[java] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space in Maven

When I run maven test, java.lang.OutOfMemoryError happens. I googled it for solutions and have tried to export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx1024m, but it did not work. Anyone know other solutions for this problem? I am using maven 3.0

Paste the error message here when run mvn test -e

Failed tests:
  warning(junit.framework.TestSuite$1)
  testDefaultPigJob_1(com.snda.dw.pig.impl.DefaultPigJobLocalTest)
  testDefaultPigJob_2(com.snda.dw.pig.impl.DefaultPigJobLocalTest)

Tests run: 11, Failures: 3, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

10/11/01 13:37:18 INFO executionengine.HExecutionEngine: Connecting to hadoop fi
le system at: file:///
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 30.063s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Nov 01 13:37:18 PDT 2010
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/6M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.
5:test (default-test) on project dw.pig: There are test failures.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Please refer to E:\Code\Java\workspace\dw.pig\target\surefire-reports fo
r the individual test results.
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal o
rg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.5:test (default-test) on project
 dw.pig: There are test failures.

Please refer to E:\Code\Java\workspace\dw.pig\target\surefire-reports for the in
dividual test results.
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:199)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:148)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:140)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProje
ct(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProje
ct(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBu
ild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(Lifecycl
eStarter.java:161)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:314)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:151)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:445)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:168)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:132)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Laun
cher.java:290)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.jav
a:230)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(La
uncher.java:409)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:
352)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException: There are test failures
.

Please refer to E:\Code\Java\workspace\dw.pig\target\surefire-reports for the in
dividual test results.
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.SurefirePlugin.execute(SurefirePlugi
n.java:629)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(Default
BuildPluginManager.java:107)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor
.java:195)
        ... 19 more
[ERROR]
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
d the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureExc

The chances are that the problem is in one of the unit tests that you've asked Maven to run.

As such, fiddling with the heap size is the wrong approach. Instead, you should be looking at the unit test that has caused the OOME, and trying to figure out if it is the fault of the unit test or the code that it is testing.

Start by looking at the stack trace. If there isn't one, run mvn ... test again with the -e option.

Not only heap memory. also increase perm size to resolve that exception in maven use these variables in environment variable.

variable name: MAVEN_OPTS
variable value: -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m

Example :

export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=500m"

In order to resolve java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space in Maven, try to configure below configuration in pom

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
     <configuration>
        <verbose>true</verbose>
        <fork>true</fork>
        <argLine>-XX:MaxPermSize=500M</argLine>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

I have solved this problem on my side by 2 ways:

1. Adding this configuration in pom.xml

   <configuration><argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine></configuration>
   

2. Switch to used JDK 1.7 instead of 1.6

For those new to Maven (like me) here is the whole config that goes in the build section of your pom. Cheers.

<build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.19</version>
        <configuration>
            <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

To temporarily work around this problem, I found the following to be the quickest way:

export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Xmx1024m -Xms1024m"