// -------------------------------------------------------------
// name      - name of the cookie
// value     - value of the cookie
// [expires] - expiration date of the cookie (defaults to end of current session)
// [path]    - path for which the cookie is valid (defaults to path of calling document)
// [domain]  - domain for which the cookie is valid (defaults to domain of calling document)
// [secure]  - Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires a secure transmission
//  * an argument defaults when it is assigned null as a placeholder
//  * a null placeholder is not required for trailing omitted arguments
// $Header: /Products/CBKort2/development/2.3/standard/wwwroot/js/standard/cookies.js 1     27-04-07 10:53 Nsm $
// -------------------------------------------------------------
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
{
    var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
                    ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
                    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
                    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
                    ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");

    document.cookie = curCookie;
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// name - name of the desired cookie
//  * return string containing value of specified cookie or
//    null if cookie does not exist
// -------------------------------------------------------------
function getCookie(name)
{
    var dc = document.cookie;
  //  alert(dc);
    var prefix = name + "=";
    var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
    if (begin == -1)
    {
        begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
        if (begin != 0) return null;
    }
    else
        begin += 2;

    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
    if (end == -1)
        end = dc.length;

    return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// name     - name of the cookie
// [path]   - path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
// [domain] - domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to create cookie)
//  * path and domain default if assigned null or omitted if no explicit argument proceeds
// -------------------------------------------------------------
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain)
{
    if (getCookie(name))
    {
         document.cookie = name + "=" +
                      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
                      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
                      "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}

function forever()
{
    return new Date(2100,01,01,00,00,00);
}

function tomorrow()
{
    var now = new Date();
    now.setTime(now.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    return now;
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Wraps an object into a string, to be saved as a cookie. Does
// not work with array properties.
// o     - object to wrap
// -------------------------------------------------------------
function wrapObject(o)
{
   var result = "";
   for (var i in o)
   {
       if (result.length > 0)
           result+= "/" + i + "!" + o[i];
       else
           result+= i + "!" + o[i];
   }
   return result;
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Unwraps a string into an object, read from a cookie. Does not
// work with array properties.
// s     - the string
// -------------------------------------------------------------
function unwrapObject(s)
{
   var result = new Object;
   var separated_values = s.split("/");
   for (var loop = 0; loop < separated_values.length; loop++)
   {
      property_value = separated_values[loop];
      var broken_info = property_value.split("!");
      var the_property = broken_info[0];
      var the_value = broken_info[1];
      result[the_property] = the_value;
   }
   return result;
}