public class InfiniteRecursion1		// demonstration of recursion without a base case, causes infinite recursion
{									// in actuality it causes a StackOverflowException because we run out of Stack space
									// or an ArithmeticException because we overflow the int parameter x, whichever comes first 
									// (StackOverflow will most likely occur first)
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		System.out.println(infinity(20));	// invoke recursive function with some positive value for x, the value is immaterial
	}
	
	public static int infinity(int x)
	{
		return x + infinity(x-1);		// oops, no base case
	}
}