import string


def make_camel_case(object_name, separator = "/"):
    """Make an object name into a camel case string and delete the separator.

    If the separator is None this method just makes the first character lower
    case."""

    if separator:
        caps_value = string.capwords(object_name, separator)
        temp = caps_value.replace(separator, "")
    else:
        temp = object_name

    first_char_string = temp[0:1]
    return_value = first_char_string.lower() + temp[1:]

    return return_value