import { MethodsType, EventsType } from './common';
import { Dispatcher } from './dispatcher';
import { ConcreteLocalHandle, ConcreteRemoteHandle, LocalHandle, RemoteHandle } from './handles';
/**
 * An active connection between two contexts
 *
 * @typeParam M0 - The methods exposed by this context
 * @typeParam E0 - The events exposed by this context
 * @typeParam M1 - The methods exposed by the other context
 * @typeParam E1 - The events exposed by the other context
 *
 * @public
 *
 */
export interface Connection<M0 extends MethodsType = any, E0 extends EventsType = any, M1 extends MethodsType = any, E1 extends EventsType = any> {
    /**
     * Get a handle to the local end of the connection
     *
     * @returns A {@link LocalHandle} to the local side of the Connection
     */
    localHandle(): LocalHandle<M0, E0>;
    /**
     * Get a handle to the other end of the connection
     *
     * @returns A {@link RemoteHandle} to the other side of the Connection
     */
    remoteHandle(): RemoteHandle<M1, E1>;
    /**
     * Stop listening to incoming message from the other side
     */
    close(): void;
}
export declare class ConcreteConnection<M0 extends MethodsType> implements Connection {
    private _dispatcher;
    private _remoteHandle;
    private _localHandle;
    constructor(dispatcher: Dispatcher, localMethods: M0);
    close(): void;
    localHandle(): ConcreteLocalHandle<any, any>;
    remoteHandle(): ConcreteRemoteHandle<any, any>;
}