import * as flatbuffers from 'flatbuffers';
import { Endianness } from './endianness.js';
import { Field } from './field.js';
import { KeyValue } from './key-value.js';
/**
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * A Schema describes the columns in a row batch
 */
export declare class Schema {
    bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer | null;
    bb_pos: number;
    __init(i: number, bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer): Schema;
    static getRootAsSchema(bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?: Schema): Schema;
    static getSizePrefixedRootAsSchema(bb: flatbuffers.ByteBuffer, obj?: Schema): Schema;
    /**
     * endianness of the buffer
     * it is Little Endian by default
     * if endianness doesn't match the underlying system then the vectors need to be converted
     */
    endianness(): Endianness;
    fields(index: number, obj?: Field): Field | null;
    fieldsLength(): number;
    customMetadata(index: number, obj?: KeyValue): KeyValue | null;
    customMetadataLength(): number;
    /**
     * Features used in the stream/file.
     */
    features(index: number): bigint | null;
    featuresLength(): number;
    static startSchema(builder: flatbuffers.Builder): void;
    static addEndianness(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, endianness: Endianness): void;
    static addFields(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, fieldsOffset: flatbuffers.Offset): void;
    static createFieldsVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, data: flatbuffers.Offset[]): flatbuffers.Offset;
    static startFieldsVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, numElems: number): void;
    static addCustomMetadata(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, customMetadataOffset: flatbuffers.Offset): void;
    static createCustomMetadataVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, data: flatbuffers.Offset[]): flatbuffers.Offset;
    static startCustomMetadataVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, numElems: number): void;
    static addFeatures(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, featuresOffset: flatbuffers.Offset): void;
    static createFeaturesVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, data: bigint[]): flatbuffers.Offset;
    static startFeaturesVector(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, numElems: number): void;
    static endSchema(builder: flatbuffers.Builder): flatbuffers.Offset;
    static finishSchemaBuffer(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, offset: flatbuffers.Offset): void;
    static finishSizePrefixedSchemaBuffer(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, offset: flatbuffers.Offset): void;
    static createSchema(builder: flatbuffers.Builder, endianness: Endianness, fieldsOffset: flatbuffers.Offset, customMetadataOffset: flatbuffers.Offset, featuresOffset: flatbuffers.Offset): flatbuffers.Offset;
}