Can layers be sorted alphabetically in InDesign?

Please could someone tell me if layers can be sorted alphabetically in InDesign?

Thanks for your reply Rob
I worked with a few people and managed to get it accomplished with .jsx script. I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC, so I was hoping that I might be able to "borrow" some code from what might have turned up here.
Here is the script that we got drawn up to alphabetize pathItems within Illustrator, and the original code that sorts layers is at the top of the post:
Re: Re: Re: How to sort objects alphabetically (inside of a layer)?
***EDIT***
I pulled the script from that post just in-case that post goes down or gets deleted.
#target "Illustrator"
function alphabetize()
     if (app.documents.length == 0)
          alert("No document Open");
          return;
     var docRef = app.documents[0];
     var state = docRef.layers;
     for (a = 0; a < state.length; a++)
          var provider = state[a].layers;
          for (b = 0; b < provider.length; b++)
               var product = provider[b].layers;
               for (c = 0; c < product.length; c++)
                    var town = product[c].pathItems;
                    if (town.length > 0)
                         var townList = [];
                         for (d = 0; d < town.length; d++)
                              townList.push(town[d].name);
                         townList.sort();
                         sort_layer(product[c], townList);
function sort_layer (obj, array) {
     for (var ri=0, riL=array.length; ri < riL ; ri++) {
     obj.pathItems.getByName(array[ri]).zOrder( ZOrderMethod.SENDTOBACK );
alphabetize();

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