How do u get a Java method to call itself? Not working here.

Question

How do u get a Java method to call itself? Not working here. I am using the "this" keyword. Thanks.
Below, I would like to call checkIt method in itself.
Ex.
public class ABC {
public String checkIt(String abc){
if....
checkIt(abc);
}

Answer 1

Assuming you are getting stack overflows (likely if you're unfamiliar with recursive calls), you need to put some sort of check condition inside the method so it doesn't call itself endlessly (AKA "infinite recursion").