*/
    @Nullable
    Dependency getDependency();

    /**
     * Gets the child nodes of this node.
     *
     * @return the child nodes of this node, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<Node> getChildren();

    /**
     * @return repositories of this node
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<RemoteRepository> getRemoteRepositories();

    /**

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    /**
     * Implementation method for writing an XML node to a writer.
     *
     * @param node the XML node to write
     * @param writer the writer to write to
     * @throws IOException if there is an error writing the XML
     */
    protected abstract void doWrite(XmlNode node, Writer writer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Implementation method for merging two XML nodes.
     *

    return delegate().degree(node);
  }

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

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

  @Override
  public Set<E> edgesConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
    return delegate().edgesConnecting(nodeU, nodeV);
  }

  @Override

        this.clock_seq_low = uuid.clock_seq_low;
        this.node = new byte[6];
        this.node[0] = uuid.node[0];
        this.node[1] = uuid.node[1];
        this.node[2] = uuid.node[2];
        this.node[3] = uuid.node[3];
        this.node[4] = uuid.node[4];
        this.node[5] = uuid.node[5];
    }

    /**
     * Construct a UUID from string
     *
     * @param str

        clock_seq_hi_and_reserved = uuid.clock_seq_hi_and_reserved;
        clock_seq_low = uuid.clock_seq_low;
        node = new byte[6];
        node[0] = uuid.node[0];
        node[1] = uuid.node[1];
        node[2] = uuid.node[2];
        node[3] = uuid.node[3];
        node[4] = uuid.node[4];
        node[5] = uuid.node[5];
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a UUID from a string representation
     *

  @Override
  public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
    return delegate().adjacentNodes(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
    return delegate().predecessors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> successors(N node) {
    return delegate().successors(node);
  }

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

  @Override

  Set<E> outEdges();

  /**
   * Returns the set of edges connecting the origin node to {@code node}. For networks without
   * parallel edges, this set cannot be of size greater than one.
   */
  Set<E> edgesConnecting(N node);

  /**
   * Returns the node that is adjacent to the origin node along {@code edge}.
   *
   * <p>In the directed case, {@code edge} is assumed to be an outgoing edge.
   */
  N adjacentNode(E edge);

  /**