on constructTextManager  
  return(createManager(#text_manager, getClassVariable("text.manager.class")))
end

on deconstructTextManager  
  return(removeManager(#text_manager))
end

on getTextManager  
  tMgr = getObjectManager()
  if not tMgr.managerExists(#text_manager) then
    return(constructTextManager())
  end if
  return(tMgr.getManager(#text_manager))
end

on createText tid, tValue 
  return(getTextManager().create(tid, tValue))
end

on removeText tid 
  return(getTextManager().remove(tid))
end

on setText tid, tValue 
  return(getTextManager().create(tid, tValue))
end

on getText tid, tDefault 
  return(getTextManager().get(tid, tDefault))
end

on textExists tid 
  return(getTextManager().exists(tid))
end

on printTexts  
  return(getTextManager().print())
end

on dumpTextField tField, tDelimiter 
  return(getTextManager().dump(tField, tDelimiter))
end