/**
   * Returns the number of edges in this graph; used to calculate the size of {@link Graph#edges()}.
   * This implementation requires O(|N|) time. Classes extending this one may manually keep track of
   * the number of edges as the graph is updated, and override this method for better performance.
   */
  protected long edgeCount() {
    long degreeSum = 0L;
    for (N node : nodes()) {