/// <reference types="node" />
/**
 * Bytecode of a Smart Contract, as an abstraction.
 */
export declare class Code {
    private readonly hex;
    private constructor();
    /**
     * Creates a Code object from a buffer (sequence of bytes).
     */
    static fromBuffer(code: Buffer): Code;
    /**
     * Returns the bytecode as a hex-encoded string.
     */
    toString(): string;
    valueOf(): Buffer;
}