, plus a `.ref(by)`
 *   method that returns the schema-level reference to this dobj by key
 * .why =
 *   - `.contract` embeds the WHOLE dobj (`x-domain-object`); `.contract.ref(by)` returns a key-only
 *     reference (`x-domain-object-ref`) — the two live together because a ref *is* a smaller contract
 *   - the `.ref` method is a function property on the schema; it does not appear in `z.toJSONSchema()`
 *     output (proven), so an embedded `X.contract` still round-trips unchanged
 * .note = call `.ref(by)` on the RAW `.contract`, before any other zod chain op. zod ops like
 *   `.optional()` / `.nullable()` / `.describe()` return a fresh schema WITHOUT `.ref`, so
 *   `X.contract.optional().ref('primary')` fails (a `TypeError` in js, a compile error in ts).
 *   embed the ref first, then chain: `z.object({ x: X.contract.ref('primary') }).optional()`.
 */
export type DomainObjectContract = ZodSchema<any> & {
    ref: (by: DomainObjectRefBy) => ZodSchema<any>;
};
/**
 * .what = returns a domain object's `.contract`: its zod `schema` stamped with identity + key metadata
 * .why =
 *   - lets a domain object's identity survive `z.toJSONSchema()` as an `x-domain-object` pragma
 *   - so a cross-service consumer can name, de-dupe, and reconstruct the dobj from the wire
 *   - mirrors how `serialize` stamps `_dobj` onto its string output
 * .note = `schema` validates; `contract` identifies. the contract is the schema that knows its own name + keys.
 *   the result is memoized per-class, so repeated access returns the same stamped instance (idempotent).
 * .note = the returned contract also carries a `.ref(by)` method — `.contract.ref('primary')` returns
 *   the schema-level *reference* to this dobj by key (an `x-domain-object-ref` pragma; see getContractRef).
 */
export declare const getContract: (dobj: DomainObjectClass) => DomainObjectContract;