--- /Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:12:38.322026726 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.java	2023-07-05 03:12:38.326026727 +0200
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
         base64Data = discardNonBase64(base64Data);
 
         // handle the edge case, so we don't have to worry about it later
-        if (base64Data.length == 0) {
+if  ( encodedData.length == 0 )  {
             return new byte[0];
         }
 
