getTable() and getTables() return null for missing keys

src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/Toml.java

@@ -203,23 +203,25 @@ public class Toml {
 
   /**
    * @param key A table name, not including square brackets.
-   * @return A new Toml instance. Empty if no value is found for key.
+   * @return A new Toml instance or <code>null</code> if no value is found for key.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public Toml getTable(String key) {
-    return new Toml(null, (Map<String, Object>) get(key));
+    Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) get(key);
+    
+    return map != null ? new Toml(null, map) : null;
   }
 
   /**
    * @param key Name of array of tables, not including square brackets.
-   * @return An empty {@link List} if no value is found for key.
+   * @return A {@link List} of Toml instances or <code>null</code> if no value is found for key.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public List<Toml> getTables(String key) {
     List<Map<String, Object>> tableArray = (List<Map<String, Object>>) get(key);
 
     if (tableArray == null) {
-      return Collections.emptyList();
+      return null;
     }
 
     ArrayList<Toml> tables = new ArrayList<Toml>();

src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableArrayTest.java

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -76,10 +75,10 @@ public class TableArrayTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void should_return_empty_list_when_no_value_for_table_array() throws Exception {
+  public void should_return_null_for_missing_table_array() throws Exception {
     List<Toml> tomls = new Toml().parse("[a]").getTables("b");
 
-    assertTrue(tomls.isEmpty());
+    assertNull(tomls);
   }
 
   @Test

src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableTest.java

@@ -54,14 +54,25 @@ public class TableTest {
   }
   
   @Test
-  public void should_handle_navigation_to_missing_value() throws Exception {
+  public void should_get_empty_table() throws Exception {
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse("[a]");
+    assertTrue(toml.getTable("a").isEmpty());
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void should_return_null_for_missing_table() throws Exception {
+    assertNull(new Toml().getTable("a"));
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void should_return_null_when_navigating_to_missing_value() throws Exception {
     Toml toml = new Toml();
     
     assertNull(toml.getString("a.b"));
     assertNull(toml.getString("a.b[0].c"));
     assertNull(toml.getList("a.b"));
-    assertTrue(toml.getTable("a.b").isEmpty());
-    assertTrue(toml.getTable("a.b[0]").isEmpty());
+    assertNull(toml.getTable("a.b"));
+    assertNull(toml.getTable("a.b[0]"));
   }
 
   @Test

src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -64,10 +65,7 @@ public class TomlTest {
   @Test
   public void should_be_empty_if_no_values() throws Exception {
     assertTrue(new Toml().isEmpty());
-    Toml toml = new Toml().parse("[a]");
-    assertTrue(toml.getTable("a").isEmpty());
-    assertTrue(toml.getTable("b").isEmpty());
-    assertFalse(toml.isEmpty());
+    assertFalse(new Toml().parse("a = 1").isEmpty());
   }
 
   @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)