A test to display the slowdown associated with PrintService.getName()

ServiceTest.java

import javax.print.PrintService;
import javax.print.PrintServiceLookup;

public class ServiceTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        long n = 0;
//         System.setProperty("sun.java2d.print.polling", "false");
        PrintService[] services = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null);
        while (true) {
            long start = System.nanoTime();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                services[0].getName(); //must have at least 1 print service for this test
            n += 1000;
            System.out.printf("time: %.3fms per, after %d calls\n", (System.nanoTime() - start) / 1000000000.0, n);
        }
    }
}

//  Example output:
//        time: 2.676ms per, after 1000 calls
//        time: 3.259ms per, after 2000 calls
//        time: 4.275ms per, after 3000 calls
//        time: 5.316ms per, after 4000 calls
//        time: 6.358ms per, after 5000 calls
//        time: 7.341ms per, after 6000 calls
//        time: 7.556ms per, after 7000 calls
//        time: 8.606ms per, after 8000 calls
//        time: 9.295ms per, after 9000 calls
//        time: 9.585ms per, after 10000 calls