// /**
//  * 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 = $.extend({}, options); // clone object since it's unexpected behavior if the expired property were changed
//             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
//         }
//         // NOTE 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;
//     }
// };