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// WARNING: THIS CAN CRASH YOUR IDE (Eclipse)!!!!
 
package com.example.foo;
 
import java.math.RoundingMode;
 
public class SomeClass {
 
  static <T extends Enum<T>> void doEnumStuff(final Class<T> type) {
    for (final T constant : type.getEnumConstants())
      System.out.println(constant);
  }
 
  static <T> void doStuff(final Class<T> type) {
    System.out.println("Type: " + type);
    if (type.isEnum())
      doEnumStuff((Class) type);// <- eclipse crashes when you remove the cast!
  }
 
  public static void main(final String[] args) throws Throwable {
    doStuff(String.class);
    doStuff(RoundingMode.class);
  }
}
 
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From "<workspace>/.metadata/.log":
 
java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.TypeVariableBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(TypeVariableBinding.java:728)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedTypeBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(ParameterizedTypeBinding.java:1116)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedTypeBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(ParameterizedTypeBinding.java:1085)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.TypeVariableBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(TypeVariableBinding.java:728)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedTypeBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(ParameterizedTypeBinding.java:1116)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedTypeBinding.nullAnnotatedReadableName(ParameterizedTypeBinding.java:1085)
 
(Naturally this repeats endlessly)