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 * for more information.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import type { JDLOptionName } from '../built-in-options/binary-options.ts';
export type JDLOptionParams = {
    name: JDLOptionName;
    entityNames?: Set<string> | string[];
    excludedNames?: Set<string> | string[];
};
export default class AbstractJDLOption {
    name: JDLOptionName;
    entityNames: Set<string>;
    excludedNames: Set<string>;
    constructor(args: JDLOptionParams);
    addEntityName(entityName: string): false | Set<string>;
    addEntitiesFromAnotherOption(option?: AbstractJDLOption): boolean;
    excludeEntityName(entityName: string): void;
    getType(): string;
    setEntityNames(newEntityNames: Iterable<string>): void;
    /**
     * Resolves the option's list of entity names (without '*' and taking into account the excluded names).
     * @param entityNames all the entity names declared in a JDL Object.
     * @returns the resolved list.
     */
    resolveEntityNames(entityNames: string[] | undefined): Set<string>;
}