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+## Relevant Articles:
+
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-collect/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-collect/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-streams-4</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-streams-collect</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
+        <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+    <properties>
+        <assertj.version>3.23.1</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-collect/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collect/nullable/CanCollectReturnNullUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-collect/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collect/nullable/CanCollectReturnNullUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.collect.nullable;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.collectingAndThen;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.groupingBy;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collector;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class CanCollectReturnNullUnitTest {
+    private final List<String> LANGUAGES = Arrays.asList("Kotlin", null, null, "Java", "Python", "Rust");
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStreamWithNullElements_whenCollect_shouldReturnNotNull() {
+        List<String> result = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(Objects::isNull)
+          .collect(toList());
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(null, null), result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStreamWithNullElements_whenCollectEmptyStream_shouldReturnNotNull() {
+        List<String> result = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s != null && s.length() == 1)
+          .collect(toList());
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertTrue(result.isEmpty());
+
+        Map<Character, String> result2 = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s != null && s.length() == 1)
+          .collect(toMap(s -> s.charAt(0), Function.identity()));
+        assertNotNull(result2);
+        assertTrue(result2.isEmpty());
+
+        Map<Character, List<String>> result3 = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s != null && s.length() == 1)
+          .collect(groupingBy(s -> s.charAt(0)));
+        assertNotNull(result3);
+        assertTrue(result3.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStream_whenCollectByEmptyToNullCollector_shouldReturnExpectedResults() {
+        Collector<String, ArrayList<String>, ArrayList<String>> emptyListToNullCollector = Collector.of(ArrayList::new, ArrayList::add, (a, b) -> {
+            a.addAll(b);
+            return a;
+        }, a -> a.isEmpty() ? null : a);
+
+        List<String> notNullResult = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(Objects::isNull)
+          .collect(emptyListToNullCollector);
+        assertNotNull(notNullResult);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList(null, null), notNullResult);
+
+        List<String> nullResult = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s != null && s.length() == 1)
+          .collect(emptyListToNullCollector);
+        assertNull(nullResult);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStream_whenCollectByCollectingAndThen_shouldReturnExpectedResults() {
+        List<String> notNullResult = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+          .collect(collectingAndThen(toList(), Collections::unmodifiableList));
+        assertNotNull(notNullResult);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("Kotlin", "Java", "Python", "Rust"), notNullResult);
+
+        //the result list becomes immutable
+        assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> notNullResult.add("Oops"));
+
+        List<String> nullResult = LANGUAGES.stream()
+          .filter(s -> s != null && s.length() == 1)
+          .collect(collectingAndThen(toList(), strings -> strings.isEmpty() ? null : strings));
+        assertNull(nullResult);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
index 59d30c1600..ac8b3115b5 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
         <module>core-java-streams-2</module>
         <module>core-java-streams-3</module>
         <module>core-java-streams-maps</module>
+        <module>core-java-streams-collect</module>
         <module>core-java-string-algorithms</module>
         <module>core-java-string-algorithms-2</module>
         <module>core-java-string-apis</module>