Java Regex for matching quoted string with escaped quotes

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Published on 2010-03-23T09:15:37Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 9:23 UTC
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I know there are already many questions like mine but I found no answer which works in Java. So I write a new question.

I have text files with content like this:

key1 = "This is a \"test\" text with escapes using '\\' characters";
key2 = 'It must work with \'single\' quotes and "double" quotes';

I need a regular expression which matches the values in the double-quotes (or single-quotes). This regular expression must support the escaped quotes and escaped backslashes. The regular expression must work with Java standard Pattern/Matcher classes.

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