The System.Linq.Enumerable class has a useful generic method called Empty. This method returns an empty instance of IEnumerable<T> (where T is your type parameter).

Here is an example of a return Empty Collection in C#:

        [HttpGet("getemployee")]
        public async Task<IEnumerable<Employee>> GetEmployees()
        {
            var results = this._employeeRepo.GetEmployeeListAsync();
            if(results.AsyncState == null)
            {
                return Enumerable.Empty<Employee>();
            }
            return await results;
        }

Output

If the result set returns a Null value, then “IF” condition is executed otherwise it returns collection items.

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