--- /QCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:20:14.342122910 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/QCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:20:14.342122910 +0200
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
      *                  thrown if a failure condition is encountered during the encoding process.
      */
     public String encode(String pString) throws EncoderException {
-        if (pString == null) {
+if  ( pObject == null )  {
             return null;
         }
         return encode(pString, getDefaultCharset());
