import type { ColdCode } from "../core/types.js";
import type { Versionage } from "../tables/table-types.js";
import type { Protocol } from "../tables/versions.js";
import { Matter, type MatterInit } from "./matter.js";
import { Tagger } from "./tagger.js";
/**
 * Compact version primitive for protocol/genus version metadata.
 *
 * KERIpy semantics: payload tag is `proto + pvrsn (+ gvrsn optional)` where
 * proto is usually `KERI|ACDC`, but KERIpy also permits auxiliary four-char
 * tags such as `OCSR` used by typed-digest seal families. `pvrsn` is always
 * present, and `gvrsn` is present only for 10-char tags.
 */
export declare class Verser extends Tagger {
    constructor(init: Matter | MatterInit);
    /**
     * Four-character verser namespace extracted from tag payload.
     *
     * Maintainer note:
     * - native message bodies still only use the protocol literals from
     *   `tables/versions.ts`
     * - KERIpy also permits auxiliary four-char tags such as `OCSR` for
     *   typed-digest seals, so this accessor may carry a value outside the
     *   nominal protocol union even though the broader codebase still treats
     *   top-level message bodies as `KERI|ACDC`
     */
    get proto(): Protocol;
    /** Protocol-version tuple (`major`, `minor`) decoded from tag payload. */
    get pvrsn(): Versionage;
    /** Optional genus-version tuple decoded when 10-char verser payload is present. */
    get gvrsn(): Versionage | null;
}
/** Parse and hydrate `Verser` from txt/qb2 bytes. */
export declare function parseVerser(input: Uint8Array, cold: Extract<ColdCode, "txt" | "bny">): Verser;
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