JavaScript cookies on steroids

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Using

Saves all in one coockie file as JSON string. Needs native JSON support in browsers or json2.js

Cookies.cookiePlugin = $.cookie // or jQuery.cookie for no conflict or whatever...
Cookies.cookieName = 'myCookie';
Cookies.jquery = $ // or jQuery
Cookies.path = '/path/';

Cookies.set('someColor', '#f00');

Cookies.get('someColor'); // #f00

options = Cookies.load();

options.someColor; // #f00

options.someColor = '#0f0';

Cookies.save(options);

Dependences

• jQuery
• https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
• JSON parser

cookies.on.steroids.js

/**
 * Cookies on steroids
 * https://gist.github.com/1184183
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Cifro Nix (about.me/Cifro)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 *
 */

var Cookies = {

	cookieName: 'cookiesOnSteroids',

	jquery: {},

	cookiePlugin: {},

	path: '/',

	data: {},

	get: function(key){
		return this.load(key);
	},

	set: function(key, value){
		this.data[key] = value;
		this.save();
		return value;
	},

	reset: function(){
		this.data = {};
		this.cookiePlugin(this.cookieName, null, {path: this.path});
	},

	load: function(key){
		var data = JSON.parse(this.cookiePlugin(this.cookieName));

		if(data == null){
			return null;
		}

		this.data = data;

		if(key == undefined){
			return this.data;
		}else{
			if(this.data[key] != undefined)
				return this.data[key];
			else
				return null;
		}
	},

	save: function(data){

		if(data != undefined){
			this.data = this.jquery.extend(this.data, data);
		}

		var opt = {path: this.path};
		var temp = JSON.parse(this.cookiePlugin(this.cookieName));

		if(temp == null){
			this.cookiePlugin(this.cookieName, JSON.stringify(this.data), opt);
		}else{
			var mergedData = this.jquery.extend(temp, this.data);
			this.cookiePlugin(this.cookieName, JSON.stringify(mergedData), opt);
		}
	}
}