import * as plugins from './smartchok.plugins.js';
export type TSmartchokStatus = 'idle' | 'starting' | 'watching';
export type TFsEvent = 'add' | 'addDir' | 'change' | 'error' | 'unlink' | 'unlinkDir' | 'ready' | 'raw';
/**
 * Smartchok allows easy wathcing of files
 */
export declare class Smartchok {
    watchStringmap: plugins.lik.Stringmap;
    status: TSmartchokStatus;
    private watcher;
    private globPatterns;
    private globMatchers;
    private watchingDeferred;
    private eventObservablemap;
    /**
     * constructor of class smartchok
     */
    constructor(watchArrayArg: string[]);
    private getGlobBase;
    /**
     * adds files to the list of watched files
     */
    add(pathArrayArg: string[]): void;
    /**
     * removes files from the list of watched files
     */
    remove(pathArg: string): void;
    /**
     * gets an observable for a certain event
     */
    getObservableFor(fsEvent: TFsEvent): Promise<plugins.smartrx.rxjs.Observable<[string, plugins.fs.Stats]>>;
    /**
     * starts the watcher
     * @returns Promise<void>
     */
    start(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * stop the watcher process if watching
     */
    stop(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Checks if a path should be watched based on glob patterns
     */
    private shouldWatchPath;
}