window.Cookie = function() {
    this.path = '/';
    this.expires = new Date(new Date().getTime()+(1000*60*60*24*7)); //7 days
    this.domain = null;
    this.secure = false;
    this.state = this.readCookies();
};

Cookie.prototype = {
    /**
     * Returns the current value for a key
     * @param {String} name The key name
     * @param {Mixed} defaultValue A default value to return if the key's value is not found
     * @return {Mixed} The state data
     */
    get : function(name, defaultValue){
        return typeof this.state[name] == "undefined" ?
            defaultValue : this.decodeValue(this.state[name]);
    },
    /**
     * Sets the value for a key
     * @param {String} name The key name
     * @param {Mixed} value The value to set
     */
    set : function(name, value){
        if(typeof value == 'undefined' || value === null){
            this.clear(name);
            return;
        }
        this.setCookie(name, this.encodeValue(value));
		this.state[name] = this.encodeValue(value);
    },
    /**
     * Clears a value from the state
     * @param {String} name The key name
     */
    clear : function(name){
        this.clearCookie(name);
		delete this.state[name];
    },
    /**
     * Decodes a string previously encoded with {@link #encodeValue}.
     * @param {String} value The value to decode
     * @return {Mixed} The decoded value (or the raw value if no encoded type)
     */
    decodeValue : function(cookie){
        var re = /^(a|n|d|b|s|o)\:(.*)$/;
        var matches = re.exec(unescape(cookie));
        if(!matches || !matches[1]) return (cookie === 'null') ? null : cookie; // non state cookie, just return the raw value (unless its null [NFE-387])
        var type = matches[1];
        var v = matches[2];
        switch(type){
            case "n":
                return parseFloat(v);
            case "d":
                return new Date(Date.parse(v));
            case "b":
                return (v == "1");
            case "a":
                var all = [];
                var values = v.split("^");
                for(var i = 0, len = values.length; i < len; i++){
                    all.push(this.decodeValue(values[i]));
                }
                return all;
           case "o":
                var all = {};
                var values = v.split("^");
                for(var i = 0, len = values.length; i < len; i++){
                    var kv = values[i].split("=");
                    all[kv[0]] = this.decodeValue(kv[1]);
                }
                return all;
           default:
                return v;
        }
    },
    /**
     * Encodes a value including type information.  Decode with {@link #decodeValue}.
     * @param {Mixed} value The value to encode
     * @return {String} The encoded value
     */
    encodeValue : function(v){
        var enc;
        if(typeof v == "number"){
            enc = "n:" + v;
        }else if(typeof v == "boolean"){
            enc = "b:" + (v ? "1" : "0");
        }else if(v instanceof Date){
            enc = "d:" + v.toGMTString();
        }else if(v instanceof Array){
            var flat = "";
            for(var i = 0, len = v.length; i < len; i++){
                flat += this.encodeValue(v[i]);
                if(i != len-1) flat += "^";
            }
            enc = "a:" + flat;
        }else if(typeof v == "object"){
            var flat = "";
            for(var key in v){
                if(typeof v[key] != "function"){
                    flat += key + "=" + this.encodeValue(v[key]) + "^";
                }
            }
            enc = "o:" + flat.substring(0, flat.length-1);
        }else{
            enc = "s:" + v;
        }
        return escape(enc);        
    },
    readCookies : function(){
        var cookies = {};
        var c = document.cookie + ';';
        var re = /\s?(.*?)=(.*?);/g;
    	var matches;
    	while((matches = re.exec(c)) != null){
            var name = matches[1];
            var value = matches[2];
			cookies[name] = value;
        }
        return cookies;
    },
    setCookie : function(name, value){
        document.cookie = name + " = " + value +
           ((this.expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + this.expires.toGMTString())) +
           ((this.path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + this.path)) +
           ((this.domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + this.domain)) +
           ((this.secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
    },
    clearCookie : function(name){
        document.cookie = name + '=null; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT' +
           ((this.path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + this.path)) +
           ((this.domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + this.domain)) +
           ((this.secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
    }
}