Recursive function in java to print all natural numbers from 1 upto (n-1)

// recursive func to print a series of natural nos. upto (x-1)
import java.io.*;
public class RecFUNCseries
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

System.out.print("Enter an integer: ");
int x=Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
series(x);
}
public static void series(int x)
{
if(x>0)
series(--x);
if(x!=0)
System.out.print(x+" ");
}
}