if (successors != null) {
      checkState(successors.remove(node));
    }
    return node;
  }

  @Override
  public void addInEdge(E edge, N node, boolean isSelfLoop) {
    super.addInEdge(edge, node, isSelfLoop);
    Multiset<N> predecessors = getReference(predecessorsReference);
    if (predecessors != null) {
      checkState(predecessors.add(node));
    }
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  N removeOutEdge(E edge);

  /**
   * Add {@code edge} to the set of incoming edges. Implicitly adds {@code node} as a predecessor.
   */
  void addInEdge(E edge, N node, boolean isSelfLoop);

  /** Add {@code edge} to the set of outgoing edges. Implicitly adds {@code node} as a successor. */
  void addOutEdge(E edge, N node);

    N previousNode = incidentEdgeMap.remove(edge);
    // We're relying on callers to call this method only with an edge that's in the graph.
    return requireNonNull(previousNode);
  }

  @Override
  public void addInEdge(E edge, N node, boolean isSelfLoop) {
    if (!isSelfLoop) {
      addOutEdge(edge, node);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void addOutEdge(E edge, N node) {
    N previousNode = incidentEdgeMap.put(edge, node);

    Multiset<N> adjacentNodes = getReference(adjacentNodesReference);
    if (adjacentNodes != null) {
      checkState(adjacentNodes.remove(node));
    }
    return node;
  }

  @Override
  public void addInEdge(E edge, N node, boolean isSelfLoop) {
    if (!isSelfLoop) {
      addOutEdge(edge, node);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void addOutEdge(E edge, N node) {
    super.addOutEdge(edge, node);

    connectionsU.addOutEdge(edge, nodeV);
    NetworkConnections<N, E> connectionsV = nodeConnections.get(nodeV);
    if (connectionsV == null) {
      connectionsV = addNodeInternal(nodeV);
    }
    connectionsV.addInEdge(edge, nodeU, isSelfLoop);
    edgeToReferenceNode.put(edge, nodeU);
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public boolean addEdge(EndpointPair<N> endpoints, E edge) {

    N previousNode = outEdgeMap.remove(edge);
    // We're relying on callers to call this method only with an edge that's in the graph.
    return requireNonNull(previousNode);
  }

  @Override
  public void addInEdge(E edge, N node, boolean isSelfLoop) {
    checkNotNull(edge);
    checkNotNull(node);

    if (isSelfLoop) {
      checkPositive(++selfLoopCount);
    }
    N previousNode = inEdgeMap.put(edge, node);