import type { BijouContext } from '@flyingrobots/bijou';
import type { WorkerMouseTrackingMode } from './worker-mouse-mode.js';
/** Options for starting an app in a background worker. */
export interface RunWorkerOptions {
    /** The absolute path to the worker entry file. */
    entry: string;
    /** Optional Bijou context for the host thread. */
    ctx?: BijouContext;
    /** Enter the alternate screen buffer on startup. */
    altScreen?: boolean;
    /** Hide the cursor on startup. */
    hideCursor?: boolean;
    /** Enable mouse input. */
    mouse?: boolean;
    /** Mouse tracking mode. Supplying this implies `mouse: true`. */
    mouseMode?: WorkerMouseTrackingMode;
    /** Optional BCSS stylesheet string. */
    css?: string;
    /** Callback for custom data messages sent from the worker. */
    onMessage?: (payload: unknown) => void;
    /** Optional arguments passed to the Node.js worker process. */
    execArgv?: string[];
}
/** Handle for a running background worker. */
export interface WorkerHandle {
    /** Sends a custom data message to the worker thread. */
    send(payload: unknown): void;
    /** Forcefully terminate the worker thread. */
    terminate(): Promise<void>;
    /** Resolves when the worker exits cleanly. */
    onExit: Promise<void>;
}
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