// returns an associative array representing the GET arguments for this url
function parseArguments(url) 
{
   
   var result = {};
   try 
   {
     var arguments = url.split("?")[1].split("&");
     for(i=0; i<arguments.length;i++) 
     {
        var argumentName = arguments[i].split("=")[0];
        var argumentValue = arguments[i].split("=")[1];
        result[argumentName] = argumentValue;
     }
   } catch (e) {}
   return result;
}

function openSpecWindow(product) 
 {
          var url = cnetSearchResults.servletURL+"/../SearchResults.html?product="+product+"&language="+cnetSearchResults.language;
          window.open(url, 'popup');
 }
 
function removeAllChildren(node)
	{
		var child = node.lastChild;
		while (child != null) {
			this.removeAllChildren(child);
			node.removeChild(child);
			child = node.lastChild;
		}
	}
 
 
  /*
Copyright (c) 2005, James Auldridge
All rights reserved.
Code licensed under the BSD License:
  http://www.jaaulde.com/license.txt

Version 1.2
*/
var jimAuld = window.jimAuld || {};
jimAuld.utils = jimAuld.utils || {};
jimAuld.utils.cookies = {
	get: function(cookieName) {
		var cookieNameStart,valueStart,valueEnd,value;
		cookieNameStart = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName+'=');
		if (cookieNameStart < 0) {return null;}
		valueStart = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName+'=') + cookieName.length + 1;
		valueEnd = document.cookie.indexOf(";",valueStart);
		if (valueEnd == -1){valueEnd = document.cookie.length;}
		value = document.cookie.substring(valueStart,valueEnd );
		value = unescape(value);
		if (value == "") {return null;}
		return value;
	},
	set: function(cookieName,value,hoursToLive,path,domain,secure) {
		var expireString,timerObj,expireAt,pathString,domainString,secureString,setCookieString;
		if (!hoursToLive || typeof hoursToLive != 'number' || parseInt(hoursToLive)=='NaN'){
			expireString = "";
		}
		else {
			timerObj = new Date();
			timerObj.setTime(timerObj.getTime()+(parseInt(hoursToLive)*60*60*1000));
			expireAt = timerObj.toGMTString();
			expireString = "; expires="+expireAt;
		}
		 
		pathString = "; path=";
		(!path || path=="") ? pathString += "/" : pathString += path;
		domainString = "; domain=";
		(!domain || domain=="") ? domainString += window.location.hostname : domainString += domain;
		(secure === true) ? secureString = "; secure" : secureString = "";
		//}
		value = escape(value);
		setCookieString = cookieName+"="+value+expireString+ ((window.location.hostname != "localhost")?pathString+domainString:"");
		document.cookie = setCookieString;
	},
	del: function(cookieName,path,domain){
          (!path || !path.length) ? path="" : path=path;
          (!domain || !domain.length) ? domain="" : domain=domain;
		jimAuld.utils.cookies.set(cookieName,"",-8760,path,domain);
	},
	test: function(){
		jimAuld.utils.cookies.set('cT','acc');
		var runTest = jimAuld.utils.cookies.get('cT');
		if (runTest == 'acc'){
			jimAuld.utils.cookies.del('cT');
			testStatus = true;
		}
		else {
			testStatus = false;
		}
		return testStatus;
	}
};