new function(settings) {
	// Various Settings
	var $separator = settings.separator || '&';
	var $spaces = settings.spaces === false ? false : true;
	var $suffix = settings.suffix === false ? '' : '[]';
	var $prefix = settings.prefix === false ? false : true;
	var $hash = $prefix ? settings.hash === true ? "#" : "?" : "";
	var $numbers = settings.numbers === false ? false : true;

	jQuery.query = new function() {
		var is = function(o, t) {
			return o != undefined && o !== null
					&& (!!t ? o.constructor == t : true);
		};
		var parse = function(path) {
			var m, rx = /\[([^[]*)\]/g, match = /^(\S+?)(\[\S*\])?$/.exec(path), base = match[1], tokens = [];
			while (m = rx.exec(match[2]))
				tokens.push(m[1]);
			return [base, tokens];
		};
		var set = function(target, tokens, value) {
			var o, token = tokens.shift();
			if (typeof target != 'object')
				target = null;
			if (token === "") {
				if (!target)
					target = [];
				if (is(target, Array)) {
					target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens
									.slice(0), value));
				} else if (is(target, Object)) {
					var i = 0;
					while (target[i++] != null);
					target[--i] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[i],
							tokens.slice(0), value);
				} else {
					target = [];
					target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens
									.slice(0), value));
				}
			} else if (token && token.match(/^\s*[0-9]+\s*$/)) {
				var index = parseInt(token, 10);
				if (!target)
					target = [];
				target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index],
						tokens.slice(0), value);
			} else if (token) {
				var index = token.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, "");
				if (!target)
					target = {};
				if (is(target, Array)) {
					var temp = {};
					for (var i = 0; i < target.length; ++i) {
						temp[i] = target[i];
					}
					target = temp;
				}
				target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index],
						tokens.slice(0), value);
			} else {
				return value;
			}
			return target;
		};

		var queryObject = function(a) {
			var self = this;
			self.keys = {};

			if (a.queryObject) {
				jQuery.each(a.get(), function(key, val) {
							self.SET(key, val);
						});
			} else {
				jQuery.each(arguments, function() {
							var q = "" + this;
							q = q.replace(/^[?#]/, ''); // remove any leading ?
														// || #
							q = q.replace(/[;&]$/, ''); // remove any trailing &
														// || ;
							if ($spaces)
								q = q.replace(/[+]/g, ' '); // replace +'s with
															// spaces

							jQuery.each(q.split(/[&;]/), function() {
										var key = this.split('=')[0];
										var val = this.split('=')[1];

										if (!key)
											return;

										if ($numbers) {
											if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]*$/
													.test(val)) // simple float
																// regex
												val = parseFloat(val);
											else if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+$/.test(val)) // simple
																				// int
																				// regex
												val = parseInt(val, 10);
										}

										val = (!val && val !== 0) ? true : val;

										if (val !== false && val !== true
												&& typeof val != 'number')
											val = decodeURIComponent(val);

										self.SET(key, val);
									});
						});
			}
			return self;
		};

		queryObject.prototype = {
			queryObject : true,
			has : function(key, type) {
				var value = this.get(key);
				return is(value, type);
			},
			GET : function(key) {
				if (!is(key))
					return this.keys;
				var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
				var target = this.keys[base];
				while (target != null && tokens.length != 0) {
					target = target[tokens.shift()];
				}
				return typeof target == 'number' ? target : target || "";
			},
			get : function(key) {
				var target = this.GET(key);
				if (is(target, Object))
					return jQuery.extend(true, {}, target);
				else if (is(target, Array))
					return target.slice(0);
				return target;
			},
			SET : function(key, val) {
				var value = !is(val) ? null : val;
				var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
				var target = this.keys[base];
				this.keys[base] = set(target, tokens.slice(0), value);
				return this;
			},
			set : function(key, val) {
				return this.copy().SET(key, val);
			},
			REMOVE : function(key) {
				return this.SET(key, null).COMPACT();
			},
			remove : function(key) {
				return this.copy().REMOVE(key);
			},
			EMPTY : function() {
				var self = this;
				jQuery.each(self.keys, function(key, value) {
							delete self.keys[key];
						});
				return self;
			},
			load : function(url) {
				var hash = url.replace(/^.*?[#](.+?)(?:\?.+)?$/, "$1");
				var search = url.replace(/^.*?[?](.+?)(?:#.+)?$/, "$1");
				return new queryObject(url.length == search.length
								? ''
								: search, url.length == hash.length ? '' : hash);
			},
			empty : function() {
				return this.copy().EMPTY();
			},
			copy : function() {
				return new queryObject(this);
			},
			COMPACT : function() {
				function build(orig) {
					var obj = typeof orig == "object" ? is(orig, Array)
							? []
							: {} : orig;
					if (typeof orig == 'object') {
						function add(o, key, value) {
							if (is(o, Array))
								o.push(value);
							else
								o[key] = value;
						}
						jQuery.each(orig, function(key, value) {
									if (!is(value))
										return true;
									add(obj, key, build(value));
								});
					}
					return obj;
				}
				this.keys = build(this.keys);
				return this;
			},
			compact : function() {
				return this.copy().COMPACT();
			},
			toString : function() {
				var i = 0, queryString = [], chunks = [], self = this;
				var addFields = function(arr, key, value) {
					if (!is(value) || value === false)
						return;
					var o = [key];
					if (value !== true) {
						o.push("=");
						o.push(encodeURIComponent(value));
					}
					arr.push(o.join(""));
				};
				var build = function(obj, base) {
					var newKey = function(key) {
						return !base || base == "" ? [key].join("") : [base,
								"[", key, "]"].join("");
					};
					jQuery.each(obj, function(key, value) {
								if (typeof value == 'object')
									build(value, newKey(key));
								else
									addFields(chunks, newKey(key), value);
							});
				};

				build(this.keys);

				if (chunks.length > 0)
					queryString.push($hash);
				queryString.push(chunks.join($separator));

				return queryString.join("");
			}
		};

		return new queryObject(location.search, location.hash);
	};
}(jQuery.query || {}); // Pass in jQuery.query as settings object