import type { Node } from './glyph.spec.js';
/** Generic compare function */
export type CompareFunction = (a: Node, b: Node) => number;
/**
 * # Collision Tester
 *
 * Due to the nature of tile sizes keeping the quantity of nodes lower,
 * collisions storage is a non-issue. Thus, we can do very basic collision detection tests
 * and not worry about complexity.
 */
export default class CollisionTester {
    #private;
    nodes: Node[];
    /** Clear all nodes for the next tile */
    clear(): void;
    /**
     * Insert if and only if there are no collisions with prior nodes
     * If there is a collision, return true
     * @param node - the node to insert
     * @returns true if there is a collision with pre-existing nodes
     */
    collides(node: Node): boolean;
}