/**
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Alibaba Group Holding Limited
 * @author Simon <gaomeng1900@gmail.com>
 */
/// <reference types="node" />
export interface Meta {
    version: number;
    magicNum: number;
    segMetaBytes: number;
    segMetaStart: number;
    len: number;
    bigEndian: boolean;
}
interface DimensionalArray extends Array<number | DimensionalArray | TypedArray> {
}
interface MultiDimensionalArray extends Array<DimensionalArray | TypedArray> {
}
/**
 * serialize a MultiDimensionalArray into a ArrayBuffer
 * @param data <MultiDimensionalArray>
 * @param magicNumber [0] <number>
 */
export declare function serialize(data: MultiDimensionalArray, magicNumber?: number): ArrayBuffer;
/**
 * parse parse a DIMBIN buffer into a multiDimensionalArray
 * @param buffer <ArrayBuffer|Buffer|DataView>
 */
export declare function parse(buffer: ArrayBuffer | Buffer | DataView): MultiDimensionalArray;
/**
 * read meta data from a DIMBIN buffer
 * @param buffer <ArrayBuffer|Buffer|DataView>
 */
export declare function getMeta(buffer: ArrayBuffer | Buffer | DataView): Meta;
export declare type TypedArray = Int8Array | Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray | Int16Array | Uint16Array | Int32Array | Uint32Array | Float32Array | Float64Array;
/**
 * serialize an array of strings into Uint8Array, which you can use in DIMBIN.parse
 * @param strs <string[]>
 */
export declare function stringsSerialize(strs: string[]): Uint8Array;
/**
 * parse the Uint8Array generated by stringsSerialize back into array of strings
 * @param uint8array <Uint8Array>
 */
export declare function stringsParse(uint8array: Uint8Array): string[];
/**
 * serialize an array of booleans into Uint8Array, which you can use in DIMBIN.parse
 * @param booleans
 */
export declare function booleansSerialize(booleans: boolean[]): Uint8Array;
/**
 * parse the Uint8Array generated by booleansSerialize back into array of booleans
 * @param uint8array <Uint8Array>
 */
export declare function booleansParse(uint8array: Uint8Array): boolean[];
declare const DIMBIN: {
    version: number;
    parse: typeof parse;
    serialize: typeof serialize;
    getMeta: typeof getMeta;
    stringsSerialize: typeof stringsSerialize;
    stringsParse: typeof stringsParse;
    booleansSerialize: typeof booleansSerialize;
    booleansParse: typeof booleansParse;
};
export default DIMBIN;