--- /URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:19.362128537 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:21:19.362128537 +0200
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
      */
     protected String charset = CharacterEncodingNames.UTF8;
     
-    protected static byte ESCAPE_CHAR = '%';
+protected static  int  ESCAPE_CHAR = '%';
     /**
      * BitSet of www-form-url safe characters.
      */
