import ClassMetadata from '../Mapping/ClassMetadata';
import SerializerInterface, { Entity, NormalizedObject, NormalizedList, EntityList } from './SerializerInterface';
declare class Serializer implements SerializerInterface {
    /**
     * convert an entity to a plain javascript object
     * @param {object} entity - The entity to convert
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @return {object} the object to serialize
     */
    normalizeItem(entity: Entity, classMetadata: ClassMetadata): NormalizedObject;
    /**
     * convert a plain javascript object to string
     * @param {object} object - The object to convert to convert
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @return {string} the content of the request
     */
    encodeItem(object: NormalizedObject, classMetadata: ClassMetadata): string;
    /**
     * convert an entity to string that will be sent as the request content
     * @param {any} entity - The entity to convert
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @return {string} the content of the request
     */
    serializeItem(object: Entity, classMetadata: ClassMetadata): string;
    /**
     * convert a plain object to an entity
     * @param {object} object - The plain javascript object
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {object} an entity
     */
    denormalizeItem(object: NormalizedObject, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): Entity;
    /**
     * convert a string containing an object to a plain javascript object
     * @param {string} rawData - The string fetched from the response
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {object} the normalized object
     */
    decodeItem(rawData: string, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): NormalizedObject;
    /**
     * convert a string containing an object to an entity
     * @param {string} rawData - The string fetched from the response
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {object} the entity
     */
    deserializeItem(rawData: string, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): Entity;
    /**
     * convert a plain object list to an entity list
     * @param {Iterable<object>} objectList - The plain javascript object list (or an iterable object)
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {Iterable<object>} a list of entities
     */
    denormalizeList(objectList: NormalizedList, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): EntityList;
    /**
     * convert a string containing a list of objects to a list of plain javascript objects
     * @param {string} rawListData - The string fetched from the response
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {Iterable<object>} a list of normalized objects
     */
    decodeList(rawListData: string, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): NormalizedList;
    /**
     * convert a string containing a list of objects to a list of entities
     * @param {string} rawListData - The string fetched from the response
     * @param {ClassMetadata} classMetadata - the class metadata
     * @param {Record<string, unknown>} response - the HTTP response
     * @return {Iterable<object>} a list of entities
     */
    deserializeList(rawListData: string, classMetadata: ClassMetadata, response: Response): EntityList;
}
export default Serializer;