/**
 * Function which, given a path with leading slashes removed, tells me which index to consume until.
 *
 * Returning -1 if nothing can be consumed (e.g. path is empty, not long enough, etc.)
 */
export type PathConsumer = (pathNoLeadingSlashes: string) => number;
export type Consumed = {
    captured: string;
    consumed: string;
    remaining: string;
};
/**
 * 1. consume leading slashes from path
 * 2. use consumer to capture some substring of what's left, e.g. everything until the index of the first '/'
 */
export declare function consume(path: string, consumer: PathConsumer): Consumed | undefined;
export declare function upToChars(count: number): (path: string) => number;
export declare function exactlyChars(count: number): (path: string) => number;
export declare function upToSegments(count: number): (path: string) => number;
export declare function exactlySegments(count: number): (path: string) => number;
export declare function nextSlashOrEnd(path: string): number;
export declare function endOfPath(path: string): number;
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