/**
 * Copyright (c) 2017-present, RobotlegsJS. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */
import { IOnceSignal } from "./IOnceSignal";
import { ISlot } from "./ISlot";
import { SlotList } from "./SlotList";
/**
 * Allows the valueClasses to be set in MXML, e.g.
 * <signals:Signal id="nameChanged">{[String, uint]}</signals:Signal>
 */
/**
 * Signal dispatches events to multiple listeners.
 * It is inspired by C# events and delegates, and by
 * <a target="_top" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signals_and_slots">signals and slots</a>
 * in Qt.
 * A Signal adds event dispatching functionality through composition and interfaces,
 * rather than inheriting from a dispatcher.
 * <br/><br/>
 * Project home: <a target="_top" href="http://github.com/robertpenner/as3-signals/">http://github.com/robertpenner/as3-signals/</a>
 */
export declare class OnceSignal implements IOnceSignal {
    protected _valueClasses: any[];
    protected slots: SlotList;
    /**
     * Creates a Signal instance to dispatch value objects.
     *
     * @param    valueClasses Any number of class references that enable type checks in dispatch().
     * For example, new Signal(String, uint)
     * would allow: signal.dispatch("the Answer", 42)
     * but not: signal.dispatch(true, 42.5)
     * nor: signal.dispatch()
     *
     * NOTE: In AS3, subclasses cannot call super.apply(null, valueClasses),
     * but this constructor has logic to support super(valueClasses).
     */
    constructor(...valueClasses: any[]);
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     * @throws ArgumentError <code>ArgumentError</code>: Invalid valueClasses argument: item at index should be a Class but was not.
     */
    get valueClasses(): any[];
    set valueClasses(value: any[]);
    /** @inheritDoc */
    get numListeners(): number;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     * @throws flash.errors.IllegalOperationError <code>IllegalOperationError</code>: You cannot addOnce() then add() the same listener without removing the relationship first.
     * @throws ArgumentError <code>ArgumentError</code>: Given listener is <code>null</code>.
     */
    addOnce(listener: Function): ISlot;
    /** @inheritDoc */
    remove(listener: Function): ISlot;
    /** @inheritDoc */
    removeAll(): void;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     * @throws ArgumentError <code>ArgumentError</code>: Incorrect number of arguments.
     * @throws ArgumentError <code>ArgumentError</code>: Value object is not an instance of the appropriate valueClasses Class.
     */
    dispatch(...valueObjects: any[]): void;
    protected registerListener(listener: Function, once?: boolean): ISlot;
    protected registrationPossible(listener: Function, once: boolean): boolean;
}