import { ByteString, Int32 } from '../types/primitives.js';
/**
 * Converts a literal to ByteString.
 * If not passing `isUtf8` or `isUtf8` is false, then `literal` should be in the format of hex literal, i.e. `/^([0-9a-fA-F]{2})*$/`
 * Otherwise, `literal` should be in the format of utf8 literal, i.e. `hello world`
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @param {string} literal literal string, can be hex literal or utf8 literal, depends on the `isUtf8` marker
 * @param {boolean} isUtf8 marker indicating whether `literal` is utf8 or hex
 * @returns {ByteString} returns a ByteString
 */
export declare function toByteString(literal: string, isUtf8?: boolean): ByteString;
/**
 * int can be converted to a byte string with int2ByteString.
 * @param n - a number being converts
 * @param size - the size of the result byte string, if not specified, the size will be determined by the number of bytes required to represent the number.
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @returns {ByteString} returns a ByteString
 * @throws {Error} throws an error if the number is out of range `size` bytes
 */
export declare function intToByteString(n: bigint, size?: bigint): ByteString;
/**
 * ByteString can be converted to bigint with byteString2Int.
 * @param a - a ByteString being converts
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @returns {Int32} returns a number
 */
export declare function byteStringToInt(a: ByteString): bigint;
/**
 * Returns the length of the ByteString. Not the length of the string.
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @param a - a ByteString
 * @returns {bigint} The length of the ByteString.
 */
export declare function len(a: ByteString): Int32;
/**
 * Returns a section of a ByteString.
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @param byteString The ByteString.
 * @param start The beginning byte index of the specified portion of ByteString, included.
 * @param end The end byte index of the specified portion of ByteString, excluded.
 *  If this value is not specified, the sub-section continues to the end of ByteString.
 */
export declare function slice(byteString: ByteString, start: Int32, end?: Int32): ByteString;
/**
 * Returns reversed bytes of b, which is of size bytes. Note size must be a compiled-time constant.
 * It is often useful when converting a number between little-endian and big-endian.
 * @category Global Functions
 * @onchain
 * @param b - a ByteString to be reversed
 * @param size - the size of the ByteString.
 * @returns {ByteString} reversed ByteString.
 */
export declare function reverseByteString(b: ByteString, size: Int32): ByteString;
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