If you don’t provide the fork=true parameter then javac will be started inline
and no heap settings are applicable.
Beside that the debug (-X) output is correctly showing you the expanded values,
if the property is not expanded it was not specified.
Gruss
Bernd
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Yes, it's using the javac compilers default.
It may differ depending on the JVM. OpenJ9, for example, will use up to 25%
of your memory by default. Others may use something between 64M and 512M.
Be aware that maxmem will only work if fork is set to true:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-comp
> -Original Message-
> From: KARR, DAVID
> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2022 11:03 AM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: How can I tell what value of "maxmem" the maven-compiler-plugin
> is using by default?
>
> I noticed that we have one build that is trying to compile so many files
> that it
I noticed that we have one build that is trying to compile so many files that
it is running out of memory in the maven-compiler-plugin execution. I see that
I can set the "maxmem" property in that plugin's configuration. What would be
nice to know is what the default value is. I thought that
