diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/DistributedTargetGenerator.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/DistributedTargetGenerator.java
index c8a2a4ccb91c235cf5b2f8db99ad472de818758a..0aac73f670a6a2e8f12080b209bfec06da3d2387 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/DistributedTargetGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/DistributedTargetGenerator.java
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ package de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware;
 
 import de.monticore.lang.embeddedmontiarc.embeddedmontiarc._symboltable.ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.FileContent;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.ClusterHelper;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.FileHelper;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.RosHelper;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.TemplateHelper;
+import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.*;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.impls.GeneratorImpl;
 import de.monticore.lang.tagging._symboltable.TaggingResolver;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
@@ -35,10 +32,12 @@ public class DistributedTargetGenerator extends CMakeGenerator {
         List<ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol> clusterSubcomponents = ClusterHelper.getClusterSubcomponents(componentInstanceSymbol);
         if (clusterSubcomponents.size() > 0) {
             clusterSubcomponents.forEach(clusterECIS -> {
-                generatorMap.put(clusterECIS, createFullGenerator(clusterECIS.getFullName().replace(".", "_")));
+                String nameTargetLanguage = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(clusterECIS.getFullName());
+                generatorMap.put(clusterECIS, createFullGenerator(nameTargetLanguage));
             });
         } else {
-            generatorMap.put(componentInstanceSymbol, createFullGenerator(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName().replace(".", "_")));
+            String nameTargetLanguage = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+            generatorMap.put(componentInstanceSymbol, createFullGenerator(nameTargetLanguage));
         }
 
         List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public class DistributedTargetGenerator extends CMakeGenerator {
         for (ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol comp : generatorMap.keySet()) {
             files.addAll(generatorMap.get(comp).generate(comp, taggingResolver));
             //add empty generator to subDirs so that CMakeLists.txt will be generated correctly
-            subDirs.add(comp.getFullName().replace(".", "_"));
+            subDirs.add(NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(comp.getFullName()));
         }
 
         subDirs.add("rosMsg");
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/MiddlewareGenerator.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/MiddlewareGenerator.java
index 9b29c94587145de1defa99d5ca95bd6089ffb805..a0f30f1c76c67ddae07e5483c1d79520b5b3071c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/MiddlewareGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/MiddlewareGenerator.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware;
 import de.monticore.lang.embeddedmontiarc.embeddedmontiarc._symboltable.ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.FileContent;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.FileHelper;
+import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.TemplateHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.impls.GeneratorImpl;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.roscpp.helper.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.tagging._symboltable.TaggingResolver;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class MiddlewareGenerator extends CMakeGenerator {
 
     private FileContent generateIAdapter(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol) {
         FileContent res = new FileContent();
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
         res.setFileName("IAdapter_" + name + ".h");
         res.setFileContent(TemplateHelper.getIAdapterTemplate().replace("${compName}", name));
         return res;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class MiddlewareGenerator extends CMakeGenerator {
     private FileContent generateCoordinator(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol, List<File> files) {
 
 
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
         List<String> filesNames = files.stream()
                 .map(File::getName)
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class MiddlewareGenerator extends CMakeGenerator {
 
     private FileContent generateCoordinatorCMakeList(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol, List<File> files) {
         FileContent res = new FileContent();
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
 
         String targets = files.stream()
                 .map(File::getName)
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/NameHelper.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/NameHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5140652dcb4c419f106c83aadc787f7b15b24b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/NameHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers;
+
+public class NameHelper {
+    private NameHelper(){
+    }
+
+    public static String getNameTargetLanguage(String name){
+        return name
+                .replace('.','_')
+                .replace('[','_')
+                .replace(']','_');
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/RosHelper.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/RosHelper.java
index 70e35179880d6aceebbcb8937427a4c3f7ba2b86..8700c121489cc9d1dbeb8147796fc9c3ced7c309 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/RosHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/helpers/RosHelper.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class RosHelper {
         }
 
         //target port name is unique: each in port can only have one connection!
-        String topicName = connectorSymbol.getTargetPort().getFullName().replace(".", "_").replace("[","_").replace("]","_");
+        String topicName = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(connectorSymbol.getTargetPort().getFullName());
         RosMsg rosTypeA = GeneratorRosMsg.getRosType("struct_msgs", connectorSymbol.getTargetPort().getTypeReference());
         RosMsg rosTypeB = GeneratorRosMsg.getRosType("struct_msgs", connectorSymbol.getSourcePort().getTypeReference());
         if (!rosTypeA.equals(rosTypeB)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/CPPGenImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/CPPGenImpl.java
index 9f2522b97bbcaabd4e1e0f09a7302e14f76b2c69..c4c6af7499976248ef662953b435a788cbd7e52b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/CPPGenImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/CPPGenImpl.java
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.impls;
 import de.monticore.lang.embeddedmontiarc.embeddedmontiarc._symboltable.ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.FileContent;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.cpp.GeneratorCPP;
+import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.TemplateHelper;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.roscpp.helper.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.tagging._symboltable.TaggingResolver;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class CPPGenImpl implements GeneratorImpl {
     private FileContent generateCMake(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol) {
         FileContent cmake = new FileContent();
         cmake.setFileName("CMakeLists.txt");
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
         cmake.setFileContent(TemplateHelper.getCmakeCppTemplate().replace("${compName}", name));
         return cmake;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/DummyMiddlewareGenImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/DummyMiddlewareGenImpl.java
index 2558e4b92dc60fe12f095f390ec75552c50fea10..8ac342af94c7dd97b70f2b709c6190b5cfb58012 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/DummyMiddlewareGenImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/monticore/lang/monticar/generator/middleware/impls/DummyMiddlewareGenImpl.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import de.monticore.lang.embeddedmontiarc.embeddedmontiarc._symboltable.Expanded
 import de.monticore.lang.embeddedmontiarc.embeddedmontiarc._symboltable.PortSymbol;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.FileContent;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.FileHelper;
+import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.middleware.helpers.TemplateHelper;
-import de.monticore.lang.monticar.generator.roscpp.helper.NameHelper;
 import de.monticore.lang.tagging._symboltable.TaggingResolver;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class DummyMiddlewareGenImpl implements GeneratorImpl {
 
 
     private FileContent generateAdapter(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol) {
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
         String content = TemplateHelper.getDummyAdapterTemplate()
                 .replace("${compName}", name);
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class DummyMiddlewareGenImpl implements GeneratorImpl {
 
     private FileContent generateCMake(ExpandedComponentInstanceSymbol componentInstanceSymbol) {
         FileContent res = new FileContent();
-        String name = NameHelper.getComponentNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
+        String name = NameHelper.getNameTargetLanguage(componentInstanceSymbol.getFullName());
         String content = TemplateHelper.getDummyCmakeTemplate()
                 .replace("${compName}", name);