export = Hilichurl;
/**
 * Manages hilichurl words-related data processing and formatting
 */
declare class Hilichurl {
    /**
     * Initializes the Hilichurl class with Hilichurlian JSON data from `jsonFile`
     * @param {string} jsonFile - Full file path to a target JSON file containing object[] object arrays
     */
    constructor(jsonFile: string);
    /**
     * Array of Objects containing the raw Hilichurlian data extracted from web-scraped data.
     * @type {object[]}
     */
    hilichurlianRAW: object[];
    /**
     * Array of Objects containing processed and formatted Hilichurlian data.
     * @type {object[]}
     */
    hilichurlianDB: object[];
    /**
     * Number of columns in the Hilichurlian Lexicon website's HTML table. Default value should be 4 (as of 20241018).
     * @type {number}
     */
    COLUMN_LENGTH: number;
    /**
     * Scrapes Hilichurlian words and definitions from the Hilichurl Lexicon website whose URL is defined in the .env.example "HILICHURLIAN_TEXT_URL" variable
     * and remove special chars on the scraped content
     * @returns {Promise<void>} Stores an array of raw sraped Hilichurlian words minus special characters in this.hilichurlianRAW[]
     *    [{ word: String, eng: String, notes: String },...]
     */
    scrapewords(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Post-processing and extra formating of raw-scraped Hilichurlian words from `this.hilichurlianRAW[]`.
     * Stores the formatted words in `this.hilichurlianDB[]`.
     * @param {object[]} [data] - (Optional) Array of objects containing raw Hilichurlian data. Uses the `this.hilichurlianRAW[]` data if not provided.
     * @returns {void}
     */
    formatwords(data?: object[]): void;
    /**
     * Loads the contents of a JSON file containing Hilichulian-like data items to `this.hilichurlianDB[]` for further processing
     * @param {string} jsonFile - Full file path to a target JSON file containing object[] object arrays
     * @returns {void}
     */
    loadrecords(jsonFile: string): void;
    /**
     * Writes the contents of `this.hilichurlianDB[]` into a JSON file
     * @param {string} directory
     *    - (Optional) Full directory path minus the filename where to save the JSON file
     *    - Will write the JSON file to the project's root directory if ommitted
     * @returns {string} Random-generated file name
     */
    writerecords(directory: string): string;
    /**
     * Refreshes the in-memory Hilichurlian dictionaries by scraping data
     * from the `HILICHURLIAN_TEXT_URL` environment variable into:
     *  - `this.hilichurlianRAW[]`
     *  - `this.hilichurlianDB[]`
     * @returns {Promise<void>}
     */
    fetchrecords(): Promise<void>;
    /**
     * Generates a Hilichurlian sentence made up of non-sensical Hilichurlian words
     * @param {number} wordCount - Maximum number of words to include in the sentence
     * @returns {string} Random Hilichurlian words
     */
    lipsum(wordCount?: number): string;
}