this.asResolvedTree = asResolvedTree;
        return this;
    }

    public boolean isAsGraph() {
        return asGraph;
    }

    public MetadataResolutionRequest setAsGraph(boolean asGraph) {
        this.asGraph = asGraph;
        return this;
    }

    public MetadataResolutionRequest setScope(String scope) {
        this.scope = scope;
        return this;
    }

    Graph<N> asGraph = network.asGraph();
    AbstractGraphTest.validateGraph(asGraph);
    assertThat(network.nodes()).isEqualTo(asGraph.nodes());
    assertThat(network.edges().size()).isAtLeast(asGraph.edges().size());
    assertThat(network.nodeOrder()).isEqualTo(asGraph.nodeOrder());
    assertThat(network.isDirected()).isEqualTo(asGraph.isDirected());

    if (!network.isDirected()
        && network.allowsParallelEdges()
        && network.edges().size() > network.asGraph().edges().size()) {
      return true;
    }
    return hasCycle(network.asGraph());
  }

  /**
   * Performs a traversal of the nodes reachable from {@code startNode}. If we ever reach a node

    if (!network.isDirected()
        && network.allowsParallelEdges()
        && network.edges().size() > network.asGraph().edges().size()) {
      return true;
    }
    return hasCycle(network.asGraph());
  }

  /**
   * Performs a traversal of the nodes reachable from {@code startNode}. If we ever reach a node

   * treated as if collapsed into a single edge. For example, the {@link #degree(Object)} of a node
   * in the {@link Graph} view may be less than the degree of the same node in this {@link Network}.
   */
  Graph<N> asGraph();

  //
  // Network properties
  //

  /**
   * Returns true if the edges in this network are directed. Directed edges connect a {@link