/** Middleware interface to respect to chain middleware in a composition */
export interface HyperlinkProperties {
    href: string;
    target: string;
}
/** Middleware interface to respect to chain middleware in a composition */
export declare type MiddlewareNext = (properties?: HyperlinkProperties) => void;
export declare type Middleware = (properties: HyperlinkProperties, element: Node | null, // Allow having the clicked element in case we want to deal with it (modify a class, animate it...)
next: MiddlewareNext) => void;
/** Its instance allows you to chain middlewares */
export declare class MiddlewareComposition {
    protected readonly middlewares: Middleware[];
    constructor(...mdws: Middleware[]);
    /** Allow adding middleware after initialization */
    add(mdw: Middleware): void;
    /** Pass the parameters through the middlewares chain */
    apply(properties: HyperlinkProperties, element?: Element): HyperlinkProperties;
    /**
     * Pass a link through the middlewares chain. This usage is likely to be used when you do not deal with the HTML DOM, for example when you redirect a user within a framework without any anchor tag (`<a ...></a>`)
     *
     * Note: if any of the middleware is trying to deal with the anchor element, it will be ignored
     */
    applyToLink(href: string): string;
}