diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/CommSystemFacade.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/CommSystemFacade.java
index 5c704ef87213c74e003c4de453e9241e53bb47d5..09be869154699dea9211bf4f969b01816a2a3de0 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/CommSystemFacade.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/CommSystemFacade.java
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
 import net.i2p.data.Hash;
 import net.i2p.data.router.RouterAddress;
 import net.i2p.data.router.RouterInfo;
@@ -117,6 +120,14 @@ public abstract class CommSystemFacade implements Service {
         return peer.toBase64().substring(0, 4);
     }
     
+    /**
+     *  @return SortedMap of style to Transport (a copy)
+     *  @since 0.9.31
+     */
+    public SortedMap<String, Transport> getTransports() {
+        return new TreeMap<String, Transport>();
+    }
+    
     /** @since 0.8.13 */
     public boolean isDummy() { return true; }