if (!this.BLUE.app) {
    BLUE.app = {};
}

BLUE.app.utils = (function() {
    return {
        console : function(type, err) {
            if (window.console && window.console.firebug) {
                if(type == 'dir') {
                   console.type(err); 
                } else if (type == 'log') {
                    console.log(err);
                }
            }
        },
        
        getCookie: function(name)
        {
            alert(name);
            var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + "=");
            var len = start + name.length + 1;
            if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0, name.length))) {
                return null;
            }
            if (start == -1) return null;
            var end = document.cookie.indexOf(';', len);
            if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
            return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
        },
        setCookie: function(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
        {
            var today = new Date();
            today.setTime(today.getTime());
            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() : '') + //expires.toGMTString()
                ((path) ? ';path=' + path : '') +
                ((domain) ? ';domain=' + domain : '') +
                ((secure) ? ';secure' : '');
        },
        deleteCookie: function(name, path, domain)
        {
            if (BAI.getCookie(name)) 
                document.cookie = name + '=' +
                ((path) ? ';path=' + path : '') +
                ((domain) ? ';domain=' + domain : '') +
                ';expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT';
        }
    };
})();