Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.util.ArrayList$SubList.rangeCheckForAdd(Unknown Source)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.util.ArrayList$SubList.rangeCheckForAdd(Unknown Source)

 1 package com.test;
 2 
 3 import java.util.ArrayList;
 4 import java.util.List;
 5 
 6 public class TEST {
 7 
 8     public static void main(String[] args) {  
 9         List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();  
10         list.add("");    
11         for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++) {  
12             //run success
13             list =  new ArrayList<String>(list.subList(0, 1)); 
14             //run failed
15             list = list.subList(0, 1);  
16         }  
17         list.add("test");    
18         System.out.println("________________over");
19     }  
20 }