import type { DisposablesGroup } from './disposables-group.js';
export type GroupConstraints = {
    before: string;
    after?: string;
} | {
    after: string;
    before?: string;
};
export interface DisposalGroup {
    name: string;
    disposables: DisposablesGroup;
}
/**
 * @internal
 * given groups and a lists of constraints, throws if the constraints contradict each other
 * @returns the indices of the dominant constrains
 */
export declare const getGroupConstrainedIndex: (newGroupConstrains: GroupConstraints[], existingGroups: DisposalGroup[]) => {
    lastAfter: number;
    firstBefore: number;
};
export declare const normalizeConstraints: (constraints: GroupConstraints | GroupConstraints[], name: string, groups: DisposalGroup[]) => GroupConstraints[];
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