diff --git a/taskflow/flow.py b/taskflow/flow.py
index 56786d4d..4d93edf4 100644
--- a/taskflow/flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/flow.py
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ class Flow(object):
             * ``meta`` is link metadata, a dictionary.
         """
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def iter_nodes(self):
+        """Iterate over nodes of the flow.
+
+        Iterates over 2-tuples ``(A, meta)``, where
+            * ``A`` is a child (atom or subflow) of current flow;
+            * ``meta`` is link metadata, a dictionary.
+        """
+
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s: %s(len=%d)" % (reflection.get_class_name(self),
                                    self.name, len(self))
diff --git a/taskflow/patterns/graph_flow.py b/taskflow/patterns/graph_flow.py
index 37da34a6..c0745e1e 100644
--- a/taskflow/patterns/graph_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/patterns/graph_flow.py
@@ -266,12 +266,16 @@ class Flow(flow.Flow):
         return self._get_subgraph().number_of_nodes()
 
     def __iter__(self):
-        for n in self._get_subgraph().topological_sort():
+        for n, _n_data in self.iter_nodes():
             yield n
 
     def iter_links(self):
-        for (u, v, e_data) in self._get_subgraph().edges_iter(data=True):
-            yield (u, v, e_data)
+        return self._get_subgraph().edges_iter(data=True)
+
+    def iter_nodes(self):
+        g = self._get_subgraph()
+        for n in g.topological_sort():
+            yield n, g.node[n]
 
     @property
     def requires(self):
diff --git a/taskflow/patterns/linear_flow.py b/taskflow/patterns/linear_flow.py
index 3067076c..f581ce45 100644
--- a/taskflow/patterns/linear_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/patterns/linear_flow.py
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ class Flow(flow.Flow):
     def iter_links(self):
         for src, dst in zip(self._children[:-1], self._children[1:]):
             yield (src, dst, _LINK_METADATA.copy())
+
+    def iter_nodes(self):
+        for n in self._children:
+            yield (n, {})
diff --git a/taskflow/patterns/unordered_flow.py b/taskflow/patterns/unordered_flow.py
index 52bd286e..036ca2f9 100644
--- a/taskflow/patterns/unordered_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/patterns/unordered_flow.py
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ class Flow(flow.Flow):
         # between each other due to invariants retained during construction.
         return iter(())
 
+    def iter_nodes(self):
+        for n in self._children:
+            yield (n, {})
+
     @property
     def requires(self):
         requires = set()
diff --git a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_graph_flow.py b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_graph_flow.py
index 588361c9..1d876d56 100644
--- a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_graph_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_graph_flow.py
@@ -212,6 +212,31 @@ class GraphFlowTest(test.TestCase):
         f = gf.Flow('test').add(task1, task2)
         self.assertRaises(exc.DependencyFailure, f.add, task3)
 
+    def test_iter_nodes(self):
+        task1 = _task('task1', provides=['a'], requires=['c'])
+        task2 = _task('task2', provides=['b'], requires=['a'])
+        task3 = _task('task3', provides=['c'])
+        f1 = gf.Flow('nested')
+        f1.add(task3)
+        tasks = set([task1, task2, f1])
+        f = gf.Flow('test').add(task1, task2, f1)
+        for (n, data) in f.iter_nodes():
+            self.assertTrue(n in tasks)
+            self.assertDictEqual({}, data)
+
+    def test_iter_links(self):
+        task1 = _task('task1')
+        task2 = _task('task2')
+        task3 = _task('task3')
+        f1 = gf.Flow('nested')
+        f1.add(task3)
+        tasks = set([task1, task2, f1])
+        f = gf.Flow('test').add(task1, task2, f1)
+        for (u, v, data) in f.iter_links():
+            self.assertTrue(u in tasks)
+            self.assertTrue(v in tasks)
+            self.assertDictEqual({}, data)
+
 
 class TargetedGraphFlowTest(test.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_linear_flow.py b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_linear_flow.py
index 48f8f8de..fa39e173 100644
--- a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_linear_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_linear_flow.py
@@ -118,3 +118,24 @@ class LinearFlowTest(test.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(f.requires, set(['a']))
         self.assertEqual(f.provides, set(['b']))
+
+    def test_iter_nodes(self):
+        task1 = _task(name='task1')
+        task2 = _task(name='task2')
+        task3 = _task(name='task3')
+        f = lf.Flow('test').add(task1, task2, task3)
+        tasks = set([task1, task2, task3])
+        for (node, data) in f.iter_nodes():
+            self.assertTrue(node in tasks)
+            self.assertDictEqual({}, data)
+
+    def test_iter_links(self):
+        task1 = _task(name='task1')
+        task2 = _task(name='task2')
+        task3 = _task(name='task3')
+        f = lf.Flow('test').add(task1, task2, task3)
+        tasks = set([task1, task2, task3])
+        for (u, v, data) in f.iter_links():
+            self.assertTrue(u in tasks)
+            self.assertTrue(v in tasks)
+            self.assertDictEqual(lf._LINK_METADATA, data)
diff --git a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_unordered_flow.py b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_unordered_flow.py
index 195516b6..eeb3bb2b 100644
--- a/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_unordered_flow.py
+++ b/taskflow/tests/unit/patterns/test_unordered_flow.py
@@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ class UnorderedFlowTest(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ret.name, 'test_retry')
         self.assertEqual(f.requires, set([]))
         self.assertEqual(f.provides, set(['b', 'a']))
+
+    def test_iter_nodes(self):
+        task1 = _task(name='task1', provides=['a', 'b'])
+        task2 = _task(name='task2', provides=['a', 'c'])
+        tasks = set([task1, task2])
+        f = uf.Flow('test')
+        f.add(task2, task1)
+        for (node, data) in f.iter_nodes():
+            self.assertTrue(node in tasks)
+            self.assertDictEqual({}, data)
+
+    def test_iter_links(self):
+        task1 = _task(name='task1', provides=['a', 'b'])
+        task2 = _task(name='task2', provides=['a', 'c'])
+        f = uf.Flow('test')
+        f.add(task2, task1)
+        for (u, v, data) in f.iter_links():
+            raise AssertionError('links iterator should be empty')