// The constructor function: creates a cookie object for the specified
// document, with a specified name and optional attributes.
// Arguments:
//   document: The Document object that the cookie is stored for. Required.
//   name:     A string that specifies a name for the cookie. Required.
//   minutes:  An optional number that specifies the number of minutes from now
//             that the cookie should expire.
//   path:     An optional string that specifies the cookie path attribute.
//   domain:   An optional string that specifies the cookie domain attribute.
//   secure:   An optional Boolean value that, if true, requests a secure cookie.
function Cookie(document, name, minutes, path, domain, secure) {
    this.$document = document;
    this.$name = name;
    if (minutes)
        this.$expiration = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + minutes*60000);
    else this.$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.$secure) cookie += '; secure';
    this.$document.cookie = cookie;
}

function _Cookie_load() {
    var allcookies = this.$document.cookie;
    if (allcookies == "") return false;
    var start = allcookies.indexOf(this.$name + '=');
    if (start == -1) return false;
    start += this.$name.length + 1;
    var end = allcookies.indexOf(';', start);
    if (end == -1) end = allcookies.length;
    var cookieval = allcookies.substring(start, end);
    var a = cookieval.split('&');
    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.$domain;
    cookie += '; expires=Fri, 02-Jan-1970 00:00:00 GMT';
    this.$document.cookie = cookie;
}

// cookie object methods
new Cookie();
Cookie.prototype.store = _Cookie_store;
Cookie.prototype.load = _Cookie_load;
Cookie.prototype.remove = _Cookie_remove;

function ssa() {	// extract and return a 10 digit ssa code from the url, return null if not present
	var winLoc = new String(window.location);
	var ssaStart = winLoc.search(/[0-9]{10}$/);
	if(ssaStart != -1) {
		return winLoc.slice(ssaStart,ssaStart+10);
	} else {
		return null;
	}
}