/**
 * Path utilities for URL and file path manipulation.
 *
 * Provides common operations for normalizing and joining path segments.
 */
/**
 * Trim leading and trailing slashes from a string.
 *
 * Uses a safe non-regex approach to avoid ReDoS vulnerabilities
 * (the pattern /^\/+|\/+$/g can cause polynomial backtracking).
 *
 * @param s - The string to trim (null/undefined treated as empty string)
 * @returns String with leading/trailing slashes removed
 *
 * @example
 * trimSlashes('/path/to/resource/') // 'path/to/resource'
 * trimSlashes('no-slashes') // 'no-slashes'
 * trimSlashes('///multiple///') // 'multiple'
 */
export declare function trimSlashes(s: string | null | undefined): string;
/**
 * Join URL path segments with a single slash and no trailing slash.
 * Empty segments are filtered out.
 *
 * @param parts - Path segments to join
 * @returns Joined path starting with / or empty string
 *
 * @example
 * joinPath('api', 'v1', 'users') // '/api/v1/users'
 * joinPath('/api/', '/v1/', '/users/') // '/api/v1/users'
 * joinPath('', 'path', '') // '/path'
 * joinPath() // ''
 */
export declare function joinPath(...parts: string[]): string;