/*
var Cookies = {
	init: function () {
		var allCookies = document.cookie.split('; ');
		for (var i=0;i<allCookies.length;i++) {
			var cookiePair = allCookies[i].split('=');
			this[cookiePair[0]] = cookiePair[1];
		}
	},
	create: function (name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
		this[name] = value;
	},
	erase: function (name) {
		this.create(name,'',-1);
		this[name] = undefined;
	}
};
Cookies.init();
*/

var JSONCookies= {

    load: function (name) {
        var data;
        var the_cookie = readCookie(name);
        if (the_cookie) {
          data = JSON.decode(unescape(the_cookie));
        }
        return data;
    },

    create: function (name, data, days) {
        value = escape(JSON.encode(data));
        createCookie(name, value, days);
      
    },

    update: function (name, attr_name, attr_value, days) {
      var cookie = JSONCookies.load(name);
      if (!cookie) {
        cookie = {};
      }
      cookie[attr_name] = attr_value;
      JSONCookies.create(name, cookie, days);
    }

};

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}