import { TestParserOptions } from '../options/testParserOptions.js';
import { ClassInstanceField, ObjectField, TestCollection } from '../parser/models/all.js';
import { PreProcessContext } from './models/preProcessContext.js';
/**
 * A function that processes an extracted field to identify and create a test or group.
 * @param test - The field to process.
 * @param index - The index of the field in the current scope.
 * @param context - The pre-processing context.
 * @returns True if the processor handled the field and no further processors should run for it.
 */
export type PreProcessor = (test: ObjectField | ClassInstanceField, index: number, context: PreProcessContext) => boolean;
/**
 * Executes the pre-processing phase of the test parsing pipeline.
 * Iterates through all extracted fields and applies a series of processors to identify tests.
 *
 * @param fields - The extracted module or class fields.
 * @param options - Parser configuration options.
 * @returns A {@link TestCollection} containing the initial set of discovered tests.
 */
export declare function executePreProcessing(fields: (ObjectField | ClassInstanceField)[], options: TestParserOptions): TestCollection;
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