code: protected String inflateAuthnRequest(final byte[] decodedBytes) {
          val inflated = CompressionUtils.inflate(decodedBytes);
          if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(inflated)) {
              return inflated;
          }
          return CompressionUtils.decodeByteArrayToString(decodedBytes);
      }
docs: Inflate authn request string.
  
  @param decodedBytes the decoded bytes
  @return the string