/**
 * Marker for optional properties.
 */
declare const OPTIONAL: "type-assurance:optional";
/**
 * Runtime type definition.
 */
export type Schema = StringConstructor | NumberConstructor | BooleanConstructor | ReadonlyArray<Schema> | {
    [prop: string]: Schema;
} | (new (...args: any) => any) | ((v: unknown) => boolean) | string | number | boolean | null | undefined;
/**
 * Type to get the actual type from a schema.
 */
export type TypeFromSchema<T> = T extends StringConstructor ? string : T extends NumberConstructor ? number : T extends BooleanConstructor ? boolean : T extends ReadonlyArray<Schema> ? {
    [P in keyof T]: TypeFromSchema<T[P]>;
} : T extends {
    [key: string]: Schema;
} ? Expand<OptionalProps<T> & RequiredProps<T>> : T extends new (...args: any) => infer R ? R : T extends (v: unknown) => v is infer R ? R : T;
/**
 * Expand mapped types for better readability.
 * See https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/47980
 */
type Expand<T> = T extends unknown ? {
    [K in keyof T]: T[K];
} : never;
/**
 * Extract only the optional props of a schema.
 */
type OptionalProps<T> = {
    -readonly [K in keyof T as T[K] extends {
        [OPTIONAL]: true;
    } ? K : never]?: TypeFromSchema<T[K]>;
};
/**
 * Extract only the required props of a schema.
 */
type RequiredProps<T> = {
    -readonly [K in keyof T as T[K] extends {
        [OPTIONAL]: true;
    } ? never : K]: TypeFromSchema<T[K]>;
};
/**
 * Type guard to check if a value is compatible with a given schema.
 */
export declare function is<const T extends Schema>(value: unknown, schema: T): value is TypeFromSchema<T>;
/**
 * Compares a value to a schema and returns all property paths
 * where the data does not match the specified type.
 */
export declare function diff<const T extends Schema>(value: unknown, schema: T, path?: string): Array<string>;
/**
 * Creates a type guard that checks if a value matches the given schema.
 */
export declare function typeGuard<const T extends Schema>(schema: T): (value: unknown) => value is TypeFromSchema<T>;
/**
 * Creates a type guard that checks if a value matches any of the given schemas.
 */
export declare function union<T extends Schema[]>(...schemas: T): (v: unknown) => v is TypeFromSchema<T[number]>;
/**
 * Creates a type guard that checks if a value either matches the given schema or is undefined.
 * The returned function is marked with the `type-assurance:optional` marker – when used as value inside an
 * object, the property will become optional.
 */
export declare function optional<T extends Schema>(schema: T): ((v: unknown) => v is TypeFromSchema<T> | undefined) & {
    [OPTIONAL]: true;
};
/**
 * Type guard that always returns `true`. Can be used to create schemas
 * where the type of a property does not matter.
 */
export declare function unknown(v: unknown): v is unknown;
/**
 * Asserts that a value matches a given schema.
 * @throws TypeError if the value does not match the schema.
 */
export declare function assert<T extends Schema>(value: unknown, schema: T): asserts value is TypeFromSchema<T>;
/**
 *  Valid Record keys
 */
export type RecordKeys = StringConstructor | NumberConstructor | string | number;
/**
 * Creates a type guard that checks if a value matches a given Record<K, V>.
 */
export declare function record<const K extends RecordKeys, const V extends Schema>(key: K, value: V): (v: unknown) => v is Record<TypeFromSchema<K>, TypeFromSchema<V>>;
export {};