Build execution fails due to java.lang.StackOverflowError

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Symptoms

Executing builds fails due to,


2007-09-14 09:06:25,016 INFO [BAM:Default Queue:BuildExe] [DefaultErrorHandler] Recording error: Failed to execute build 'BuildResults: "YOUR-BUILD"
java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at sun.nio.cs.UTF_8$Decoder.decodeArrayLoop(UTF_8.java:212)
	at sun.nio.cs.UTF_8$Decoder.decodeLoop(UTF_8.java:358)
	at java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder.decode(CharsetDecoder.java:544)
	at java.lang.StringCoding$StringDecoder.decode(StringCoding.java:140)
	at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(StringCoding.java:173)
	at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:444)
	at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:516)
	at java.io.UnixFileSystem.list(Native Method)
	at java.io.File.list(File.java:973)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1028)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1074)
	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1074)

Cause

The stack limit for the native JAVA threads has been exceeded, due to nested files/directories in the checked out source code.

Resolution

Re-organize the working directory (your source code) such that, filesystem is not deeply nested.

Last modified on Nov 21, 2012

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