/**
 * Information emitted on a successful match.
 *
 * If you require more information about matches than what is provided here, see
 * the [[DataSet]] class, which supports associating metadata with patterns.
 */
export interface MatchPayload {
    /**
     * End index of the match, inclusive.
     *
     * If the last character of the pattern is a surrogate pair,
     * then this points to the index of the low surrogate.
     */
    endIndex: number;
    /**
     * Total number of of code points that matched.
     */
    matchLength: number;
    /**
     * Start index of the match, inclusive.
     */
    startIndex: number;
    /**
     * ID of the blacklisted term that matched.
     */
    termId: number;
}
/**
 * Compares two match payloads.
 *
 * If the first match payload's start index is less than the second's, `-1` is
 *   returned;
 * If the second match payload's start index is less than the first's, `1` is
 *   returned;
 * If the first match payload's end index is less than the second's, `-1` is
 *   returned;
 * If the second match payload's end index is less than the first's, `1` is
 *   returned;
 * If the first match payload's term ID is less than the second's, `-1` is
 *   returned;
 * If the first match payload's term ID is equal to the second's, `0` is
 *   returned;
 * Otherwise, `1` is returned.
 *
 * @param a - First match payload.
 * @param b - Second match payload.
 * @returns The result of the comparison: -1 if the first should sort lower than
 * the second, 0 if they are the same, and 1 if the second should sort lower
 * than the first.
 */
export declare function compareMatchByPositionAndId(a: MatchPayload, b: MatchPayload): 1 | 0 | -1;