From 0028eb07a459352c157cea3a23cf21ca03dc22d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dragonmacher <48328597+dragonmacher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:16:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed exception when finding references

---
 .../main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AbstractDataType.java  | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AbstractDataType.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AbstractDataType.java
index 637465df94..611496c712 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package ghidra.program.model.data;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 import ghidra.docking.settings.Settings;
 import ghidra.program.model.mem.MemBuffer;
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataType implements DataType {
 	@Override
 	public Collection<DataType> getParents() {
 		// not-applicable
-		return null;
+		return Collections.emptyList();
 	}
 
 	@Override