[Validator] return empty metadata collection if none do exist

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | yes
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | 
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | [The reference to the documentation PR if any]

Backport of #11614 for Symfony 2.3 and 2.4.