/**
 * Provides the functionality to compile a component.
 */
export declare abstract class Compiler<T> {
    /**
     * The item to compile.
     */
    private item;
    /**
     * The path to save the compiled item to.
     */
    private destinationPath;
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of the `Compiler<T>` class.
     *
     * @param item
     * The item to compile.
     */
    constructor(item: T);
    /**
     * Gets the item to compile.
     */
    readonly Item: T;
    /**
     * Gets or sets the path to save the compiled item to.
     */
    DestinationPath: string;
    /**
     * Compiles the item.
     */
    Execute(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Compiles the item.
     */
    protected abstract Compile(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Copies files using `EJS`.
     *
     * @param source
     * The source to copy the files from.
     *
     * @param destination
     * The destination to copy the files to.
     *
     * @param context
     * The context to use.
     */
    protected CopyTemplate(source: string, destination: string, context?: {
        [key: string]: any;
    }): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Joins the paths and returns the path contained by the destination-folder.
     *
     * @param path
     * The path that is to be joined.
     */
    protected MakeDestinationPath(...path: string[]): string;
    /**
     * Compresses a folder and saves the result to a specified file.
     *
     * @param source
     * The folder that is to be compressed.
     *
     * @param destination
     * The filename to save the compressed file to.
     */
    protected Compress(source: string, destination: string): Promise<void>;
}