/// <reference types="node" />
import { PropertyMap, PropertyValue, PrimitiveType } from './types';
export declare const decodeLength: (length: string) => number;
export declare const encodeLength: (length: number) => string;
export declare const encodeData: (data: Buffer | string) => Buffer;
export declare const stringToType: (value: string) => PropertyValue;
export declare const parsePrimitiveParam: <T>(def: T, param: T | undefined) => T;
export declare function findMatches(value: string, regExp: RegExp, parseTo: 'list'): string[];
export declare function findMatches(value: string, regExp: RegExp, parseTo: 'map'): PropertyMap;
export declare function findMatches(value: string, regExp: RegExp): string[][];
export declare function escape(arg: PrimitiveType): string;
export declare function escapeCompat(arg: PrimitiveType): string;