import { AbstractStateMachine } from "../../support/AbstractStateMachine";
/**
 * Convenient superclass for parsing programming language source
 */
export declare abstract class LangStateMachine extends AbstractStateMachine<LangState> {
    previousChar: string;
    previousState: LangState;
    constructor(state: LangState);
}
/**
 * Represents a state in a LangStateMachine
 */
export declare class LangState {
    name: string;
    comment: boolean;
    stringLiteral: boolean;
    /**
     * Create a new state
     * @param name name of the state. Merely informative.
     * @param comment is this a comment state? A language
     * can have multiple kinds of comments, such as /* and // comments
     * @param stringLiteral are we in a string literal?
     * A language can have multiple kinds of string literals, like
     * Scala " and """ strings
     */
    constructor(name: string, comment: boolean, stringLiteral: boolean);
    normal(): boolean;
}