I get this error message as I execute my program in eclipse:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceededHow to solve this problem?
Solution:
The GC throws this exception when too much time is spent in garbage collection for too little return, eg. 98% of CPU time is spent on GC and less than 2% of the heap is recovered.
This feature is designed to prevent applications from running for an extended period of time while making little or no progress because the heap is too small.
Method1: Best Solution
Just increase the heap size a little by setting this option in
Run → Run Configurations → Arguments → VM arguments
-Xms1024M -Xmx2048MXms – for minimum limit
Xmx – for the maximum limit
Method2: only go for method 2 when method 1 is not working
Enable the concurrent low pause collector with the command line option -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
Method3: only go for method 3 when method 1 and 2 is not working
The GC throws this exception when too much time is spent in garbage collection for too little return, eg. 98% of CPU time is spent on GC and less than 2% of the heap is recovered.
This feature is designed to prevent applications from running for an extended period of time while making little or no progress because the heap is too small.
You can turn this off with the command line option -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
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