import type { ExURL } from '../parse-url.js';
/**
 * Compares two URLs or strings representing URLs and returns a value indicating their order.
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { pathComparator } from '@d-zero/shared/sort/path';
 *
 * const urls = [
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/10',
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/2',
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/1',
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/100',
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/4',
 * 	'https://hostname.domain/22',
 * ];
 *
 * urls.sort(pathComparator);
 * ```
 * @param url1 - The first URL or string representing a URL to compare.
 * @param url2 - The second URL or string representing a URL to compare.
 * @returns A value indicating the order of the URLs: 0 if they are equal, -1 if the first URL comes before the second URL, 1 if the first URL comes after the second URL.
 */
export declare function pathComparator(url1: string | URL | ExURL, url2: string | URL | ExURL): 0 | -1 | 1;