Java large datastructure for storing a matrix

Question

I need to store a 2d matrix containing zip codes and the distance in km between each one of them. My client has an application that calculates the distances which are then s

Answer 1

You will simply need more memory. When starting your Java process, kick it off like so:

java -Xmx256M MyClass

The -Xmx defines the max heap size, so this says the process can use up to 256 MB of memory for the heap. If you still run out, keep bumping that number up until you hit the physical limit.