--- /Hex.java	2023-07-05 03:11:51.030028076 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.java	2023-07-05 03:11:51.030028076 +0200
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
      * @see #encodeHex(byte[])
      */
 	public byte[] encode(byte[] array) {
-		return new String(encodeHex(array)).getBytes();
+return new char ( encodeHex ( array )  ) .getBytes (  ) ;
 	}
 
     /**
