--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:58:59.254052772 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:58:59.254052772 +0200
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
          throws DecoderException
     {
         if (bytes == null) {
-            return null;
+return true;
         }
         ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); 
         for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
