/**
 * Cookie plugin
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 *
 */

/**
 * Create a cookie with the given name and value and other optional parameters.
 *
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
 * @desc Set the value of a cookie.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true });
 * @desc Create a cookie with all available options.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
 * @desc Create a session cookie.
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', null);
 * @desc Delete a cookie by passing null as value. Keep in mind that you have to use the same path and domain
 *       used when the cookie was set.
 *
 * @param String name The name of the cookie.
 * @param String value The value of the cookie.
 * @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes.
 * @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object.
 *                             If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted.
 *                             If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained
 *                             when the the browser exits.
 * @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie).
 * @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie).
 * @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will
 *                        require a secure protocol (like HTTPS).
 * @type undefined
 *
 * @name $.cookie
 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
 */

/**
 * Get the value of a cookie with the given name.
 *
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
 * @desc Get the value of a cookie.
 *
 * @param String name The name of the cookie.
 * @return The value of the cookie.
 * @type String
 *
 * @name $.cookie
 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
 */
jQuery.cookie=function(name,value,options){if(typeof value!='undefined'){options=options||{};if(value===null){value='';options.expires=-1}var expires='';if(options.expires&&(typeof options.expires=='number'||options.expires.toUTCString)){var date;if(typeof options.expires=='number'){date=new Date();date.setTime(date.getTime()+(options.expires*24*60*60*1000))}else{date=options.expires}expires='; expires='+date.toUTCString()}var path=options.path?'; path='+(options.path):'';var domain=options.domain?'; domain='+(options.domain):'';var secure=options.secure?'; secure':'';document.cookie=[name,'=',encodeURIComponent(value),expires,path,domain,secure].join('')}else{var cookieValue=null;if(document.cookie&&document.cookie!=''){var cookies=document.cookie.split(';');for(var i=0;i<cookies.length;i++){var cookie=jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);if(cookie.substring(0,name.length+1)==(name+'=')){cookieValue=decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length+1));break}}}return cookieValue}};