Arjuna JTA `OutOfMemoryError: Java heap` when starting JBoss

Issue

• The following error in the JBoss server log during startup:

ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):  java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.state.InputBuffer.unpackString(InputBuffer.java:400)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.resources.arjunacore.XAResourceRecord.restore_state(XAResourceRecord.java:1114)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.BasicAction.restore_state(BasicAction.java:1416)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.BasicAction.activate(BasicAction.java:717)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.BasicAction.activate(BasicAction.java:679)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.recovery.RecoverAtomicAction.<init>(RecoverAtomicAction.java:60)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.AtomicActionRecoveryModule.doRecoverTransaction(AtomicActionRecoveryModule.java:178)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.AtomicActionRecoveryModule.processTransactionsStatus(AtomicActionRecoveryModule.java:294)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.AtomicActionRecoveryModule.periodicWorkSecondPass(AtomicActionRecoveryModule.java:128)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.doWorkInternal(PeriodicRecovery.java:799)
ERROR [STDERR] (Thread-10):     at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.run(PeriodicRecovery.java:412)
...
INFO  [org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl] (main):  JBoss (Microcontainer) [5.2.0 (build: SVNTag=JBPAPP_5_2_0 date=201211232041)] Started in 37s:900ms