From cf65fe273c30292cacdd23b90bc7851b4f9edb3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niamhcore <niamh.core@est.tech>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 13:16:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Sonar Qube Violations

Issue-ID: CPS-475
Signed-off-by: niamhcore <niamh.core@est.tech>
Change-Id: Ib8a763545e04c32c493994772f355fd3b4616098
---
 .../java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl.java
index 871d8806b..9ac5fd590 100755
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl.java
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class NetworkCmProxyDataServiceImpl implements NetworkCmProxyDataService
 
     private Map<String, String> getCmHandlePropertiesAsMap(final Collection<DataNode> cmHandlePropertiesList) {
         if (cmHandlePropertiesList == null || cmHandlePropertiesList.isEmpty()) {
-            return null;
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
         }
         final Map<String, String> cmHandlePropertiesMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         for (final var node: cmHandlePropertiesList) {
-- 
2.16.6