public static String unescape(String s){
  try {
    return URLDecoder.decode(s,"UTF-8");
  }
 catch (  Exception e) {
    return s;
  }
}

public static String unescape ( String s ) { try { return URLDecoder . decode ( s , "UTF-8" ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { return s ; } }
unescape utf8 / url encoded strings
