export declare function asciiDecode(data: Uint8Array, maxAllowed?: number): string;
export declare function asciiEncode(str: string, maxAllowed?: number): Uint8Array;
export declare function utf8Encode(str: string): Uint8Array;
export declare function utf8Decode(bytes: Uint8Array): string;
export declare function toUint8Array(data: any): Uint8Array;
export declare function hexEncode(data: Uint8Array, begin?: number, end?: number): string;
export declare function hexDecode(hex: string): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Encodes byte array to Base32 String.
 *
 * @param {Uint8Array} bytes - bytes to encode.
 * @return {string}
 */
export declare function base32Encode(thing: any): string;
/**
 * Decodes the given Base32 String to a raw byte array.
 *
 * @param {string|Uint8Array|DataBuffer} base32-encoded data
 * @return {Uint8Array} decoded data
 */
export declare function base32Decode(base32: string): Uint8Array;