* equivalent to {@code nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV)}, and to
   * {@code edgeConnectingOrNull(nodeU, nodeV) != null}.
   *
   * <p>In an undirected network, this is equal to {@code hasEdgeConnecting(nodeV, nodeU)}.
   *
   * @since 23.0
   */
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

  int outDegree(N node);

  /**
   * 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
   */
  @Override
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

  int outDegree(N node);

  /**
   * 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
   */
  @Override
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

  int outDegree(N node);

  /**
   * 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
   */
  @Override
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

import java.util.List;

/**
 * MetadataGraph node - as it's a directed graph - holds adjacency lists for incident and exident nodes
 *
 *
 */
@Deprecated
public class MetadataGraphNode {
    /** node payload */
    MavenArtifactMetadata metadata;

    /** nodes, incident to this (depend on me) */
    List<MetadataGraphNode> inNodes;

    /** nodes, exident to this (I depend on) */

   *         <li>{@code predecessors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code successors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code incidentEdges(node)}: Stable order
   *         <li>{@code inEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code outEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code adjacentEdges(edge)}: Stable order

   *         <li>{@code predecessors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code successors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code incidentEdges(node)}: Stable order
   *         <li>{@code inEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code outEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code adjacentEdges(edge)}: Stable order

     *      org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ResolutionNode)
     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        return node1.getDepth() <= node2.getDepth() ? node1 : node2;
    }

     *      org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ResolutionNode)
     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        return node1.getDepth() >= node2.getDepth() ? node1 : node2;
    }

     */

    public ResolutionNode resolveConflict(ResolutionNode node1, ResolutionNode node2) {
        try {
            ArtifactVersion version1 = node1.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();
            ArtifactVersion version2 = node2.getArtifact().getSelectedVersion();

            return version1.compareTo(version2) > 0 ? node1 : node2;
        } catch (OverConstrainedVersionException exception) {