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describe() subject to infinite loop

           Summary: describe() subject to infinite loop
           Product: Commons
           Version: Nightly Builds
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Other
         Component: Bean Utilities
        AssignedTo: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: dan@mojavelinux.com


BeanUtils.describe() has the problem that it can be called infinitely if used
inside of the bean it is describing.  For instance, a bean with the following
code will fail:

class MyBean
{
    public Map getParameterMap()
    {
        BeanUtils.describe(this);
    }
}

The problem is when the method calls getProperty() on the "parameterMap"
property.  I would expect some sort of sanity check as this can bring down the
server with a StackOverflow exception, when it is not entirely obvious why.

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