I have a cookie library that I've mostly ported to jQuery. The library
silently handles the 4096 boundary allowing the storage of arbitrary strings
lengths. It can also be used to store and restore object data. I'll finish
the port and post it this weekend for any interested.
johnk
Klaus Hartl wrote:
>
>
> Yehuda Katz schrieb:
>> It doesn't have to do with DOM Scripting, but then, neither does $.ajax.
>> It's a commonly enough required feature that obviously doesn't belong in
>> the core, but would be nice to tack on to an existing jQuery
>> installation as a plugin without worrying about incompatibilities.
>
>
> Here is a class based on scripts at quirksmode.org, just needs to be
> ported to jQuery. If nobody does it, I will make a plugin out of it:
>
> var CookieHandler = new function() {
> /**
> * Reads a cookie.
> *
> * @param name the name of the cookie
> *
> * @return the value of the cookie
> *
> * @author Klaus Hartl (28.06.2006)
> */
> this.get = function(name) {
> var nameEQ = name + '=';
> var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
> for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
> var c = ca[i];
> while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
> c = c.substring(1, c.length);
> }
> if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) {
> return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
> }
> }
> return null;
> };
> /**
> * Sets a cookie with the given name and value and other optional
> parameters.
> *
> * @param name the name of the cookie
> * @param value the value of the cookie
> * @param expires an integer specifying the expiration date from
> now on
> * in days. If you set the number of days to 0 the
> cookie
> * is trashed when the user closes the browser.
> * @param path path where the cookie is valid (default: path of
> * calling document).
> * @param domain domain where the cookie is valid (default: domain
> of
> * calling document).
> * @param secure boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission
> * requires a secure transmission.
> *
> * @author Klaus Hartl (28.06.2006)
> */
> this.set = function(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
> if (typeof expires == 'number') {
> var date = new Date();
> date.setTime(date.getTime() + (expires * 24 * 60 * 60 *
> 1000));
> expires = '; expires=' + date.toGMTString();
> } else {
> expires = '';
> }
> path = (path) ? '; path=' + path : '';
> domain = (domain) ? '; domain=' + domain : '';
> secure = (secure) ? '; secure' : '';
> document.cookie = name + '=' + value + expires + path + domain
> + secure;
> };
> /**
> * Deletes a cookie by setting the expiry date in the past.
> *
> * @param name the name of the cookie
> *
> * @author Klaus Hartl (28.06.2006)
> */
> this.erase = function(name) {
> this.set(name, '', -1);
> };
> };
>
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