/** @format */
/**
 * Reads an unsigned short (2 bytes) from a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to read from.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start reading.
 * @returns {number} The unsigned short value read from the buffer.
 */
export declare function readUshort(buff: Uint8Array, p: number): number;
/**
 * Writes an unsigned short (2 bytes) to a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to write to.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start writing.
 * @param {number} n - The unsigned short value to write.
 */
export declare function writeUshort(buff: Uint8Array, p: number, n: number): void;
/**
 * Reads an unsigned integer (4 bytes) from a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to read from.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start reading.
 * @returns {number} The unsigned integer value read from the buffer.
 */
export declare function readUint(buff: Uint8Array, p: number): number;
/**
 * Writes an unsigned integer (4 bytes) to a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to write to.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start writing.
 * @param {number} n - The unsigned integer value to write.
 */
export declare function writeUint(buff: Uint8Array, p: number, n: number): void;
/**
 * Reads an ASCII string from a buffer at a specified position and length.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to read from.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start reading.
 * @param {number} l - The length of the string to read.
 * @returns {string} The ASCII string read from the buffer.
 */
export declare function readASCII(buff: Uint8Array, p: number, l: number): string;
/**
 * Writes an ASCII string to a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} data - The buffer to write to.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start writing.
 * @param {string} s - The ASCII string to write.
 */
export declare function writeASCII(data: Uint8Array, p: number, s: string): void;
/**
 * Pads a string with a leading zero if its length is less than 2.
 * @param {string} n - The string to pad.
 * @returns {string} The padded string.
 */
export declare function pad(n: string): string;
/**
 * Reads a UTF-8 string from a buffer at a specified position and length.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to read from.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start reading.
 * @param {number} l - The length of the string to read.
 * @returns {string} The UTF-8 string read from the buffer.
 * @throws {Error} If the string cannot be decoded as UTF-8.
 */
export declare function readUTF8(buff: Uint8Array, p: number, l: number): string;
/**
 * Writes a UTF-8 string to a buffer at a specified position.
 * @param {Uint8Array} buff - The buffer to write to.
 * @param {number} p - The position in the buffer to start writing.
 * @param {string} str - The UTF-8 string to write.
 * @returns {number} The number of bytes written.
 * @throws {Error} If the string contains an invalid UTF-8 code point.
 */
export declare function writeUTF8(buff: Uint8Array, p: number, str: string): number;
/**
 * Calculates the size in bytes of a UTF-8 string.
 * @param {string} str - The UTF-8 string to measure.
 * @returns {number} The size in bytes of the UTF-8 string.
 * @throws {Error} If the string contains an invalid UTF-8 character.
 */
export declare function sizeUTF8(str: string): number;