Vij,
I am actually using the following functions in an app that uses the cookie
plugin:
/**
* @name sterilizeQueryString
* @type function
* @param {String} input
* @desc Turns a query string into an object
* @return Object b
*/
sterilizeQueryString = function(input,splitter,pair){
try{
if(typeof input != 'string') return null;
if(!splitter){
splitter = "&";
}
if(!pair) pair ="=";
var a = input.split(splitter), b = Array();
for(var i=0; i < a.length; i++) a[i] = a[i].split(pair);
for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) b[a[i][0]] = a[i][1];
return b;
}
catch(e){
$.iLogger.log(e.name + ': ' + e.message, 'error',
'sterilizeQueryString();');
};
};
objectToQueryString = function( a , joiner, pair) {
try{
var s = [];
if(!pair) pair ="=";
if((typeof a == "object")){
for(var j in a){
if(typeof a[j] == "object" && a[j]){
s.push(encodeURIComponent(j) + pair + "__" +
objectToQueryString(a[j],"**","##") +"__");
}
else{
s.push( encodeURIComponent(j) + pair +
encodeURIComponent( a[j] ) );
}
};
return s.join(joiner);
}
else{
return a;
};
}
catch(e){
$.iLogger.log(e.name + ': ' + e.message, 'error',
'objectToQueryString();');
};
};
queryStringToObject = function(s){
try{
if(s && typeof s == "string"){
s = sterilizeQueryString(s);
for(var j in s){
if(/__(.*)__/.test(s[j])){
s[j] = s[j].replace(/__/g,"");
s[j] = sterilizeQueryString(s[j],"**","##")
};
};
return s;
}
else{
return s;
};
}
catch(e){
$.iLogger.log(e.name + ': ' + e.message, 'error',
'queryStringToObject();');
};
}
This is the function that is using the previous functions:
// if $use is set to cookie, this variable will be used for the cookie name
var $cookieName = 'dummyData';
// if $use is set to cookie, this variable will be used for the cookie
params
var $cookieParams = {expires: 7};
/**
* @name getSetCookies
* @example getSetCookies();
* @param {Boolean} getOnly
* @desc Purpose of this function is to set and get cookie data
* @see objectToQueryString
* @see queryStringToObject
*/
getSetCookies = function(getOnly){
$.iLogger.log('getSetCookies();');
try{
//
if(getOnly){
var tempSiteData = $.cookie($cookieName);
if(tempSiteData){
$sitedata = queryStringToObject(tempSiteData);
}
else{
$.cookie($cookieName, objectToQueryString($sitedata,"&"),
$cookieParams);
}
}
else{
$.cookie($cookieName, objectToQueryString($sitedata,"&"),
$cookieParams);
};
}
catch(e){
$.iLogger.log(e.name + ': ' + e.message, 'error',
'getSetCookies();');
};
}; // end : getSetCookies
Don't have time to explain it right now (wanted to at least answer you), but
if you have questions, I can answer them later on today.
Ben
On 9/25/07, Potluri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> I don't see this is a problem with cookie plugin in particular but this is
> problem with cookie itself.
>
> Suppose this is the array
> var arr = [];
> arr.push({name:"vj",rollNo:10});
> arr.push({name:"kr",rollNo:15});
>
> The size of arr is 2 before storing in cookie
>
> I tried to store this array object in a cookie as $.cookie("cookieName",
> arr), and then later when I tried to access the length of array with
> cookie
> as var tempArr= $.cookie("cookieName")--which should give array object
> named
> "arr".
>
> and then I tried to alert length of array as alert(tempArr.length); I was
> expecting size of array to be 2 but surprisingly its returning 31. I
> printed
> the value of tempArr like alert("arr="+ tempArr+" len="+tempArr.length).
>
> it prints arr=[object Object],[object Object] len=31.
> When you calculate the each character of [object Object],[object Object]
> it
> returns 31.
>
> Can any one of you come up with quick solution of how to store array of
> array objects in a cookie.
>
> It'll be greatful.
>
> Regards,
> Vijay
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