/**
 * @packageDocumentation
 * @module std.base
 */
import { IBidirectionalContainer } from "../../ranges/container/IBidirectionalContainer";
import { IEmpty } from "../../internal/container/partial/IEmpty";
import { ISize } from "../../internal/container/partial/ISize";
import { IPush } from "../../internal/container/partial/IPush";
import { IForwardIterator } from "../../iterator/IForwardIterator";
import { IReverseIterator } from "../../iterator/IReverseIterator";
import { IReversableIterator } from "../../iterator/IReversableIterator";
/**
 * Common interface for containers.
 *
 * @template T Stored elements' type
 * @template SourceT Derived type extending this {@link IContainer}
 * @template IteratorT Iterator type
 * @template ReverseT Reverse iterator type
 * @template PElem Parent type of *T*, used for inserting elements through {@link assign} and {@link insert}.
 *
 * @author Jeongho Nam - https://github.com/samchon
 */
export interface IContainer<T extends PElem, SourceT extends IContainer<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseT, PElem>, IteratorT extends IContainer.Iterator<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseT, PElem>, ReverseT extends IContainer.ReverseIterator<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseT, PElem>, PElem = T> extends IBidirectionalContainer<IContainer.Iterator<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseT, PElem>, ReverseT>, Iterable<T>, IEmpty, ISize, IPush<PElem> {
    /**
     * Range Assigner.
     *
     * @param first Input iteartor of the first position.
     * @param last Input iterator of the last position.
     */
    assign<InputIterator extends Readonly<IForwardIterator<PElem, InputIterator>>>(first: InputIterator, last: InputIterator): void;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    clear(): void;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    size(): number;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    empty(): boolean;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    begin(): IteratorT;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    end(): IteratorT;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    rbegin(): ReverseT;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    rend(): ReverseT;
    /**
     * @inheritDoc
     */
    [Symbol.iterator](): IterableIterator<T>;
    push(...items: PElem[]): number;
    /**
     * Erase an element.
     *
     * @param pos Position to erase.
     * @return Iterator following the *pos*, strained by the erasing.
     */
    erase(pos: IteratorT): IteratorT;
    /**
     * Erase elements in range.
     *
     * @param first Range of the first position to erase.
     * @param last Rangee of the last position to erase.
     * @return Iterator following the last removed element, strained by the erasing.
     */
    erase(first: IteratorT, last: IteratorT): IteratorT;
    /**
     * Swap elements.
     *
     * @param obj Target container to swap.
     */
    swap(obj: SourceT): void;
    /**
     * Native function for `JSON.stringify()`.
     *
     * @return An array containing children elements.
     */
    toJSON(): Array<T>;
}
export declare namespace IContainer {
    /**
     * Iterator of {@link IContainer}.
     *
     * @author Jeongho Nam - https://github.com/samchon
     */
    interface Iterator<T extends Elem, SourceT extends IContainer<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseIteratorT, Elem>, IteratorT extends Iterator<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseIteratorT, Elem>, ReverseIteratorT extends ReverseIterator<T, SourceT, IteratorT, ReverseIteratorT, Elem>, Elem = T> extends Readonly<IReversableIterator<T, IteratorT, ReverseIteratorT>> {
        /**
         * Get source container.
         *
         * @return The source container.
         */
        source(): SourceT;
        /**
         * @inheritDoc
         */
        reverse(): ReverseIteratorT;
    }
    /**
     * Reverse iterator of {@link IContainer}
     *
     * @author Jeongho Nam - https://github.com/samchon
     */
    interface ReverseIterator<T extends Elem, Source extends IContainer<T, Source, IteratorT, ReverseT, Elem>, IteratorT extends Iterator<T, Source, IteratorT, ReverseT, Elem>, ReverseT extends ReverseIterator<T, Source, IteratorT, ReverseT, Elem>, Elem = T> extends Readonly<IReverseIterator<T, IteratorT, ReverseT>> {
        /**
         * Get source container.
         *
         * @return The source container.
         */
        source(): Source;
    }
}
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