--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:15.178052198 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:15.182052198 +0200
@@ -266,8 +266,9 @@
         throws DecoderException, UnsupportedEncodingException 
     {
         if (pString == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
+ 
+ 
+ 
         return new String(decode(pString.getBytes(CharacterEncodingNames.US_ASCII)), charset);
     }
 
