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HashMap StackOverflowError problem - please explain me

 
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Hi,

Predict the result !!! and please explain me

HashMap map= new HashMap();
map.put(map,"abdul");

System.out.println(map.get(map));

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Abdul Mohsin
[ May 18, 2007: Message edited by: Abdul Mohsin ]
 
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See the links:
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Thanks,
 
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Hi Chandra,

thanks for these links but my question is why the above code is giving StackOverflowError

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Abdul Mohsin
 
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The problem is the AbstractMap.hashCode(), which uses the hashCode keys to build it. If the keys contains itself, you have an infinite loop.
 
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Hi,

I just gone through the AbstractMap java doc ,but still its not clear why its going in infinite loop.

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Abdul Mohsin
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