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+4  Q: 

Is it possible to dynamically change maximum java heap size?

I know you can set max heap size at startup using -Xmx but is it possible to change it dynamically during runtime?

Is there any tool or (undocumented) api which will allow me to do that?

+4  A: 

No, it is not possible.

Dev er dev  2009-07-07 10:36:28
Which is too bad so we could have GC ergonomic agents.
Xepoch  2010-04-21 23:58:37
+2  A: 

Once the memory structure is fixed it cant be changed

Umair Ahmed  2009-07-07 10:37:47

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