import { _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement } from './abstract-syntax';
import { _ConstructionType, _TagClassType } from './enumerator';
import { _PdfCharacterString } from './character-string';
import { _PdfUniqueEncodingElement } from './unique-encoding-element';
/**
 * Basic BER/DER encoding element providing encoding/decoding helpers for primitive and constructed types.
 *
 * @private
 */
export declare class _PdfBasicEncodingElement extends _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement {
    /**
     * Preferred length encoding to use when serializing this element.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _lengthEncodingPreference: _EncodingLength;
    /**
     * Internal storage for this element's value; may be raw bytes or child elements.
     */
    private _value;
    /**
     * Cached current computed value length when available.
     */
    private _currentValueLength;
    /**
     * ASCII code for period `.` used by string parsing helpers.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _period: number;
    /**
     * ASCII code for comma `,` used by string parsing helpers.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _comma: number;
    /**
     * ASCII code for `Z` used by time/date parsing helpers.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _z: number;
    /**
     * ASCII code for plus `+` used by time/date parsing helpers.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _plus: number;
    /**
     * ASCII code for minus `-` used by time/date parsing helpers.
     *
     * @private
     */
    _minus: number;
    /**
     * Initializes a basic encoding element with optional tag class, construction, tag number and value.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_TagClassType} tagClass The tag class for the element.
     * @param {_ConstructionType} construction Whether the element is primitive or constructed.
     * @param {number} tagNumber The numeric tag number.
     * @param {any} value Optional initial value to encode.
     */
    constructor(tagClass?: _TagClassType, construction?: _ConstructionType, tagNumber?: number, value?: any);
    /**
     * Returns the raw value bytes for this element, encoding constructed content if necessary.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The raw value bytes.
     */
    _getValue(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Sets the raw value bytes for this element and updates cached length.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The value bytes to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setValue(value: Uint8Array): void;
    /**
     * Decodes and returns the boolean value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {boolean} The decoded boolean.
     */
    _getBooleanValue(): boolean;
    /**
     * Encodes and sets a boolean value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {boolean} value The boolean to set.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setBooleanValue(value: boolean): void;
    /**
     * Returns the bit string content for this element, concatenating parts if constructed.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8ClampedArray} The bit string.
     */
    _getBitString(): Uint8ClampedArray;
    /**
     * Encodes and sets a bit string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8ClampedArray} value The bit string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setBitString(value: Uint8ClampedArray): void;
    /**
     * Returns the octet string bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The octet string bytes.
     */
    _getOctetString(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Sets the octet string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The octet string bytes to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setOctetString(value: Uint8Array): void;
    /**
     * Returns the object descriptor string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The object descriptor.
     */
    _getObjectDescriptor(): string;
    /**
     * Encodes and sets the object descriptor string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The descriptor to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setObjectDescriptor(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the UTF-8 string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The UTF-8 decoded string.
     */
    _getUtf8String(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the UTF-8 string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The UTF-8 string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setUtf8String(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the sequence child elements for this constructed element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} The sequence elements.
     */
    _getSequence(): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[];
    /**
     * Sets the sequence child elements for this element and marks it constructed.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} value The sequence elements to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setSequence(value: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]): void;
    /**
     * Returns the elements for an abstract SET value after uniqueness validation.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} The set elements.
     */
    _getAbstractSetValue(): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[];
    /**
     * Sets the elements for an abstract SET value.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} value The set elements to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setAbstractSetValue(value: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]): void;
    /**
     * Returns the elements when this is a `SEQUENCE OF`.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} The sequence-of elements.
     */
    _getSequenceOf(): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[];
    /**
     * Sets the elements when this is a `SEQUENCE OF` and marks constructed.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} value The elements to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setSequenceOf(value: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]): void;
    /**
     * Returns the elements when this is a `SET OF`.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} The set-of elements.
     */
    _getAbstractSetOf(): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[];
    /**
     * Sets the elements when this is a `SET OF`.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} value The elements to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setAbstractSetOf(value: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]): void;
    /**
     * Returns the numeric string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The numeric string.
     */
    _getNumericString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the numeric string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The numeric string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setNumericString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the printable string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The printable string.
     */
    _getPrintableString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the printable string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The printable string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setPrintableString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns teleprinter (Teletex) text bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The teleprinter bytes.
     */
    _getTeleprinterText(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Sets teleprinter (Teletex) text bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setTeleprinterText(value: Uint8Array): void;
    /**
     * Returns videotex information bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The videotex bytes.
     */
    _getVideoTextInformation(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Sets videotex information bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setVideoTextInformation(value: Uint8Array): void;
    /**
     * Returns the IA5 (international alphabet) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The IA5 string.
     */
    _getInternationalAlphabetString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the IA5 (international alphabet) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The IA5 string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setInternationalAlphabetString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the graphic string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The graphic string.
     */
    _getGraphicString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the graphic string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The graphic string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setGraphicString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the visible string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The visible string.
     */
    _getVisibleString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the visible string value for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The visible string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setVisibleString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the general string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The general string.
     */
    _getGeneralString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets a character string (complex structure) for this element and marks it constructed.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfCharacterString} value The character string structure to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setCharacterString(value: _PdfCharacterString): void;
    /**
     * Returns the universal (UTF-32) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The universal string.
     */
    _getUniversalString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the universal (UTF-32) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The universal string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setUniversalString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Returns the BMP (UTF-16BE) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {string} The BMP string.
     */
    _getBmpString(): string;
    /**
     * Sets the BMP (UTF-16BE) string for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} value The BMP string to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setBmpString(value: string): void;
    /**
     * Constructs this element from provided child elements (internal helper).
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} els The child elements to set.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _construct(els: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]): void;
    /**
     * Encodes a JavaScript value into the appropriate ASN.1 encoding for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {any} value The value to encode.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _encode(value: any): void;
    /**
     * Wraps a BER sequence into a `_PdfBasicEncodingElement` representing a SEQUENCE.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} sequence The sequence elements.
     * @returns {_PdfBasicEncodingElement} The constructed sequence element.
     */
    _fromBerSequence(sequence: (_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement)[]): _PdfBasicEncodingElement;
    /**
     * Wraps a set of basic encoding elements into a `_PdfBasicEncodingElement` representing a SET.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfBasicEncodingElement[]} set The set elements.
     * @returns {_PdfBasicEncodingElement} The constructed set element.
     */
    _fromSet(set: (_PdfBasicEncodingElement)[]): _PdfBasicEncodingElement;
    /**
     * Wraps a set-of elements into a `_PdfBasicEncodingElement` representing a SET OF.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfBasicEncodingElement[]} set The set-of elements.
     * @returns {_PdfBasicEncodingElement} The constructed set-of element.
     */
    _fromSetOf(set: (_PdfBasicEncodingElement)[]): _PdfBasicEncodingElement;
    /**
     * Retrieves the single inner element for explicitly-encoded elements.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {boolean} [isCertificateParsing] Optional flag to relax trailing bytes validation.
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement} The inner element.
     */
    _getInner(isCertificateParsing?: boolean): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement;
    /**
     * Sets a single inner element and marks this element as constructed.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement} value The inner element to assign.
     * @returns {void} nothing.
     */
    _setInner(value: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement): void;
    /**
     * Decodes this element from the provided BER/DER bytes and returns number of bytes consumed.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} bytes The input bytes to decode.
     * @returns {number} The number of bytes consumed.
     */
    _fromBytes(bytes: Uint8Array): number;
    /**
     * Computes the number of bytes required to encode the length field for a value length.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {number} [valueLength] Optional explicit value length to evaluate.
     * @returns {number} The number of bytes used to encode the length.
     */
    _lengthLength(valueLength?: number): number;
    /**
     * Returns the length in bytes of this element's encoded value.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {number} The value length.
     */
    _valueLength(): number;
    /**
     * Produces the tag and length bytes for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The tag-and-length bytes.
     */
    _tagAndLengthBytes(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Serializes this element into an array of buffers representing tag, length and value parts.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {Uint8Array[]} Array of buffers.
     */
    _toBuffers(): Uint8Array[];
    /**
     * Serializes constructed content into a single value buffer for the provided data type hint.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {string} dataType A textual hint for the data type being serialized.
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The serialized value bytes.
     */
    _serialize(dataType: string): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Returns the component elements when this element represents constructed content.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} Component elements.
     */
    _getComponents(): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[];
    /**
     * Decodes an ASN.1 BIT STRING from bytes into a bit array.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to decode.
     * @returns {Uint8ClampedArray} The decoded bit array.
     */
    _decodeBitString(value: Uint8Array): Uint8ClampedArray;
    /**
     * Decodes an ASN.1 BOOLEAN from bytes.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to decode.
     * @returns {boolean} The decoded boolean.
     */
    _decodeBoolean(value: Uint8Array): boolean;
    /**
     * Decodes a sequence of basic encoding elements from bytes.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to decode.
     * @returns {_PdfBasicEncodingElement[]} Decoded elements.
     */
    _decodedSequence(value: Uint8Array): _PdfBasicEncodingElement[];
    /**
     * Determines the numeric base used for REAL encoding from a control byte.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {number} byte The control byte to inspect.
     * @returns {number} The numeric base (2, 8, or 16).
     */
    _getRealEncodingBase(byte: number): number;
    /**
     * Encodes a `_PdfCharacterString` structure into bytes suitable for this element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfCharacterString} value The character-string structure to encode.
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The encoded bytes.
     */
    _encodeCharacterString(value: _PdfCharacterString): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Decodes a sequence of unique encoding elements from bytes.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {Uint8Array} value The bytes to decode.
     * @returns {_PdfUniqueEncodingElement[]} Decoded unique elements.
     */
    _decodeSequence(value: Uint8Array): _PdfUniqueEncodingElement[];
    /**
     * Wraps a sequence of abstract syntax elements into a unique encoding element.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement[]} sequence The sequence elements.
     * @returns {_PdfUniqueEncodingElement} The wrapped unique element.
     */
    _fromSequence(sequence: (_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement)[]): _PdfUniqueEncodingElement;
    /**
     * Returns the external encoding represented by an encoding element, mapping tag options to values.
     *
     * @private
     * @param {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement} encodingElement The encoding element describing the external.
     * @returns {_PdfAbstractSyntaxElement|Uint8Array|Uint8ClampedArray} The decoded external payload.
     */
    _getExternalEncoding(encodingElement: _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement): _PdfAbstractSyntaxElement | Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray;
    /**
     * Returns the total encoded length of this element including tag and length fields.
     *
     * @private
     * @returns {number} The combined tag+length+value length in bytes.
     */
    _tagValueLength(): number;
}
/**
 * Represents the internal encoding length type used for defining whether the structure
 * uses definite or indefinite length encoding.
 *
 * @private
 */
export declare enum _EncodingLength {
    definite = 0,
    indefinite = 1
}