  *  </code></pre>
  *  </p>
  *
- *  <p>The Flex implementations of the ICollectionView interface retrieve 
- *  all items from a remote location before executing a sort.
+ *  <p>The Flex implementations of the <code>ICollectionView</code> interface 
+ *  retrieve all items from a remote location before executing a sort.
  *  If you use paging with a sorted list, apply the sort to the remote
  *  collection before you retrieve the data.
  *  </p>
  *
- *  <p>The default comparison provided by the SortField class 
+ *  <p>The default comparison provided by the <code>SortField</code> class 
  *  provides correct language specific
  *  sorting for strings. The language is selected by the setting the locale
  *  style on an instance of the class in one of the following ways:


/**
 *  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
 *  <code>sort</code> property, you must call the view's
 * <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 

     */
    private function localeChanged():void
    {
        const newlocaleStyle:* = super.getStyle("locale");

        if (localeStyle === newlocaleStyle)
            return;

        localeStyle = newlocaleStyle;
        if (defaultEmptyField)
            defaultEmptyField.setStyle("locale", localeStyle);

        dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.CHANGE));
    }
