/// <reference types="node" />
/**
 * Function that returns an int32 hash of the input (a number between
 * -2147483648 and 2147483647). If your hashing library gives you a Buffer
 * back, a convienent way to get this is `buf.readInt32BE()`.
 */
export declare type HashFunction = (input: Buffer) => number;
export declare class HashRing<TNode extends string | {
    key: string;
} = string> {
    /**
     * Base weight of each node in the hash ring. Having a base weight of 1 is
     * not very desirable, since then, due to the ketama-style "clock", it's
     * possible to end up with a clock that's very skewed when dealing with a
     * small number of nodes. Setting to 50 nodes seems to give a better
     * distrubtion, so that load is spread roughly evenly to +/- 5%.
     */
    static baseWeight: number;
    private readonly hashFn;
    private clock;
    private nodes;
    constructor(initialNodes?: ReadonlyArray<TNode | {
        weight: number;
        node: TNode;
    }>, hashFn?: string | HashFunction);
    /**
     * Add a new node to the ring. If the node already exists in the ring, it
     * will be updated. For example, you can use this to update the node's weight.
     */
    addNode(node: TNode, weight?: number): void;
    /**
     * Removes th enode from the ring. No-op's if the node does not exist.
     */
    removeNode(node: TNode): void;
    /**
     * Gets the node which should handle the given input. Returns undefined if
     * the hashring has no elements with weight.
     */
    getNode(input: string | Buffer): TNode | undefined;
    private getIndexForInput;
    /**
     * Gets the "replicas" number of nodes that should handle the input. The
     * returned array length wiill equal the number of replicas, except if
     * there are fewer nodes available than replicas requested.
     */
    getNodes(input: string, replicas: number): TNode[];
    private addNodeToClock;
}