this.edgeOrder = builder.edgeOrder.cast();
    // Prefer the heavier "MapRetrievalCache" for nodes if lookup is expensive. This optimizes
    // methods that access the same node(s) repeatedly, such as Graphs.removeEdgesConnecting().
    this.nodeConnections =
        (nodeConnections instanceof TreeMap)
            ? new MapRetrievalCache<N, NetworkConnections<N, E>>(nodeConnections)