Add Binary

Given two binary strings, return their sum (also a binary string).

For example,
a = "11"
b = "1"
Return "100".

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public class Solution {
    public String addBinary(String a, String b) {
        if (a == null || a.length() == 0) {
            return b;
        }
        if (b == null || b.length() == 0) {
            return a;
        }
        String res = "";
        int carry = 0;
        int i = a.length() - 1;
        int j = b.length() - 1;
        while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
            int cur = a.charAt(i) - '0' + b.charAt(j) - '0' + carry;
            carry = cur / 2;
            res = Integer.toString(cur % 2) + res;
            i--;
            j--;
        }
        while (i >= 0) {
            int cur = a.charAt(i) - '0' + carry;
            carry = cur / 2;
            res = Integer.toString(cur % 2) + res;
            i--;
        }
        while (j >= 0) {
            int cur = b.charAt(j) - '0' + carry;
            carry = cur / 2;
            res = Integer.toString(cur % 2) + res;
            j--;
        }
        if (carry > 0) {
            res = Integer.toString(carry) + res;
        } 
        return res;
    }
}