+ set : function(name, value){
+ var me = this;
+ me.state[name] = value;
+ me.fireEvent("statechange", me, name, value);
+ },
+
+<span id='Ext-state-Provider-method-decodeValue'> /**
+</span> * Decodes a string previously encoded with {@link #encodeValue}.
+ * @param {String} value The value to decode
+ * @return {Mixed} The decoded value
+ */
+ decodeValue : function(value){
+
+ // a -> Array
+ // n -> Number
+ // d -> Date
+ // b -> Boolean
+ // s -> String
+ // o -> Object
+ // -> Empty (null)
+
+ var me = this,
+ re = /^(a|n|d|b|s|o|e)\:(.*)$/,
+ matches = re.exec(unescape(value)),
+ all,
+ type,
+ value,
+ keyValue;
+
+ if(!matches || !matches[1]){
+ return; // non state
+ }
+
+ type = matches[1];
+ value = matches[2];
+ switch (type) {
+ case 'e':
+ return null;
+ case 'n':
+ return parseFloat(value);
+ case 'd':
+ return new Date(Date.parse(value));
+ case 'b':
+ return (value == '1');
+ case 'a':
+ all = [];
+ if(value != ''){
+ Ext.each(value.split('^'), function(val){
+ all.push(me.decodeValue(val));
+ }, me);
+ }
+ return all;
+ case 'o':
+ all = {};
+ if(value != ''){
+ Ext.each(value.split('^'), function(val){
+ keyValue = val.split('=');
+ all[keyValue[0]] = me.decodeValue(keyValue[1]);
+ }, me);
+ }
+ return all;
+ default:
+ return value;
+ }
+ },
+
+<span id='Ext-state-Provider-method-encodeValue'> /**
+</span> * Encodes a value including type information. Decode with {@link #decodeValue}.
+ * @param {Mixed} value The value to encode
+ * @return {String} The encoded value