import { CborObj } from "../CborObj/CborObj.js";
import { SubCborRef } from "../SubCborRef.js";
/**
 * @deprecated use `ToCborString` interface instead
 */
export interface CBORSerializable {
    toCBOR: () => Uint8Array;
}
export interface ToCborObj {
    toCborObj: () => CborObj;
}
export interface ToCborString {
    toCbor: () => Uint8Array;
}
export interface ToCborBytes {
    /**
     * usually same result as `this.toCbor().toBytes()`
     *
     * but if `this` remembers a `SubCborRef` object,
     * it can be uset to shortcut the process and just return the bytes
    **/
    toCborBytes: () => Uint8Array;
}
export interface ToCbor extends ToCborObj, ToCborString, ToCborBytes {
    /**
     * strictly require `SubCborRef` property to classes that want to implement `ToCbor`
     *
     * if this is not desired, implement `ToCborString` and `ToCborObj` together to omit this requirement
    **/
    readonly cborRef: SubCborRef | undefined;
}
export interface FromCbor<T> {
    fromCbor(cbor: Uint8Array | string): T;
    fromCborObj(cbor: CborObj): T;
}