public static void DeleteVerticesAndMergeEdges <TVertex, TEdge> (this IMutableBidirectionalGraph <TVertex, TEdge> graph, TVertex vertexToDelete, Func <TEdge, TEdge, TEdge> mergeFunc) where TEdge : IEdge <TVertex> { if (graph.IsInEdgesEmpty(vertexToDelete) || graph.IsOutEdgesEmpty(vertexToDelete)) { //simple case graph.RemoveVertex(vertexToDelete); } else { //need to keep connections var newEdges = from e1 in graph.InEdges(vertexToDelete) from e2 in graph.OutEdges(vertexToDelete) select mergeFunc(e1, e2); //create edges var newEdgesList = newEdges.ToList(); graph.AddEdgeRange(newEdgesList); graph.RemoveVertex(vertexToDelete); } }