The OpenJDK JRE provides Java runtimes from the OpenJDK project. Versions of Java from the 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8 lines are available. Unless otherwise configured, the version of Java that will be used is specified in config/openjdk.yml.
| Detection Criterion | Unconditional |
| Tags | openjdk-⟨version⟩ |
The JRE can be configured by modifying the config/openjdk.yml file. The JRE uses the Repository utility support and so it supports the version syntax defined there.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
repository_root |
The URL of the OpenJDK repository index (details). |
version |
The version of Java runtime to use. Candidate versions can be found in this listing. |
memory_sizes |
Optional memory sizes, described below under "Memory". |
memory_heuristics |
Default memory size proportions, described below under "Default Memory Sizes". |
The following optional properties may be specified in the memory_sizes mapping.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
heap |
The Java maximum heap size to use. For example, a value of 64m will result in the java command line option -Xmx64m. Values containing whitespace are rejected with an error, but all others values appear without modification on the java command line appended to -Xmx. |
metaspace |
The Java maximum Metaspace size to use. This is applicable to versions of OpenJDK from 1.8 onwards. For example, a value of 128m will result in the java command line option -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=128m. Values containing whitespace are rejected with an error, but all others values appear without modification on the java command line appended to -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=. |
permgen |
The Java maximum PermGen size to use. This is applicable to versions of OpenJDK earlier than 1.8. For example, a value of 128m will result in the java command line option -XX:MaxPermSize=128m. Values containing whitespace are rejected with an error, but all others values appear without modification on the java command line appended to -XX:MaxPermSize=. |
stack |
The Java stack size to use. For example, a value of 256k will result in the java command line option -Xss256k. Values containing whitespace are rejected with an error, but all others values appear without modification on the java command line appended to -Xss. |
If some memory sizes are not specified using the above properties, default values are provided. For maximum heap, Metaspace, or PermGen size, the default value is based on a proportion of the total memory specified when the application was pushed. For stack size, the default value is one megabyte.
If a memory size is specified which are not equal to the default value, the defaults are adjusted proportionately, except that the default stack size is never adjusted.
The default memory size proportions are configured in the memory_heuristics mapping of config/openjdk.yml. Each memory size is given a weighting between 0 and 1 corresponding to a proportion of the total memory specified when the application was pushed. The weightings should add up to 1.