var nfusion = {};

nfusion.parseParams = function(url) {
    var params = url;
    if ( params.match(/\?(.+)$/) ) {
        // in case it is a full query string with ?, only take everything after the ?
        params = RegExp.$1;
    }
    // split the params
    var pArray = params.split("&");
    // hash to store result
    var pHash = {};
    // parse each param in the array and put it in the hash
    for ( var i = 0; i < pArray.length; ++i ) {
        var temp = pArray[i].split("=");
        pHash[temp[0]] = unescape(temp[1]);
    }
    return pHash;
}