import { SortedSet } from '../collections/SortedSet';
import { ChildAggregate } from '../meta/ChildAggregate';
import { Element } from '../meta/Element';
import { Header } from '../meta/Header';
import { AggregateAttribute } from './AggregateAttribute';
export interface HeaderMap {
    [key: string]: Header;
}
export interface HeaderValues {
    [key: string]: Object;
}
/**
 * Holder for meta information about an aggregate class.
 */
export declare class AggregateInfo {
    private name;
    private attributes;
    private headers;
    private owner;
    constructor(name: string, owner: any, parentInfo?: AggregateInfo);
    /**
     * The name of the aggregate.
     *
     * @return The name of the aggregate.
     */
    getName(): string;
    setName(name: string): void;
    getOwner(): any;
    /**
     * The attributes.
     *
     * @return The attributes.
     */
    getAttributes(): SortedSet<AggregateAttribute>;
    /**
     * Get the attribute by the specified name.
     *
     * @param name The name of the attribute.
     * @param orderHint The order at which the attribute should come after in case there are more than one candidates.
     * @param assignableTo The class this attribute must be assignable to
     * @return The attribute by the specified name,
     * or if there are more than one by that name,
     * the first one after the specified order,
     * or if there are none then the first collection that
     * comes after the order hint, or the latest if there
     * are none that come after the order hint, or null.
     */
    getAttribute(name: string, orderHint: number, assignableTo?: any): AggregateAttribute;
    /**
     * Whether this aggregate has headers.
     *
     * @return Whether this aggregate has headers.
     */
    hasHeaders(): boolean;
    /**
     * Get the headers defined by the specific aggregate instance.
     *
     * @param instance The aggregate instance.
     * @return The headers.
     */
    getHeaders(instance: Object): HeaderValues;
    /**
     * The type of the specified header.
     *
     * @param name The header name.
     * @return The header type, or null if no header by the specified name exists.
     */
    getHeaderType(name: string): any;
    /**
     * Set the header value for the specified instance.
     *
     * @param instance The instance.
     * @param name     The name of the header.
     * @param value    the value of the header.
     */
    setHeader(instance: Object, name: string, value: Object): void;
    addChildAggregate(childAggregate: ChildAggregate): void;
    addElement(element: Element): void;
    addHeader(header: Header): void;
}