import { IEngine } from '../../engine/types';
export type TimerId = number;
export type TimerCallback = () => void;
export type Timers = {
    /**
     * Delays the execution of a function by a given amount of milliseconds.
     *
     * @param callback - The function to execute after the delay
     * @param ms - The delay in milliseconds
     * @returns A TimerId that can be used to cancel the timeout
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * const timeoutId = timers.setTimeout(() => {
     *   console.log('1 second passed')
     * }, 1000)
     * ```
     */
    setTimeout(callback: TimerCallback, ms: number): TimerId;
    /**
     * Cancels a timeout previously established by setTimeout.
     *
     * @param timerId - The TimerId returned by setTimeout
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * const timeoutId = timers.setTimeout(() => {
     *   console.log('This will not run')
     * }, 1000)
     *
     * timers.clearTimeout(timeoutId)
     * ```
     */
    clearTimeout(timerId: TimerId): void;
    /**
     * Repeatedly executes a function at specified intervals.
     *
     * @param callback - The function to execute at each interval
     * @param ms - The interval in milliseconds
     * @returns A TimerId that can be used to cancel the interval
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * const intervalId = timers.setInterval(() => {
     *   console.log('Printing this every 1 second')
     * }, 1000)
     * ```
     */
    setInterval(callback: TimerCallback, ms: number): TimerId;
    /**
     * Cancels an interval previously established by setInterval.
     *
     * @param timerId - The TimerId returned by setInterval
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * const intervalId = timers.setInterval(() => {
     *   console.log('This will stop')
     * }, 1000)
     *
     * timers.clearInterval(intervalId)
     * ```
     */
    clearInterval(timerId: TimerId): void;
};
/**
 * Creates a timer system bound to a specific engine instance.
 *
 * @param targetEngine - The engine instance to bind timers to
 * @returns A Timers object with setTimeout, clearTimeout, setInterval, and clearInterval methods
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { Engine } from '@dcl/sdk/ecs'
 * import { createTimers } from '@dcl/sdk/ecs'
 *
 * const engine = Engine()
 * const timers = createTimers(engine)
 *
 * timers.setTimeout(() => console.log('done'), 1000)
 * ```
 *
 * @public
 */
export declare function createTimers(targetEngine: IEngine): Timers;