import type { UmbEntityVariantOptionModel } from './types.js';
/**
 * Sorts entity variants in priority order:
 * 1. Default language first
 * 2. Mandatory (non-published) variants
 * 3. By publish state (published → draft → not-created → trashed)
 * 4. Alphabetically by language name
 * @param {UmbEntityVariantOptionModel} a - First variant to compare
 * @param {UmbEntityVariantOptionModel} b - Second variant to compare
 * @returns {number} - Negative if a sorts first, positive if b sorts first, 0 if equal
 */
export declare function sortVariants(a: UmbEntityVariantOptionModel, b: UmbEntityVariantOptionModel): number;