I would like to propose a minor improvement that could apply to two test cases in `AppResponseTest`(`testSetExceptionWithEmptyStackTraceException` and `testAppResponseWithEmptyStackTraceException`). I will use [testSetExceptionWithEmptyStackTraceException](https://github.com/apache/dubbo/blob/a4052563b779ba0ee8a67eb717b4060698b6960a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/AppResponseTest.java#L67-L78) as an example.
```java
        Throwable throwable = buildEmptyStackTraceException();
        if (throwable == null) {
            return;
        }
```
On line [68-71](https://github.com/apache/dubbo/blob/a4052563b779ba0ee8a67eb717b4060698b6960a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/AppResponseTest.java#L68-L71), it uses an if condition to check if a precondition is violated, i.e. “buildEmptyStackTraceException fail to construct NPE” If so, the test case return silently without any further execution. There could be two drawbacks to this:

1. The if and return make the logic of the test case implicit
2. It may still be worthwhile to execute the test case and see what happens.

The assume function, introduced after JUnit 4&5 is designed to check for test pre-condition. As [mentioned in the document](https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/4.12/org/junit/Assume.html):

Assume functions is a set of methods useful for stating assumptions about the conditions in which a test is meaningful. A failed assumption does not mean the code is broken, but that the test provides no useful information.
The if block could be replaced by After refactoring:
```java
        Throwable throwable = buildEmptyStackTraceException();
        assumeNotNull(throwable);
```
This makes the logic more explicit. Although this is a minor change, it can be applied to the two test cases in this `AppResponseTest `.
import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.TIME_COUNTDOWN_KEY;
/**
 * Log any invocation timeout, but don't stop server from running
 */
@Activate(group = CommonConstants.PROVIDER)
public class TimeoutFilter implements Filter, Filter.Listener {
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TimeoutFilter.class);
    @Override
    public Result invoke(Invoker<?> invoker, Invocation invocation) throws RpcException {
        return invoker.invoke(invocation);
    }
    @Override
    public void onResponse(Result appResponse, Invoker<?> invoker, Invocation invocation) {
        Object obj = RpcContext.getClientAttachment().getObjectAttachment(TIME_COUNTDOWN_KEY);
        if (obj != null) {
            TimeoutCountDown countDown = (TimeoutCountDown) obj;
            if (countDown.isExpired()) {
                ((AppResponse) appResponse).clear(); 
                if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
                    logger.warn("invoke timed out. method: " + invocation.getMethodName() +
                        " url is " + invoker.getUrl() + ", invoke elapsed " + countDown.elapsedMillis() + " ms.");
                }
            }
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onError(Throwable t, Invoker<?> invoker, Invocation invocation) {
    }
}