import * as plugins from "./smartdata.plugins";
import { Objectmap } from "lik";
import { DbTable } from "./smartdata.classes.dbtable";
import { ConnectionOptions } from "rethinkdb";
/**
 * interface - indicates the connection status of the db
 */
export declare type TConnectionStatus = "initial" | "disconnected" | "connected" | "failed";
export declare class Db {
    dbName: string;
    connectionOptions: plugins.rethinkDb.ConnectionOptions;
    dbConnection: plugins.rethinkDb.Connection;
    status: TConnectionStatus;
    dbTablesMap: Objectmap<DbTable<any>>;
    constructor(connectionOptionsArg: ConnectionOptions);
    /**
     * supply additional SSl options needed to connect to certain Rethink DB servers (e.g. compose.io)
     */
    setSsl(certificateStringArg: string, formatArg: "base64" | "clearText"): void;
    /**
     * connects to the database that was specified during instance creation
     */
    connect(): Promise<any>;
    /**
     * closes the connection to the databse
     */
    close(): Promise<any>;
    addTable(dbTableArg: DbTable<any>): void;
    /**
     * Gets a table's name and returns smartdata's DbTable class
     * @param nameArg
     * @returns DbTable
     */
    getDbTableByName<T>(nameArg: string): Promise<DbTable<T>>;
}