var Cookie = {
  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 expires = "";
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
  },
  
  read: function(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;
  },

	// other API

	get: function(name) {
		var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
		var len = start + name.length + 1;
		if ( ( !start ) && ( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) ) {
			return null;
		}
		if ( start == -1 ) return null;
		var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ';', len );
		if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
		return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
	},

	set: function(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
		var today = new Date();
		today.setTime( today.getTime() );
		if ( expires ) {
			expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
		}
		var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
		document.cookie = name+'='+escape( value ) +
			( ( expires ) ? ';expires='+expires_date.toGMTString() : '' ) + 
			( ( path ) ? ';path=' + path : '' ) +
			( ( domain ) ? ';domain=' + domain : '' ) +
			( ( secure ) ? ';secure' : '' );
	},

	del: function(name, path, domain) {
		if ( getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + '=' +
				( ( path ) ? ';path=' + path : '') +
				( ( domain ) ? ';domain=' + domain : '' ) +
				';expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT';
	}

}