added set check logic

src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -1510,6 +1511,11 @@ public class JSONObject {
         return NULL.equals(object) ? defaultValue : object.toString();
     }
 
+    // Set to store the current seen objects in the recursive reaversal
+    // If the next value to be added to this set is a duplicate, a cycle
+    // is found
+    private final Set<Object> objectsRecord = new HashSet<Object>();
+
     /**
      * Populates the internal map of the JSONObject with the bean properties. The
      * bean can not be recursive.
@@ -1541,8 +1547,18 @@ public class JSONObject {
                         final Object result = method.invoke(bean);
                         if (result != null) {
                             // check cyclic dependency and throw error if needed
+                            // the wrap and populateMap combination method is 
+                            // itself DFS recursive
+                            if (objectsRecord.contains(result)) {
+                                throw recursivelyDefinedObjectException(key);
+                            }
+                            
+                            objectsRecord.add(result);
 
                             this.map.put(key, wrap(result));
+
+                            objectsRecord.remove(result);
+
                             // we don't use the result anywhere outside of wrap
                             // if it's a resource we should be sure to close it
                             // after calling toString 
@@ -2678,4 +2694,15 @@ public class JSONObject {
                 "JSONObject[" + quote(key) + "] is not a " + valueType + " (" + value + ")."
                 , cause);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new JSONException in a common format for recursive object definition.
+     * @param key name of the key
+     * @return JSONException that can be thrown.
+     */
+    private static JSONException recursivelyDefinedObjectException(String key) {
+        return new JSONException(
+            "JavaBean object contains recursively defined member variable of key " + quote(key)
+        );
+    }
 }