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+package de.danoeh.antennapod.util;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/** Generates valid filenames for a given string. */
+public class FileNameGenerator {
+	
+	private static final char[] ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = { '/', '\\', '?', '%',
+			'*', ':', '|', '"', '<', '>' };
+	static {
+		Arrays.sort(ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS);
+	}
+	
+	private FileNameGenerator() {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This method will return a new string that doesn't contain any illegal
+	 * characters of the given string.
+	 */
+	public static String generateFileName(String string) {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
+			char c = string.charAt(i);
+			if (Arrays.binarySearch(ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS, c) < 0) {
+				builder.append(c);
+			}
+		}
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+	public static long generateLong(final String str) {
+		return str.hashCode();
+	}
+}