return delegate().inDegree(node);
  }

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

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
    return delegate().hasEdgeConnecting(nodeU, nodeV);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
    return delegate().hasEdgeConnecting(endpoints);
  }

  @Override

        // We already know that nodeU equals other.nodeU. Combined with the earlier statement,
        // and the transitive property of equality, this implies that nodeU equals nodeV.
        // If nodeU equals nodeV, condition1 == condition2, so checking condition1 is sufficient.
        return nodeV().equals(other.nodeV());
      }

   * Returns true if there is an edge that directly connects {@code nodeU} to {@code nodeV}. This is
   * equivalent to {@code nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV)}.
   *
   * <p>In an undirected graph, this is equal to {@code hasEdgeConnecting(nodeV, nodeU)}.
   *
   * @since 23.0
   */
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

  public @Nullable V removeEdge(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
    checkNotNull(nodeU, "nodeU");
    checkNotNull(nodeV, "nodeV");

    GraphConnections<N, V> connectionsU = nodeConnections.get(nodeU);
    GraphConnections<N, V> connectionsV = nodeConnections.get(nodeV);
    if (connectionsU == null || connectionsV == null) {
      return null;
    }

    V previousValue = connectionsU.removeSuccessor(nodeV);
    if (previousValue != null) {

   *
   * <p>If {@code nodeU} and {@code nodeV} are not already present in this graph, this method will
   * silently {@link #addNode(Object) add} {@code nodeU} and {@code nodeV} to the graph.
   *
   * @return the value previously associated with the edge connecting {@code nodeU} to {@code
   *     nodeV}, or null if there was no such edge.

    GraphConnections<N, V> connectionsU = nodeConnections.get(nodeU);
    return (connectionsU != null) && connectionsU.successors().contains(nodeV);
  }

  private final @Nullable V edgeValueOrDefaultInternal(N nodeU, N nodeV, @Nullable V defaultValue) {
    GraphConnections<N, V> connectionsU = nodeConnections.get(nodeU);
    V value = (connectionsU == null) ? null : connectionsU.value(nodeV);

    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

   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  boolean addNode(N node);

  /**
   * Adds an edge connecting {@code nodeU} to {@code nodeV} if one is not already present.
   *
   * <p>If the graph is directed, the resultant edge will be directed; otherwise, it will be
   * undirected.
   *
   * <p>If {@code nodeU} and {@code nodeV} are not already present in this graph, this method will

          PARALLEL_EDGES_NOT_ALLOWED,
          nodeU,
          nodeV);
    }
    boolean isSelfLoop = nodeU.equals(nodeV);
    if (!allowsSelfLoops()) {
      checkArgument(!isSelfLoop, SELF_LOOPS_NOT_ALLOWED, nodeU);
    }

    if (connectionsU == null) {
      connectionsU = addNodeInternal(nodeU);
    }
    connectionsU.addOutEdge(edge, nodeV);

    // whatever ordering the network's nodes do, so ImmutableSortedMap is unnecessary even if the
    // input nodes are sorted.
    ImmutableMap.Builder<N, NetworkConnections<N, E>> nodeConnections = ImmutableMap.builder();
    for (N node : network.nodes()) {
      nodeConnections.put(node, connectionsOf(network, node));
    }
    return nodeConnections.buildOrThrow();
  }