java outOfMemoryError with stringbuilder

Question

I\'m getting a java outOfMemoryError when I call this method - i\'m using it in a loop to parse many large files in sequence. my guess is that result.toString()

Answer 1

Yes! Don't buffer in memory otherwise you'll run out of it specially if you're going over 2MB on I/O.

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