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import { BrowserWindow, MessagePortMain } from 'electron';
import { IDisposable } from "../../../common/lifecycle.mjs";
import { Client as MessagePortClient } from "../common/ipc.mp.mjs";
/**
 * An implementation of a `IPCClient` on top of Electron `MessagePortMain`.
 */
export declare class Client extends MessagePortClient implements IDisposable {
    /**
     * @param clientId a way to uniquely identify this client among
     * other clients. this is important for routing because every
     * client can also be a server
     */
    constructor(port: MessagePortMain, clientId: string);
}
/**
 * This method opens a message channel connection
 * in the target window. The target window needs
 * to use the `Server` from `electron-sandbox/ipc.mp`.
 */
export declare function connect(window: BrowserWindow): Promise<MessagePortMain>;