import { AnyRouteRefParams } from './types';
/**
 * Absolute route reference.
 *
 * @remarks
 *
 * See {@link https://backstage.io/docs/plugins/composability#routing-system}.
 *
 * @public
 */
export interface RouteRef<TParams extends AnyRouteRefParams = AnyRouteRefParams> {
    readonly $$type: '@backstage/RouteRef';
    readonly T: TParams;
}
/**
 * Create a {@link RouteRef} from a route descriptor.
 *
 * @param config - Description of the route reference to be created.
 * @public
 */
export declare function createRouteRef<TParams extends {
    [param in TParamKeys]: string;
} | undefined = undefined, TParamKeys extends string = string>(config?: {
    /** A list of parameter names that the path that this route ref is bound to must contain */
    readonly params: string extends TParamKeys ? (keyof TParams)[] : TParamKeys[];
}): RouteRef<keyof TParams extends never ? undefined : string extends TParamKeys ? TParams : {
    [param in TParamKeys]: string;
}>;