Complete list of JVM options

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Nolequen picture Nolequen · Mar 29, 2017 · Viewed 29.2k times · Source

Besides official documentation I have found only this post. But it is quite old and incomplete (only -XX options available). For example, I couldn't find -XX:AutoBoxCacheMax option in none of them.

Where the complete list can be found if it exists?

Answer

Svetlin Zarev picture Svetlin Zarev · Mar 29, 2017

You can use 

java -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version

to print all options and their defaults. If you have a debug build you can use this command to print comments for the various options as well:

java -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -XX:+PrintFlagsWithComments -version

PS: There are descriptions for most of them in this blog post: http://stas-blogspot.blogspot.bg/2011/07/most-complete-list-of-xx-options-for.html

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