/// <reference types="node" />
/// <reference types="node" />
/// <reference types="node" />
import { DataSource } from '../data-source.js';
import { Readable, Writable } from 'stream';
/**
 * Provides a data source implementation for accessing
 * data stored over HTTPS.
 */
export declare class HttpsDataSource implements DataSource {
    private url;
    /**
     * HTTPS data source constructor.
     * @param url the URL of the data source.
     */
    constructor(url: URL);
    /**
     * @returns a readable stream to the data source.
     */
    asReadStream(): Promise<Readable>;
    /**
     * @returns a writable stream to the data source.
     */
    asWriteStream(): Writable;
    /**
     * @returns an array like buffer of the data source.
     * @note this method will buffer the entire content of
     * the data in memory.
     */
    asArrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBufferLike>;
    /**
     * @returns the content of the data pointed by the data
     * source as a buffer.
     * @note this method will buffer the entire content of
     * the data in memory.
     */
    asBuffer(): Promise<Buffer>;
    /**
     * @returns a promise resolved when the content of
     * the data source has been written to the specified
     * file. The promise resolves the path of the
     * output file.
     * @param filePath the path to the file to write to.
     * @note the file path must be absolute.
     */
    asFile(filePath?: string): Promise<string>;
}