function Cookie(document, name, hours, path, domain, secure) {
	this.$document=document;
	this.$name=name;
	if (hours) {
		this.$expiration=new Date((new Date()).getTime()+hours*3600000);
	} else {
		this.$expiration=null;
	}
	if (path) {
		this.$path=path;
	} else {
		this.$path=null;
	}
	if (domain) {
		this.$domain=domain;
	} else {
		this.$domain=null;
	}
	if (secure) {
		this.$secure=secure;
	} else {
		this.$secure=false;
	}
}

Cookie.prototype.load = function() {
	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);
	//alert( " cookie being retrieved = " + cookieval );

	var a = cookieval.split('&');
	for ( var i = 0; i<a.length; i++ ) {
		a[i] = a[i].split(':');
	}

	adList= "";

	for ( var j=0; j<a.length; j++ ) {
		this[a[j][0]] = unescape(a[j][1]);
		adList +=unescape(a[j][1])+"|";
	}

	//alert ( " ad list 1 = " + adList );
	return true;
}


Cookie.prototype.store = function() {
	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';
	}

	//alert( " cookie being stored = " + cookie );
	this.$document.cookie = cookie;
}


Cookie.prototype.remove = function() {
    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;
}