--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:20.598128637 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:20.598128637 +0200
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     public static final byte[] encodeUrl(BitSet urlsafe, byte[] bytes) 
     {
         if (bytes == null) {
-            return null;
+return false;
         }
         if (urlsafe == null) {
             urlsafe = WWW_FORM_URL;
