import { RouteNodeJson } from "./json.js";
/**
 * @description
 * This interface represents a node in the tree structure that holds all the node
 * for the routes
 */
export declare class RouteNode<K extends string | number> {
    /**
     * @description
     * suffix that comes after the parameter value (if any!) of the path
     */
    anchor: string;
    /**
     * @description
     * does this node have a parameter value
     */
    hasParameter: boolean;
    /**
     * @description
     * key that identifies the route, if this is a leaf node for the route
     */
    routeKey: K | null;
    /**
     * @description
     * children that represent the rest of the path that needs to be matched
     */
    private readonly children;
    constructor(
    /**
     * @description
     * suffix that comes after the parameter value (if any!) of the path
     */
    anchor?: string, 
    /**
     * @description
     * does this node have a parameter value
     */
    hasParameter?: boolean, 
    /**
     * @description
     * key that identifies the route, if this is a leaf node for the route
     */
    routeKey?: K | null, 
    /**
     * @description
     * children that represent the rest of the path that needs to be matched
     */
    children?: RouteNode<K>[]);
    private addChild;
    private removeChild;
    countChildren(): number;
    insert(routeKey: K, templatePairs: Array<readonly [string, string | null]>): RouteNode<K>;
    parse(path: string, maximumParameterValueLength: number): [K | null, string[]];
    private merge;
    private mergeNew;
    private mergeJoin;
    private mergeIntermediate;
    private mergeAddToChild;
    private mergeAddToNew;
    private findSimilarChild;
    compare(other: RouteNode<K>): 0 | 1 | -1;
    toJSON(): RouteNodeJson<K>;
    static fromJSON<K extends string | number>(json: RouteNodeJson<K>): RouteNode<K>;
}