int maxLength = Math.max(a.length, b.length);

        int result = lengthEqual;
        for (int i = 0; i < maxLength; i++) {
            char charA = (i < a.length) ? a[i] : '\0';
            char charB = (i < b.length) ? b[i] : '\0';
            result &= (charA == charB) ? 1 : 0;
        }

        return result == 1;
    }

    /** The authentication type */
    private AuthenticationType type;

      int i = 0;
      int len = 0;

      // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
      while (i + 4 <= utf16Length) {
        char c0 = input.charAt(i);
        char c1 = input.charAt(i + 1);
        char c2 = input.charAt(i + 2);
        char c3 = input.charAt(i + 3);
        if (c0 < 0x80 && c1 < 0x80 && c2 < 0x80 && c3 < 0x80) {
          int k1 = c0 | (c1 << 8) | (c2 << 16) | (c3 << 24);
          k1 = mixK1(k1);

    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);

    int maxPrefixLength = min(a.length(), b.length());
    int p = 0;
    while (p < maxPrefixLength && a.charAt(p) == b.charAt(p)) {
      p++;
    }
    if (validSurrogatePairAt(a, p - 1) || validSurrogatePairAt(b, p - 1)) {
      p--;
    }
    return a.subSequence(0, p).toString();
  }

  /**

                retValue = retValue.substring(2);

                if (retValue.length() >= 2 && (retValue.charAt(1) == '|' || retValue.charAt(1) == ':')) {
                    // special case: if there is a windows drive letter, then keep the original return value
                    retValue = retValue.charAt(0) + ":" + retValue.substring(2);
                } else {
                    // Now we expect the host

            return idx < expression.length() ? expression.charAt(idx) : EOF;
        }

        public int skipChar() {
            return idx < expression.length() ? expression.charAt(idx++) : EOF;
        }

        public String nextToken(char delimiter) {
            int start = idx;

            while (idx < expression.length() && delimiter != expression.charAt(idx)) {
                idx++;
            }

                    boolean active = true;
                    if (!selector.isEmpty()) {
                        if (selector.charAt(0) == '-' || selector.charAt(0) == '!') {
                            active = false;
                            selector = selector.substring(1);
                        } else if (token.charAt(0) == '+') {
                            selector = selector.substring(1);
                        }
                    }

      int bytesWritten = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length(); ) {
        int chunk = alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 18;
        chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 12;
        target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) (chunk >>> 16);
        if (i < chars.length()) {
          chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 6;
          target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) ((chunk >>> 8) & 0xFF);
          if (i < chars.length()) {

        p2 = path2.lastIndexOf('/');
        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ((l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.') || (l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.')) {
            return true;
        }

        return l1 == l2 && path1.regionMatches(true, p1, path2, p2, l1);
    }

    /**
     *
     * {@inheritDoc}

            String val = valueLines.get(i);
            valueLines.set(i, typed ? val : escapeJava(val) /*+ (i < lastLine? "\\": "")*/);
            while (!val.isEmpty() && Character.isWhitespace(val.charAt(0))) {
                val = val.substring(1);
            }
            sb.append(val);
        }
        String[] property = PropertiesReader.parseProperty(sb.toString());

            String val = valueLines.get(i);
            valueLines.set(i, typed ? val : escapeJava(val) /*+ (i < lastLine? "\\": "")*/);
            while (!val.isEmpty() && Character.isWhitespace(val.charAt(0))) {
                val = val.substring(1);
            }
            sb.append(val);
        }
        String[] property = PropertiesReader.parseProperty(sb.toString());