import { Ipv4Literal, Ipv4Representable } from './types';
/**
 * Representation of an IPv4 address. Provides various utility methods like equality
 * checking.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Avoid direct instantiation; use {@link ipv4.address} instead.
 */
export declare class Ipv4Address {
    private _address;
    constructor(address: Ipv4Literal);
    /**
     * The address as a number
     */
    get address(): number;
    /**
     * Returns the string representation of the address
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * import { ipv4 as ip } from 'cidr-block'
     *
     * ip.address(255)                                     // ==> '0.0.0.255'
     * ip.address(0b11111111_00000000_11111111_00000000)   // ==> '255.0.255.0'
     * ````
     *
     * @public
     * @returns the IPv4 address as a string
     */
    toString(): string;
    /**
     * Compares if two IPv4 addresses are the same.
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * import { ipv4 as ip } from 'cidr-block'
     *
     * function isLoopback(address: Ipv4Representable) {
     *  return ip.address(address).equals('127.0.0.1')
     * }
     * ```
     *
     * @public
     * @param otherIpAddress the other IPv4 address to compare
     * @returns if the other IP address is the same
     */
    equals(otherIpAddress: Ipv4Representable): boolean;
    /**
     * Calculates the next logical IPv4 address.
     *
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * import { ipv4 as ip } from 'cidr-block'
     *
     * const myIp = ip.address('52.89.32.255')
     * myIp.nextIp()                                       // ==> '52.89.33.0'
     * ```
     *
     * @public
     * @returns the next consecutive IPv4 address
     */
    nextIp(): Ipv4Address;
    /**
     * @example
     * ```typescript
     * import { ipv4 as ip } from 'cidr-block'
     *
     * const myIp = ip.address('52.89.32.19')
     * myIp.previousIp()                                   // ==> '52.89.32.18'
     * ```
     *
     * @public
     * @returns the preceding IPv4 address
     */
    previousIp(): Ipv4Address;
}
/**
 * Convenience function for creating an IPv4 address instance.
 *
 * @remarks
 * In general, you should use this function instead of instantiating an Ipv4Address
 * object directly.
 *
 * @example
 *
 * ```typescript
 * import { ipv4 as ip } from 'cidr-block'
 *
 * const localhost = ip.address('127.0.0.1')
 * ```
 *
 * @see {@link Ipv4Address}
 *
 * @public
 * @param ip string representation of the IPv4 address
 * @returns an instance of Ipv4Address
 */
export declare function address(ip: Ipv4Literal): Ipv4Address;
/**
 * Converts the string representation of an IPv4 address to a number.
 *
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * import * as cidr from 'cidr-block'
 *
 * cidr.ipv4.stringToNum('255.255.255.255') === 4_294_967_295      // ==> true
 * cidr.ipv4.stringToNum('0.0.0.255') === 255                      // ==> true
 * ```
 *
 * @see This method is the inverse of {@link ipv4.numToString}
 * @throws {@link InvalidIpAddressError}
 *
 * @public
 * @param address IPv4 address represented as a string
 * @returns numerical number representation of the address
 */
export declare function stringToNum(address: string): number;
/**
 * Converts the numerical representation of an IPv4 address to its string representation.
 *
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * import * as cidr from 'cidr-block'
 *
 * cidr.ipv4.numToString(0) === '0.0.0.0'                             // ==> true
 * cidr.ipv4.numToString(65_280) === '0.0.255.0'                      // ==> true
 * cidr.ipv4.numToString(4_294_967_295) === '255.255.255.255'         // ==> true
 * ```
 *
 * @see This method is the inverse of {@link ipv4.stringToNum}
 * @throws {@link InvalidIpAddressError}
 *
 * @public
 * @param ip IPv4 address as a number
 * @returns string representation of the address
 */
export declare function numToString(ip: number): string;