How to Perform “Autopsy” on OutOfMemoryError Application
Just several days ago, my application was down because of OutOfMemoryError, and I haven’t got a clue what the root cause is. That’s why I’m looking for a way on how to find the culprit when my application is down again. So im using this jvm parameter to dump all the object on memory when OutOfMemoryError happen.
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=E:\ -Xmx10m -Xms10m
For example, im using this java class to simulate OutOfMemoryError,
package mybatistesting;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class MyBatisTesting {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
List list = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < 10000000000l; i++) {
list.add(i+""+i+""+i);
if(i%1000==0)
System.out.println("adding -- "+i);
}
}
}
As you can see on your console log,
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded Dumping heap to E:\java_pid5812.hprof ... Heap dump file created [15155736 bytes in 0.237 secs]
You can open java_pid5812.hprof using your preferable application, for example using Eclipse MAT or JProfiler.
Have fun 
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