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JUnit 5 - @ParameterizedTest with @NullAndEmptySource

[Last Updated: Dec 5, 2025]

@NullAndEmptySource is a composed source that combines @NullSource and @EmptySource.

Java source and doc

Definition of NullAndEmptySource

(Version: junit-5 5.8.2)
package org.junit.jupiter.params.provider;
   ........
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@API(status = STABLE, since = "5.7")
@NullSource
@EmptySource
public @interface NullAndEmptySource {}

Example Project

package com.logicbig.example;

import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.NullAndEmptySource;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

public class ParameterizedNullAndEmptySourceTest {

    @ParameterizedTest(name = "#{index} null or empty provided -> '{0}'")
    @NullAndEmptySource
    void nullOrEmpty(String input) {
        assertTrue(input == null || input.isEmpty());
    }
}
mvn test -Dtest=ParameterizedNullAndEmptySourceTest

Output

D:\example-projects\junit-5\junit-5-parameterized-tests\junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource>mvn test -Dtest=ParameterizedNullAndEmptySourceTest
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ---< com.logicbig.example:junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource >----
[INFO] Building junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] from pom.xml
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- resources:3.3.1:resources (default-resources) @ junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource ---
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory D:\example-projects\junit-5\junit-5-parameterized-tests\junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource\src\main\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- compiler:3.14.1:compile (default-compile) @ junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]
[INFO] --- resources:3.3.1:testResources (default-testResources) @ junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource ---
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory D:\example-projects\junit-5\junit-5-parameterized-tests\junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource\src\test\resources
[INFO]
[INFO] --- compiler:3.14.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource ---
[INFO] Recompiling the module because of changed source code.
[INFO] Compiling 1 source file with javac [debug target 25] to target\test-classes
[INFO]
[INFO] --- surefire:3.5.0:test (default-test) @ junit-5-parameterized-nullandemptysource ---
[INFO] Using auto detected provider org.apache.maven.surefire.junitplatform.JUnitPlatformProvider
[INFO]
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] T E S T S
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] +--com.logicbig.example.ParameterizedNullAndEmptySourceTest - 0.116 ss
[INFO] | +-- [OK] nullOrEmpty(String) #1 null or empty provided -> {0} - 0.042 ss
[INFO] | '-- [OK] nullOrEmpty(String) #2 null or empty provided -> {0} - 0.002 ss
[INFO]
[INFO] Results:
[INFO]
[INFO] Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3.091 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2025-12-04T15:34:17+08:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

  • junit-jupiter-engine 6.0.1 (Module "junit-jupiter-engine" of JUnit)
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  • junit-jupiter-params 6.0.1 (Module "junit-jupiter-params" of JUnit)
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