A blank cell for a primitive parameter fails the row

All 3 scenarios hold

Primitives cannot hold null — declare the boxed type instead if the column can be blank.

expected outcome broken scenario
ScenarioInput valueParameter typeError message?
A boolean columnbooleanBlank cell translates to null, but null cannot be assigned to primitive type boolean
A numeric columnshortBlank cell translates to null, but null cannot be assigned to primitive type short
A character columncharBlank cell translates to null, but null cannot be assigned to primitive type char