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/// <amd-module name="@tensorflow/tfjs-core/dist/util" />
import { BackendValues, DataType, TensorLike, TypedArray } from './types';
export * from './util_base';
export * from './hash_util';
/**
 * Create typed array for scalar value. Used for storing in `DataStorage`.
 */
export declare function createScalarValue(value: DataType, dtype: DataType): BackendValues;
export declare function toTypedArray(a: TensorLike, dtype: DataType): TypedArray;
/**
 * Returns the current high-resolution time in milliseconds relative to an
 * arbitrary time in the past. It works across different platforms (node.js,
 * browsers).
 *
 * ```js
 * console.log(tf.util.now());
 * ```
 *
 * @doc {heading: 'Util', namespace: 'util'}
 */
export declare function now(): number;
/**
 * Returns a platform-specific implementation of
 * [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API).
 *
 * If `fetch` is defined on the global object (`window`, `process`, etc.),
 * `tf.util.fetch` returns that function.
 *
 * If not, `tf.util.fetch` returns a platform-specific solution.
 *
 * ```js
 * const resource = await tf.util.fetch('https://unpkg.com/@tensorflow/tfjs');
 * // handle response
 * ```
 *
 * @doc {heading: 'Util'}
 */
export declare function fetch(path: string, requestInits?: RequestInit): Promise<Response>;
/**
 * Encodes the provided string into bytes using the provided encoding scheme.
 *
 * @param s The string to encode.
 * @param encoding The encoding scheme. Defaults to utf-8.
 *
 * @doc {heading: 'Util'}
 */
export declare function encodeString(s: string, encoding?: string): Uint8Array;
/**
 * Decodes the provided bytes into a string using the provided encoding scheme.
 * @param bytes The bytes to decode.
 *
 * @param encoding The encoding scheme. Defaults to utf-8.
 *
 * @doc {heading: 'Util'}
 */
export declare function decodeString(bytes: Uint8Array, encoding?: string): string;