/// <reference types="node" />
/// <reference types="node" />
import { SmartBuffer } from 'smart-buffer';
import type { UpdateType } from './Constants';
import type { ProtocolRequest, ProtocolResponse, ProtocolUpdate } from './events/ProtocolEvent';
export declare class ProtocolUtil {
    /**
     * Load json data onto an event, and mark it as successful
     */
    loadJson(event: {
        data: any;
        success: boolean;
    }, data: any): void;
    /**
     * Helper function for buffer loading.
     * Handles things like try/catch, setting buffer read offset, etc
     */
    bufferLoaderHelper(event: {
        success: boolean;
        readOffset: number;
        data?: {
            packetLength?: number;
        };
    }, buffer: Buffer, minByteLength: number, processor: (buffer: SmartBuffer) => boolean | void): {
        success: boolean;
        readOffset: number;
        data?: {
            packetLength?: number;
        };
    };
    /**
     * Load the common DebuggerRequest fields
     */
    loadCommonRequestFields(request: ProtocolRequest, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer): void;
    /**
     * Load the common DebuggerResponse
     */
    loadCommonResponseFields(response: ProtocolResponse, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer): void;
    loadCommonUpdateFields(update: ProtocolUpdate, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer, updateType: UpdateType): boolean;
    /**
     * Inserts the common command fields to the beginning of the buffer, and computes
     * the correct `packet_length` value.
     */
    insertCommonRequestFields(request: ProtocolRequest, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer): SmartBuffer;
    insertCommonResponseFields(response: ProtocolResponse, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer): SmartBuffer;
    /**
     * Inserts the common response fields to the beginning of the buffer, and computes
     * the correct `packet_length` value.
     */
    insertCommonUpdateFields(update: ProtocolUpdate, smartBuffer: SmartBuffer): SmartBuffer;
    /**
     * Tries to read a string from the buffer and will throw an error if there is no null terminator.
     * @param {SmartBuffer} bufferReader
     */
    readStringNT(bufferReader: SmartBuffer): string;
}
export declare const protocolUtil: ProtocolUtil;