HT203167 I restored my itunes library, my playlists are empty however. Can I connecrt my ipod to restore my playlists?

I accidentally erased my itunes library, and now restored , my playlists are empty however. Can I connecrt my ipod to restore my playlists?

The iPod like all iDevices is not a backup.
If the library had actually been restored either from a previous iTunesLibrary.itl file or the backup of the computer the playlists would exist and be populated.
What exact steps were done to restore the library?

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