import { Observable, ObservableInput } from 'rxjs';
/**
 * Projects each source value to an Observable which is merged in the output
 * Observable.
 *
 * <span class="informal">Maps each value to an Observable, then flattens all of
 * these inner Observables using {@link mergeAll}.</span>
 *
 * <img src="./img/mergeMap.png" width="100%">
 *
 * Returns an Observable that emits items based on applying a function that you
 * supply to each item emitted by the source Observable, where that function
 * returns an Observable, and then merging those resulting Observables and
 * emitting the results of this merger.
 *
 * @example <caption>Map and flatten each letter to an Observable ticking every 1 second</caption>
 * var letters = Rx.Observable.of('a', 'b', 'c');
 * var result = letters.mergeMap(x =>
 *   Rx.Observable.interval(1000).map(i => x+i)
 * );
 * result.subscribe(x => console.log(x));
 *
 * // Results in the following:
 * // a0
 * // b0
 * // c0
 * // a1
 * // b1
 * // c1
 * // continues to list a,b,c with respective ascending integers
 *
 * @see {@link concatMap}
 * @see {@link exhaustMap}
 * @see {@link merge}
 * @see {@link mergeAll}
 * @see {@link mergeMapTo}
 * @see {@link mergeScan}
 * @see {@link switchMap}
 *
 * @param {function(value: T, ?index: number): ObservableInput} project A function
 * that, when applied to an item emitted by the source Observable, returns an
 * Observable.
 * @param {number} [concurrent=Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY] Maximum number of input
 * Observables being subscribed to concurrently.
 * @return {Observable} An Observable that emits the result of applying the
 * projection function (and the optional `resultSelector`) to each item emitted
 * by the source Observable and merging the results of the Observables obtained
 * from this transformation.
 * @method mergeMap
 * @owner Observable
 */
export declare function mergeMap<T, R>(this: Observable<T>, project: (value: T, index: number) => ObservableInput<R>, concurrent?: number): Observable<R>;
