connections.removePredecessor(node);
        --edgeCount;
      }
    }

    for (N successor : ImmutableList.copyOf(connections.successors())) {
      // requireNonNull is safe because the node is a successor.
      requireNonNull(nodeConnections.getWithoutCaching(successor)).removePredecessor(node);
      requireNonNull(connections.removeSuccessor(successor));
      --edgeCount;
    }

 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingSet}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods are not guaranteed to be thread-safe, even when all of the
 * methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

  }

  @Override
  public ElementOrder<N> incidentEdgeOrder() {
    return ElementOrder.stable();
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableGraph<N> asGraph() {
    return new ImmutableGraph<>(this); // safe because the view is effectively immutable
  }

  private static <N, V> ImmutableMap<N, GraphConnections<N, V>> getNodeConnections(
      ValueGraph<N, V> graph) {

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // C can only be @Nullable Character or Character
  protected @NonNull C cellValue(Character character) {
    return (C) character;
  }

  // Only safe wrt. ClassCastException. Not null-safe (can be used to test expected Table NPEs)
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  protected C nullableCellValue(@Nullable Character character) {
    return (C) character;
  }

 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingQueue}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods are not guaranteed to be thread-safe, even when all of the
 * methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

            );

    /**
     * Default ObjectInputFilter that only allows safe classes to be deserialized.
     * This filter rejects potentially dangerous classes while allowing common safe types.
     */
    private static final ObjectInputFilter DEFAULT_FILTER = filterInfo -> {
        final Class<?> serialClass = filterInfo.serialClass();

    protected static final int DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE = 4096; // 4k

    /** Max Buffer Size */
    protected static final int MAX_BUF_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // 10m

    /**
     * Validates that a given path is safe and does not attempt path traversal attacks.
     * <p>
     * This method checks if the resolved absolute path starts with the allowed base directory,

            try {
                // Exponential backoff with overflow protection - ensure safe calculation
                if (retryDelayMs > 0) {
                    // Safe calculation preventing overflow: use Math.max(0, retryCount - 1) and limit shift
                    int safeShift = Math.min(MAX_BACKOFF_SHIFT, Math.max(0, retryCount - 1));

   *         .put("one", 1)
   *         .putAll("several", 1, 2, 3)
   *         .putAll("many", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
   *         .build();
   * }
   *
   * <p>Builder instances can be reused; it is safe to call {@link #build} multiple times to build
   * multiple multimaps in series. Each multimap contains the key-value mappings in the previously
   * created multimaps.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */
  @DoNotMock

      throws ExecutionException {
    try {
      return future.get();
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      // Should never be thrown in GWT but play it safe
      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
    }
  }