import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import type { Sample } from './types.js';
export interface PadLike extends EventEmitter {
    append(s: string): void;
    close(): void;
}
export interface AuthorOpts {
    url: string;
    padId: string;
    authorName: string;
    editIntervalMs: number;
    /** Override for tests. Defaults to the real etherpad-cli-client connect. */
    padFactory?: (url: string) => PadLike;
}
export declare class Author extends EventEmitter {
    private readonly opts;
    private pad?;
    private timer?;
    private samples;
    private inFlight;
    private errors;
    private stopped;
    constructor(opts: AuthorOpts);
    connect(): Promise<void>;
    start(): void;
    stop(): Promise<void>;
    drainSamples(): Sample[];
    getErrors(): number;
    private tick;
    private onMessage;
}
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