/// <reference types="node" />
import { Reader } from '../buffer/reader';
import { IpcPacketCore } from './ipcPacketCore';
import { IpcPacketHeader } from './ipcPacketHeader';
export declare namespace IpcPacketBufferCore {
    interface RawData extends IpcPacketHeader.RawData {
        buffer?: Buffer;
        buffers?: Buffer[];
    }
}
export declare abstract class IpcPacketBufferCore extends IpcPacketCore {
    static readonly EmptyBuffer: Buffer;
    constructor(rawHeader?: IpcPacketBufferCore.RawData);
    abstract get buffer(): Buffer;
    abstract get buffers(): Buffer[];
    protected abstract _parseReader(): Reader;
    bytelength(data: any): number;
    parse<T = any>(): T | undefined;
    parseArrayLength(): number | undefined;
    parseArrayAt(index: number): any | undefined;
    parseArraySlice(start?: number, end?: number): any | undefined;
}