How do I cause/force a StackOverflowError for testing

Question

I want to test my server to make sure I am bubbling up and handling some specific errors correctly (by handling I mean cleaning up and shutting down). What is the best/correct way to induce a stack overflow error, is there a standard way of doing this, or is this just ugly and a bad idea. This is something I would like to test.

Answer 1

You can use an endless recursion:

public void recursiveMethod() {
    recursiveMethod();
}

This will cause a StackOverflowError, as the stack gets continuously filled and never emptied.

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