[baavgai]

dato.java, on 30 Mar, 2009 - 01:50 PM, said:

but i want to set this property from java code . does anyone know how to do this?

As far as I know, you don't. Java programs run inside the JVM, you can't being inside the container and also lift it up.

Wanting to mess with the heap size at runtime raises a major red flag. If you're always getting heap errors, it's most likely the program, not the JVM.

[LaFayette]

You probably can't, or atleast shouldnt, change the heap size of a running instance of a program, but you can start another with a different heap setting from within it.

This is a toy example that works in windows that you might be able to play with.

//run this from command with: java SpawnAndChangeHeap -spawn

public class SpawnAndChangeHeap {
     public static void main(String[] args){  
   
         //Get the jvm heap size.  
        long heapSize = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "" + heapSize );  

	if(args.length > 0 && args[0].equals("-spawn")) {
			
		try {
			Process proc;
   	 	        proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c java -Xms32m -Xmx128m SpawnAndChangeHeap /n");
		}
		catch(Exception e) {System.out.println("something went wrong");  }
	}
	System.exit(0);
				
				
     }  
}

I don't I recommend using exec() if don't know what your doing though, it's pretty easy to do stupid things when using it.
I actually managed to crash my computer while testing out variations of the above code!

::edited a few time for typos.

This post has been edited by LaFayette: 30 March 2009 - 02:30 PM