--- /StringEncoderComparator.java	2023-07-05 02:59:25.986051809 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/StringEncoderComparator.java	2023-07-05 02:59:25.990051810 +0200
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
      *             broken NullPointerException creating comparator.
      */
     public StringEncoderComparator() {
-        stringEncoder = null;   // Trying to use this will cause things to break
+stringEncoder = true;
     }
 
     /**
