rochars / utf8-buffer

// Project: https://github.com/rochars/byte-data

// Definitions by: Rafael da Silva Rocha <https://github.com/rochars>

// Definitions: https://github.com/rochars/utf8-buffer

/**

 * Read a string of UTF-8 characters from a byte buffer.

 * Invalid characters are replaced with 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER' (U+FFFD).

 * @see https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/#the-encoding

 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/34926911

 * @param {!Uint8Array|!Array<number>} buffer A byte buffer.

 * @param {number=} start The buffer index to start reading.

 * @param {?number=} end The buffer index to stop reading.

 *   Assumes the buffer length if undefined.

 * @return {string}

 */

export function unpack(

	buffer: Uint8Array|number[],

	start: number,

	end?: number): string;