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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def encode_priority(self, facility, priority):
 """ Encode the facility and priority. You can pass in strings or integers - if strings are passed, the facility_names and priority_names mapping dictionaries are used to convert them to integers. """

        return (facility << 3) | self.priority_map.get(priority, self.LOG_WARNING)