 
 /**
  *  Provides the sorting information required to establish a sort on an
- *  existing view (ICollectionView interface or class that implements the
- *  interface). After you assign a Sort instance to the view's
+ *  existing view (<code>ICollectionView</code> interface or class that 
+ *  implements the interface). After you assign a <code>Sort</code> instance to the view's
  *  <code>sort</code> property, you must call the view's
- * <code>refresh()</code> method to apply the sort criteria.
+ *  <code>refresh()</code> method to apply the sort criteria.
  *
  *  <p>Typically the sort is defined for collections of complex items, that is 
  *  collections in which the sort is performed on one or more properties of 

    //  Overridden Methods
    //
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     *  @private

 *  locale from the document that contains the declaration.
 *  </li>
 *  Example:
 *  <pre>
 *  &lt;fx:Declarations&gt; <br>
 *         &lt;s:SortField id="sf" /&gt; <br>
 *  &lt;/fx:Declarations&gt;
 *  </pre>
 *  <li>
 *  By using an MXML declaration and specifying the locale value
 *  in the list of assignments.
 *  </li>
 *  Example:
 *  <pre>
 *  &lt;fx:Declarations&gt; <br>
 *      &lt;s:SortField id="sf_SimplifiedChinese" locale="zh-Hans-CN" /&gt; <br>
 *  &lt;/fx:Declarations&gt;
 *  </pre>
 *  <li>
 *  Calling the <code>setStyle</code> method,
 *  e.g. <code>sf.setStyle("locale", "zh-Hans-CN")</code>
 *  </li>
 *  <li> 
