FLEX-34880
Added an asdoc recommendation that developers use Sort and SortField as immutable objects, although the current API allows for mutability.
diff --git a/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/Sort.as b/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/Sort.as
index 7e2e82c..38acab8 100644
--- a/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/Sort.as
+++ b/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/Sort.as
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@
* sorting for strings. For this type of sorting please see the
* <code>spark.collections.Sort</code> and
* <code>spark.collections.SortField</code> classes.</p>
+ *
+ * Note: to prevent problems like
+ * <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34853">FLEX-34853</a>
+ * it is recommended to use SortField
+ * instances as immutable objects (by not changing their state).
*
* @mxml
*
diff --git a/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/SortField.as b/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/SortField.as
index a465656..824d98d 100644
--- a/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/SortField.as
+++ b/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/collections/SortField.as
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
* <code>spark.collections.Sort</code> and
* <code>spark.collections.SortField</code> classes.</p>
*
+ * Note: to prevent problems like
+ * <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34853">FLEX-34853</a>
+ * it is recommended to use SortField
+ * instances as immutable objects (by not changing their state).
+ *
* @mxml
*
* <p>The <code><mx:SortField></code> tag has the following attributes:</p>
diff --git a/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/Sort.as b/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/Sort.as
index 0f31834..891da49 100644
--- a/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/Sort.as
+++ b/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/Sort.as
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
* UIComponent's <code>addStyleClient()</code> method.
* </li>
* </ul>
+ *
+ * Note: to prevent problems like
+ * <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34853">FLEX-34853</a>
+ * it is recommended to use SortField
+ * instances as immutable objects (by not changing their state).
*
* @mxml
*
diff --git a/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/SortField.as b/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/SortField.as
index 760b725..5b730a2 100644
--- a/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/SortField.as
+++ b/frameworks/projects/spark/src/spark/collections/SortField.as
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@
* UIComponent's <code>addStyleClient()</code> method.
* </li>
* </ul>
+ *
+ * Note: to prevent problems like
+ * <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34853">FLEX-34853</a>
+ * it is recommended to use SortField
+ * instances as immutable objects (by not changing their state).
*
* @mxml
*
