/*
 * Get and set cookies. Return false is a cookie by the requested name is not found
 */
(function($) {
    $.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
        if (typeof value != 'undefined') {
            options = options || {};
            if (value === null) {
                value = '';
                options = $.extend({}, options);
                options.expires = -1;
            }
            if(typeof(value)=='object')
            {
                var newval=[], i;
                for(i in value)
                {
                    newval.push(i + ':' + value[i]);
                }
                value = 'multi:true/' + newval.join('/');
            }
            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();
            }
            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 {
            var cookieValue = false;
            if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
                var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
                for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                    var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
                    if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                        cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            if(cookieValue && cookieValue.indexOf('multi:true')===0)
            {
                var i, newval, item;
                newval = cookieValue.split('/');
                cookieValue = {};
                for(var i in newval)
                {
                    item = newval[i].split(':');
                    cookieValue[item[0]] = item[1];
                }
            }
            return cookieValue;
        }
    };
})(jQuery);