/**
	 * 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. Keep in mind that you have to use the same path and domain
	 *       used when the cookie was set.
	 *
	 * @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
	        }
	        // CAUTION: Needed to parenthesize options.path and options.domain
	        // in the following expressions, otherwise they evaluate to undefined
	        // in the packed version for some reason...
	        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;
	    }
	};