on constructStringServices  
  return(createManager(#string_services, getClassVariable("string.services.class")))
end

on deconstructStringServices  
  return(removeManager(#string_services))
end

on getStringServices  
  tMgr = getObjectManager()
  if not tMgr.managerExists(#string_services) then
    return(constructStringServices())
  end if
  return(tMgr.getManager(#string_services))
end

on convertToPropList tString, tDelimiter 
  tOldDelim = the itemDelimiter
  if voidp(tDelimiter) then
    tDelimiter = ","
  end if
  the itemDelimiter = tDelimiter
  tProps = [:]
  i = 1
  repeat while i <= tString.count(#item)
    tPair = tString.getPropRef(#item, i).getProp(#word, 1, tString.getPropRef(#item, i).count(#word))
    tProp = tPair.getProp(#char, 1, (offset("=", tPair) - 1))
    tValue = tPair.getProp(#char, (offset("=", tPair) + 1), length(tString))
    tProps.setAt(tProp.getProp(#word, 1, tProp.count(#word)), tValue.getProp(#word, 1, tValue.count(#word)))
    i = (1 + i)
  end repeat
  the itemDelimiter = tOldDelim
  return(tProps)
end

on convertToLowerCase tString 
  return(getStringServices().convertToLowerCase(tString))
end

on convertToHigherCase tString 
  return(getStringServices().convertToHigherCase(tString))
end

on convertSpecialChars tString, tDirection 
  return(getStringServices().convertSpecialChars(tString, tDirection))
end

on convertIntToHex tInt 
  return(getStringServices().convertIntToHex(tInt))
end

on convertHexToInt tHex 
  return(getStringServices().convertHexToInt(tHex))
end

on explode tString, tDelimiter, tLimit 
  return(getStringServices().explode(tString, tDelimiter, tLimit))
end

on implode tList, tDelimiter 
  return(getStringServices().implode(tList, tDelimiter))
end

on replaceChars tString, tCharA, tCharB 
  return(getStringServices().replaceChars(tString, tCharA, tCharB))
end

on replaceChunks tString, tChunkA, tChunkB 
  return(getStringServices().replaceChunks(tString, tChunkA, tChunkB))
end

on urlEncode tString 
  return(getStringServices().urlEncode(tString))
end

on obfuscate tString 
  return(getStringServices().obfuscate(tString))
end

on deobfuscate tString 
  return(getStringServices().deobfuscate(tString))
end

on getLocalFloat tStrFloat 
  return(getStringServices().getLocalFloat(tStrFloat))
end

on encodeUTF8 tStr 
  return(getStringServices().encodeUTF8(tStr))
end

on decodeUTF8 tStr, tForceDecode 
  return(getStringServices().decodeUTF8(tStr, tForceDecode))
end

on handlers  
  return([])
end