assertEquals("abc", Strings.commonPrefix(new StringBuilder("abcdef"), "abcxyz"));

    // Identical valid surrogate pairs.
    assertEquals(
        "abc\uD8AB\uDCAB", Strings.commonPrefix("abc\uD8AB\uDCABdef", "abc\uD8AB\uDCABxyz"));
    // Differing valid surrogate pairs.
    assertEquals("abc", Strings.commonPrefix("abc\uD8AB\uDCABdef", "abc\uD8AB\uDCACxyz"));
    // One invalid pair.

    return new String(array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the longest string {@code prefix} such that {@code a.toString().startsWith(prefix) &&
   * b.toString().startsWith(prefix)}, taking care not to split surrogate pairs. If {@code a} and
   * {@code b} have no common prefix, returns the empty string.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  public static String commonPrefix(CharSequence a, CharSequence b) {
    checkNotNull(a);