diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptiness/DirectoryEmptinessUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptiness/DirectoryEmptinessUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.emptiness;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class DirectoryEmptinessUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPath_whenInvalid_thenReturnsFalse() throws IOException {
+        assertThat(isEmpty(Paths.get("invalid-addr"))).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPath_whenNotDirectory_thenReturnsFalse() throws IOException {
+        Path aFile = Paths.get(getClass().getResource("/notDir.txt").getPath());
+        assertThat(isEmpty(aFile)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPath_whenNotEmptyDir_thenReturnsFalse() throws IOException {
+        Path currentDir = new File("").toPath().toAbsolutePath();
+        assertThat(isEmpty(currentDir)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPath_whenIsEmpty_thenReturnsTrue() throws Exception {
+        Path path = Files.createTempDirectory("baeldung-empty");
+        assertThat(isEmpty(path)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isEmpty(Path path) throws IOException {
+        if (Files.isDirectory(path)) {
+            try (DirectoryStream<Path> directory = Files.newDirectoryStream(path)) {
+                return !directory.iterator().hasNext();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isEmpty2(Path path) throws IOException {
+        if (Files.isDirectory(path)) {
+            try (Stream<Path> entries = Files.list(path)) {
+                return !entries.findFirst().isPresent();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isEmptyInefficient(Path path) {
+        return path.toFile().listFiles().length == 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/resources/notDir.txt b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/resources/notDir.txt
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