source: extensions/Autosize/js/autosize.cookie.js @ 25999

if (typeof jQuery.cookie != "function") {
  var cookie_options = null;

  jQuery.cookie = function (name, value, options) {
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
      options = options || {};
      if (value === null) {
        value = '';
        options.expires = -1;
      }
      var expires = '';
      if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
        var date;
        if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
          date = new Date();
          date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
        } else {
          date = options.expires;
        }
        expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
      }
      // CAUTION: Needed to parenthesize options.path and options.domain
      // in the following expressions, otherwise they evaluate to undefined
      // in the packed version for some reason...
      cookie_options = options;
      var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';
      var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';
      var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
      document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
    } else { // only name given, get cookie
      var cookieValue = null;
      if (name == "*") cookieValue = new Array();
      if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
        var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
        for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
          var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
          // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
          if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
            cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
            break;
          } else if (name == "*") {

            cookie_name = cookie.split("=")[0];
            cookie_value = cookie.split("=")[1];
            cookieValue[cookie_name] = decodeURIComponent(cookie_value);

          }
        }
      }
      return cookieValue;
    }
  };
  //=========================================================================
}