/**
 * String ↔ bytes helpers.
 *
 * Codecs in ZipKit are byte-only by design. These helpers convert between
 * JavaScript strings and {@link Uint8Array} so text can flow through the same
 * API. UTF-8 is the default; Latin-1 (binary) is available for byte-exact
 * single-byte data.
 */
/**
 * Encode a string to bytes.
 *
 * @param str - The string to encode.
 * @param latin1 - When `true`, encode as Latin-1 (one byte per code unit,
 *   code points 0–255). Defaults to UTF-8.
 */
export declare function strToU8(str: string, latin1?: boolean): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Decode bytes to a string.
 *
 * @param data - The bytes to decode.
 * @param latin1 - When `true`, decode as Latin-1. Defaults to UTF-8.
 */
export declare function strFromU8(data: Uint8Array, latin1?: boolean): string;
/** A streaming UTF-8 decoder: feed chunks, get text out, flush at the end. */
export declare class DecodeUTF8 {
    private decoder;
    /** Decode a chunk. Pass `stream: false` (or use {@link end}) on the last one. */
    push(chunk: Uint8Array, stream?: boolean): string;
    /** Flush any buffered partial code point and finish decoding. */
    end(chunk?: Uint8Array): string;
}
/** A streaming UTF-8 encoder: feed text chunks, get bytes out. */
export declare class EncodeUTF8 {
    private encoder;
    /** Encode a chunk of text to UTF-8 bytes. */
    push(chunk: string): Uint8Array;
}
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