text: from com.vividsolutions.jts.io import WKTReader, WKTWriter 
  from geoscript.util import deprecated
  
  def readWKT(wkt):
    """
    Constructs a geometry from Well Known Text.
  
    *wkt* is the Well Known Text string representing the geometry as described by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text.
  
    >>> readWKT('POINT (1 2)')
    POINT (1 2)
    """
    return WKTReader().read(wkt)
  
  @deprecated
  def fromWKT(wkt):
    """Use :func:`readWKT`"""
  
    return readWKT(wkt)
  
  def writeWKT(g):
    """
    Writes a geometry as Well Known Text.
  
    *g* is the geometry to serialize.
  
    >>> from geoscript.geom import Point
    >>> str(writeWKT(Point(1,2)))
    'POINT (1 2)'
    """
  
    return WKTWriter().write(g)
  