Removed internal references from SVG.Text

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/src/textpath.js b/src/textpath.js
index 0ee9d77..03dfbee 100755
--- a/src/textpath.js
+++ b/src/textpath.js
@@ -12,31 +12,42 @@ SVG.TextPath = SVG.invent({
 , construct: {
     // Create path for text to run on
     path: function(d) {
-      /* create textPath element */
-      this.textPath = new SVG.TextPath
+      // create textPath element
+      var path  = new SVG.TextPath
+        , track = this.doc().defs().path(d)
 
-      /* move lines to textpath */
-      while(this.node.hasChildNodes())
-        this.textPath.node.appendChild(this.node.firstChild)
+      // move lines to textpath
+      while (this.node.hasChildNodes())
+        path.node.appendChild(this.node.firstChild)
 
-      /* add textPath element as child node */
-      this.node.appendChild(this.textPath.node)
+      // add textPath element as child node
+      this.node.appendChild(path.node)
 
-      /* create path in defs */
-      this.track = this.doc().defs().path(d)
-
-      /* create circular reference */
-      this.textPath.parent = this
-
-      /* link textPath to path and add content */
-      this.textPath.attr('href', '#' + this.track, SVG.xlink)
+      // link textPath to path and add content
+      path.attr('href', '#' + track, SVG.xlink)
 
       return this
     }
     // Plot path if any
   , plot: function(d) {
-      if (this.track) this.track.plot(d)
+      var track = this.track()
+
+      if (track)
+        track.plot(d)
+
       return this
     }
+    // Get the path track element
+  , track: function() {
+      var path = this.textPath()
+
+      if (path)
+        return path.reference('href')
+    }
+    // Get the textPath child
+  , textPath: function() {
+      if (this.node.firstChild && this.node.firstChild.nodeName == 'textPath')
+        return SVG.adopt(this.node.firstChild)
+    }
   }
 })
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