export type EncodedToken = Uint8Array;
export type EncodedUnicodeCharacter = number;
/**
 * Encode a token as UTF8 bytes.
 *
 * @param from The string version of the token to encode.
 * @return {EncodedToken} The UTF8 encoded token.
 */
export declare function encodeToken(from: string): EncodedToken;
/**
 * Encode a character into a unicode code point
 *
 * @param from The string to get the character from.
 * @param offset The offset of the character to encode.
 * @return {EncodedUnicodeCharacter} The encoded character number.
 */
export declare function encodeCharacter(from: string, offset?: number): EncodedUnicodeCharacter;
/**
 * Class used to support matching a particular token
 */
export default class TokenMatch {
    private readonly encoded_;
    /**
     * Create this with a string that is translated to a UTF8 token to match in binary.
     *
     * @param from The string to create this from.
     */
    constructor(from: string);
    /**
     * The matching function for the token.
     *
     * @param buffer The buffer to match the token in.
     * @param cursor The position in the buffer to match the token at.
     * @param endCursor The end position in the buffer to finish the match search.
     * @return {number} The cursor that corresponds to the end of the match for the token.
     */
    match: (buffer: Uint8Array, cursor: number, endCursor: number) => number | undefined;
}
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