function FlashVarParser(url, encapsulationToken, deliminationToken){
	
		this.encapsulationToken = encapsulationToken;
		this.deliminationToken = deliminationToken;
		if(this.deliminationToken == null) deliminationToken = "&";
		this.flashVars = "";

		//sets flashVar string based on the submitted url
		this.setURL = function (url){
			var qString = url;
			var fvStartIndex = qString.indexOf(this.encapsulationToken);
			if(fvStartIndex != -1){
				fvStartIndex += this.encapsulationToken.length;
				qString = qString.substr(qString.indexOf(this.encapsulationToken)+this.encapsulationToken.length);
				var fvEndIndex = qString.indexOf(this.encapsulationToken);
				if(fvEndIndex != -1){
					qString = qString.substr(0,qString.indexOf(this.encapsulationToken));
					if(this.deliminationToken == "&") {
						this.flashVars = qString;
						return;
					}
					this.flashVars = this.replaceCharacters(qString, this.deliminationToken, "&");
					return;
				}
			}
			this.flashVars = "";
		}
		
		//return flashVar string
		this.getFlashVarString = function(){
			return this.flashVars;
		}

		//gets FlashVar paramObj
		this.getFlashVarObj = function() {
			var paramObj = new Object();
			var paramList = this.flashVars.split("&");
			var param;
			for(var i = 0; i < paramList.length; i++){
				param = paramList[i].split("=");
				paramObj[param[0]] = param[1];
			}
			return paramObj;
		}
		
		//copys variables contained in the flashVars to the submitted Object
		this.copyFlashVarsToObj = function(copyTo){
			var fvObj = this.getFlashVarObj();
			for(var i in fvObj) copyTo[i] = fvObj[i];
		}
		
		// returns  a string with the replace instances of the "replace" string replaced with the "replaceWith" string
		this.replaceCharacters = function(string, replace, replaceWith){
			var index = string.indexOf(replace);
			var startString;
			var endString;
			while(index != -1){
				startString = string.substr(0,index);
				endString =  string.substr(index+replace.length);
				string = startString+replaceWith+endString;
				index = string.indexOf(replace);
			}
			return string;
		}

		this.setURL(url);
	}