text: require("../geom"); // initialize Geometry prototypes before wrapping
  
  var wkt = Packages.org.geoscript.js.io.WKT.init(this);
  
  /** api: method[read]
   *  :arg wkt: ``String`` The Well-Known Text representation of a geometry.
   *  :returns: :class:`geom.Geometry`
   *
   *  Create a geometry from WKT.  The specific geometry type depends on the
   *  given WKT.
   */
  exports.read = wkt.read;
  
  /** api: method[write]
   *  :arg geometry: :class:`geom.Geometry` A geometry.
   *  :returns: ``String`` The Well-Known Text representation of a geometry.
   *
   *  Generate a Well-Known Text string from a geometry.
   */
  exports.write = wkt.write;