/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2017 Google LLC
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
/**
 * @fileoverview Provides a method for running a function with exponential
 * backoff.
 */
declare type id = (p1: boolean) => void;
export { id };
/**
 * @param f May be invoked
 *     before the function returns.
 * @param callback Get all the arguments passed to the function
 *     passed to f, including the initial boolean.
 */
export declare function start(f: (p1: (success: boolean) => void, canceled: boolean) => void, callback: (...args: any[]) => unknown, timeout: number): id;
/**
 * Stops the retry loop from repeating.
 * If the function is currently "in between" retries, it is invoked immediately
 * with the second parameter as "true". Otherwise, it will be invoked once more
 * after the current invocation finishes iff the current invocation would have
 * triggered another retry.
 */
export declare function stop(id: id): void;
