--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:22:01.234131786 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:22:01.238131786 +0200
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         if (pObject == null) {
             return null;
         } else if (pObject instanceof byte[]) {
-            return encode((byte[])pObject);
+return decode (  ( byte[] ) pObject ) ;
         } else if (pObject instanceof String) {
             return encode((String)pObject);
         } else {
