public static void addParameterSortBy(
     QueryDefinition queryDefn, AbstractScalarParameterHandle parameter, IModelAdapter adapter) {
   String sortBy = parameter.getSortByColumn();
   if (sortBy != null) {
     String sortDirection = parameter.getSortDirection();
     if (sortDirection != null) {
       org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.Expression mexpr =
           (org.eclipse.birt.report.model.api.Expression)
               parameter
                   .getExpressionProperty(AbstractScalarParameter.SORT_BY_COLUMN_PROP)
                   .getValue();
       ScriptExpression dexpr = adapter.adaptExpression(mexpr);
       SortDefinition sort = new SortDefinition();
       sort.setExpression(dexpr);
       boolean direction =
           DesignChoiceConstants.SORT_DIRECTION_ASC.equalsIgnoreCase(sortDirection);
       sort.setSortDirection(direction ? ISortDefinition.SORT_ASC : ISortDefinition.SORT_DESC);
       queryDefn.addSort(sort);
     }
   }
 }