Function Cookie.read

Retreive a named cookie.

• Syntax Cookie Cookie.read(String name )
  
  Retrieve a cookie by name.
• Parameters

  String name

  The name of the cookie

• Return value A Cookie object created from the named cookie.
• Examples

  To retrive the Cookie named as 'myCookie'

  var c = Cookie.getCookie('myCookie');

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  // ************************************************************************** // Copyright 2007 - 2009 Tavs Dokkedahl // Contact: http://www.jslab.dk/contact.php // // This file is part of the JSLab Standard Library (JSL) Program. // // JSL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or // any later version. // // JSL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. // *************************************************************************** // Get stored cookie Cookie.read = function(name) { // Start position of cookie var pos = document.cookie.indexOf(name+'='); if (pos != -1) { var c = new Cookie(name); // Start position of named cookie var s = pos + name.length + 1; // End position of named cookie var e = document.cookie.indexOf(';',s); if (e != -1) var p = document.cookie.substring(s,e); else var p = document.cookie.substring(s); // Decode and split into array var a = Cookie.decode(p).split(Cookie.pairSeparator); // Temp. variable var t = null; for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) { t = a[i].split(Cookie.valueSeparator); c[t[0]] = t[1]; } return c; } else throw new Error('Cookie: No cookie with name \'' + name + '\' found.'); };