import { CommentRemovalOptions, FileType } from './utils';
import { FileOptions, FileResult } from './cli/fileUtils';
/**
 * Comment Remover class for removing comments from code
 */
export declare class CommentRemover {
    private options;
    /**
     * Create a new CommentRemover instance
     *
     * @param options - Options for comment removal
     */
    constructor(options?: Partial<CommentRemovalOptions>);
    /**
     * Remove comments from code
     *
     * @param code - The code to process
     * @param fileType - The file type or language
     * @returns The code with comments removed
     */
    removeComments(code: string, fileType?: FileType | string): string;
    /**
     * Remove JavaScript/TypeScript comments
     *
     * @param code - The code to process
     * @returns The code with comments removed
     */
    private removeJavaScriptComments;
    /**
     * Remove HTML comments
     *
     * @param code - The code to process
     * @returns The code with comments removed
     */
    private removeHTMLComments;
    /**
     * Remove CSS comments
     *
     * @param code - The code to process
     * @returns The code with comments removed
     */
    private removeCSSComments;
    /**
     * Remove empty lines from code
     *
     * @param code - The code to process
     * @returns The code with empty lines removed
     */
    private removeEmptyLines;
    /**
     * Update comment removal options
     *
     * @param options - New options to apply
     */
    updateOptions(options: Partial<CommentRemovalOptions>): void;
    /**
     * Get current comment removal options
     *
     * @returns The current options
     */
    getOptions(): CommentRemovalOptions;
    /**
     * Remove comments from multiple files
     *
     * @param patterns - Glob patterns to match files
     * @param options - File options
     * @returns Results of the operations
     */
    cleanFiles(patterns: string | string[], options?: FileOptions): Promise<FileResult[]>;
}