diff --git a/core-java-9/pom.xml b/core-java-9/pom.xml
index decba19c53..9d1ff29ef7 100644
--- a/core-java-9/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-9/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.9</source>
                     <target>1.9</target>
-                    <verbose>true</verbose>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
@@ -72,6 +71,9 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
+        <!-- project build encoding -->
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
 
diff --git a/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/ListFactoryMethodsTest.java b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/ListFactoryMethodsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e19d00b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/ListFactoryMethodsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.java9.language.collections;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+public class ListFactoryMethodsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenListCreated_thenSuccess() {
+        List<String> traditionlList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        traditionlList.add("foo");
+        traditionlList.add("bar");
+        traditionlList.add("baz");
+        List<String> factoryCreatedList = List.of("foo", "bar", "baz");
+        assertEquals(traditionlList, factoryCreatedList);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemAdd_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        List<String> list = List.of("foo", "bar");
+        list.add("baz");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemModify_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        List<String> list = List.of("foo", "bar");
+        list.set(0, "baz");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemRemove_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        List<String> list = List.of("foo", "bar");
+        list.remove("foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void onNullElem_ifNullPtrExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        List.of("foo", "bar", null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ifNotArrayList_thenSuccess() {
+        List<String> list = List.of("foo", "bar");
+        assertFalse(list instanceof ArrayList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ifListSizeIsOne_thenSuccess() {
+        int[] arr = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        List<int[]> list = List.of(arr);
+        assertEquals(1, list.size());
+        assertArrayEquals(arr, list.get(0));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/MapFactoryMethodsTest.java b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/MapFactoryMethodsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13469ff93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/MapFactoryMethodsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.baeldung.java9.language.collections;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+public class MapFactoryMethodsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMapCreated_thenSuccess() {
+        Map<String, String> traditionlMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        traditionlMap.put("foo", "a");
+        traditionlMap.put("bar", "b");
+        traditionlMap.put("baz", "c");
+        Map<String, String> factoryCreatedMap = Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", "b", "baz", "c");
+        assertEquals(traditionlMap, factoryCreatedMap);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemAdd_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Map<String, String> map = Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", "b");
+        map.put("baz", "c");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemModify_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Map<String, String> map = Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", "b");
+        map.put("foo", "c");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemRemove_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Map<String, String> map = Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", "b");
+        map.remove("foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void givenDuplicateKeys_ifIllegalArgExp_thenSuccess() {
+        Map.of("foo", "a", "foo", "b");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void onNullKey_ifNullPtrExp_thenSuccess() {
+        Map.of("foo", "a", null, "b");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void onNullValue_ifNullPtrExp_thenSuccess() {
+        Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ifNotHashMap_thenSuccess() {
+        Map<String, String> map = Map.of("foo", "a", "bar", "b");
+        assertFalse(map instanceof HashMap);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/SetFactoryMethodsTest.java b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/SetFactoryMethodsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8537d7c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-9/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9/language/collections/SetFactoryMethodsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.baeldung.java9.language.collections;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+public class SetFactoryMethodsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSetCreated_thenSuccess() {
+        Set<String> traditionlSet = new HashSet<String>();
+        traditionlSet.add("foo");
+        traditionlSet.add("bar");
+        traditionlSet.add("baz");
+        Set<String> factoryCreatedSet = Set.of("foo", "bar", "baz");
+        assertEquals(traditionlSet, factoryCreatedSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void onDuplicateElem_IfIllegalArgExp_thenSuccess() {
+        Set.of("foo", "bar", "baz", "foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemAdd_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Set<String> set = Set.of("foo", "bar");
+        set.add("baz");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void onElemRemove_ifUnSupportedOpExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Set<String> set = Set.of("foo", "bar", "baz");
+        set.remove("foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void onNullElem_ifNullPtrExpnThrown_thenSuccess() {
+        Set.of("foo", "bar", null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ifNotHashSet_thenSuccess() {
+        Set<String> list = Set.of("foo", "bar");
+        assertFalse(list instanceof HashSet);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ifSetSizeIsOne_thenSuccess() {
+        int[] arr = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+        Set<int[]> set = Set.of(arr);
+        assertEquals(1, set.size());
+        assertArrayEquals(arr, set.iterator().next());
+    }
+
+}