import { PixelMessage } from "./PixelMessage";
/**
 * Type representing a PixelMessage constructor.
 * @category Message
 */
export type MessageClass = new () => PixelMessage;
/**
 * Serialization helper for Pixels devices messages.
 * @category Message
 */
export declare class MessageSerializer<MessageType extends string> {
    readonly _messageTypeValues: Readonly<Map<MessageType, number>>;
    readonly _messageClasses: readonly MessageClass[];
    readonly _messageNamesLookup: readonly MessageType[];
    readonly _reverseMsgClassesLookup: Readonly<Map<MessageClass, number>>;
    readonly _messageClassesLookup: Readonly<Map<number, MessageClass>>;
    constructor(messageTypeValues: readonly [MessageType, number][], messageClasses: readonly MessageClass[]);
    /**
     * Gets the type of the given message or message type value.
     * @param msgOrTypeOrClass A message or a message type value.
     * @returns The message type.
     * @category Message
     */
    getMessageTypeValue(msgOrTypeOrClass: PixelMessage | MessageType | MessageClass): number;
    /**
     * Get the message name (as listed in {@link MessageTypeValues}).
     * @param msgOrTypeOrTypeValue A message or a message type value
     *                             or the numerical value of a message type.
     * @returns The message name.
     * @category Message
     */
    getMessageType(msgOrTypeOrTypeValue: PixelMessage | MessageType | number): MessageType;
    /**
     * Creates a message object for the given message type.
     * @param type Type of message.
     * @returns A PixelMessage object with the given message type.
     * @category Message
     */
    instantiateMessage(type: MessageType): PixelMessage;
    /**
     * Serialize the given Pixel message.
     * @param msgOrTypeOrTypeValue A message or a message type value
     *                             or the numerical value of a message type.
     * @returns The serialized data.
     * @category Message
     */
    serialize(msgOrTypeOrTypeValue: PixelMessage | MessageType | number): ArrayBuffer;
    /**
     * Attempts to deserialize the data of the given buffer into a Pixel message.
     * @param dataView The data to deserialize the message from.
     * @returns The deserialized message or just its type value (for messages with no class).
     * @category Message
     */
    deserializeMessage(dataView: DataView): PixelMessage | MessageType;
    private _getMessageNameFromValue;
    private _getMessageTypeValue;
    private _getMessageClass;
    private _checkGetMessageTypeValue;
}
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