on constructThreadManager  
  return(createManager(#thread_manager, getClassVariable("thread.manager.class")))
end

on deconstructThreadManager  
  return(removeManager(#thread_manager))
end

on getThreadManager  
  tMgr = getObjectManager()
  if not tMgr.managerExists(#thread_manager) then
    return(constructThreadManager())
  end if
  return(tMgr.getManager(#thread_manager))
end

on createThread tid, tInitField 
  return(getThreadManager().create(tid, tInitField))
end

on removeThread tid 
  return(getThreadManager().remove(tid))
end

on getThread tid 
  return(getThreadManager().get(tid))
end

on threadExists tid 
  return(getThreadManager().exists(tid))
end

on initThread tCastNumOrMemName 
  return(getThreadManager().initThread(tCastNumOrMemName))
end

on initExistingThreads  
  return(getThreadManager().initAll())
end

on closeThread tCastNumOrID 
  return(getThreadManager().closeThread(tCastNumOrID))
end

on closeExistingThreads  
  return(getThreadManager().closeAll())
end

on printThreads  
  return(getThreadManager().print())
end