Cookie object javascript

cookie.js

/* global jQuery */
/**
 * Cookie handling
 */
var COOKIE = {};

jQuery(function () {
	COOKIE = {
		create: function (name, value, days) {
			var expires;

			if (days) {
				var date = new Date();
				date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
				expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
			} else {
				expires = "";
			}
			document.cookie = encodeURIComponent(name) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value) + expires + "; path=/";
		},
		read: function (name) {
			var nameEQ = encodeURIComponent(name) + "=";
			var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
			for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
				var c = ca[i];
				while (c.charAt(0) === ' ') {
					c = c.substring(1, c.length);
				}
				if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) === 0) {
					return decodeURIComponent(c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length));
				}
			}
			return null;
		},
		erase: function (name) {
			this.create(name, "", -1);
		}
	};

});