throw new MetadataResolutionException("badly formed edge");
        }
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public List<MetadataGraphEdge> getEdgesBetween(MetadataGraphVertex vFrom, MetadataGraphVertex vTo) {
        List<MetadataGraphEdge> edges = getIncidentEdges(vTo);
        if (edges == null || edges.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }

    private MetadataGraphEdge cleanEdges(
            MetadataGraphVertex v, List<MetadataGraphEdge> edges, ArtifactScopeEnum scope) {
        if (edges == null || edges.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }

        if (edges.size() == 1) {
            MetadataGraphEdge e = edges.get(0);
            if (scope.encloses(e.getScope())) {
                return e;
            }

    for (N node : graph.nodes()) {
      copy.addNode(node);
    }
    for (EndpointPair<N> edge : graph.edges()) {
      copy.putEdge(edge.nodeU(), edge.nodeV());
    }
    return copy;
  }

  /** Creates a mutable copy of {@code graph} with the same nodes, edges, and edge values. */
  public static <N, V> MutableValueGraph<N, V> copyOf(ValueGraph<N, V> graph) {
    MutableValueGraph<N, V> copy =

    for (N node : graph.nodes()) {
      copy.addNode(node);
    }
    for (EndpointPair<N> edge : graph.edges()) {
      copy.putEdge(edge.nodeU(), edge.nodeV());
    }
    return copy;
  }

  /** Creates a mutable copy of {@code graph} with the same nodes, edges, and edge values. */
  public static <N, V> MutableValueGraph<N, V> copyOf(ValueGraph<N, V> graph) {
    MutableValueGraph<N, V> copy =

    ImmutableMultimap.Builder<Character, Character> graphMapBuilder = ImmutableMultimap.builder();
    for (String edge : edges) {
      checkArgument(
          edge.length() == 2, "Expecting each edge to consist of 2 characters but got %s", edge);
      char node1 = edge.charAt(0);
      char node2 = edge.charAt(1);
      graphMapBuilder.put(node1, node2);

    ImmutableMultimap.Builder<Character, Character> graphMapBuilder = ImmutableMultimap.builder();
    for (String edge : edges) {
      checkArgument(
          edge.length() == 2, "Expecting each edge to consist of 2 characters but got %s", edge);
      char node1 = edge.charAt(0);
      char node2 = edge.charAt(1);
      graphMapBuilder.put(node1, node2);

 * user-defined properties.
 *
 * <p>A {@code Network} built by this class has the following default properties:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>does not allow parallel edges
 *   <li>does not allow self-loops
 *   <li>orders {@link Network#nodes()} and {@link Network#edges()} in the order in which the
 *       elements were added (insertion order)
 * </ul>
 *

public interface SuccessorsFunction<N> {

  /**
   * Returns all nodes in this graph adjacent to {@code node} which can be reached by traversing
   * {@code node}'s outgoing edges in the direction (if any) of the edge.
   *
   * <p>This is <i>not</i> the same as "all nodes reachable from {@code node} by following outgoing

 */
@Beta
@DoNotMock("Implement with a lambda, or use GraphBuilder to build a Graph with the desired edges")
public interface PredecessorsFunction<N> {

  /**
   * Returns all nodes in this graph adjacent to {@code node} which can be reached by traversing
   * {@code node}'s incoming edges <i>against</i> the direction (if any) of the edge.
   *
   * <p>Some algorithms that operate on a {@code PredecessorsFunction} may produce undesired results

      mutableValueGraph.addNode(node);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds an edge connecting {@code nodeU} to {@code nodeV} if one is not already present, and
     * sets a value for that edge to {@code value} (overwriting the existing value, if any).
     *
     * <p>If the graph is directed, the resultant edge will be directed; otherwise, it will be
     * undirected.
     *