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+package de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author hanl
+ * @date 02/07/2015
+ */
+public class EmptyResultsTest {
+
+    private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyQueryObject() {
+        QuerySerializer s = new QuerySerializer();
+        s.setQuery("prox/unit=word/distance<=5", "cql");
+        JsonNode node = mapper.valueToTree(s.build());
+        Assert.assertEquals(node.has("query"), false);
+        Assert.assertEquals(node.has("collection"), false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyCollectionObject() {
+        QuerySerializer s = new QuerySerializer();
+        s.setQuery("[base=Wort]", "poliqarp");
+
+        JsonNode node = mapper.valueToTree(s.build());
+        Assert.assertEquals(node.has("query"), true);
+        Assert.assertEquals(node.has("collection"), false);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyMetaObject() {
+        QuerySerializer s = new QuerySerializer();
+        s.setQuery("[base=Wort]", "poliqarp");
+
+        JsonNode node = mapper.valueToTree(s.build());
+        Assert.assertEquals(node.has("meta"), false);
+    }
+
+}