What sets the stack size?

Question

I have written the code to get the size of the stack of my computer.

public class TestStack {

  private static int c;

  public static void main(String... args){
    try{
      f();
    } catch (StackOverflowError e){
      System.out.println(c);
    }
  }

  private static void f(){
    c ++;
    f();
  }
}

The result of its work is: 11908

What sets the size of the stack (JVM, OS or something else)? Is it possible to change the stack size?

Are you talking about the heap size in JVM? – ryekayo Apr 22 '15 at 19:53 — ryekayo, Apr 22 '15 at 19:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:10

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the JVM and yes you can pass parms to change the stack size. This question/answer is somewhat close to your question. How to increase the Java stack size?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:10

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answered Apr 22 '15 at 19:54

Jeffrey Shackelford

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What sets the stack size?

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