How to insert empty polygon to geography column

[palhal]

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Description

Before inserting a polygon into a geography column, NTS checks that IsCCW is true. I want to insert an empty polygon, but haven't found a way to create one with IsCCW set to true. Perhaps NTS should not check the orientation for empty geometries? I am able to insert an empty polygon using raw SQL.

Steps to Reproduce

Approach 1:

var factory = NtsGeometryServices.Instance.CreateGeometryFactory(srid: 4326);
var ring = factory.CreateLinearRing();

if (!ring.IsCCW)
{
    ring = (LinearRing)((Geometry)ring).Reverse();
}

var polygon = factory.CreatePolygon(ring);
Console.WriteLine(ring.IsCCW); // False
Console.WriteLine(polygon.Shell.IsCCW); // False

Approach 2:

var factory = new GeometryFactoryEx(new PrecisionModel(), srid: 4326)
{
    OrientationOfExteriorRing = LinearRingOrientation.CounterClockwise
};

var polygon = factory.CreatePolygon();
Console.WriteLine(polygon.Shell.IsCCW); // False

Needless to say, both approaches result in the same error:
System.ArgumentException : When writing a SQL Server geography value, the shell of a polygon must be oriented counter-clockwise.

System Configuration

Tell us about the environment where you are experiencing the bug:

• NetTopologySuite version: 2.3.0
• Other NetTopologySuite packages and versions: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.NetTopologySuite 6.0.1
• Environment (Operating system, version and so on): Windows 10, MS SQL 15
• .NET version: 6.0

[FObermaier]

This is a duplicate of NetTopologySuite/NetTopologySuite.IO.SqlServerBytes#14

[palhal]

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not too familiar with NTS and its modules yet. I couldn't find that issue by googling either. Feel free to close this.