private MetadataGraphEdge cleanEdges(
            MetadataGraphVertex v, List<MetadataGraphEdge> edges, ArtifactScopeEnum scope) {
        if (edges == null || edges.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }

        if (edges.size() == 1) {
            MetadataGraphEdge e = edges.get(0);
            if (scope.encloses(e.getScope())) {
                return e;
            }

                "wrong # of v2 incident edges in the resulting graph after resolver");
        assertEquals(
                "1.2",
                res.getIncidentEdges(v2).get(0).getVersion(),
                "wrong edge v1-v2 in the resulting graph after resolver");

        assertEquals(
                1, res.getIncidentEdges(v3).size(), "wrong # of edges v1-v3 in the resulting graph after resolver");

      // Number of edges remaining is unknown (node's incident edges have been removed).
      AbstractGraphTest.validateGraph(graph);

      for (int i = numNodesToRemove; i < NUM_NODES; ++i) {
        assertThat(graph.removeNode(nodeList.get(i))).isTrue();
      }

      assertThat(graph.nodes()).isEmpty();
      assertThat(graph.edges()).isEmpty(); // no edges can remain if there's no nodes

   *
   * <p>In the undirected case, returns {@code null} if {@code isSelfLoop} is true.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Nullable N removeInEdge(E edge, boolean isSelfLoop);

  /** Remove {@code edge} from the set of outgoing edges. Returns the former successor node. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  N removeOutEdge(E edge);

  /**

        + nodes()
        + ", edges: "
        + edgeValueMap(this);
  }

  private static <N, V> Map<EndpointPair<N>, V> edgeValueMap(ValueGraph<N, V> graph) {
    return Maps.asMap(
        graph.edges(),
        edge ->
            // requireNonNull is safe because the endpoint pair comes from the graph.
            requireNonNull(graph.edgeValueOrDefault(edge.nodeU(), edge.nodeV(), null)));
  }

    assertThat(edges).hasSize(2);
    assertThat(edges).contains(EndpointPair.unordered(N1, N1));
    assertThat(edges).contains(EndpointPair.unordered(N1, N2));
    assertThat(edges).contains(EndpointPair.unordered(N2, N1)); // equal to unordered(N1, N2)

    // ordered endpoints not compatible with undirected graph
    assertThat(edges).doesNotContain(EndpointPair.ordered(N1, N2));

  static final String EDGE_REMOVED_FROM_GRAPH =
      "Edge %s that was used to generate this set is no longer in the graph.";
  static final String REUSING_EDGE =
      "Edge %s already exists between the following nodes: %s, "
          + "so it cannot be reused to connect the following nodes: %s.";
  static final String MULTIPLE_EDGES_CONNECTING =
      "Cannot call edgeConnecting() when parallel edges exist between %s and %s. Consider calling "

      }
    };
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable N removeInEdge(E edge, boolean isSelfLoop) {
    if (!isSelfLoop) {
      return removeOutEdge(edge);
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public N removeOutEdge(E edge) {
    N node = super.removeOutEdge(edge);
    Multiset<N> adjacentNodes = getReference(adjacentNodesReference);
    if (adjacentNodes != null) {

 * user-defined properties.
 *
 * <p>A {@code Network} built by this class has the following default properties:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>does not allow parallel edges
 *   <li>does not allow self-loops
 *   <li>orders {@link Network#nodes()} and {@link Network#edges()} in the order in which the
 *       elements were added (insertion order)
 * </ul>
 *

  public Set<E> outEdges(N node) {
    return delegate().outEdges(node);
  }

  @Override
  public EndpointPair<N> incidentNodes(E edge) {
    return delegate().incidentNodes(edge);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<E> adjacentEdges(E edge) {
    return delegate().adjacentEdges(edge);
  }

  @Override
  public int degree(N node) {
    return delegate().degree(node);
  }

  @Override