/**
 * Read the JavaScript cookies tutorial at:
 *   http://www.netspade.com/articles/javascript/cookies.xml
 */

/**
 * Sets a Cookie with the given name and value.
 *
 * name       Name of the cookie
 * value      Value of the cookie
 * [expires]  Expiration date of the cookie (default: end of current session)
 * [path]     Path where the cookie is valid (default: path of calling document)
 * [domain]   Domain where the cookie is valid
 *              (default: domain of calling document)
 * [secure]   Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires a
 *              secure transmission
 */
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
{
    document.cookie= name + "=" + escape(value) +
        ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

/**
 * Gets the value of the specified cookie.
 *
 * name  Name of the desired cookie.
 *
 * Returns a string containing value of specified cookie,
 *   or null if cookie does not exist.
 */
function getCookie(name)
{
	var a;

    var dc = document.cookie;	
    if (dc == "") return a;

    var prefix = name + "=";
    var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
    if (begin == -1)
    {
        begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
        if (begin != 0) return a;
    }
    else
    {
        begin += 2;
    }
	begin += name.length+1;
	
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
    if (end == -1)
    {
        end = dc.length;
    }
	
	// build an array of data
    var cookieval = unescape(dc.substring(begin, end));

    // Now that we've extracted the value of the named cookie, we've
    // got to break that value down into individual state variable 
    // names and values. The name/value pairs are separated from each
    // other by ampersands, and the individual names and values are
    // separated from each other by colons. We use the split method
    // to parse everything.
    var b = cookieval.split('&');    // Break it into array of name/value pairs.

	a = new Array();
	
    for(var i=0; i < b.length-1; i++)  // Break each pair into an array.
        a[i] = b[i].split(':');

    // We're done, so return the success code.	
	return a;
   // return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

/**
 * Deletes the specified cookie.
 *
 * name      name of the cookie
 * [path]    path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
 * [domain]  domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to create cookie)
 */
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain)
{
    if (getCookie(name))
    {
        document.cookie = name + "=" + 
            ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
            ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
            "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}