Description:
   As per bug 4421469, toString() method was throwing StackOverFlowError with self-referential collections and was fixed. Now trying out a similar scenario with Collections.checkedMap and Collections.checkedList also ends up with StackOverFlowError. This should be fixed to maintain the consistency .Please find the testcase below:

<code>

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;


public class SelfReferencetoString {
    
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        
        try{
            // Map<String,Map> map1 = new HashMap<String,Map>(); // Uncomment this and comment the next line-This will work,Already fixed
            Map<String,Map> map1 = Collections.checkedMap(new Hashtable<String,Map>(),String.class,Map.class);
            map1.put("first",map1);
            System.out.println("My Hashtable "+map1);
            System.out.println("TestCase1 Passed!");
        } catch(StackOverflowError ste){
            // ste.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("TestCase1 Failed with StackOverflowError!!!!");
        }
        
        
        try{
            // List<List> listOfLists = new LinkedList<List>();// Uncomment this and comment the next line-This will work,Already fixed
            List<List> listOfLists = Collections.checkedList(new LinkedList<List>(),List.class);
            listOfLists.add(listOfLists);
            System.out.println("My LinkedList "+ listOfLists);
            System.out.println("TestCase2 Passed!");
        } catch(StackOverflowError ste){
            // ste.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("TestCase2 Failed with StackOverflowError!!!!");
        }
        
    }
}


</code>
<output>
TestCase1 Failed with StackOverflowError!!!!
TestCase2 Failed with StackOverflowError!!!!

</output>

Tried in :
<version>
bash-3.00$ java -version
java version "1.7.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.7.0-ea-b14, mixed mode)

bash-3.00$ uname -a
SunOS hrajan 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
</version>