/**
 * Parses a number based on the specified locale.
 *
 * WARNING: This technique assumes a positional number system, which isn't always the case for every locale (e.g. Hebrew, Korean).
 *          It seems though that at the moment, in all major browsers, `Intl.NumberFormat` will format these non-positional number systems
 *          using Western Arabic numerals ("123..."), so this works for now. But if any browser ever implements proper
 *          number system support for these locales, then this algorithm will no longer parse those locales properly.
 */
export default class NumberParser {
    private _biDirectionalChars;
    private _decimal;
    private _group;
    private _index;
    private _minus;
    private _numeral;
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of the {@link NumberParser} class.
     * @param locale The locale to use for parsing the text.
     */
    constructor(locale: string);
    /**
     * Parses a localized string representation of a number and returns the numeric value.
     * @param str A localized string representation of a number.
     * @returns The numeric value of the string.
     */
    parse(str: string): number;
}