code: public static String removeBackslashEscape(String value) {
          StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
          int i, n = value.length();
          char ch;
          boolean lastIsEscape = false;
          for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
              ch = value.charAt(i);
              if (lastIsEscape) {
                  sb.append(ch);
                  lastIsEscape = false;
              } else {
                  if (ch=='\\') lastIsEscape = true;
                  else sb.append(ch);
              }
          }
          return sb.toString();
      }
docs: Remove backslashes that are used as escape characters
  @param value
  @return