/* Author: David Mimms (david.mimms AT avantinformatica.it)
  * Desc:  Manage cookies
  * Start date: Sept 2006
  */

var numItems = 1;

// creates a cookie with the given parameters
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=/";
}

// locates and reads the value of a cookie with a specified name
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;
}

// deletes a cookie with a specified name
function eraseCookie(name){
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

// parses the value of the cookie
// returns an array of the different values
function parseCookie(cookieValues){
	if (cookieValues.length > 0){
		var cookieValuesArray = new Array(numItems);
		var CookiesArray = cookieValues.split("&");
		for (var i = 0; i < CookiesArray.length; i++){
			var v = CookiesArray[i].split(":");
			cookieValuesArray[i] = v[1];
		}
		return cookieValuesArray;
	} else {
		return null;
	}
}