/**
 * Convert a buffer to an integer.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} input - The input buffer as a Uint8Array.
 * @returns {number} The integer value.
 */
export declare function _bufferToInteger(input: Uint8Array): number;
/**
 * Converts an integer into a buffer (Uint8Array) representation.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {number} int - The integer to convert to a Uint8Array.
 * @returns {Uint8Array} A Uint8Array representing the integer in its encoded form.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the integer is out of range for 32-bit encoding without BigInt.
 */
export declare function _integerToBuffer(int: number): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Decodes a signed big-endian integer from a Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} value - The byte array representing the signed integer in big-endian format.
 * @returns {number} The decoded signed integer.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the byte array is longer than 4 bytes
 */
export declare function _decodeSignedBigEndianInteger(value: Uint8Array): number;
/**
 * Decodes an unsigned big-endian integer from a Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} value - The byte array representing the unsigned integer in big-endian format.
 * @returns {number} The decoded unsigned integer.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the byte array is longer than 4 bytes, which cannot be decoded.
 */
export declare function _decodeUnsignedBigEndianInteger(value: Uint8Array): number;
/**
 * Dissects a floating-point number into its sign, exponent, and mantissa components.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {number} value - The floating-point number to dissect.
 * @returns {{ negative: boolean, exponent: number, mantissa: number }} An object.
 */
export declare function _dissectFloat(value: number): {
    negative: boolean;
    exponent: number;
    mantissa: number;
};
/**
 * Encodes a signed 32-bit integer to a big-endian Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {number} value - The signed integer to encode. Must be within the range -2147483648 to 2147483647.
 * @returns {Uint8Array} A Uint8Array representing the number in big-endian format.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the number is outside the valid 32-bit signed integer range.
 */
export declare function _encodeBigEndianSignedInteger(value: number): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Encodes an unsigned 32-bit integer into a big-endian Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {number} value - The unsigned integer to encode. Must be within the range 0 to 4294967295.
 * @returns {Uint8Array} A Uint8Array representing the number in big-endian format.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the number is outside the valid 32-bit unsigned integer range.
 */
export declare function _encodeUnsignedBigEndianInteger(value: number): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Encodes a floating-point number into an X690 binary real number format (as a Uint8Array).
 *
 * @private
 * @param {number} value - The floating-point number to encode.
 * @returns {Uint8Array} A Uint8Array representing the encoded X690 binary real number.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the number is too precise to encode.
 */
export declare function _encodeX690BinaryRealNumber(value: number): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Retrieves the value of a specific bit from a Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} from - The Uint8Array from which the bit value is extracted.
 * @param {number} bitIndex - The index of the bit to retrieve (0-indexed).
 * @returns {boolean} `true` if the bit is set (1), otherwise `false`.
 */
export declare function _getBit(from: Uint8Array, bitIndex: number): boolean;
/**
 * Packs a Uint8ClampedArray of bits into a Uint8Array of bytes.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8ClampedArray} bits - The array of bits to be packed. Each bit should be 0 or 1.
 * @returns {Uint8Array} A Uint8Array representing the packed bits into bytes.
 */
export declare function _packBits(bits: Uint8ClampedArray): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Sets or clears a bit at a specific index in a Uint8Array.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} to - The Uint8Array into which the bit will be set or cleared.
 * @param {number} bitIndex - The index of the bit to set or clear, 0-indexed.
 * @param {boolean} value - A boolean indicating whether to set (true) or clear (false) the bit.
 * @returns {void} This function does not return a value.
 */
export declare function _setBit(to: Uint8Array, bitIndex: number, value: boolean): void;
/**
 * Sets or clears a bit at a specific index in a Uint8Array for Base-256 encoding.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} to - The Uint8Array into which the bit will be set or cleared.
 * @param {number} bitIndex - The index of the bit to set or clear, 0-indexed.
 * @param {boolean} value - A boolean indicating whether to set (true) or clear (false) the bit.
 * @returns {void} This function does not return a value.
 */
export declare function _setBitInBase256(to: Uint8Array, bitIndex: number, value: boolean): void;
/**
 * Decodes a Uint8Array to a string using the specified text encoding.
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} bytes - The byte array to decode into a string.
 * @param {string} [encoding ='utf-8'] - The text encoding to use for decoding. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
 * @returns {string} The decoded string.
 * @throws {Error} Throws an error if `TextDecoder` is not available.
 */
export declare function _convertBytesToText(bytes: Uint8Array, encoding?: string): string;
/**
 * Checks whether a given Uint8Array is BER-encoded.
 *
 * BER (Basic Encoding Rules) encoding for a sequence starts with the bytes 0x30 0x80
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Uint8Array} input - The input byte array to check.
 * @returns {boolean} True if the input starts with BER indefinite-length encoding; otherwise, false.
 */
export declare function _isBasicEncodingElement(input: Uint8Array): boolean;