/** @format */
import { InputBuffer } from '../../common/input-buffer.js';
import { OutputBuffer } from '../../common/output-buffer.js';
import { IfdValue } from './ifd-value.js';
import { IfdValueType } from '../ifd-value-type.js';
/**
 * Class representing an ASCII value in an IFD (Image File Directory).
 */
export declare class IfdAsciiValue extends IfdValue {
    /**
     * The ASCII value stored as a string.
     */
    private _value;
    /**
     * Gets the type of the IFD value.
     * @returns {IfdValueType} The type of the IFD value.
     */
    get type(): IfdValueType;
    /**
     * Gets the length of the ASCII value including the null terminator.
     * @returns {number} The length of the ASCII value.
     */
    get length(): number;
    /**
     * Creates an instance of IfdAsciiValue.
     * @param {number[] | string} value - The ASCII value as an array of code points or a string.
     */
    constructor(value: number[] | string);
    /**
     * Creates an IfdAsciiValue from input buffer data.
     * @param {InputBuffer<Uint8Array>} data - The input buffer containing the ASCII data.
     * @param {number} length - The length of the ASCII data.
     * @returns {IfdAsciiValue} The created IfdAsciiValue instance.
     */
    static data(data: InputBuffer<Uint8Array>, length: number): IfdAsciiValue;
    /**
     * Converts the ASCII value to a Uint8Array.
     * @returns {Uint8Array} The ASCII value as a Uint8Array.
     */
    toData(): Uint8Array;
    /**
     * Writes the ASCII value to an output buffer.
     * @param {OutputBuffer} out - The output buffer to write the ASCII value to.
     */
    write(out: OutputBuffer): void;
    /**
     * Sets the ASCII value as a string.
     * @param {string} v - The new ASCII value.
     */
    setString(v: string): void;
    /**
     * Checks if this ASCII value is equal to another IFD value.
     * @param {IfdValue} other - The other IFD value to compare with.
     * @returns {boolean} True if the values are equal, false otherwise.
     */
    equals(other: IfdValue): boolean;
    /**
     * Creates a clone of this ASCII value.
     * @returns {IfdValue} The cloned IFD value.
     */
    clone(): IfdValue;
    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the ASCII value.
     * @returns {string} The string representation of the ASCII value.
     */
    toString(): string;
}