how to download large files without memory issues in java

Question

When I am trying to download a large file which is of 260MB from server, I get this error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space. I am sure my heap size i

Answer 1

Unfortunately you have not mentioned what type out is. If you have memory issues I guess it is ByteArrayOutpoutStream. So, replace it by FileOutputStream and write the byte you are downloading directly to file.

BTW, do not use read() method that reads byte-by-byte. Use read(byte[] arr) instead. This is much faster.