import { f, MaybeCallback } from "./MaybeCallback";
/**
 * A wrapper (abstraction) for a value that may or may not exist
 */
export declare class Maybe<T> {
    private value;
    /**
     * Return an instance of Maybe wrapping an empty value
     */
    static none<T>(): Maybe<T>;
    /**
     * if the provided value is not null or undefined, return an instance of Maybe wrapping a nonempty value,
     * otherwise throw an error
     * @param value the value to wrap in an instance of Maybe
     */
    static some<T>(value: T): Maybe<T>;
    /**
     * return an instance of Maybe wrapping the provided value, otherwise return an instance of empty Maybe
     * @param value value to wrap into a Maybe
     */
    static fromValue<T>(value: T): Maybe<T>;
    /**
     * return an instance of Maybe wrapping the provided callback, otherwise return an instance of empty Maybe
     * @param func callback to wrap into a Maybe
     */
    static fromFunction<R>(func: f<R>): MaybeCallback<R>;
    private constructor();
    /**
     * return true if the wrapped value is empty, false otherwise
     */
    isEmpty(): boolean;
    /**
     * return true if the wrapped value is nonempty, false otherwise
     */
    exists(): boolean;
    /**
     * get the wrapped value if nonempty, otherwise throw an error
     */
    get(): T;
    /**
     * return the wrapped value if nonempty, otherwise the provided default value.
     */
    getOrElse(defaultValue: T): T;
    /**
     * return the value if nonempty, otherwise invoke alternative
     * and return the result of that invocation.
     * @param alternative the function to invoke
     */
    orElse(alternative: () => Maybe<T>): Maybe<T>;
    /**
     * if the value exists, apply the provided mapping function to it,
     * return an instance of Maybe wrapping the result.
     * @param fmap the function to apply
     */
    map<R>(fmap: (value: T) => R): Maybe<R>;
    /**
     * if the wrapped value is nonempty, apply the provided mapping function to it,
     * return that result, otherwise return an instance of empty Maybe.
     * @param func the function to apply
     */
    flatMap<R>(func: (value: T) => Maybe<R>): Maybe<R>;
    /**
     * apply func to the wrapped value then return an instance of Maybe wrapping
     * the value before applying the func function.
     * func could be console.log for example.
     * @param func function to apply
     */
    do(func: (value: T) => void): Maybe<T>;
    /**
     * if the wrapped value is nonempty, and the value matches the given predicate,
     * return a Maybe wrapping the value, otherwise return an instance of empty Maybe
     * @param predicate a predicate to apply to the value if nonempty
     */
    filter(predicate: (x: T) => boolean): Maybe<T>;
}