public static String removeAccents(String value){
  if (MAP_NORM == null || MAP_NORM.size() == 0) {
    MAP_NORM=new HashMap<Character,Character>();
    MAP_NORM.put('À','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('Á','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('Â','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ã','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ä','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('È','E');
    MAP_NORM.put('É','E');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ê','E');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ë','E');
    MAP_NORM.put('Í','I');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ì','I');
    MAP_NORM.put('Î','I');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ï','I');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ù','U');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ú','U');
    MAP_NORM.put('Û','U');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ü','U');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ò','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ó','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ô','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('Õ','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ö','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ñ','N');
    MAP_NORM.put('Ç','C');
    MAP_NORM.put('ª','A');
    MAP_NORM.put('º','O');
    MAP_NORM.put('§','S');
    MAP_NORM.put('³','3');
    MAP_NORM.put('²','2');
    MAP_NORM.put('¹','1');
    MAP_NORM.put('à','a');
    MAP_NORM.put('á','a');
    MAP_NORM.put('â','a');
    MAP_NORM.put('ã','a');
    MAP_NORM.put('ä','a');
    MAP_NORM.put('è','e');
    MAP_NORM.put('é','e');
    MAP_NORM.put('ê','e');
    MAP_NORM.put('ë','e');
    MAP_NORM.put('í','i');
    MAP_NORM.put('ì','i');
    MAP_NORM.put('î','i');
    MAP_NORM.put('ï','i');
    MAP_NORM.put('ù','u');
    MAP_NORM.put('ú','u');
    MAP_NORM.put('û','u');
    MAP_NORM.put('ü','u');
    MAP_NORM.put('ò','o');
    MAP_NORM.put('ó','o');
    MAP_NORM.put('ô','o');
    MAP_NORM.put('õ','o');
    MAP_NORM.put('ö','o');
    MAP_NORM.put('ñ','n');
    MAP_NORM.put('ç','c');
  }
  if (value == null) {
    return "";
  }
  StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder(value);
  for (int i=0; i < value.length(); i++) {
    Character c=MAP_NORM.get(sb.charAt(i));
    if (c != null) {
      sb.setCharAt(i,c.charValue());
    }
  }
  return sb.toString();
}

public static String removeAccents ( String value ) { if ( MAP_NORM == null || MAP_NORM . size ( ) == 0 ) { MAP_NORM = new HashMap < Character , Character > ( ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'À' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Á' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Â' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ã' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ä' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'È' , 'E' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'É' , 'E' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ê' , 'E' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ë' , 'E' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Í' , 'I' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ì' , 'I' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Î' , 'I' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ï' , 'I' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ù' , 'U' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ú' , 'U' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Û' , 'U' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ü' , 'U' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ò' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ó' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ô' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Õ' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ö' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ñ' , 'N' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'Ç' , 'C' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ª' , 'A' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'º' , 'O' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( '§' , 'S' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( '³' , '3' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( '²' , '2' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( '¹' , '1' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'à' , 'a' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'á' , 'a' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'â' , 'a' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ã' , 'a' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ä' , 'a' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'è' , 'e' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'é' , 'e' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ê' , 'e' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ë' , 'e' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'í' , 'i' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ì' , 'i' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'î' , 'i' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ï' , 'i' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ù' , 'u' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ú' , 'u' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'û' , 'u' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ü' , 'u' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ò' , 'o' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ó' , 'o' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ô' , 'o' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'õ' , 'o' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ö' , 'o' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ñ' , 'n' ) ; MAP_NORM . put ( 'ç' , 'c' ) ; } if ( value == null ) { return "" ; } StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ( value ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < value . length ( ) ; i ++ ) { Character c = MAP_NORM . get ( sb . charAt ( i ) ) ; if ( c != null ) { sb . setCharAt ( i , c . charValue ( ) ) ; } } return sb . toString ( ) ; }
removes the accents from the string .
