/*
Left Field Labs, 2009
All use/reuse granted.

Usage:
var querystring = window.location.querystring;
// Call above once per page-load to populate collection obj

var qsLink = querystring["key-name"];
*/
window.location.querystring = (function() {
    var collection = {};
 
    // Gets the query string, starts with '?'
    var querystring = window.location.search;
 
    // Empty if no query string
    if (!querystring) {
        return { toString: function() { return ""; } };
    }
 
    // Decode query string and remove '?'
    querystring = decodeURI(querystring.substring(1));
 
    // Load the key/values of the return collection
    var pairs = querystring.split("&");
 
    for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
        // Empty pair (e.g. ?key=val&&key2=val2)
        if (!pairs[i]) {
            continue;
        }

        // Don't use split("=") in case value has "=" in it 
        var seperatorPosition = pairs[i].indexOf("=");

        if (seperatorPosition == -1) {
            collection[pairs[i]] = "";
        }
        else {
            collection[pairs[i].substring(0, seperatorPosition)] 
                = pairs[i].substr(seperatorPosition + 1);
        }
    }
 
    // toString() returns the key/value pairs concatenated
    collection.toString = function() {
        return "?" + querystring;
    };
 
    return collection;
})();