assume().that(graphIsMutable()).isTrue();

    addNode(N2);
    Set<Integer> predecessors = network.predecessors(N2);
    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> predecessors.add(N1));
    addEdge(N1, N2, E12);
    assertThat(network.predecessors(N2)).containsExactlyElementsIn(predecessors);
  }

  @Override
  @Test
  public void successors_checkReturnedSetMutability() {

    assume().that(graphIsMutable()).isTrue();

    addNode(N2);
    Set<Integer> predecessors = network.predecessors(N2);
    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> predecessors.add(N1));
    addEdge(N1, N2, E12);
    assertThat(network.predecessors(N2)).containsExactlyElementsIn(predecessors);
  }

  @Override
  @Test
  public void successors_checkReturnedSetMutability() {

    return delegate().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
    return delegate().adjacentNodes(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
    return delegate().predecessors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> successors(N node) {
    return delegate().successors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<EndpointPair<N>> incidentEdges(N node) {

        N predecessor = incidentEdge.nodeU();

        Object existingValue = adjacentNodeValues.put(predecessor, PRED);
        if (existingValue != null) {
          adjacentNodeValues.put(predecessor, new PredAndSucc(existingValue));
        }

        orderedNodeConnectionsBuilder.add(new NodeConnection.Pred<>(predecessor));
        predecessorCount++;

    return delegate().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
    return delegate().adjacentNodes(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
    return delegate().predecessors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> successors(N node) {
    return delegate().successors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public int degree(N node) {

      }

      @Override
      public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
        return AbstractValueGraph.this.adjacentNodes(node);
      }

      @Override
      public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
        return AbstractValueGraph.this.predecessors(node);
      }

      @Override
      public Set<N> successors(N node) {
        return AbstractValueGraph.this.successors(node);
      }

      @Override

As part of that, I needed to investigate, test and use many alternatives.

The history of **FastAPI** is in great part the history of its predecessors.

As said in the section [Alternatives](alternatives.md){.internal-link target=_blank}:

<blockquote markdown="1">

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

    return delegate().incidentEdgeOrder();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
    return delegate().adjacentNodes(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
    return delegate().predecessors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> successors(N node) {
    return delegate().successors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public int degree(N node) {

  }

  private static final int ENDPOINT = -2;

  // TODO(user): predecessors and successors should be collocated (reducing cache misses).
  // Might also explore collocating all of [hash, next, predecessor, successor] fields of an
  // entry in a *single* long[], though that reduces the maximum size of the set by a factor of 2

  /**
   * Pointer to the predecessor of an entry in insertion order. ENDPOINT indicates a node is the

    return delegate().edgeOrder();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> adjacentNodes(N node) {
    return delegate().adjacentNodes(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> predecessors(N node) {
    return delegate().predecessors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<N> successors(N node) {
    return delegate().successors(node);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<E> incidentEdges(N node) {