why does this object cause a stack overflow?
java, stack-overflow
Solution
`test item2 = new test();`
This is an instance variable in your class `test`. When you make an instance of `test`, it will make a new instance of `test` and assign to to `item2`. But that `test` has to make a `test` and assign it to it's `item2` and so on... You get infinite recursion, so you will get a stack overflow for any stack very quickly
Problem
I'm not exactly sure why this causes a stack overflow. I know if I call the someMethod method without the instance it works fine, but I'd like to know why. Thanks ``` class test { public static void main(String[] args) { test item = new test(); item.someOtherMethod(); } test item2 = new test(); void someOtherMethod() { item2.someMethod(); } void someMethod() { System.out.println("print this"); } } ```