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+export enum NodeMutationType {
+  /**
+   * The node was found during initial discovery.
+   */
+  InitialDiscovery,
+  /**
+   * The node has been added.
+   */
+  NewNode,
+  /**
+   * The node was removed
+   */
+  RemovedNode,
+}
+
+export interface NodeMutation {
+  /**
+   * Node being mutated.
+   */
+  node: Node;
+  /**
+   * Which mutation has occurred to the node.
+   */
+  type: NodeMutationType;
+  /**
+   * MutationRecord from which this node mutation has been extracted. It is null
+   * if the type is {@link NodeMutationType.InitialDiscovery}.
+   */
+  mutationRecord: MutationRecord | null;
+}
+
+export interface NodeWatcherHandler {
+  /**
+   * Only node mutations which pass this filter (it returns true) will be passed
+   * to {@link onMutatedNode}.
+   */
+  nodeFilter: (nodeMutation: NodeMutation) => boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional CSS selector used to discover nodes existing prior to the handler
+   * being established. These matching nodes will be evaluated by
+   * {@link onMutatedNode} if they pass {@link nodeFilter}.
+   *
+   * This is useful when watching an node but it has already been created.
+   */
+  initialDiscoverySelector?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Function which will be called with each of the filtered node mutations.
+   */
+  onMutatedNode: (nodeMutation: NodeMutation) => void;
+}