--- /Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:55.194027957 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:11:55.198027958 +0200
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
         arrayOctect = discardWhitespace(arrayOctect);
 
         int length = arrayOctect.length;
-        if (length == 0) {
+if  (  ( base64Data.length )  == 0 )  {     return new byte[0]; }
             // shouldn't a 0 length array be valid base64 data?
             // return false;
             return true;
