--- /BCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:20:25.266123907 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/net/BCodec.java	2023-07-05 02:20:25.266123907 +0200
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@
 
     protected byte[] doDecoding(byte[] bytes) {
         if (bytes == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
+ 
+ 
+ 
         return Base64.decodeBase64(bytes);
     }
 
