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/// <reference path="../../../types/firestore.d.ts" />
import * as firestore from '@google-cloud/firestore';
import { DocumentReference } from './document-reference';
/**
 * Validates the input string as a field order direction.
 *
 * @private
 * @internal
 * @param arg The argument name or argument index (for varargs methods).
 * @param op Order direction to validate.
 * @throws when the direction is invalid
 * @return a validated input value, which may be different from the provided
 * value.
 */
export declare function validateQueryOrder(arg: string, op: unknown): firestore.OrderByDirection | undefined;
/**
 * Validates the input string as a field comparison operator.
 *
 * @private
 * @internal
 * @param arg The argument name or argument index (for varargs methods).
 * @param op Field comparison operator to validate.
 * @param fieldValue Value that is used in the filter.
 * @throws when the comparison operation is invalid
 * @return a validated input value, which may be different from the provided
 * value.
 */
export declare function validateQueryOperator(arg: string | number, op: unknown, fieldValue: unknown): firestore.WhereFilterOp;
/**
 * Validates that 'value' is a DocumentReference.
 *
 * @private
 * @internal
 * @param arg The argument name or argument index (for varargs methods).
 * @param value The argument to validate.
 * @return the DocumentReference if valid
 */
export declare function validateDocumentReference<AppModelType, DbModelType extends firestore.DocumentData>(arg: string | number, value: firestore.DocumentReference<AppModelType, DbModelType>): DocumentReference<AppModelType, DbModelType>;
/**
 * Validates that 'value' can be used as a query value.
 *
 * @private
 * @internal
 * @param arg The argument name or argument index (for varargs methods).
 * @param value The argument to validate.
 * @param allowUndefined Whether to allow nested properties that are `undefined`.
 */
export declare function validateQueryValue(arg: string | number, value: unknown, allowUndefined: boolean): void;
/**
 * Returns the first non-undefined value or `undefined` if no such value exists.
 * @private
 * @internal
 */
export declare function coalesce<T>(...values: Array<T | undefined>): T | undefined;