code: public SortModel createSortModel(List/*<Sort>*/ sorts) {
          SortModel sortModel = new SortModel(sorts);
          sortModel.setSortStrategy(SORT_STRATEGY);
          return sortModel;
      }
docs: Create a {@link SortModel} object.  The default implementation returned is {@link SortModel} with a
  {@link SortStrategy} of {@link org.apache.beehive.netui.databinding.datagrid.runtime.config.DefaultSortStrategy}.
  @param sorts the list of sorts for a data grid
  @return a sort model