--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:12.950052279 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:12.954052278 +0200
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException  
     {
         if (pString == null) {
-            return null;
+return false;
         }
         return new String(encode(pString.getBytes(charset)), CharacterEncodingNames.US_ASCII);
     }
