public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        int x = 0;
        recursiveMethod(x);

    }

    private static int recursiveMethod(int x) {

        x += 1;
        System.out.println("x value is: " + x);
        if(x < 10000) {
            recursiveMethod(x);
        }

        return x;

    }


}