/**
 * Type definitions for component handlers.
 */
export type ComponentEncoder = (_value: unknown) => string;
export type ComponentNormalizer = (_value: string) => string | undefined;
export type ComponentValidator = (_value: unknown, _throws: boolean) => boolean;
export type QualifiersValue = string | number | boolean | null | undefined;
export type QualifiersObject = Record<string, QualifiersValue>;
/**
 * Compare two component names for sorting.
 */
declare function componentComparator(compA: string, compB: string): number;
/**
 * Get numeric sort order for component name.
 */
declare function componentSortOrder(comp: string): number;
/**
 * Encode PURL component value to string.
 */
declare function PurlComponentEncoder(comp: unknown): string;
/**
 * Normalize PURL component to string or undefined.
 */
declare function PurlComponentStringNormalizer(comp: unknown): string | undefined;
/**
 * Validate PURL component value.
 */
declare function PurlComponentValidator(_comp: unknown, _throws: boolean): boolean;
declare const PurlComponent: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
export { PurlComponent, PurlComponentEncoder, PurlComponentStringNormalizer, PurlComponentValidator, componentComparator, componentSortOrder, };