if (!isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)) {
      return false;
    }
    return hasEdgeConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
  }

  /**
   * Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the ordering of {@code endpoints} is not compatible with
   * the directionality of this graph.
   */
  protected final void validateEndpoints(EndpointPair<?> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);

    if (!isOrderingCompatible(endpoints)) {
      return false;
    }
    return hasEdgeConnecting(endpoints.nodeU(), endpoints.nodeV());
  }

  /**
   * Throws an IllegalArgumentException if the ordering of {@code endpoints} is not compatible with
   * the directionality of this graph.
   */
  protected final void validateEndpoints(EndpointPair<?> endpoints) {
    checkNotNull(endpoints);

### Replication of object version and metadata

                .concurrencyLevel(1)
                .ticker(ticker)
                .expireAfterAccess(1, NANOSECONDS));
    Segment<Object, Object> segment = map.segments[0];
    // TODO(fry): check recency ordering

    Object key = new Object();
    int hash = map.hash(key);
    Object value = new Object();
    AtomicReferenceArray<ReferenceEntry<Object, Object>> table = segment.table;

                .concurrencyLevel(1)
                .ticker(ticker)
                .expireAfterAccess(1, NANOSECONDS));
    Segment<Object, Object> segment = map.segments[0];
    // TODO(fry): check recency ordering

    Object key = new Object();
    int hash = map.hash(key);
    Object value = new Object();
    AtomicReferenceArray<ReferenceEntry<Object, Object>> table = segment.table;

          // but it would help with some of these lock ordering issues.
          scheduleFailure = e;
          toReturn = new FutureAsCancellable(immediateCancelledFuture());
        } finally {
          lock.unlock();
        }
        // Call notifyFailed outside the lock to avoid lock ordering issues.
        if (scheduleFailure != null) {
          service.notifyFailed(scheduleFailure);

        }

        return maximals.getFirst();
    }

    /**
     * Determines which method signature (represented by a class array) is more
     * specific. This defines a partial ordering on the method signatures.
     *
     * @param c1 first signature to compare
     * @param c2 second signature to compare
     * @return MORE_SPECIFIC if c1 is more specific than c2, LESS_SPECIFIC if

   * build-system quirks.
   */
  private @interface GwtTransient {}

  /**
   * Compares strings in natural order except that null comes immediately before a given value. This
   * works better than Ordering.natural().nullsFirst() because, if null comes before all other
   * values, it lies outside the submap/submultiset ranges we test, and the variety of tests that
   * exercise null handling fail on those subcollections.
   */

    // does not impact recency ordering
    if (key == null) {
      return false;
    }
    int hash = hash(key);
    return segmentFor(hash).containsKey(key, hash);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsValue(@CheckForNull Object value) {
    // does not impact recency ordering
    if (value == null) {
      return false;
    }

     * not in {@link #nextElements}, this method throws an {@link UnknownElementException}.
     *
     * <p>This method is used when testing iterators without a known ordering. We poll the target
     * iterator's next element and pass it to the reference iterator through this method so it can
     * return the same element. This enables the assertion to pass and the reference iterator to