search for a single quotes in a string and wrap it with other characters

I am trying to parse a csv file and in the process have come across some entries that contain single quotes. I have written the following regex to match more than one match of single quotes, iF the method returns true I am planning to wrap it in another set of characters however I am not getting the correct output

Below is the pseudo code:

public boolean containsChar()
    {

        String inputStr= "Niel O' Brian";
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            Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("/'+");
            Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr);
            boolean matchFound = matcher.matches();

            return matchFound;
    }

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I would just use

String inputStr= "Niel O' Brian";
return inputStr.contains("'"); // same as your expression.
return inputStr.contains("''"); // I suspect this is what you are looking for.

If you have two consecutive single quotes you may want to replace them with one

return inputStr.replaceAll("''", "'");

You may want to place the whole string in double quotes if there is a single quote with

public static String quote(String text) {
    if (text.contains("\"")
        return '"' + text.replaceAll("\"", "\"\"") + '"';
    if (text.contains(",") || text.contains("'"))
       return '"' + text + '"';
    return text;
}

its much neater to place double quotes around the whole field as Excel does.

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You need to remove that forward slash. Right now you're searching for a / followed by one or more single quotes.

Also, matches() checks the entire string, you want find() instead.

... I have written the following regex to match more than one match of single quotes ...

The regex '+ matches a single quote as well. To match more than one quote, use ''+ or the equivalent '{2,}

But if all you want is to find exactly two single quotes, I'd go for Peter's suggestion. I'll leave my answer because it explains why your matches() fails.