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Re: Exception - Java heap space

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Robert Klemme wrote:
> Magnus Warker wrote:
>> below is an exception found in my tomcat log. It's a GWT app.
> 
>> What is going on there?
> 
>> -----
>> Sep 14, 2012 10:58:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
>> SEVERE: Exception while dispatching incoming RPC call
>> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
>> ...
> 
> Well, what do you think does OutOfMemoryError mean?  What does the 

Ooh! Ooh! I know! It means the JVM ran out of heap memory for new allocations.

> class's JavaDoc say?  Beyond that since we have almost zero information 
> and there's nobody with a crystal ball around (AFAIK) we'll have a hard 
> time answering the question more thoroughly.

One common cause is failure to let go of object references.

-- 
Lew

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Exception - Java heap space Magnus Warker <magnux@mailinator.com> - 2012-09-14 23:01 +0200
  Re: Exception - Java heap space Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-14 23:09 +0200
    Re: Exception - Java heap space Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 14:19 -0700
      Re: Exception - Java heap space Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-09-14 15:06 -0700
  Re: Exception - Java heap space Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-16 08:23 -0700
    Re: Exception - Java heap space Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 16:58 -0700
  Re: Exception - Java heap space Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2012-09-18 22:25 -0700

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