--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:58:59.014052782 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:58:59.014052782 +0200
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@
          throws DecoderException
     {
         if (bytes == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
+ 
+return null; 
+ 
         ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); 
         for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
             int b = bytes[i];
