/**
       * 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;
          }
      };