import CombinedTag from "../combinedTag";
import { ByteVector } from "../byteVector";
import { File, ReadStyle } from "../file";
import { Tag, TagTypes } from "../tag";
/**
 * Provides support for accessing and modifying a collection of tags appearing at the start of a
 * file.
 * This class is used by {@link SandwichFile} to read all the tags appearing at the start of the
 * file but could be used by other classes. It currently supports ID3v2 and APE tags.
 */
export default class StartTag extends CombinedTag {
    /**
     * List of tag types that are supported by a sandwich tag's start tag.
     */
    static readonly SUPPORTED_TAG_TYPES: TagTypes;
    /**
     * Constructs and initializes a new instance by reading tags from the beginning of the
     * specified file until non-tag content is found.
     * @param file File on which the new instance will perform its operations
     * @param readStyle How deeply to read the tag and its properties
     */
    constructor(file: File, readStyle: ReadStyle);
    /** @inheritDoc */
    createTag(type: TagTypes, copy: boolean): Tag;
    /**
     * Renders the tags contained in the current instance.
     * The tags are rendered in the order that they are stored in the current instance.
     * @returns Physical representation of the tags stored in the current instance
     */
    render(): ByteVector;
    /**
     * Reads the tags stored at the start of the file into the current instance.
     */
    private read;
}