src/main/java/io/reactivex/Flowable.java
@CheckReturnValue
    @BackpressureSupport(BackpressureKind.PASS_THROUGH)
    @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.NONE)
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> Flowable<T> empty() {
        return RxJavaPlugins.onAssembly((Flowable<T>) FlowableEmpty.INSTANCE);
    }
@CheckReturnValue
    @BackpressureSupport(BackpressureKind.PASS_THROUGH)
    @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.NONE)
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> Flowable<T> empty() {
        return RxJavaPlugins.onAssembly((Flowable<T>) FlowableEmpty.INSTANCE);
    }
@ CheckReturnValue @ BackpressureSupport ( BackpressureKind . PASS_THROUGH ) @ SchedulerSupport ( SchedulerSupport . NONE ) @ SuppressWarnings ( "unchecked" ) public static < T > Flowable < T > empty ( ) { return RxJavaPlugins . onAssembly ( ( Flowable < T > ) FlowableEmpty . INSTANCE ) ; }
Returns a Flowable that emits no items to the {@link Subscriber} and immediately invokes its
{@link Subscriber#onComplete onComplete} method.
<p>
<img width="640" height="190" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/empty.png" alt="">
<dl>
<dt><b>Backpressure:</b></dt>
<dd>This source doesn't produce any elements and effectively ignores downstream backpressure.</dd>
<dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
<dd>{@code empty} does not operate by default on a particular {@link Scheduler}.</dd>
</dl>

@param <T>
the type of the items (ostensibly) emitted by the Publisher
@return a Flowable that emits no items to the {@link Subscriber} but immediately invokes the
{@link Subscriber}'s {@link Subscriber#onComplete() onComplete} method
@see <a href="http://reactivex.io/documentation/operators/empty-never-throw.html">ReactiveX operators documentation: Empty</a>
Returns a Flowable that emits no items to the { @link Subscriber } and immediately invokes its { @link Subscriber#onComplete onComplete } method . <p > <img width = 640 height = 190 src = https : // raw . github . com / wiki / ReactiveX / RxJava / images / rx - operators / empty . png alt = > <dl > <dt > <b > Backpressure : < / b > < / dt > <dd > This source doesn t produce any elements and effectively ignores downstream backpressure . < / dd > <dt > <b > Scheduler : < / b > < / dt > <dd > { @code empty } does not operate by default on a particular { @link Scheduler } . < / dd > < / dl >