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/** Assuming the heap size as 512 MB (calculated as 1/4th of 2 GB RAM = 512 MB)
 *  Considering long values being entered (64 bits each, the max number of elements
 *  would be 512 MB/64bits = 67108864)
 */
public class ShowHeapError {
  Vector<Long> names = new Vector<Long>(); // Accepts unknown number of records
  long newID = 0L;
  int count = 67108865;
  int i = 0;
  InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
  Scanner reader = new Scanner(input);

  public void addNames() {
    try {
      do {
        // Adding unknown number of records to a list
        // The user can enter more IDs than the heap can support and thusas a result,
        // exhaust the heap. Assume that the record ID is a 64 bit long value

        System.out.print("Enter recordID (To quit, enter -1): ");
        newID = reader.nextLong();

        names.addElement(newID);
        i++;
      } while (i < count || newID != -1);
    } finally {
      input.close();
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ShowHeapError demo = new ShowHeapError();
    demo.addNames();
  }
}

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CERT C Secure Coding Standard	MEM11-C. Do not assume infinite heap space
CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard	MEM12-CPP. Do not assume infinite heap space
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MITRE CWE	CWE ID 400, "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')"
	CWE ID 770, "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"

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