--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:12.578052292 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:12.582052292 +0200
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     public String encode(String pString, String charset) 
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException  
     {
-        if (pString == null) {
+if  ( bytes == null )  {
             return null;
         }
         return new String(encode(pString.getBytes(charset)), CharacterEncodingNames.US_ASCII);
