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import { McspTokenManager } from '../token-managers/mcsp-token-manager';
import { BaseOptions, TokenRequestBasedAuthenticator } from './token-request-based-authenticator';
/** Configuration options for Multi-Cloud Saas Platform (MCSP) authentication. */
export interface Options extends BaseOptions {
    /** The API key used to obtain an MCSP access token. */
    apikey: string;
    /** The URL representing the MCSP token service endpoint. */
    url: string;
}
/**
 * The McspAuthenticator uses an apikey to obtain an access token from the MCSP token server.
 * When the access token expires, a new access token is obtained from the token server.
 * The access token will be added to outbound requests via the Authorization header
 * of the form:    "Authorization: Bearer <access-token>"
 */
export declare class McspAuthenticator extends TokenRequestBasedAuthenticator {
    protected requiredOptions: string[];
    protected tokenManager: McspTokenManager;
    private apikey;
    /**
     * Create a new McspAuthenticator instance.
     *
     * @param options - Configuration options for CloudPakForData authentication.
     * This should be an object containing these fields:
     * - url: (required) the endpoint URL for the CloudPakForData token service
     * - apikey: (optional) the API key used to obtain a bearer token (required if password is not specified)
     * - disableSslVerification: (optional) a flag that indicates whether verification of the token server's SSL certificate
     * should be disabled or not
     * - headers: (optional) a set of HTTP headers to be sent with each request to the token service
     *
     * @throws Error: the username, password, and/or url are not valid, or unspecified, for Cloud Pak For Data token requests.
     */
    constructor(options: Options);
    /**
     * Returns the authenticator's type ('mcsp').
     *
     * @returns a string that indicates the authenticator's type
     */
    authenticationType(): string;
}