export type Encoding = 'utf8' | 'ucs2' | 'ascii';
/**
 * A write-side buffer list.
 *
 * Bytes are appended through the `write*` methods, and taken out again
 * either as a single buffer (`data`, `slice`) or as a list of chunks
 * (`getBuffers`, `consume`). Small pieces are coalesced into chunks of at
 * most `CHUNK_SIZE` bytes. Buffers of at least `CHUNK_SIZE` bytes written
 * through `writeBuffer` are referenced rather than copied, so that large
 * values cost no extra memory. (The caller must therefore not modify such
 * buffers until they have been consumed.)
 *
 * The consumer side (`length`, `getBuffers`, `consume`, `slice`) mirrors
 * that of `bl`'s `BufferList`.
 */
declare class WritableTrackingBuffer {
    /**
     * The size of the chunks a `WritableTrackingBuffer` produces, and the size
     * from which written buffers are referenced rather than copied.
     */
    static readonly CHUNK_SIZE: number;
    /**
     * The number of bytes appended and not yet consumed.
     */
    length: number;
    private _bufs;
    private _open;
    private _pos;
    constructor();
    /**
     * All appended and not yet consumed bytes as a single buffer.
     *
     * When everything fits into a single chunk this is a view of that chunk
     * rather than a copy. The returned buffer must not be modified.
     */
    get data(): Buffer;
    private _seal;
    private _ensure;
    /**
     * The chunks holding all appended and not yet consumed bytes.
     *
     * The returned array is the list's own: later appends can add chunks to
     * it. `consume` does not modify it, so taking the chunks and consuming
     * them right away yields a stable snapshot.
     */
    getBuffers(): Buffer[];
    /**
     * Discards the given number of bytes from the front of the list.
     */
    consume(bytes: number): this;
    /**
     * Copies all appended and not yet consumed bytes into a new buffer.
     */
    slice(): Buffer;
    writeUInt8(value: number): void;
    writeUInt16LE(value: number): void;
    writeUShort(value: number): void;
    writeUInt16BE(value: number): void;
    writeUInt24LE(value: number): void;
    writeUInt32LE(value: number): void;
    writeBigInt64LE(value: bigint): void;
    writeInt64LE(value: number): void;
    writeUInt64LE(value: number): void;
    writeBigUInt64LE(value: bigint): void;
    writeUInt32BE(value: number): void;
    writeUInt40LE(value: number): void;
    writeInt8(value: number): void;
    writeInt16LE(value: number): void;
    writeInt16BE(value: number): void;
    writeInt32LE(value: number): void;
    writeInt32BE(value: number): void;
    writeFloatLE(value: number): void;
    writeDoubleLE(value: number): void;
    writeString(value: string, encoding: Encoding): void;
    writeBVarchar(value: string, encoding: Encoding): void;
    writeUsVarchar(value: string, encoding: Encoding): void;
    writeUsVarbyte(value: Buffer): void;
    /**
     * Appends a buffer. Buffers of at least `CHUNK_SIZE` bytes are referenced
     * rather than copied, and must not be modified until consumed.
     */
    writeBuffer(value: Buffer): void;
}
export default WritableTrackingBuffer;