import { Observable } from '../Observable';
import { SchedulerLike } from '../types';
/**
 * Creates an Observable that starts emitting after an `dueTime` and
 * emits ever increasing numbers after each `period` of time thereafter.
 *
 * <span class="informal">Its like {@link index/interval}, but you can specify when
 * should the emissions start.</span>
 *
 * ![](timer.png)
 *
 * `timer` returns an Observable that emits an infinite sequence of ascending
 * integers, with a constant interval of time, `period` of your choosing
 * between those emissions. The first emission happens after the specified
 * `dueTime`. The initial delay may be a `Date`. By default, this
 * operator uses the {@link asyncScheduler} {@link SchedulerLike} to provide a notion of time, but you
 * may pass any {@link SchedulerLike} to it. If `period` is not specified, the output
 * Observable emits only one value, `0`. Otherwise, it emits an infinite
 * sequence.
 *
 * ## Examples
 * ### Emits ascending numbers, one every second (1000ms), starting after 3 seconds
 * ```javascript
 * const numbers = timer(3000, 1000);
 * numbers.subscribe(x => console.log(x));
 * ```
 *
 * ### Emits one number after five seconds
 * ```javascript
 * const numbers = timer(5000);
 * numbers.subscribe(x => console.log(x));
 * ```
 * @see {@link index/interval}
 * @see {@link delay}
 *
 * @param {number|Date} [dueTime] The initial delay time specified as a Date object or as an integer denoting
 * milliseconds to wait before emitting the first value of 0`.
 * @param {number|SchedulerLike} [periodOrScheduler] The period of time between emissions of the
 * subsequent numbers.
 * @param {SchedulerLike} [scheduler=async] The {@link SchedulerLike} to use for scheduling
 * the emission of values, and providing a notion of "time".
 * @return {Observable} An Observable that emits a `0` after the
 * `dueTime` and ever increasing numbers after each `period` of time
 * thereafter.
 * @static true
 * @name timer
 * @owner Observable
 */
export declare function timer(dueTime?: number | Date, periodOrScheduler?: number | SchedulerLike, scheduler?: SchedulerLike): Observable<number>;