* which has a method {@code getChildren()} that retrieves its successors in a graph:
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * someGraphAlgorithm(startNode, MyNode::getChildren);
 * }
 *
 * <p>If you have some other mechanism for returning the successors of a node, or one that doesn't
 * return an {@code Iterable<? extends N>}, then you can use a lambda to perform a more general

        checkArgument(incidentEdge.nodeU().equals(thisNode));

        N successor = incidentEdge.nodeV();
        V value = successorNodeToValueFn.apply(successor);

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

   * {@link #edges()}, {@link #adjacentNodes(Object)}, {@link #predecessors(Object)}, {@link
   * #successors(Object)} and {@link #incidentEdges(Object)}.
   *
   * @since 29.0
   */
  @Override
  ElementOrder<N> incidentEdgeOrder();

  //
  // Element-level accessors
  //

  /**
   * Returns a live view of the nodes which have an incident edge in common with {@code node} in

    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) {
    return delegate().incidentEdges(node);
  }

  @Override
  public int degree(N node) {

   * {@link #edges()}, {@link #adjacentNodes(Object)}, {@link #predecessors(Object)}, {@link
   * #successors(Object)} and {@link #incidentEdges(Object)}.
   *
   * @since 29.0
   */
  @Override
  ElementOrder<N> incidentEdgeOrder();

  //
  // Element-level accessors
  //

  /**
   * Returns a live view of the nodes which have an incident edge in common with {@code node} in

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

    addNode(N1);
    Set<Integer> successors = graph.successors(N1);
    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> successors.add(N2));
    putEdge(N1, N2);
    assertThat(graph.successors(N1)).containsExactlyElementsIn(successors);
  }

  @Override
  @Test
  public void incidentEdges_checkReturnedSetMutability() {

    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) {
    return delegate().incidentEdges(node);
  }

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

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

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

  final NetworkConnections<N, E> checkedConnections(N node) {
    NetworkConnections<N, E> connections = nodeConnections.get(node);
    if (connections == null) {

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

    addNode(N1);
    Set<Integer> successors = graph.successors(N1);
    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> successors.add(N2));
    putEdge(N1, N2);
    assertThat(successors).containsExactlyElementsIn(graph.successors(N1));
  }

  @Override
  @Test
  public void incidentEdges_checkReturnedSetMutability() {

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