: unmodifiableSet(Sets.filter(inEdgesV, connectedPredicate(nodeV, nodeU))),
        nodeU,
        nodeV);
  }

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

  private Predicate<E> connectedPredicate(N nodePresent, N nodeToCheck) {

    };
  }

  /**
   * Throws {@code IllegalArgumentException} if the ordering of {@code endpoints} is not compatible
   * with the directionality of this graph.
   */
  protected final void validateEndpoints(EndpointPair<?> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);
    checkArgument(isOrderingCompatible(endpoints), ENDPOINTS_MISMATCH);
  }

  /**