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M a n d o l i n . p r o t o t y p e . g e t S e g m e n t = f u n c t i o n ( ) { r e t u r n t h i s . _ s e g m e n t } ; f u n c t i o n l o g ( a c t i o n T y p e , p a r a m s ) { v a r t h a t = t h i s ; r e q u i r e ( [ " i s t a t s - 1 " ] , f u n c t i o n ( i s t a t s ) { i s t a t s . l o g ( a c t i o n T y p e , t h a t . _ i d + " : " + t h a t . _ s e g m e n t , p a r a m s ? p a r a m s : { } ) } ) } f u n c t i o n r e m o v e E x p i r e d ( e x p i r e s ) { v a r i t e m s = t h i s . _ s t o r e . g e t I t e m s ( ) , e x p i r e s I n t = + e x p i r e s ; f o r ( v a r k e y i n i t e m s ) { i f ( i t e m s [ k e y ] . e n d ! = = u n d e f i n e d & & + i t e m s [ k e y ] . e n d < e x p i r e s I n t ) { t h i s . _ s t o r e . r e m o v e I t e m ( k e y ) } } } f u n c t i o n g e t L a s t E x p i r a t i o n D a t e ( d a t a ) { v a r w i n n e r = 0 , r o l l i n g E x p i r e = d a y s F r o m N o w ( R O L L I N G _ P E R I O D _ D A Y S ) ; f o r ( v a r k e y i n d a t a ) { i f ( d a t a [ k e y ] . e n d = = = u n d e f i n e d & & r o l l i n g E x p i r e > w i n n e r ) { w i n n e r = r o l l i n g E x p i r e } e l s e { i f ( + d a t a [ k e y ] . e n d > w i n n e r ) { w i n n e r = + d a t a [ k e y ] . e n d } } } r e t u r n ( w i n n e r ) ? n e w D a t e ( w i n n e r ) : n e w D a t e ( r o l l i n g E x p i r e ) } w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . p r o t o t y p e . l o g = f u n c t i o n ( p a r a m s ) { l o g . c a l l ( t h i s , " m a n d o l i n _ l o g " , p a r a m s ) } ; w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . p r o t o t y p e . c o n v e r t = f u n c t i o n ( p a r a m s ) { l o g . c a l l ( t h i s , " m a n d o l i n _ c o n v e r t " , p a r a m s ) ; t h i s . c o n v e r t = f u n c t i o n ( ) { } } ; f u n c t i o n d a y s F r o m N o w ( n ) { v a r e n d D a t e ; e n d D a t e = n e w D a t e ( ) . g e t T i m e ( ) + ( n * 6 0 * 6 0 * 2 4 ) * 1 0 0 0 ; r e t u r n e n d D a t e } f u n c t i o n p i c k ( s e g m e n t s , r a t e ) { v a r p i c k e d , m i n = 0 , m a x = s e g m e n t s . l e n g t h - 1 ; i f ( t y p e o f r a t e = = = " n u m b e r " & & M a t h . r a n d o m ( ) > r a t e ) { r e t u r n n u l l } d o { p i c k e d = M a t h . f l o o r ( M a t h . r a n d o m ( ) * ( m a x - m i n + 1 ) ) + m i n } w h i l e ( p i c k e d > m a x ) ; r e t u r n s e g m e n t s [ p i c k e d ] } w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . S t o r a g e = f u n c t i o n ( n a m e ) { v a l i d a t e C o o k i e N a m e ( n a m e ) ; t h i s . _ c o o k i e N a m e = n a m e ; t h i s . _ i s E n a b l e d = ( b b c c o o k i e s . i s A l l o w e d ( t h i s . _ c o o k i e N a m e ) = = = t r u e & & b b c c o o k i e s . c o o k i e s E n a b l e d ( ) = = = t r u e ) } ; w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . S t o r a g e . p r o t o t y p e . s e t I t e m = f u n c t i o n ( k e y , v a l u e ) { v a r s t o r e D a t a = t h i s . g e t I t e m s ( ) ; s t o r e D a t a [ k e y ] = v a l u e ; t h i s . s a v e ( s t o r e D a t a ) ; r e t u r n v a l u e } ; w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . S t o r a g e . p r o t o t y p e . i s E n a b l e d = f u n c t i o n ( ) { r e t u r n t h i s . _ i s E n a b l e d } ; w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . S t o r a g e . p r o t o t y p e . g e t I t e m = f u n c t i o n ( k e y ) { v a r s t o r e D a t a = t h i s . g e t I t e m s ( ) ; r e t u r n s t o r e D a t a [ k e y ] } ; w i n d o w . b b c . M a n d o l i n . S t o r a g e . p r o t o t y p e . r e m o v e I t e m = f
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