export interface FilterOptions {
    wordBoundaries?: boolean;
    parseObfuscated?: boolean;
    replaceWith?: string;
    disableDefaultList?: boolean;
    excludeWords?: string[];
    includeWords?: string[];
}
export declare class Filter {
    private words;
    private wordBoundaries;
    private parseObfuscated;
    private replaceWith;
    private static readonly WORD_REGEX;
    private static readonly charMap;
    constructor({ wordBoundaries, parseObfuscated, replaceWith, disableDefaultList, excludeWords, includeWords }?: FilterOptions);
    /**
     * Helper method to normalize obfuscated text
     * @param text
     * @param maxRepeats the max num of repeats allowed for a char
     * @returns
     */
    private normalizeObfuscated;
    /**
     * Whether the string contains profane words
     * @param string
     * @param wordBoundaries match whole words (defaults to config)
     * @returns
     */
    isProfane(text: string, wordBoundaries?: boolean): boolean;
    /**
     * Replace detected words
     * @param text
     * @param replaceWith word used for replacing ( defaults to config )
     * @param wordBoundaries match whole words (defaults to config)
     * @returns
     */
    sanitize(text: string, replaceWith?: string, wordBoundaries?: boolean): string;
    /**
     * Get a list of all matched words and their position
     * @param text
     * @param wordBoundaries match whole words (defaults to config)
     * @returns
     */
    getMatches(text: string, wordBoundaries?: boolean): {
        word: string;
        start: number;
        end: number;
    }[];
}