Maximum depth of the java call stack

Question

What is the depth of the call stack before I get a StackOverflowError? Is there any kind of answer platform dependency?

Answer 1

Well, there is no definite depth. It just depends on the amount of virtual memory that has been allocated to the stack.

If you wish, you can tune it using:

• -Xss VM parameter

• The Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String, long) constructor.