1 files changed, 13 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
index 452c47159..4c94f3aa2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
@@ -54,6 +56,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
             return sb.ToString();
         }
 
+        public static string RemoveDiacritics(this string text)
+        {
+            return String.Concat(
+                text.Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD)
+                .Where(ch => CharUnicodeInfo.GetUnicodeCategory(ch) !=
+                                              UnicodeCategory.NonSpacingMark)
+              ).Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the M d5.
         /// </summary>
@@ -73,6 +84,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
         /// <param name="str">The STR.</param>
         /// <param name="type">The type.</param>
         /// <returns>Guid.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">type</exception>
+        [Obsolete("Use LibraryManager.GetNewItemId")]
         public static Guid GetMBId(this string str, Type type)
         {
             if (type == null)
@@ -84,35 +97,5 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
 
             return key.GetMD5();
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the attribute value.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="str">The STR.</param>
-        /// <param name="attrib">The attrib.</param>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">attrib</exception>
-        public static string GetAttributeValue(this string str, string attrib)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("str");
-            }
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(attrib))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("attrib");
-            }
-            
-            string srch = "[" + attrib + "=";
-            int start = str.IndexOf(srch, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-            if (start > -1)
-            {
-                start += srch.Length;
-                int end = str.IndexOf(']', start);
-                return str.Substring(start, end - start);
-            }
-            return null;
-        }
     }
 }