我想从我的对象生成一个JSON字符串：

Gson gson = new Gson();
String json = gson.toJson(item);

每当我尝试这样做时，都会出现此错误：

14:46:40,236 ERROR [[BomItemToJSON]] Servlet.service() for servlet BomItemToJSON threw exception
java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.string(JsonWriter.java:473)
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.writeDeferredName(JsonWriter.java:347)
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter.value(JsonWriter.java:440)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$7.write(TypeAdapters.java:235)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$7.write(TypeAdapters.java:220)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.write(TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java:68)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.write(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:89)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.write(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:200)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.write(TypeAdapterRuntimeTypeWrapper.java:68)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.CollectionTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.write(CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.java:96)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.CollectionTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.write(CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.java:60)
    at com.google.gson.Gson$FutureTypeAdapter.write(Gson.java:843)

这些是我的 BomItem 类的属性：

private int itemId;
private Collection<BomModule> modules;
private boolean deprecated;
private String partNumber;
private String description; //LOB
private int quantity;
private String unitPriceDollar;
private String unitPriceEuro;
private String discount; 
private String totalDollar;
private String totalEuro;
private String itemClass;
private String itemType;
private String vendor;
private Calendar listPriceDate;
private String unitWeight;
private String unitAveragePower;
private String unitMaxHeatDissipation;
private String unitRackSpace;

我引用的 BomModule 类的属性：

private int moduleId;
private String moduleName;
private boolean isRootModule;
private Collection<BomModule> parentModules;
private Collection<BomModule> subModules;
private Collection<BomItem> items;
private int quantity;

知道导致此错误的原因是什么？我该如何解决？