import { IkasBlogCategory } from "../../../../storefront-models/src";
/**
 * Creates and returns a new default IkasBlogCategory instance with base model fields, empty metadata, and initialized image.
 *
 * @ai-category BlogCategory, Initialization
 * @ai-related getIkasBlogCategoryHref, initIkasBlogCategory
 *
 * @returns A fully initialized IkasBlogCategory object with default values.
 *
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * import { createIkasBlogCategory } from "@ikas/bp-storefront";
 * const category = createIkasBlogCategory();
 * ```
 */
export declare function createIkasBlogCategory(): IkasBlogCategory;
/**
 * Returns the storefront-relative URL path for a blog category based on its metadata slug.
 *
 * @ai-category BlogCategory
 * @ai-related createIkasBlogCategory
 *
 * @param blogCategory - The blog category object containing metadata with a slug used to build the href.
 * @returns The prefixed blog category URL path, or an empty string if the slug is missing.
 *
 * @example
 * ```typescript
 * import { getIkasBlogCategoryHref } from "@ikas/bp-storefront";
 * const href = getIkasBlogCategoryHref(blogCategory);
 * // e.g. "/blog/tech-articles"
 * ```
 */
export declare function getIkasBlogCategoryHref(blogCategory: IkasBlogCategory): string;