private long link(int i) {
    return requireLinks()[i];
  }

  private void setLink(int i, long value) {
    requireLinks()[i] = value;
  }

  /*
   * We don't define getPredecessor+getSuccessor and setPredecessor+setSuccessor here because
   * they're defined above -- including logic to add and subtract 1 to map between the values stored

   */

  private int getPredecessor(int entry) {
    return requirePredecessors()[entry] - 1;
  }

  @Override
  int getSuccessor(int entry) {
    return requireSuccessors()[entry] - 1;
  }

  private void setSuccessor(int entry, int succ) {
    requireSuccessors()[entry] = succ + 1;
  }

  private void setPredecessor(int entry, int pred) {