function Cookie( name, hours, path, domain, secure)
{
   
    this.$name = name;
    if (hours)
    {
        this.$expiration = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours*3600000);
    }
    else 
    	{
    		this.$expiration = null;
    	}
    if (path)
    {
    	 this.$path = path; 
    }
    	else 
    	{
    		this.$path = null;
    	}
    if (domain)
    {
    	 this.$domain = domain;
    } 
    	else 
    	{
    			this.$domain = null;
    	}
    if (secure) 
    {
    	this.$secure = true;
    } 
 else 
 	{
 	this.$secure = false;
	}
}



function _Cookie_store()
{
    
    var cookieval = "";
    for(var prop in this) 
    {
       if ((prop.charAt(0) == '$') || ((typeof this[prop]) == 'function')) 
       {
            continue;
       }
        if (cookieval != "")
        {
        	 cookieval += '&';
        }
        cookieval += prop + ':' + escape(this[prop]);
    }
var cookie = this.$name + '=' + cookieval;
    if (this.$expiration)
 {
 	       cookie += '; expires=' + this.$expiration.toGMTString();
 }
    if (this.$path)
    {
    	 cookie += '; path=' + this.$path;
    }
    if (this.$domain)
    {
    	 cookie += '; domain=' + this.$domain;
    }
    if (this.$secure)
    {
    	 cookie += '; secure';
    }
   document.cookie = cookie;
}



function _Cookie_load()
{
    var allcookies = document.cookie;
    if (allcookies == "") 
    {
    	return false;
     }
    
    var start = allcookies.indexOf(this.$name + '=');
    if (start == -1) 
    {
    	return false;   // cookie not defined for this page.
     }
    start += this.$name.length + 1;  // skip name and equals sign.
    var end = allcookies.indexOf(';', start);
    if (end == -1) 
    {
    	end = allcookies.length;
    }
    var cookieval = allcookies.substring(start, end);
    
    var a = cookieval.split('&');  // break it into array of name/value pairs
    for(var i=0; i < a.length; i++)
    {  
        a[i] = a[i].split(':');
   }
    
    for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) 
    {
        this[a[i][0]] = unescape(a[i][1]);
    }
    return true;
}
    
    function _Cookie_remove()
{
    var cookie;
    cookie = this.$name + '=';
    if (this.$path)
    {
    	 cookie += '; path=' + this.$path;
    }
    if (this.$domain) 
    {
    	cookie += '; domain=' + this.$domain;
     }
    cookie += '; expires=Fri, 02-Apr-2004 00:00:00 GMT';
   document.cookie = cookie;
}

new Cookie();
Cookie.prototype.store = _Cookie_store;
Cookie.prototype.load = _Cookie_load;
Cookie.prototype.remove = _Cookie_remove;