StackOverflowError in Eclipse while running Java code

Question

Lately i ran into some memory issues which i have been trying to solve the paste few days, but unfortunately without any luck!

I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8 / 8GB RAM (Should not be any allocation problems!)

Eclipse version is Helios.

java -version
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-10M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)

My Java exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError

And my eclipse.ini:

-startup
../../../plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar
--launcher.library
../../../plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.cocoa.macosx.x86_64_1.1.0.v20100503
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
1G
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-XstartOnFirstThread
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts
-Xms256m
-Xmx512m
-XX:PermSize=1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024M
-Xdock:icon=../Resources/Eclipse.icns
-XstartOnFirstThread
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts

I have also tried to add "-Xmx1536m" to my VM arguments in Eclipse, but without any luck at all!

Thanks in advance.

Solution

StackOverflowError is a common error when you have an infinite recursive call such as :

void method(int a) {
    method(a);
}

this kind of calls will lead to the StackOverflowError.

So you should check in your code if you have this type of infinite recursive calls or maybe an endless loop.

Comments

[JavaCake]

I will step through my code once again. It just seems like an odd coincidence that my code compiles on my secondary machine without any exceptions. And i am indeed working with recursion.

[Adel Boutros]

@JavaCake Post your code and we can help you identify the endless recursive call maybe.