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 */
import type { DiffResult } from './diff.js';
/**
 * @module utils/difftochanges
 */
/**
 * Creates a set of changes which need to be applied to the input in order to transform
 * it into the output. This function can be used with strings or arrays.
 *
 * ```ts
 * const input = Array.from( 'abc' );
 * const output = Array.from( 'xaby' );
 * const changes = diffToChanges( diff( input, output ), output );
 *
 * changes.forEach( change => {
 * 	if ( change.type == 'insert' ) {
 * 		input.splice( change.index, 0, ...change.values );
 * 	} else if ( change.type == 'delete' ) {
 * 		input.splice( change.index, change.howMany );
 * 	}
 * } );
 *
 * input.join( '' ) == output.join( '' ); // -> true
 * ```
 *
 * @typeParam T The type of output array element.
 * @param diff Result of {@link module:utils/diff~diff}.
 * @param output The string or array which was passed as diff's output.
 * @returns Set of changes (insert or delete) which need to be applied to the input
 * in order to transform it into the output.
 */
export declare function diffToChanges<T>(diff: ReadonlyArray<DiffResult>, output: ArrayLike<T>): Array<Change<T>>;
/**
 * An object describing insertion change.
 *
 * @typeParam T The type of output array element.
 */
export interface InsertChange<T> {
    type: 'insert';
    index: number;
    values: Array<T>;
}
/**
 * An object describing deletion change.
 */
export interface DeleteChange {
    type: 'delete';
    index: number;
    howMany: number;
}
/**
 * The element of the result of {@link module:utils/difftochanges~diffToChanges} function.
 *
 * @typeParam T The type of output array element.
 */
export type Change<T> = InsertChange<T> | DeleteChange;