import { ComputedRef, Raw, Ref } from 'vue';
import { TrackedInstance, TrackedInstanceOptions } from './tracked-instance';
export type CollectionItem<Item, Meta = undefined> = Raw<{
    instance: TrackedInstance<Item>;
    /** Arbitrary metadata attached to this item, produced by CollectionOptions.createItemMeta. */
    meta: Meta;
    /** True when the item has been soft-deleted via remove(). */
    isRemoved: Ref<boolean>;
    /** True for items added via add() after the last loadData() call. */
    isNew: Ref<boolean>;
    /** Removes this item from the collection. Shortcut for calling collection.remove(index). */
    remove: (isHardRemoved?: boolean) => void;
}>;
export interface Collection<Item, Meta = undefined> {
    items: Ref<CollectionItem<Item, Meta>[]>;
    /** True when any item is modified, newly added, or soft-deleted. */
    isDirty: ComputedRef<boolean>;
    /** Adds an item to the collection. Inserts at the end by default; pass `index` to insert elsewhere. */
    add: (item: Item, index?: number) => CollectionItem<Item, Meta>;
    /** Soft-deletes an item by index (sets isRemoved). Pass isHardRemove=true to splice immediately. */
    remove: (index: number, isHardRemove?: boolean) => void;
    /** Replaces all items and clears the dirty state. The loaded items become the new baseline. */
    loadData: (items: Item[]) => void;
    /** Reverts all changes: drops new items, restores removed items, resets modified fields. */
    reset: () => void;
}
export interface CollectionOptions<Item, Meta = undefined> extends TrackedInstanceOptions {
    /**
     * Factory called when a collection item is created (via loadData or add).
     * Use it to attach arbitrary metadata to each item — UI flags, sub-forms, derived state —
     * that lives alongside the tracked instance but is not part of the tracked data.
     * Receives the newly created TrackedInstance so the meta can reference reactive instance fields.
     */
    createItemMeta?: (instance: TrackedInstance<Item>) => Meta;
}
/**
 * Creates a reactive collection of TrackedInstance items.
 *
 * Tracks additions, removals, and field-level modifications across all items.
 * Each item is wrapped with markRaw to prevent Vue from making the collection item
 * itself deeply reactive — only instance.data, isRemoved, and isNew carry reactivity.
 */
export declare const useCollection: <Item = any, Meta = undefined>(options?: CollectionOptions<Item, Meta>) => Collection<Item, Meta>;