import { IconifyIconName, validateIcon } from '@iconify/utils/lib/icon/name';
/**
 * Optional data used to categorise it
 */
interface IconArrays {
    tags?: string[];
    themePrefixes?: string[];
    themeSuffixes?: string[];
    aliases?: string[];
    chars?: string[];
}
/**
 * Icon interface
 */
export interface Icon extends IconifyIconName, IconArrays {
}
/**
 * Expression to test part of icon name.
 */
export declare const match: RegExp;
/**
 * Convert string to Icon object.
 */
export declare const stringToIcon: (value: string, validate?: boolean, provider?: string) => Icon | null;
/**
 * Check if icon is valid.
 */
export { validateIcon };
/**
 * Compare Icon objects.
 *
 * Note: null means icon is invalid, so null to null comparison = false.
 */
export declare const compareIcons: (icon1: Icon | null, icon2: Icon | null) => boolean;
/**
 * Convert icon to string.
 */
export declare const iconToString: (icon: Icon) => string;
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