// Cookies object
// This is how you do a regular object, where you need to instantiate it using the new keyword.
function Cookies()
{
    if (document.cookie.length > 0)
    {
        var items = document.cookie.split(/;\s*/);
        
        for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
        {
            var param = items[i].split('=');
            
            var name = unescape(param[0]);
            var value = unescape(param[1]);
            
            this[name] = value;
        }
    }
}

// Parameters:
// name - The name of the cookie
// value - The value for the cookie
// days :
//      < 0 - The cookie will get trashed immediately.
//      0   - The cookie will last as long as the session is alive.
//      > 0 - The cookie will last as long as the days specified.
Cookies.prototype = {
    create: function (name, value, days, path, domain) {
        var expires = "";
        
        if (days)
        {
		    var date = new Date();
		    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		    expires = "; expires="+date.toUTCString();
		}

		path = (path) ? path : "/";
        domain = (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "";
    	    
	    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=" + path + domain;
	    this[name] = unescape(value);
    },

    erase: function (name) {
        this.create(name, "", -1);
        this[name] = undefined;
    }
};



//xmlHttpObject
function getHTTPObject()
{
	return window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") : new XMLHttpRequest();
}