diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/FilterOutput.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/FilterOutput.java
index 14ef9ca0..fb8e71fa 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/FilterOutput.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/FilterOutput.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonArray;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonElement;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonPathResultList;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
@@ -16,39 +15,51 @@ import static java.lang.String.format;
  * Date: 2/9/11
  * Time: 12:28 PM
  */
-public class FilterOutput extends ArrayList<JsonElement> {
+public class FilterOutput {
 
+    private final List<JsonElement> result;
     
     public FilterOutput(JsonElement root) {
-    	super();
-    	this.add(root);
-    }
-    public FilterOutput(){
-    	super();
+    	this.result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
+        result.add(root);
     }
 
-	
-	public JsonArray getResultAsJsonArray() throws JsonException {
-		return this.get(0).toJsonArray();
+
+    public FilterOutput(List<JsonElement> result) {
+    	this.result = result;
 	}
-	
-	public JsonElement getResultAsJson() throws JsonException {
-		if(this.size()>1){
-			JsonArray ja = JsonFactory.getInstance().createJsonArray();
-			for(JsonElement je:this){
-				ja.add(je);
-			}
-			return ja;
-		}
-		else if(this.size()==1){
-			return this.get(0);
+
+
+	public FilterOutput() {
+		this.result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
+	}
+
+
+	public JsonElement getResult() throws JsonException {
+		if(result.size()==0){
+			return null;
 		}
+		else if(result.size()==1){
+			return result.get(0);
+    	}
 		else{
-			return JsonFactory.getInstance().createJsonNull(null, null);
+    		JsonFactory fact = JsonFactory.getInstance();
+    		JsonArray ja = fact.createJsonArray();
+    		for(JsonElement ele:result)
+    			ja.add(ele);
+    		return ja;
 		}
+    }
+	
+	public JsonArray getResultAsList() throws JsonException {
+		return getResult().toJsonArray();
 	}
-		
 	
+   
+
+    public List<JsonElement> getList() throws JsonException {
+    	return result;
+    }
 
 
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterBase.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterBase.java
index 2e29b9a9..6bd2a0cf 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterBase.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterBase.java
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonException;
  */
 public abstract class JsonPathFilterBase {
 	public FilterOutput apply(FilterOutput element) throws JsonException{
-		FilterOutput result = new FilterOutput();
-		for(JsonElement el : element){
+		List<JsonElement> result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
+		for(JsonElement el : element.getList()){
     		List<JsonElement> out = apply(el);
     		if(out != null)
     			result.addAll(out);
     	}
-		return result;
+		return new FilterOutput(result);
     }
 	public abstract List<JsonElement> apply(JsonElement element) throws JsonException;
     public abstract String getPathSegment() throws JsonException;;
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterChain.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterChain.java
index 34803733..875e3122 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterChain.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/JsonPathFilterChain.java
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ public class JsonPathFilterChain {
 
     public FilterOutput filter(JsonElement root) throws JsonException {
     	FilterOutput out = new FilterOutput(root);
-    	log.info(out.getResultAsJson().toString());
+    	log.info(out.getResult().toString());
         for (JsonPathFilterBase filter : filters) {
             if (filter == null) {
                 throw new InvalidPathException();
             }
-            if(out.getResultAsJson().isJsonNull()){
-                break;
+            if(out.getList() == null){
+                return null;
             }
             out = filter.apply(out);
-
-            log.info(out.getResultAsJson().toString());
+            if(out.getResult()!=null)
+            	log.info(out.getResult().toString());
         }
         
         
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/ListIndexFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/ListIndexFilter.java
index 69d276c1..b7e46c69 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/ListIndexFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/ListIndexFilter.java
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath.filter;
 
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonArray;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonElement;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonException;
@@ -37,31 +35,19 @@ public class ListIndexFilter extends JsonPathFilterBase {
 
     @Override
     public List<JsonElement> apply(JsonElement element) throws JsonException {
-    	
-        Integer[] index = getArrayIndex();
+    	List<JsonElement> result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
         
-
-        ArrayList<JsonElement> result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
-        filterRange(result,element,index);
-        return result;
+        Integer[] index = getArrayIndex();
+        if(element.isJsonArray()){
+            for (int i : index) {
+                if (indexIsInRange(element.toJsonArray(), i)) {
+                    result.add(element.toJsonArray().get(i));
+                }
+            }
+        }
         
         
- 
-    }
-    
-    private <T extends Collection> void filterRange(T result,JsonElement element,Integer[] index) throws JsonException{
-    	  if(element.isJsonArray()){
-              for (int i : index) {
-                  if (indexIsInRange(element.toJsonArray(), i)) {
-                      result.add(element.toJsonArray().get(i));
-                  }
-                  else{
-                      com.jayway.jsonpath.json.JsonNull jn = factory.createJsonNull(i,element);
-                	  result.add(jn);
-                  }
-                  
-              }
-          }
+        return result;
     }
 
     private boolean indexIsInRange(List list, int index) {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/PropertyFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/PropertyFilter.java
index 981e576b..2db14d72 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/PropertyFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/filter/PropertyFilter.java
@@ -40,15 +40,10 @@ public class PropertyFilter extends JsonPathFilterBase {
 	public List<JsonElement> apply(JsonElement element) throws JsonException {
 	    
     	List<JsonElement> result = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
-    	
+
     	if (element.isJsonObject() && element.toJsonObject().hasProperty(pathFragment)) {
     		JsonElement o = element.toJsonObject().getProperty(pathFragment);
-    		if(o != null){
-    			result.add(o);
-    		}
-    		else{
-    			result.add(factory.createJsonNull(pathFragment,element));
-    		}
+    		result.add(o);
     	}
     	else if(element.isJsonObject()){
     		result.add(factory.createJsonNull(pathFragment,element));