/**
 * WebGPU Buffer Management
 * Utilities for creating and managing GPU buffers
 */
export type BufferUsage = 'storage' | 'uniform' | 'vertex' | 'index' | 'copy-src' | 'copy-dst';
export interface BufferOptions {
    label?: string;
    usage: BufferUsage[];
    mappedAtCreation?: boolean;
}
/**
 * Create a GPU buffer
 */
export declare function createBuffer(size: number, options: BufferOptions): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a buffer and write data to it
 */
export declare function createBufferWithData(data: ArrayBufferView, options: BufferOptions): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a storage buffer for compute shaders
 */
export declare function createStorageBuffer(size: number, label?: string): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a storage buffer with initial data
 */
export declare function createStorageBufferWithData(data: ArrayBufferView, label?: string): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a uniform buffer
 */
export declare function createUniformBuffer(size: number, label?: string): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a uniform buffer with initial data
 */
export declare function createUniformBufferWithData(data: ArrayBufferView, label?: string): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Create a staging buffer for reading data back from GPU
 */
export declare function createStagingBuffer(size: number, label?: string): GPUBuffer;
/**
 * Write data to a buffer
 */
export declare function writeBuffer(buffer: GPUBuffer, data: ArrayBufferView, bufferOffset?: number): void;
/**
 * Read data from a GPU buffer
 */
export declare function readBuffer(buffer: GPUBuffer, size?: number): Promise<ArrayBuffer>;
/**
 * Read buffer as Float32Array
 */
export declare function readBufferFloat32(buffer: GPUBuffer, count?: number): Promise<Float32Array>;
/**
 * Read buffer as Int32Array
 */
export declare function readBufferInt32(buffer: GPUBuffer, count?: number): Promise<Int32Array>;
/**
 * Read buffer as Uint32Array
 */
export declare function readBufferUint32(buffer: GPUBuffer, count?: number): Promise<Uint32Array>;
/**
 * Copy between buffers
 */
export declare function copyBuffer(src: GPUBuffer, dst: GPUBuffer, size?: number, srcOffset?: number, dstOffset?: number): GPUCommandBuffer;
/**
 * Buffer pool for reusing buffers
 */
export declare class BufferPool {
    private pools;
    private inUse;
    /**
     * Get a buffer from the pool or create a new one
     */
    acquire(size: number, usage: BufferUsage[], label?: string): GPUBuffer;
    /**
     * Return a buffer to the pool
     */
    release(buffer: GPUBuffer): void;
    /**
     * Clear the pool and destroy all buffers
     */
    clear(): void;
}
/**
 * Get the global buffer pool
 */
export declare function getBufferPool(): BufferPool;
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