gistfile1.java

import java.text.Normalizer;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class StringUtil {
 
    public static String stripAccents(String originalString) {
 
        String normalizedString = Normalizer.normalize(originalString, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{InCombiningDiacriticalMarks}+");
        return pattern.matcher(normalizedString).replaceAll("");
    }
 
    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        
        // Text with accents
        String stringWithAccents = "Chaîne de caractère, détail, fenêtre";
     
        // Strip accents
        String stringWithoutAccents = stripAccents(stringWithAccents);
     
        System.out.println(stringWithoutAccents);
 
    }
 
}