import { OpcatState, ByteString } from './types/primitives.js';
import { Artifact } from './types/artifact.js';
/**
 * Serializes contract state into a ByteString format.
 * @ignore
 * @param artifact - The contract artifact containing ABI definitions
 * @param stateType - The name of the state struct to serialize
 * @param state - The state object to be serialized
 * @returns ByteString representation of the serialized state
 * @throws Error if state struct is not found, has too many fields, or contains unflattened structs
 */
export declare function serializeState(artifact: Artifact, stateType: string, state: OpcatState): ByteString;
/**
 * Deserializes a contract state from a byte string into a structured object.
 * @ignore
 * @template T - The type of the deserialized state object
 * @param artifact - The contract artifact containing ABI definitions
 * @param stateType - The name of the state struct type to deserialize
 * @param serializedState - The byte string containing serialized state data
 * @returns The deserialized state object of type T
 * @throws Error if the specified state struct is not found in the artifact
 * @throws AssertionError if the state hash check fails or data is incomplete
 */
export declare function deserializeState<T>(artifact: Artifact, stateType: string, serializedState: ByteString): T;
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