import type { ComparatorResolver } from './compare.ts';
/**
 * Returns a deeply key-sorted copy of a value parsed from JSON.
 *
 * - Objects: keys are reordered with the comparator `resolveComparator` returns
 *   for the object's `path`, and their values are sorted recursively.
 * - Arrays: element order is preserved (it is meaningful in CloudFormation) but
 *   each element is still recursed into so objects nested in arrays get sorted.
 *   Array indices are not part of the path — an array is transparent to it.
 *   The only exceptions are position-scoped: a resource's `Properties.Tags`
 *   array (reordered by `Key`) and a resource's `DependsOn` array of strings
 *   (sorted alphabetically).
 * - Everything else (strings, numbers, booleans, null) is returned unchanged.
 *
 * `path` is the sequence of object keys traversed from the root to the current
 * value. It is the context `resolveComparator` uses to apply position-aware
 * rules (root section order, per-resource attribute order) while everything else
 * stays alphabetical. The default resolver sorts every level alphabetically.
 */
export declare function sortValue(value: unknown, resolveComparator?: ComparatorResolver, path?: readonly string[]): unknown;