@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ namespace NLog.UnitTests.LayoutRenderers.Wrappers
         [Fact]
         public void WhenEmpty_MissingInner_ShouldNotThrow()
         {
-            LogManager.ThrowExceptions = true;
-            SimpleLayout l = @"${whenEmpty:whenEmpty=${literal:text=c:\logs\}:inner=${environment:LOG_DIR_XXX}}api.log";
-            var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
-            Assert.Equal("api.log", l.Render(le));
+            using (new NoThrowNLogExceptions())
+            {
+                SimpleLayout l = @"${whenEmpty:whenEmpty=${literal:text=c\:\\logs\\}}api.log";
+                var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
+                LogManager.ThrowExceptions = true;
+                Assert.Equal("api.log", l.Render(le));
+            }
         }
 
         [Fact]
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using NLog.Internal;

namespace NLog.UnitTests.LayoutRenderers.Wrappers
{
    using System;
    using NLog;
    using NLog.Layouts;
    using Xunit;

    public class WhenEmptyTests : NLogTestBase
    {
        [Fact]
        public void CoalesceTest()
        {
            SimpleLayout l = @"${message:whenEmpty=<no message>}";

            var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
            Assert.Equal("message", l.Render(le));

            // empty log message
            var le2 = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "");
            Assert.Equal("<no message>", l.Render(le2));
        }

        [Fact]
        public void CoalesceWithANestedLayout()
        {
            SimpleLayout l = @"${message:whenEmpty=${logger} emitted empty message}";

            var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
            Assert.Equal("message", l.Render(le));

            // empty log message
            var le2 = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "mylogger", "");
            Assert.Equal("mylogger emitted empty message", l.Render(le2));
        }

        [Fact]
        public void WhenEmpty_MissingInner_ShouldNotThrow()
        {
            LogManager.ThrowExceptions = true;
            SimpleLayout l = @"${whenEmpty:whenEmpty=${literal:text=c:\logs\}:inner=${environment:LOG_DIR_XXX}}api.log";
            var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
            Assert.Equal("api.log", l.Render(le));
        }

        [Fact]
        public void WhenDbNullRawValueShouldWork()
        {
            SimpleLayout l = @"${event-properties:prop1:whenEmpty=${db-null}}";
            {
                var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
                le.Properties["prop1"] = 1;
                var success = l.TryGetRawValue(le, out var rawValue);
                Assert.True(success);
                Assert.Equal(1, rawValue);
            }
            // empty log message
            {
                var le = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", "message");
                var success = l.TryGetRawValue(le, out var rawValue);
                Assert.True(success);
                Assert.Equal(DBNull.Value, rawValue);
            }

        }

        [Theory]
        [InlineData("message", "message")]
        [InlineData("", "default")]
        public void GetStringValueShouldWork(string message, string expected)
        {
            // Arrange
            SimpleLayout layout = @"${message:whenEmpty=default}";
            var stringValueRenderer = (IStringValueRenderer)layout.Renderers[0];
            var logEvent = LogEventInfo.Create(LogLevel.Info, "logger", message);

            // Act
            var result = stringValueRenderer.GetFormattedString(logEvent);

            // Assert
            Assert.Equal(expected, result);


        }
    }
}
Should remain `SimpleLayout l = @"${whenEmpty:whenEmpty=${literal:text=c:\logs\}:inner=${environment:LOG_DIR_XXX}}api.log";` (To ensure Inner becomes `null`)