Notes on Java 8's removal of PermSpace

The details were posted to the openjdk mailing list below. The short version is that PermSpace is being renamed ;)

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2012-September/006679.html

• Java 7: Interned strings moved to Heap
• Java8: Moves Permspace from heap to a native memory region called 'Metaspace' and changes it to automatically grow in size by default

This means that the out of permspace error will be less common (more memory available to consume as the space grows in size), but leaks may be harder to track down as diagnostic leaks on that information will be less useful (stack tools will no longer be usable). To regain the errors to detect the leaks earlier, MaxMetaspaceSize will be supported.