/**
 * Copyright 2018, OpenCensus Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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import { Measurement, View } from '../stats/types';
import { TagKey, TagValue } from '../tags/types';
import * as configTypes from '../trace/config/types';
import * as modelTypes from '../trace/model/types';
/** Defines a trace exporter interface. */
export interface Exporter extends modelTypes.SpanEventListener {
    /**
     * Sends a list of spans to the service.
     * @param spans A list of spans to publish.
     */
    publish(spans: modelTypes.Span[]): Promise<number | string | void>;
}
/**
 * An interface that describes the possible events that will be emitted from a
 * Stats instance. Stats exporters should implement this interface.
 */
export interface StatsEventListener {
    /**
     * Is called whenever a new view is registered
     * @deprecated since version 0.0.9 - use {@link start} instead
     * @param view The registered view
     */
    onRegisterView(view: View): void;
    /**
     * Is called whenever a new measurement is recorded.
     * @deprecated since version 0.0.9 - use {@link start} instead
     * @param views The views related to the measurement
     * @param measurement The recorded measurement
     * @param tags The tags to which the value is applied
     */
    onRecord(views: View[], measurement: Measurement, tags: Map<TagKey, TagValue>): void;
    /**
     * Starts the exporter that polls Metric from Metrics library and send
     * batched data to backend.
     */
    start(): void;
    /** Stops the exporter. */
    stop(): void;
}
export declare type ExporterConfig = configTypes.BufferConfig;