java - Convert escaped Unicode character back to actual character -

i have following value in string variable in java has utf-8 characters encoded below

dodd\u2013frank

instead of

dodd–frank

(assume don't have control on how value assigned string variable)

now how convert (encode) , store in string variable?

i found following code

charset.forname("utf-8").encode(str);

but returns bytebuffer, want string back.

edit:

some more additional information.

when use system.out.println(str);

dodd\u2013frank

i not sure correct terminology (utf-8 or unicode). pardon me that.

try

str = org.apache.commons.lang3.stringescapeutils.unescapejava(str);

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