/// <reference types="node" />
import { IProtobufType } from './IProtobufType';
import * as p from 'protobufjs';
import { IProtobufTypeCtor } from './IProtobufTypeCtor';
import { TProtobufField } from './TProtobufField';
import { IProtobufEnum } from './IProtobufEnum';
import { IProtobufEnumCtor } from './IProtobufEnumCtor';
import { TRecursivePartial } from './TRecursivePartial';
export declare abstract class ProtobufType<TIn extends object = object, TOut = TIn> implements IProtobufType<TRecursivePartial<TIn>, TRecursivePartial<TOut>> {
    get underlyingType(): p.Type;
    protected readonly root: p.Type;
    protected readonly resolvedTypes: Map<IProtobufTypeCtor | IProtobufEnumCtor, IProtobufType<object, object> | IProtobufEnum>;
    /**
     *
     */
    constructor();
    /**
     * @param {IProtobufTypeCtor} ctor
     * @return {IProtobufType | IProtobufEnum}
     * @protected
     */
    protected resolveType(ctor: IProtobufTypeCtor | IProtobufEnumCtor): IProtobufType | IProtobufEnum;
    /**
     * @return {TProtobufField[]}
     * @protected
     */
    protected abstract fields(): TProtobufField[];
    /**
     * @param {TRecursivePartial<TIn>} message
     * @return {Uint8Array}
     */
    encode(message: TRecursivePartial<TIn>): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * @param {Buffer | Uint8Array} bytes
     * @return {TRecursivePartial<TOut>}
     */
    decode(bytes: Buffer | Uint8Array): TRecursivePartial<TOut>;
}