retValue = "/";
        }
        return retValue.trim();
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the specified (portion of a) URL. <strong>Note:</strong> This decoder assumes that ISO-8859-1 is used to
     * convert URL-encoded bytes to characters.
     *
     * @param url The URL to decode, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @return The decoded URL or <code>null</code> if the input was <code>null</code>.