/**
 * Options for @see retryAction
 */
export interface IRetryActionOptions<T> {
    /** maximum number of retries.
     *  must be >= 0
     */
    maxRetries: number;
    /**  optional custom values for delays between each retry */
    delays?: number[];
    /** the action to be (re)tried */
    action: (attempt: number, lastError: any) => Promise<T>;
    /** a callback that will allow a retry or not */
    canRetry: (attempt: number, error: any) => Promise<boolean>;
}
/**
 *  a function that can retry a callback for maximum number of attempts,
 *  waiting for a specific delay between each attempt, only if the
 *  canRetry callback allows it.
 * @param options the options for the specifying the callback to retry and how.
 */
export declare function retryAction<T>(options: IRetryActionOptions<T>): Promise<T>;