var NtaTestCookie =
{

	itrName		 : "testCookie",
	itrValue	 : "_tc_",
	itr			 : 0,

	check : function()
	{
		this.setCookie(this.itrName, '_tc_');
		cookie = this.getCookie(this.itrName);
		if (typeof cookie === 'undefined' || cookie === null || cookie == "")
		{
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	},

	setCookie: function ( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
	{
		// set time, it's in milliseconds
		var today = new Date();
		today.setTime( today.getTime() );

		/*
		if the expires variable is set, make the correct
		expires time, the current script below will set
		it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
		delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
		*/
		if ( expires )
		{
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
		}
		var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

		document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
		( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
	},


	getCookie : function (check_name){
				// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
			// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
			var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
			var a_temp_cookie = '';
			var cookie_name = '';
			var cookie_value = '';
			var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

			for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
			{
				// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
				a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


				// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
				cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

				// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
				if ( cookie_name == check_name )
				{
					b_cookie_found = true;
					// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
					if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
					{
						cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
					}
					// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
					return cookie_value;
					break;
				}
				a_temp_cookie = null;
				cookie_name = '';
			}
			if ( !b_cookie_found )
			{
				return null;
			}

	}

};