import type { IOBuffer } from 'iobuffer';
/**
 * Parse a number into their respective type
 * @param type - integer that represents the type
 * @returns - parsed value of the type
 */
export declare function num2str(type: number): string;
/**
 * Parse a number type identifier to his size in bytes
 * @param type - integer that represents the type
 * @returns size of the type
 */
export declare function num2bytes(type: number): number;
/**
 * Reverse search of num2str
 * @param type - string that represents the type
 * @returns parsed value of the type
 */
export declare function str2num(type: string): number;
/**
 * Given a type and a size reads the next element
 * @param buffer - Buffer for the file data
 * @param type - Type of the data to read
 * @param size - Size of the element to read
 * @returns
 */
export declare function readType(buffer: IOBuffer, type: number, size: number): string | number | number[];
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