import { ArgumentDefinition, wl_arg } from "./definitions.js";
/**
 * read an uint32 using native system's endianess
 */
export declare const readUInt: (b: Buffer, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE") => number;
/**
 * write an uint32 using native system's endianess
 */
export declare const writeUInt: (b: Buffer, value: number, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE") => number;
/**
 * read an int32 using native system's endianess
 */
export declare const readInt: (b: Buffer, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE") => number;
/**
 * write an int32 using native system's endianess
 */
export declare const writeInt: (b: Buffer, value: number, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE") => number;
/**
 * write a 24.8 fixed point value.
 */
export declare function writeFixed(b: Buffer, value: number, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE"): number;
/**
 * Read a 24.8 fixed point value.
 */
export declare function readFixed(b: Buffer, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE"): number;
/**
 * Read a wl_array (length-prefixed byte array).
 * @return parsed array from the buffer and the offset plus the number of bytes read.
 */
export declare function readArray(b: Buffer, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE"): [data: Uint8Array, newOffset: number];
/**
 * Write a Uint8Array to a buffer as a wl_array (padded to 4 byte alignment).
 * @return `offset` plus the number of bytes written.
 */
export declare function writeArray(b: Buffer, array: Uint8Array, offset: number, en?: "LE" | "BE"): number;
export declare function format_args(args: any[], def: ArgumentDefinition[]): Buffer;
/**
 * Parses a buffer into an array of values, using the arguments definition.
 * @returns the parsed values with correct types. Better types might be inferred
 */
export declare function get_args<T extends ArgumentDefinition[]>(b: Buffer, defs: T): wl_arg[];