import type { Class } from "./class.js";
import type { ImmutableDictionary } from "./dictionary.js";
/**
 * A set of hydrations describes a set of string keys and the class constructor to be dehydrated and rehydrated.
 * - We can't use `class.name` because we don't know that the name of the class will survive minification.
 */
export type Hydrations = ImmutableDictionary<Class<unknown>>;
/** A dehydrated object with a `$type` key. */
export type DehydratedObject = {
    readonly $type: string;
    readonly $value: unknown;
};
/**
 * Deeply hydrate a class instance based on a set of `Hydrations`
 * - Hydration allows a client to receive class instances from a server.
 * - By its nature hydration is an unsafe operation.
 * - Deeply iterates into arrays and plain objects to hydrate their items and props too.
 * - Note: the recursion in this function does not currently protect against infinite loops.
 */
export declare function hydrate(value: unknown, hydrations: Hydrations): unknown;
/**
 * Deeply dehydrate a class instance based on a set of `Hydrations`
 * - Dehydration allows you to pass class instances from a server back to a client.
 * - By its nature dehydration is an unsafe operation.
 * - Deeply iterates into arrays and plain objects to dehydrate their items and props too.
 * - Note: the recursion in this function does not currently protect against infinite loops.
 *
 * @returns The dehydrated version of the specified value.
 * @throws `Error` if the value is a class instance that cannot be dehydrated (i.e. is not matched by any constructor in `hydrations`).
 */
export declare function dehydrate(value: unknown, hydrations: Hydrations): unknown;