Compile Using Memory Allocation Enhancements

The Compiler Plugin accepts configurations for meminitial and maxmem. You can follow the example below to set the initial memory size to 128MB and the maximum memory usage to 512MB:

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    [...]
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <fork>true</fork>
          <meminitial>128m</meminitial>
          <maxmem>512m</maxmem>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
    [...]
  </build>
  [...]
</project>