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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * generate a stack overflow condition and catch it
+ */
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        try {
+            stackOverflowTestSub(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        }
+        catch (StackOverflowError soe) {
+            System.out.println("caught SOE");
+        }
+        System.out.println("SOE test done");
+    }
+
+    private static void stackOverflowTestSub(double pad1, double pad2,
+            double pad3) {
+        stackOverflowTestSub(pad1, pad2, pad3);
+    }
+}