/**
 * 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.
 *
 * @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')
  { // name and value given, set cookie
    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(); // 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;
  }
};