return adjacentNodeValues.get(node);
  }

  @Override
  public void removePredecessor(N node) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    V unused = removeSuccessor(node);
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable V removeSuccessor(N node) {
    return adjacentNodeValues.remove(node);
  }

  @Override
  public void addPredecessor(N node, V value) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")

  /**
   * 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
   * also becomes a successor. Associates {@code value} with the edge connecting the two nodes.
   */

      if (orderedNodeConnections != null) {
        orderedNodeConnections.remove(new NodeConnection.Pred<>(node));
      }
    }
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public @Nullable V removeSuccessor(Object node) {
    checkNotNull(node);
    Object previousValue = adjacentNodeValues.get(node);
    Object removedValue;

    if (previousValue == null || previousValue == PRED) {
      removedValue = null;