/// <reference types="node" />
import { CodeMetadataValue } from "../typesystem/codeMetadata";
export declare class CodeMetadataCodec {
    decodeNested(buffer: Buffer): [CodeMetadataValue, number];
    decodeTopLevel(buffer: Buffer): CodeMetadataValue;
    encodeNested(codeMetadata: CodeMetadataValue): Buffer;
    encodeTopLevel(codeMetadata: CodeMetadataValue): Buffer;
}