Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0": java.lang.​OutOfMemor​yError: Required array size too large

im tring to open a .hdf5 which is 3.75GB file. but flowing error is occuring when im opening it. I have increase the java heap memory upto 4GB as well. but it will give me the same error.( My RAM is 16GB there for they only allow jaya heap memory upto 4GB)

Looking for help.

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0": java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Required array size too large

at java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(Files.java:3156)

at com.mathworks.services.SystemServices.detectCharset(SystemServices.java:61)

at com.mathworks.widgets.SyntaxTextPaneUtilities.getDefaultFileEncoding(SyntaxTextPaneUtilities.java:424)

at com.mathworks.widgets.datamodel.TextFileBackingStore.createWithExistentBackingFile(TextFileBackingStore.java:94)

at com.mathworks.mde.editor.MatlabEditorApplication.createEditorViewClientFromExistingFile(MatlabEditorApplication.java:682)

at com.mathworks.mde.editor.MatlabEditorApplication.access$300(MatlabEditorApplication.java:77)

at com.mathworks.mde.editor.MatlabEditorApplication$4.runWithOutput(MatlabEditorApplication.java:406)

at com.mathworks.jmi.AWTUtilities$Invoker$2.watchedRun(AWTUtilities.java:475)

at com.mathworks.jmi.AWTUtilities$WatchedRunnable.run(AWTUtilities.java:436)

at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)

at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)

at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)

at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)

at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

[Kasun Prabhath Gode Withanage]

I even try to open 676MB file. it also gives the same error.

Answer 1

[Srivardhan Gadila]

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