/**
2 	 * qCookie plugin
3 	 *
4 	 * Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
5 	 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
6 	 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
7 	 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
8 	 *
9 	 */
10 	
11 	/**
12 	 * Create a cookie with the given name and value and other optional parameters.
13 	 *
14 	 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
15 	 * @desc Set the value of a cookie.
16 	 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', {expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true});
17 	 * @desc Create a cookie with all available options.
18 	 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
19 	 * @desc Create a session cookie.
20 	 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', '', {expires: -1});
21 	 * @desc Delete a cookie by setting a date in the past.
22 	 *
23 	 * @param String name The name of the cookie.
24 	 * @param String value The value of the cookie.
25 	 * @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes.
26 	 * @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object.
27 	 *           If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted.
28 	 *           If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained
29 	 *           when the the browser exits.
30 	 * @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie).
31 	 * @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie).
32 	 * @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will
33 	 *      require a secure protocol (like HTTPS).
34 	 * @type undefined
35 	 *
36 	 * @name $.cookie
37 	 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
38 	 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
39 	 */
40 	
41 	/**
42 	 * Get the value of a cookie with the given name.
43 	 *
44 	 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
45 	 * @desc Get the value of a cookie.
46 	 *
47 	 * @param String name The name of the cookie.
48 	 * @return The value of the cookie.
49 	 * @type String
50 	 *
51 	 * @name $.cookie
52 	 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
53 	 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
54 	 */
	jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
 	    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
 	  options = options || {};
 	  var expires = '';
 	  if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toGMTString)) {
 	      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.toGMTString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
 	  }
 	  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 { // only name given, get cookie
 	  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]);
 	    // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
 	    if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
 	        cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
 	        break;
 	    }
 	      }
 	  }
 	  return cookieValue;
 	    }
 	};