import { type TUnsafe } from '@sinclair/typebox';
import { type Shape } from '../shape/shape.js';
/**
 * Creates a shape that requires matching the exact value give.
 *
 * @category Shape
 * @example
 *
 * ```ts
 * import {exactShape, checkValidShape} from 'object-shape-tester';
 *
 * const myShape = exactShape('a');
 *
 * checkValidShape('a', myShape); // `true`
 * checkValidShape('c', myShape); // `false`
 *
 * // normally passing a string to a shape will simplify the shape.
 * checkValidShape('c', defineShape('a')); // `true`
 * ```
 */
export declare function exactShape<const T>(value: T): Shape<TUnsafe<T>>;
/**
 * Kind for {@link exactShape}'s type registry entry when the value given to {@link exactShape} is a
 * symbol.
 *
 * @category Internal
 */
export declare const exactSymbolKind = "ExactSymbol";