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Hello all,
I am using the following code to add a file to a jar. It works fine for smaller files, but if the file is over 56MB, it throws and out of memory exception. Any ideas on how I can keep this from happening?
thanks,
-Jason
 
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You could allow the JVM to use more memory when you start your process.
eg.
java -Xmx500m -Xms500m MyClass
The -Xmx option is maximum memory allowed and -Xms is minimum. The above specifies the use of 500MB of memory for the JVM.
 
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Another key point would be to use a much smaller buffer, and put it in a loop so it gets reused:

This should use a lot less memory. Note also that read(byte[]) does not necessarily read all bytes in the file at once anyway - you must check the return value to be sure.
 
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