private static String[] getNullPropertyNames(Object source) { final BeanWrapper src = new BeanWrapperImpl(source); java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] pds = src.getPropertyDescriptors(); Set<String> emptyNames = new HashSet<>(); for(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) { Object srcValue = src.getPropertyValue(pd.getName()); if (srcValue == null) emptyNames.add(pd.getName()); } String[] result = new String[emptyNames.size()]; return emptyNames.toArray(result); }