import EventBusHandler from "./eventbus.handler";
export default class EventBus {
    name: string;
    /**
     * The max number of listeners that can
     * subscribe to a channel
     */
    private maxListeners;
    /**
     * Holds the table of all channels for the
     * current event bus
     */
    private channels;
    /**
     * Creates the instance
     *
     * @param name The name of the event bus
     */
    constructor(name: string);
    /**
     * If the channel exists with a given channel
     * name, it will be returned. If not, a channel
     * will be created and returned
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     */
    private allocate;
    /**
     * Add a listener to a particular channel
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener to fire on emission
     * @param context The context for the the listener
     */
    addListener(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, context?: any): this;
    /**
     * Add a listener to a particular channel
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listner to fire on emission
     * @param context The context for the listener
     */
    on(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, context?: any): this;
    /**
     * Add a listener to a particular channel that will only fire once
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener to fire on emission
     * @param context The context for the listener
     */
    once(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, context?: any): this;
    /**
     * Prepend a listener to a particular channel
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener to fire on emission
     * @param context The context for the listener
     */
    prependListener(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, context?: any): this;
    /**
     * Prepend a listener to a particular channel that only fire once
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener to fire on emission
     * @param context
     */
    prependOnceListener(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, context?: any): this;
    /**
     * Remove a listener from a channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener for the channel
     */
    removeListener(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
    /**
     * Remove a listener from a channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param listener The listener for the channel
     */
    off(channel: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
    /**
     * If a channel is supplied, all event listeners for that
     * channel will be removed. However, if no channel is supplied,
     * all channels for this event bus will be removed
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channle
     */
    removeAllListeners(channel?: string | symbol): this;
    /**
     * Set the max number of listeners to be
     * applied to a particular event channel
     *
     * @param n The number of listeners
     */
    setMaxListeners(n: number): this;
    /**
     * Get the max number of listeners
     */
    getMaxListeners(): number;
    /**
     * Get a list of the listener references for a
     * particular channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     */
    listeners(channel: string | symbol): Function[];
    /**
     * Get a list of the event bus handlers for a
     * particular channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     */
    handlers(channel: string | symbol): EventBusHandler[];
    /**
     * Broadcast to a listeners for a particular channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     * @param args List of arguments to be supplied to the listeners
     */
    emit(channel: string | symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
    /**
     * Returns a list of all channel names
     */
    channelNames(): Array<string | symbol>;
    /**
     * Returns the number listeners subscribed to a channel
     *
     * @param channel The name of the channel
     */
    listenerCount(channel: string | symbol): number;
}