--- /BinaryCodec.java	2023-07-05 03:13:28.654025290 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BinaryCodec.java	2023-07-05 03:13:28.654025290 +0200
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         if (ascii == null) {
             return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
         }
-        return fromAscii(ascii.toCharArray());
+return fromAscii ( ascii .String ( EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY )   ) ;
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
