import { Class } from '@mockingbird/common';
import { Keys, Mutations } from './types';
import { MockProducer } from './mock-producer';
export interface MockBuilder<TClass = any> {
    /**
     * Sets the faker locale inside the MockBuilder, thus, all the mocks that
     * will be generated from the builder will be affected from this setting
     * and will get applied by it
     *
     * @example
     * MockFactory(Bird).setLocale('es').one()
     *
     * @param locale {string}
     * @returns {this} the actual same builder
     */
    setLocale(locale: string): this;
    /**
     * Converts the generated mock into a plain object.
     * When creating multiple mocks (using .many()), then
     * all the items in the array will be converted
     * into plain objects.
     *
     * @example
     * MockFactory(Bird).plain().one()
     *
     * @returns {MockBuilder}
     */
    plain(): this;
    /**
     * Mutates the generated mock(s).
     * .mutate() method enables to set another value for a specific
     * property.
     *
     * @example
     * MockFactory(Bird).mutate({ name: 'some-permanent-name' }).one()
     *
     * @param mutations {Mutations<TClass>}
     */
    mutate(mutations: Mutations<TClass>): Omit<MockBuilder<TClass>, 'mutate'>;
    /**
     * @alias omit
     * @param keys
     * @returns {MockBuilder}
     * @deprecated use .omit() instead
     */
    ignore(...keys: Keys<TClass>): ReturnType<MockBuilder<TClass>['omit']>;
    /**
     * Omits properties from the generated mock(s); all the
     * rest of the properties will remain the same.
     * Notice that omitting a property that contains a default
     * value will only ignore the decorator generation.
     *
     * @example
     * MockFactory(Bird).ignore('name').one()
     *
     * @param keys
     * @returns {MockBuilder}
     */
    omit(...keys: Keys<TClass>): this;
    /**
     * Picks specific properties to generate a mock from.
     * Notice that properties that contain default values
     * in the class will remain there but the decorator won't
     * apply to those properties.
     *
     * @example
     * MockFactory(Bird).pick('name').one()
     *
     * @param keys
     * @returns {MockBuilder}
     */
    pick(...keys: Keys<TClass>): this;
    /**
     * Creates exactly one mock from the target class
     *
     * @returns {TClass | Object}
     */
    one(): TClass;
    /**
     * Creates many mocks from the target class.
     *
     * @param count {number} How many mocks to create
     * @returns {TClass[] | Object[]} An array of instances of plain objects
     */
    many(count: number): TClass[];
}
export declare class MockBuilder<TClass = any> extends MockProducer<TClass> {
    private isPlain;
    private mutations;
    private omitKeys;
    private pickKeys;
    constructor(targetClass: Class<TClass>);
    private clean;
}