/**
 * Options for configuring text highlighting behavior
 */
interface HighlightOptions {
    /** Whether the search should be case sensitive */
    readonly caseSensitive: boolean;
    /** CSS class name to apply to highlighted text */
    readonly className: string;
    /** Whether to match diacritics (accented characters) */
    readonly diacritics: boolean;
    /** Whether to ignore punctuation when matching */
    readonly ignorePunctuation: boolean;
    /** Whether to match all occurrences or just the first one */
    readonly matchAll: boolean;
    /** Whether to match separate words of the query */
    readonly separateWordSearch: boolean;
    /** HTML tag to wrap highlighted text (e.g., 'span', 'mark') */
    readonly tag: string;
}
/**
 * The highlighter function
 */
type Highlighter = (text: string, query: string) => string;

declare const createHighlighter: (config?: Partial<HighlightOptions>) => Highlighter;

export { type HighlightOptions, type Highlighter, createHighlighter };