From 7f88e21e92cb60ff14efc637f14cee0ca06c4ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayank Agarwal <mayankaggarwal@zeta.tech>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 11:56:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] BAEKL-5351: Added method for empty sorted map

---
 .../com/baeldung/map/initialize/EmptyMapInitializer.java    | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/initialize/EmptyMapInitializer.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/initialize/EmptyMapInitializer.java
index bef6fa5374..06185a0f93 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/initialize/EmptyMapInitializer.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/initialize/EmptyMapInitializer.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 public class EmptyMapInitializer {
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ public class EmptyMapInitializer {
     return emptyMapUsingGuava;
   }
 
+  public SortedMap<String, String> createEmptySortedMap() {
+    SortedMap<String, String> sortedMap = Collections.emptySortedMap();
+    return sortedMap;
+  }
+
   public NavigableMap<String, String> createEmptyNavigableMap() {
     NavigableMap<String, String> navigableMap = Collections.emptyNavigableMap();
     return navigableMap;