SVG.TextPath = SVG.invent({
  // Initialize node
  create: 'textPath'

  // Inherit from
, inherit: SVG.Element

  // Define parent class
, parent: SVG.Text

  // Add parent method
, construct: {
    // Create path for text to run on
    path: function(d) {
      // create textPath element
      var path  = new SVG.TextPath
        , track = this.doc().defs().path(d)

      // move lines to textpath
      while (this.node.hasChildNodes())
        path.node.appendChild(this.node.firstChild)

      // add textPath element as child node
      this.node.appendChild(path.node)

      // link textPath to path and add content
      path.attr('href', '#' + track, SVG.xlink)

      return this
    }
    // Plot path if any
  , plot: function(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)
    }
  }
})