     private var _descending:Boolean;
 
     [Inspectable(category="General")]
-     [Bindable("descendingChanged")]
-
-    /**
-     *  Specifies whether the this field should be sorted in descending
-     *  order.
-     *
-     *  <p> The default value is <code>false</code> (ascending).</p>
-     *  
+    [Bindable("descendingChanged")]
+
+    /**
+     *  @inheritDoc
+     *
      *  @langversion 3.0
      *  @playerversion Flash 9
      *  @playerversion AIR 1.1

    }

    //---------------------------------
    //  usingCustomCompareFunction
    //---------------------------------

    private var _usingCustomCompareFunction:Boolean;

    /**
     * True if this SortField uses a custom comparitor function.
     *  
     *  @langversion 3.0
     *  @playerversion Flash 9
     *  @playerversion AIR 1.1
     *  @productversion Flex 3
     */
    mx_internal function get usingCustomCompareFunction():Boolean
    {
        return _usingCustomCompareFunction;
    }

    mx_internal function internalCompare(a:Object, b:Object):int
    {
        var result:int = compareFunction(a, b);
        if (descending)
            result *= -1;
        return result;
    }

    //---------------------------------
    //  descending
    //---------------------------------


                                test = value.toString();
                            }
                            catch(error2:Error)
                            {
                            }
                            if (!test || test == "[object Object]")
                            {
                                _compareFunction = nullCompare;
                            }
                        }
                    break;
