Solve the Java VM EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

This tutorial demonstrates how to solve the EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error in Java.

Solve the Java VM EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION

While working with JVM on windows, sometimes it throws the EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error, which crashes the Java Virtual Machine. This error is basically a NullPointerException.

The EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION looks like this:

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007ffa50da9b2a, pid=8984, tid=11524
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (14.0.1+7) (build 14.0.1+7)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (14.0.1+7, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, g1 gc, windows-amd64)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [jvm.dll+0x349b2a]
#
# No core dump will be written. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows.

Most of the time, the EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION is an error in the Java Virtual Machine. Sometimes it can also occur by the native code.

Here are some important points which can help us to know the real reason behind this error so we can solve it:

1. When this error occurs, it generates a log file containing all the information about the error. For example, there can be an error in the Path statement.
2. The VM will most likely crash with low memory. This low memory can be increased from the eclipse.ini file.
3. The VM bugs are also caused by garbage collection; we can look into the heap if the garbage was running at the time of the VM crash.

You will most likely find the solution for this error in these three points.