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Storage polyfill
if (typeof window.localStorage == 'undefined' || typeof window.sessionStorage == 'undefined') (function () {
var Storage = function (type) {
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var date, expires;
if (days) {
date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
} else {
expires = "";
}
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function readCookie(name) {
var nameEQ = name + "=",
ca = document.cookie.split(';'),
i, c;
for (i=0; i < ca.length; i++) {
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;
}
function setData(data) {
data = JSON.stringify(data);
if (type == 'session') {
window.name = data;
} else {
createCookie('localStorage', data, 365);
}
}
function clearData() {
if (type == 'session') {
window.name = '';
} else {
createCookie('localStorage', '', 365);
}
}
function getData() {
var data = type == 'session' ? window.name : readCookie('localStorage');
return data ? JSON.parse(data) : {};
}
// initialise if there's already data
var data = getData();
return {
length: 0,
clear: function () {
data = {};
this.length = 0;
clearData();
},
getItem: function (key) {
return data[key] === undefined ? null : data[key];
},
key: function (i) {
// not perfect, but works
var ctr = 0;
for (var k in data) {
if (ctr == i) return k;
else ctr++;
}
return null;
},
removeItem: function (key) {
delete data[key];
this.length--;
setData(data);
},
setItem: function (key, value) {
data[key] = value+''; // forces the value to a string
this.length++;
setData(data);
}
};
};
if (typeof window.localStorage == 'undefined') window.localStorage = new Storage('local');
if (typeof window.sessionStorage == 'undefined') window.sessionStorage = new Storage('session');
})();
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