@harmoniclabs/plu-ts-onchain/dist/utils/BitUtils/index.d.ts

An embedded DSL for Cardano smart contracts creation coupled with a library for Cardano transactions, all in Typescript

/**
 * @static
 */
export default class BitUtils {
    private constructor();
    /**
     * @deprecated not sure it has ever made sense to have it
     * @returns a number in range ```[ 0 , 255 ]``` ( ```[ 0b0000_0000, 0b1111_1111 ]``` ) based on the first byte
     */
    static getFirstByte(bits: bigint): number;
    /**
     * @deprecated use ```andMaskOfLength``` instead
     */
    static andMaskOfLengthInt(n: number): bigint;
    /**
     * returns a ```bigint``` of that as the last ```n``` bits setted to ones;
     *
     * example
     * ```ts
     * BitUtils.getMaskOfLength( 7 ) === Bigint( 0b0111_1111 ); // true
     * ```
     */
    static andMaskOfLength(n: bigint): bigint;
    static getNLastBits(fromNuber: bigint, nBits: bigint): bigint;
    /**
     * @returns the number of bits from the first setted to ```1``` on the left up until the end
     */
    static getNOfUsedBits(bits: bigint): number;
    static minBytesRequired(bigint: bigint): number;
}