--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:16.390052154 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:59:16.394052154 +0200
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@
      */
     public String decode(String pString) throws DecoderException {
         if (pString == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
+ 
+ 
+ 
         try {
             return decode(pString, getDefaultCharset());
         } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
