Cookie Object

[Eric]

Here 'tis:
function Cookie()
{
   this.main = document.cookie;
   if(arguments.length > 1){
      if(arguments[0] == "make"){
         var props = new Array('name','val','expires','path','domain','secure');
         for(var m=1;arguments[m];m++){
            this[props[m-1]] = arguments[m];
         }
         for(m--;props[m];m++){
            this[props[m]] = 0;
         }
      }
      if(arguments[0] == "read"){
         this.rName = arguments[1];
         this.rVal = '';
      }
   }
}
Cookie.prototype.getVal = function()
{
   if(this.rName){
      var curName = ' ' + this.rName + "=";
      var cookieMatch = new RegExp(curName + '(.+?)(;|$)', 'i');
      if(this.main.match(cookieMatch))
         this.rVal = RegExp.$1.replace('smcln',';');
   }
}
Cookie.prototype.setCookie = function()
{
   if(this.name && this.val){
      var addVal = this.val.replace(';','smcln');
      var curAdd = this.name + '=' + addVal + ';';
      curAdd += (this.expires)? 'expires=' + this.expires +';' : '';
      curAdd += (this.path)? 'path=' + this.path + ';' : '';
      curAdd += (this.domain)? 'domain=' + this.domain + ';' : '';
      curAdd += (this.secure)? 'secure;' : '';
      document.cookie = curAdd;
   }
}

A bit on using it:
To read a cookie:
var inst = new Cookie('read','nameOfCookie');
inst.getVal();

inst.rVal now holds the cookie value.

To make a cookie:
var makeC = new Cookie('make','cookieName','valueToSet',expires,path,domain,secure);
makeC.setCookie();
You can leave out any values after 'valueToSet'. If you don't want to set one of the ones after that, but one past it, then put a 0 in place of what you would normally put there.
secure is a true or false value, and expires can be a date or string, and all the rest have to be strings as far as I know.

Shin kindly pointed out that I left out the delete cookie option which I will do shortly, unless someone else would like to.