--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:54.346131271 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:54.350131271 +0200
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@
      */
     public String encode(String pString) throws EncoderException {
         if (pString == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
+ 
+return null; 
+ 
         try {
             return encode(pString, getDefaultCharset());
         } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
