// Original from DefinitelyTyped. Thanks a million
// Type definitions for comment-json 1.1
// Project: https://github.com/kaelzhang/node-comment-json
// Definitions by: Jason Dent <https://github.com/Jason3S>
// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped

// For now, typescript does not support symbol as object/array index key,
//   just use any to clean the mess
// https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1863
export type CommentJSONValue = any;
export type CommentArray = any;

// export type CommentJSONValue = number | string | null | boolean | CommentJSONArray<CommentJSONValue> | CommentJSONObject

// // export type CommentJSONArray = Array<CommentJSONValue>

// export class CommentJSONArray<CommentJSONValue> extends Array<CommentJSONValue> {
//   [key: symbol]: CommentToken
// }

// export interface CommentJSONObject {
//   [key: string]: CommentJSONValue
//   [key: symbol]: CommentToken
// }

// export interface CommentToken {
//   type: 'BlockComment' | 'LineComment'
//   // The content of the comment, including whitespaces and line breaks
//   value: string
//   // If the start location is the same line as the previous token,
//   // then `inline` is `true`
//   inline: boolean

//   // But pay attention that,
//   // locations will NOT be maintained when stringified
//   loc: CommentLocation
// }

// export interface CommentLocation {
//   // The start location begins at the `//` or `/*` symbol
//   start: Location
//   // The end location of multi-line comment ends at the `*/` symbol
//   end: Location
// }

// export interface Location {
//   line: number
//   column: number
// }

export type Reviver = (k: number | string, v: any) => any;

/**
 * Converts a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) string into an object.
 * @param json A valid JSON string.
 * @param reviver A function that transforms the results. This function is called for each member of the object.
 * @param removes_comments If true, the comments won't be maintained, which is often used when we want to get a clean object.
 * If a member contains nested objects, the nested objects are transformed before the parent object is.
 */
export function parse(json: string, reviver?: Reviver, removes_comments?: boolean): CommentJSONValue;

/**
 * Converts a JavaScript value to a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) string.
 * @param value A JavaScript value, usually an object or array, to be converted.
 * @param replacer A function that transforms the results or an array of strings and numbers that acts as a approved list for selecting the object properties that will be stringified.
 * @param space Adds indentation, white space, and line break characters to the return-value JSON text to make it easier to read.
 */
export function stringify(value: any, replacer?: ((key: string, value: any) => any) | Array<number | string> | null, space?: string | number): string;


export function tokenize(input: string, config?: TokenizeOptions): Token[];

export interface Token {
  type: string;
  value: string;
}

export interface TokenizeOptions {
  tolerant?: boolean;
  range?: boolean;
  loc?: boolean;
  comment?: boolean;
}

export function assign(target: any, source: any, keys?: Array<string>): any;