interface InstanceEvent<InstType = IInstance> extends ConstructEvent {
	instance: InstType;
}

interface InstanceDestroyEvent<InstType = IInstance> extends InstanceEvent<InstType> {
	isEndingLayout: boolean;
}

interface InstanceEventMap<InstType = IInstance> {
	"destroy": InstanceDestroyEvent<InstType>;
}

/** Represents a single instance of an object type.
 * @see {@link https://www.construct.net/make-games/manuals/construct-3/scripting/scripting-reference/object-interfaces/iinstance | IInstance documentation } */
declare class IInstance
{
	// Note IInstance does not derive from ConstructEventTargetDispatcher - it implements it
	// separately to make use of <this> in its type definition.
	addEventListener<K extends keyof InstanceEventMap<this>>(type: K, listener: (ev: InstanceEventMap<this>[K]) => any): void;
	removeEventListener<K extends keyof InstanceEventMap<this>>(type: K, listener: (ev: InstanceEventMap<this>[K]) => any): void;
	dispatchEvent(evt: ConstructEvent): void;
	
	readonly runtime: IRuntime;
	readonly objectType: IObjectType<this>;
	readonly plugin: IPlugin_;

	readonly uid: number;
	readonly iid: number;
	readonly templateName: string;

	timeScale: number;
	restoreTimeScale(): void;
	readonly dt: number;

	hasTag(tag: string): boolean;
	hasTags(...tagsArray: string[]): boolean;
	setAllTags(tagsSet: Iterable<string>): void;
	getAllTags(): Set<string>;

	destroy(): void;

	getOtherContainerInstances(): IInstance[];
	otherContainerInstances(): Generator<IInstance>;

	signal(tag: string): void;
	waitForSignal(tag: string): Promise<void>;
}