[TIKA-3546] Side effects of setting WriteOutContentHandler write limit as -1 are unknown

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Yash Mehta
• Created: 08/Sep/21 09:04
• Updated: 13/Sep/21 15:42
• Resolved: 08/Sep/21 15:48

Description

WriteOutContentHandler has a parameterized constructor which can be used to specify the writeLimit. The default seems to be 100,000 characters. Setting this to -1 signifies no writing limit. I want to understand the side effects of keeping it as -1, whether it can cause any memory or performance issues.
 
I also want to understand the reason why this write limit was introduced in the first place, any use-case or user scenario due to which this parameter was introduced.