function Cookiemanager(name,defaultExpiration,expirationUnits,defaultDomain,defaultPath) {

  this.name = name;

  this.defaultExpiration = this.getExpiration(defaultExpiration,expirationUnits);

  this.defaultDomain = (defaultDomain)?defaultDomain:(document.domain.search(/[a-zA-Z]/) == -1)?document.domain:document.domain.substring(document.domain.indexOf('.') + 1,document.domain.length);

  this.defaultPath = (defaultPath)?defaultPath:'/';

  this.cookies = new Object();

  this.expiration = new Object();

  this.domain = new Object();

  this.path = new Object();

  window.onunload = new Function (this.name+'.setDocumentCookies();');

  this.getDocumentCookies();
}




Cookiemanager.prototype.getExpiration = function(expiration,units) {
  expiration = (expiration)?expiration:7;
  units = (units)?units:'days';
  var date = new Date();
  switch(units) {
    case 'years':
      date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + expiration);
      break;
    case 'months':
      date.setMonth(date.getMonth() + expiration);
      break;
    case 'days':
      date.setTime(date.getTime()+(expiration*24*60*60*1000));
      break;
    case 'hours':
      date.setTime(date.getTime()+(expiration*60*60*1000));
      break;
    case 'minutes':
      date.setTime(date.getTime()+(expiration*60*1000));
      break;
    case 'seconds':
      date.setTime(date.getTime()+(expiration*1000));
      break;
    default:
      date.setTime(date.getTime()+expiration);
      break;
    }
  return date.toGMTString();
}



Cookiemanager.prototype.getDocumentCookies = function() {
  var cookie,pair;
  var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
  var len = cookies.length;
  for(var i=0;i < len;i++) {
    cookie = cookies[i];
    while (cookie.charAt(0)==' ') cookie = cookie.substring(1,cookie.length);
    pair = cookie.split('=');
    this.cookies[pair[0]] = pair[1];
    }
}



Cookiemanager.prototype.setDocumentCookies = function() {
  var expires = '';
  var cookies = '';
  var domain = '';
  var path = '';
  for(var name in this.cookies) {
    if(name != "undefined") {
       expires = (this.expiration[name])?this.expiration[name]:this.defaultExpiration;
       path = (this.path[name])?this.path[name]:this.defaultPath;
       domain = (this.domain[name])?this.domain[name]:this.defaultDomain;
       cookies = name + '=' + this.cookies[name] + '; expires=' + expires + '; path=' + path + '; domain=' + domain;
       document.cookie = cookies;
    }
  }
  return true;
}




Cookiemanager.prototype.getCookie = function(cookieName) {
  var cookie = this.cookies[cookieName]
  return (cookie)?cookie:false;
}



Cookiemanager.prototype.setCookie = function(cookieName,cookieValue,expiration,expirationUnits,domain,path) {
  this.cookies[cookieName] = cookieValue;
  if (expiration) this.expiration[cookieName] = this.getExpiration(expiration,expirationUnits);
  if (domain) this.domain[cookieName] = domain;
  if (path) this.path[cookieName] = path;
  return true;
  }


var cookieManager = new Cookiemanager('cookieManager',1,'years','.elbenkind.de');