/// <reference types="node" />
import { Binding, Constructor, Provider } from '@loopback/core';
import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
/**
 * Interface for a Queue Consumer to implement
 */
export interface QueueConsumer {
    consumer?: EventEmitter;
    subscriber?: EventEmitter;
    /**
     * Name of the queue
     */
    readonly name: string;
    /**
     * Number of messages to be consumed at a time
     */
    readonly count?: number;
    /**
     * Method called when server start, to consume queue
     */
    [key: string]: any;
}
export declare type QueueComponentConfig = {
    consumers?: Constructor<QueueConsumer | Provider<QueueConsumer>>[];
};
/**
 * A `BindingTemplate` function to configure the binding as a Queue Consumer.
 *
 * @param binding - Binding object
 */
export declare function asQueueConsumer<T = unknown>(binding: Binding<T>): Binding<T>;
export declare type ConsumerClass<T = any> = Constructor<T>;