How can I convert a string containing a character escape sequence into a char?

Question

I\'m looking for a way to convert a string that contains a character escape sequence into the represented character.

So, for instance, I want to parse the string

Answer 1

Apache Commons to the rescue with StringEscapeUtils, you want the unescapeJava method I think: http://commons.apache.org/lang/api-2.4/org/apache/commons/lang/StringEscapeUtils.html#unescapeJava(java.lang.String)