if (connections == null) {
      return false;
    }

    if (allowsSelfLoops()) {
      // Remove self-loop (if any) first, so we don't get CME while removing incident edges.
      if (connections.removeSuccessor(node) != null) {
        connections.removePredecessor(node);
        --edgeCount;
      }
    }

    for (N successor : ImmutableList.copyOf(connections.successors())) {

    // Thus we avoid modifying the underlying view while iterating over it.
    for (E edge : ImmutableList.copyOf(connections.incidentEdges())) {
      removeEdge(edge);
    }
    nodeConnections.remove(node);
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public boolean removeEdge(E edge) {
    checkNotNull(edge, "edge");

    N nodeU = edgeToReferenceNode.get(edge);

   *     #allowsParallelEdges()} or {@link #allowsSelfLoops()}
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  boolean addEdge(N nodeU, N nodeV, E edge);

  /**
   * Adds {@code edge} connecting {@code endpoints}. In an undirected network, {@code edge} will
   * also connect {@code nodeV} to {@code nodeU}.
   *

    int edgeStart = graphString.indexOf("edges:");
    String nodeString = graphString.substring(nodeStart, edgeStart);

    Network<N, EndpointPair<N>> asNetwork = graph.asNetwork();
    // Don't call AbstractNetworkTest.validateNetwork(asNetwork).  Mutual recursion.
    assertThat(graph.nodes()).isEqualTo(asNetwork.nodes());
    assertThat(graph.edges()).hasSize(asNetwork.edges().size());

   *       <ul>
   *         <li>{@code edges()}: Stable order
   *         <li>{@code adjacentNodes(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code predecessors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code successors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code incidentEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *       </ul>
   *   <li>For {@link Network}:

 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Jens Nyman
 * @param <N> Node parameter type
 * @since 23.1
 */
@DoNotMock(
    "Call forGraph or forTree, passing a lambda or a Graph with the desired edges (built with"
        + " GraphBuilder)")
public abstract class Traverser<N> {
  private final SuccessorsFunction<N> successorFunction;

  private Traverser(SuccessorsFunction<N> successorFunction) {

    assertThat(network.edgeOrder())
        .isEqualTo(ElementOrder.sorted(Ordering.<String>natural().reverse()));
    assertThat(network.edges()).containsExactly("p", "i", "e").inOrder();
    assertThat(network.nodeOrder()).isEqualTo(ElementOrder.insertion()); // default
  }

  // Combined node and edge order tests

  @Test
  public void nodeOrderUnorderedAndEdgesSorted() {
    MutableNetwork<Integer, String> network =

    ImmutableValueGraph<String, Integer> graph =
        ValueGraphBuilder.directed().<String, Integer>immutable().addNode("A").build();

    assertThat(graph.nodes()).containsExactly("A");
    assertThat(graph.edges()).isEmpty();
  }

  @Test
  public void immutableValueGraphBuilder_putEdgeFromNodes() {
    ImmutableValueGraph<String, Integer> graph =
        ValueGraphBuilder.directed()

    assertThat(graph.nodes()).containsExactly("A");
    assertThat(graph.edges()).isEmpty();
  }

  @Test
  public void immutableGraphBuilder_putEdgeFromNodes() {
    ImmutableGraph<String> graph =
        GraphBuilder.directed().<String>immutable().putEdge("A", "B").build();

    assertThat(graph.nodes()).containsExactly("A", "B");
    assertThat(graph.edges()).containsExactly(EndpointPair.ordered("A", "B"));
  }

  @Test

    assertThat(network.edges()).isEmpty();
  }

  @Test
  public void immutableNetworkBuilder_putEdgeFromNodes() {
    ImmutableNetwork<String, Integer> network =
        NetworkBuilder.directed().<String, Integer>immutable().addEdge("A", "B", 10).build();

    assertThat(network.nodes()).containsExactly("A", "B");
    assertThat(network.edges()).containsExactly(10);