import { MiddlewareComposition } from './middleware';
/** Allow customizing the default behavior */
export interface HyperlinkWatcherInputOptions {
    selector?: string;
    composition: MiddlewareComposition;
    disablePopUpBlockersWorkaround?: boolean;
}
/** Watcher options */
export interface HyperlinkWatcherOptions {
    selector: string;
    composition: MiddlewareComposition;
    disablePopUpBlockersWorkaround: boolean;
}
export declare function getDefaultHyperlinkWatcherOptions(): HyperlinkWatcherOptions;
/** Its instance allows you to chain middlewares */
export declare class HyperlinkWatcher {
    protected readonly options: HyperlinkWatcherOptions;
    protected observer: MutationObserver | null;
    protected scopedElementClicked: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject;
    constructor(options: HyperlinkWatcherInputOptions);
    /** Watch clicks on DOM hyperlinks
     *
     * Note: this will watch existing hyperlinks when called, but will also manage new hyperlinks added to the DOM
     */
    watch(): void;
    /** Stop watching clicks on DOM hyperlinks (useful to free memory) */
    unwatch(): void;
    /** Helper to add listener since called at different places */
    protected watchElementClick(element: Element): void;
    /** With stop the default click to simulate our how logic with middlewares
     *
     * Note: the structure of this method is a bit different because of a potentiel issue when binding the context (ref: https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/blob/main/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/unbound-method.md)
     */
    protected elementClicked: (event: Event) => void;
}