validateEndpoints(endpoints);
    return edgeConnectingOrNull(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV) {
    checkNotNull(nodeU);
    checkNotNull(nodeV);
    return nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {

    MutableGraph<N> subgraph =
        (nodes instanceof Collection)
            ? GraphBuilder.from(graph).expectedNodeCount(((Collection) nodes).size()).build()
            : GraphBuilder.from(graph).build();
    for (N node : nodes) {
      subgraph.addNode(node);
    }
    for (N node : subgraph.nodes()) {
      for (N successorNode : graph.successors(node)) {

    return hasEdgeConnectingInternal(checkNotNull(nodeU), checkNotNull(nodeV));
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);
    return isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)
        && hasEdgeConnectingInternal(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull

    checkNotNull(nodeU);
    checkNotNull(nodeV);
    return nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean hasEdgeConnecting(EndpointPair<N> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);
    if (!isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)) {
      return false;
    }
    N nodeU = endpoints.nodeU();
    N nodeV = endpoints.nodeV();

    checkArgument(containsNode(nodeV), NODE_NOT_IN_GRAPH, nodeV);
    return nodePairInvalidatableSet(connectionsU.edgesConnecting(nodeV), nodeU, nodeV);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<E> inEdges(N node) {
    return nodeInvalidatableSet(checkedConnections(node).inEdges(), node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<E> outEdges(N node) {
    return nodeInvalidatableSet(checkedConnections(node).outEdges(), node);
  }

  @Override

   * equivalent to {@code nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV)}, and to
   * {@code edgeConnectingOrNull(nodeU, nodeV) != null}.
   *
   * <p>In an undirected network, this is equal to {@code hasEdgeConnecting(nodeV, nodeU)}.
   *
   * @since 23.0
   */
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

      assertThat(network.adjacentNodes(nodeU)).contains(nodeV);
      assertThat(network.outEdges(nodeU)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.incidentEdges(nodeU)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.predecessors(nodeV)).contains(nodeU);
      assertThat(network.adjacentNodes(nodeV)).contains(nodeU);
      assertThat(network.inEdges(nodeV)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.incidentEdges(nodeV)).contains(edge);

      assertThat(network.adjacentNodes(nodeU)).contains(nodeV);
      assertThat(network.outEdges(nodeU)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.incidentEdges(nodeU)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.predecessors(nodeV)).contains(nodeU);
      assertThat(network.adjacentNodes(nodeV)).contains(nodeU);
      assertThat(network.inEdges(nodeV)).contains(edge);
      assertThat(network.incidentEdges(nodeV)).contains(edge);

   * Returns true if there is an edge that directly connects {@code nodeU} to {@code nodeV}. This is
   * equivalent to {@code nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV)}.
   *
   * <p>In an undirected graph, this is equal to {@code hasEdgeConnecting(nodeV, nodeU)}.
   *
   * @since 23.0
   */
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**

  int outDegree(N node);

  /**
   * Returns true if there is an edge that directly connects {@code nodeU} to {@code nodeV}. This is
   * equivalent to {@code nodes().contains(nodeU) && successors(nodeU).contains(nodeV)}.
   *
   * <p>In an undirected graph, this is equal to {@code hasEdgeConnecting(nodeV, nodeU)}.
   *
   * @since 23.0
   */
  @Override
  boolean hasEdgeConnecting(N nodeU, N nodeV);

  /**