java.lang.OutOfMemoryError : Java heap space

Question

I was playing with some examples of Collections from Oracle website

public class Timing {

    public static void method(){

        List numbers = new ArrayList();

        for (double i = 1; i <= Double.MAX_VALUE; i++)
        numbers.add(new Double(i));

        Collections.shuffle(numbers);
        List winningcombination = numbers.subList(0, 10);
        Collections.sort(winningcombination);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        method();
        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("time elapsed : " + (end-start));
    }
}

I tried to see how long it will take to do it for Double.MAX_VALUE. And I got this :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
    at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.ArrayList.ensureCapacity(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.ArrayList.add(Unknown Source)

I there a way to fix this ?

Answer 1

Is there a way to allow you to create and store Double.MAX_VALUE objects in a Collection? No. There's not that much RAM on Earth. Double.MAX_VALUE is about 2 times ten to the 308th power: that's 2 followed by over 300 zeros. Give Best Buy a call, see how much they'd charge to put that in your computer.