import { memcpy } from "./mem";
import { limits } from "./limits";
import { ConstString, ConstArray } from "./type";

export { memcpy, limits, ConstString, ConstArray }

import { Type } from "./type";

export type SerializableType = NumberConstructor | StringConstructor | ArrayConstructor | Type
export type Serializable = number | string | array

/**
  * @param {DataView} dv destination memory
  * @param {Serializable} src source object
  * @param {SerializableType[]} ...types primary and inner types. eg: Array, Number
  * @throws {Error} if too small buffer
  * @throws {Error} if array|string size is higher than limits.u32.MAX_VALUE
  */
export function serialize(dv: DataView, src: Serializable, ...types: SerializableType[]): void;

/**
  * @param {DataView} dv source memory
  * @param {SerializableType[]} ...types primary and inner types. eg: Array, Number
  * @returns {Serializable} parsed object
  */
export function parse(dv: DataView, ...types: SerializableType[]): Serializable;

/**
  * some types, like Array, String, has no fixed size. So in Structure they are stored as u32 offset, which points to their beginning
  * @param {Serializable} obj to check
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
export function isHeadless(obj: Serializable): boolean;

/**
  * some types, like Array, String, has no fixed size. So in Structure they are stored as u32 offset, which points to their beginning
  * @param {SerializableType[]} ...args primary and inner types. eg: Array, Number
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
export function isHeadless(...types: SerializableType[]): boolean;

/**
  * if obj has no fixed size, return 4 (sizeof u32 offset)
  * @param {Serializable} obj to check
  * @returns {number}
  */
export function sizeofHead(obj: Serializable): number;

/**
  * if obj has no fixed size, return 4 (sizeof u32 offset)
  * @param {SerializableType[]} ...args primary and inner types. eg: Array, Number
  * @returns {number}
  */
export function sizeofHead(...types: SerializableType[]): number;

/**
  * @param {Serializable} obj to check
  * @returns {number}
  */
export function sizeof(obj: Serializable): number;

/**
  * @param {SerializableType[]} ...args primary and inner types. eg: Array, Number
  * @returns {number}
  * @throws {Error} if passed Array or String type (unknown sizeof)
  */
export function sizeof(...types: SerializableType[]): number;