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Exceeding 65,535 byte limit [message #1713531]

Wed, 04 November 2015 20:48

George Racin

Messages: 5
Registered: March 2015

Junior Member

When starting a new Servlet project, I get the message "The code for the static initializer is exceeding the 65,535 bytes limit". I have 2 arrays, each over 70K, that I have declared in the code (Tomcat 7 had a problem being able to read from files under Windows 2012). I could have 2 other .java files to house the arrays, but I would still be over the 64K limit. Any ideas how to get around this?

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Re: Exceeding 65,535 byte limit [message #1713534 is a reply to message #1713531]

Wed, 04 November 2015 21:05

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

This is not an Eclipse question, just a general Java question. Generally, such questions should not be asked here, this is a place for discussions specifically about Eclipse.
The JVM specification dictates certain limits on class sizes (see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.11); you can't get around it other than to make your code more sanely organized.

[Updated on: Wed, 04 November 2015 21:05]

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Re: Exceeding 65,535 byte limit [message #1713535 is a reply to message #1713531]

Wed, 04 November 2015 21:01

Russell Bateman

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

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On 11/04/2015 01:48 PM, George Racin wrote:
> When starting a new Servlet project, I get the message "The code for the
> static initializer is exceeding the 65,535 bytes limit". I have 2
> arrays, each over 70K, that I have declared in the code (Tomcat 7 had a
> problem being able to read from files under Windows 2012). I could have
> 2 other .java files to house the arrays, but I would still be over the
> 64K limit. Any ideas how to get around this?

As this forum is only for Eclipse questions, you might not get any
responses here. I would suggest stackoverflow.com with tags Tomcat,
Servlets and Java.

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Re: Exceeding 65,535 byte limit [message #1713536 is a reply to message #1713531]

Wed, 04 November 2015 21:10

George Racin

Messages: 5
Registered: March 2015

Junior Member

But wait, the 'exceeds 65,535' msg is coming from Eclipse, right? I don't understand why this isn't an Eclipse issue: isn't Eclipse limiting the .java file size?

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Re: Exceeding 65,535 byte limit [message #1713538 is a reply to message #1713536]

Wed, 04 November 2015 21:13

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

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Eclipse's compiler is just enforcing the Java language and JVM spec rules. Don't shoot the messenger, the message comes from Gosling and friends at Oracle. Wink