import org.apache.regexp.*;

public class Repro {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String chars = "bob“jim";
        RE dquoChar = new RE("\\&(l|r)dquo;?"); 
        String txt = dquoChar.subst(chars,"\"");
        System.out.println("TEXT: " + txt);
    }

}