@Override
  public Set<N> predecessors() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(predecessorsMultiset().elementSet());
  }

  private Multiset<N> predecessorsMultiset() {
    Multiset<N> predecessors = getReference(predecessorsReference);
    if (predecessors == null) {
      predecessors = HashMultiset.create(inEdgeMap.values());

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(predecessorsMultiset().elementSet());
  }

  private Multiset<N> predecessorsMultiset() {
    Multiset<N> predecessors = getReference(predecessorsReference);
    if (predecessors == null) {
      predecessors = HashMultiset.create(inEdgeMap.values());

                      Iterators.transform(
                          graph.predecessors(node).iterator(),
                          (N predecessor) -> EndpointPair.ordered(predecessor, node)),
                      Iterators.transform(
                          // filter out 'node' from successors (already covered by predecessors,
                          // above)

 * which has a method {@code getParents()} that retrieves its predecessors in a graph:
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * someGraphAlgorithm(startNode, MyNode::getParents);
 * }
 *
 * <p>If you have some other mechanism for returning the predecessors of a node, or one that doesn't
 * return a {@code Iterable<? extends N>}, then you can use a lambda to perform a more general

  /** Remove {@code node} from the set of predecessors. */
  void removePredecessor(N node);

  /**
   * Remove {@code node} from the set of successors. Returns the value previously associated with
   * the edge connecting the two nodes.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Nullable V removeSuccessor(N node);

  /**
   * Add {@code node} as a predecessor to the origin node. In the case of an undirected graph, it

    return delegate().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @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().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @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 Set<EndpointPair<N>> incidentEdges(N node) {

      }

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

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

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

      @Override

    return delegate().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @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().edgeOrder();
  }

  @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 Set<E> incidentEdges(N node) {