import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
import { MulticastDNS } from 'multicast-dns';
import { DiscoveredService } from './DiscoveredService';
export type BrowserFilter = {
    /**
     * Network protocol used by the service, either TCP or UDP.
     * @default 'tcp'
     */
    protocol: 'tcp' | 'udp';
    /**
     * The service type to browse for. This corresponds to the DNS-SD service type without the leading underscore.
     * @example 'http', 'ipp'
     */
    type: string;
    /**
     * Optional service subtypes to filter for. When provided, the browser targets this instance specifically.
     * @example ['foo', 'bar']
     */
    subtypes?: string[];
    /**
     * Optional specific instance name to filter for. When provided, the browser targets this instance specifically.
     * @example 'MyPrinter'
     */
    name?: string | RegExp;
    /**
     * Optional TXT record key-value pairs to filter discovered services.
     * Only services whose TXT records match all keys and values will be emitted.
     */
    txt?: Record<string, string | RegExp>;
};
export interface BrowserOptions {
    filter?: BrowserFilter;
}
interface BrowserEventMap {
    up: [service: DiscoveredService];
    down: [service: DiscoveredService];
    update: [curr: DiscoveredService, prev: DiscoveredService];
}
/**
 * Browses the local network for mDNS/DNS-SD service instances.
 *
 * Emits:
 * - `up`: when a new service appears.
 * - `down`: when a previously seen service sends a "goodbye" (TTL = 0).
 * - `update`: when an existing service has received new records
 */
export declare class Browser extends EventEmitter<BrowserEventMap> {
    static TLD: string;
    static WILDCARD: string;
    services: DiscoveredService[];
    private mdns;
    private filter?;
    private onresponse?;
    constructor(mdns: MulticastDNS, options?: BrowserOptions);
    private get queryNames();
    /**
     * Starts the browser and begins listening for mDNS service announcements.
     * - Has no effect if the browser is already started.
     */
    start(): void;
    /**
     * Stops the browser from listening to mDNS service announcements.
     * - Has no effect if the browser is already stopped
     */
    stop(): void;
    /**
     * Sends an active query to refresh the list of discovered services.
     * - Triggers a new PTR record query for the configured service name
     * - Causes mDNS responders to reply with their current service information
     * - Useful for manual refresh when you suspect stale service data
     */
    update(): void;
    private match;
    /**
     * TODO: {@link https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6762#section-5.2 | Continuous Multicast DNS Querying}
     */
    private setupTTLTimer;
    private addService;
    private updateService;
    private removeService;
}
export {};