StackOverflow recursion error

Question

I'm getting a StackOverflow error in this code:

public void write(OutputStream output, int code) throws IOException{
    code = (code & (1 << 12) - 1) << ((writtenToOutput) * 12);
    buffer |= code;
    writtenToOutput++;

    if(writtenToOutput >= bufUsageSymbols){
        for(int i = 0; i < bufUsageBytes; i++){
            write(output, ((int) (buffer & 255)));
            buffer >>= 8;
        }

        writtenToOutput = 0;
        buffer = 0;
    }
}

It says its on the line with the write(output, ((int) (buffer & 25))); It says its on this line loads of times. Any ideas what's going on? Thanks

Answer 1

Since you're not actually using output inside the method besides to call the method itself, I assume you're really trying to call output.write(int) and not have the method call itself;

for(int i = 0; i < bufUsageBytes; i++){

    // will call the method you're already in, probably not intended
    // write(output, ((int) (buffer & 255))); 

    // will call write on the outputstream, probably what you're intending
    output.write((int) (buffer & 255));      

    buffer >>= 8;
}