java.lang.outofmemoryerror java heap space eclipse

Solution :

 

1. Solution – VM arguments

On Eclipse menu, clicks Run -> Run Configurations.., select the Java application you want to run, clicks on theArguments tab, update the VM arguments with the following options

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-Xms<size> - Set initial Java heap size
-Xmx<size> - Set maximum Java heap size

For example, -Xms512M -Xmx1024M

2. Mistake – eclipse.ini

The memory settings in eclipse.ini is allocated to Eclipse IDE only, not the program you want to run. A very common mistake is updated the heap size in eclipse.ini, and expects it to solve above out of memory problem.

Note
The Java application, Ant / Maven build scripts, or unit test cases, are run as an external tool from Eclipse, and it does not inherit the VM settings in eclipse.ini.

But, if your Eclipse IDE is always crashed by no reason, you can try to increase the heap size and perm gen ineclipse.ini.

/Users/mkyong/Downloads/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini

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 -startu
 openFile
 -showsplash
        //...
 -XX:MaxPermSize=512m
 -Xms512m
 -Xmx1024m
        //...
 -Xdock:icon=../Resources/Eclipse.icns
 -XstartOnFirstThread

P.S eclipse.ini is located in the Eclipse installation folder.

Ref : http://www.mkyong.com/eclipse/eclipse-java-lang-outofmemoryerror-java-heap-space/