--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:20.526128631 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:20.530128631 +0200
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
      */
     public static final byte[] encodeUrl(BitSet urlsafe, byte[] bytes) 
     {
-        if (bytes == null) {
+if  ( pString == null )  {     return null; }
             return null;
         }
         if (urlsafe == null) {
