public function get( $path, $array = NULL )
	{
		if( $array == NULL )
			$array	= $this->storage;
		if( substr_count( $path, "." ) )
		{
			$parts	= explode( ".", $path );
			$step	= array_shift( $parts );
			$path	= implode( ".", $parts );
			$array	= (array) $array[$step];
			return $this->get( $path, $array );
		}
		else
		{
			if( in_array( $path, array_keys( $array ) ) )
				return $array[$path];
			else
				return NULL;
		}
	}