Internal compiler error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

[simonkeng]

I'm trying to build the acas-roo-server image when I encounter this java error:

docker build -t mcneilco/acas-roo-server-oss:latest .
....

[INFO] Showing AJC message detail for messages of types: [error, warning, fail]
[ERROR] Internal compiler error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:3236)
	/src/src/main/java/com/labsynch/labseer/domain/LsThing.java:0
(no source information available)

[ERROR] ABORT
Mar 30, 2019 9:33:51 PM org.aspectj.weaver.tools.Jdk14Trace info
INFO: Dumping to /src/./ajcore.20190330.213351.468.txt
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 03:53 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2019-03-30T21:33:52Z
[INFO] Final Memory: 384M/444M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:aspectj-maven-plugin:1.9:compile (default) on project acas: AJC compiler errors:
[ERROR] error at (no source information available)
[ERROR] /src/src/main/java/com/labsynch/labseer/domain/LsThing.java:0::0 Internal compiler error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:3236)
[ERROR] abort ABORT -- (OutOfMemoryError) GC overhead limit exceeded
[ERROR] GC overhead limit exceeded
[ERROR] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
[ERROR] 	at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:3236)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.grow(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:118)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.ensureCapacity(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:93)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:153)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.DataOutputStream.write(DataOutputStream.java:107)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream$BlockDataOutputStream.drain(ObjectOutputStream.java:1877)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream$BlockDataOutputStream.setBlockDataMode(ObjectOutputStream.java:1786)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeNonProxyDesc(ObjectOutputStream.java:1286)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeClassDesc(ObjectOutputStream.java:1231)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1427)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1178)
[ERROR] 	at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:348)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedTypeMunger.writeSourceLocation(ResolvedTypeMunger.java:262)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.NewMethodTypeMunger.write(NewMethodTypeMunger.java:65)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.WeaverStateInfo.write(WeaverStateInfo.java:225)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.AjAttribute$WeaverState.write(AjAttribute.java:209)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.AjAttribute.getBytes(AjAttribute.java:59)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.Utility.bcelAttribute(Utility.java:712)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.LazyClassGen.writeBack(LazyClassGen.java:485)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.LazyClassGen.getJavaClassBytesIncludingReweavable(LazyClassGen.java:697)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.getClassFilesFor(BcelWeaver.java:1451)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.weaveAndNotify(BcelWeaver.java:1413)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.weave(BcelWeaver.java:1191)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.compiler.AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.weaveQueuedEntries(AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.java:514)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.compiler.AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.queueForWeaving(AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.java:447)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.compiler.AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.afterProcessing(AjPipeliningCompilerAdapter.java:432)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.compiler.CompilerAdapter.ajc$after$org_aspectj_ajdt_internal_compiler_CompilerAdapter$5$6b855184(CompilerAdapter.aj:103)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.process(Compiler.java:909)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.processCompiledUnits(Compiler.java:550)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:462)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:417)
[ERROR] 	at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.core.builder.AjBuildManager.performCompilation(AjBuildManager.java:1036)
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
The command '/bin/sh -c mvn compile war:war' returned a non-zero code: 1

From this source:

the error occurs when the JVM spent too much time performing Garbage Collection

and this could be the result of a memory leak in the JVM (?). I'm not experienced with Java development so I'm not sure where to start with investigation.

I'm building on a macOS machine:

OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.3 18D109 x86_64
Host: MacBookPro13,3
Kernel: 18.2.0
CPU: Intel i7-6920HQ (8) @ 2.90GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530, AMD Radeon Pro 460
Memory: 4036MiB / 16384MiB

Using Docker version 18.09.1, build 4c52b90

Any insight or recommendations are much appreciated, thanks!