@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
public static final <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> emptySortedMap ()

Returns an empty sorted map (immutable). This map is serializable.

This example illustrates the type-safe way to obtain an empty map:

 
     SortedMap<String, Date> s = Collections.emptySortedMap();
 

Parameters:

<K>		the class of the map keys
<V>		the class of the map values

Returns:  an empty sorted map

Since:  1.8

@implNote Implementations of this method need not create a separate SortedMap object for each call.