private void eatMemory(int callIndex, File foFile, int replicatorRepeats) throws Exception { Source src = new StreamSource(foFile); Transformer transformer = replicatorTemplates.newTransformer(); transformer.setParameter("repeats", new Integer(replicatorRepeats)); OutputStream out = new NullOutputStream(); // write to /dev/nul try { FOUserAgent userAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent(); userAgent.setBaseURL(foFile.getParentFile().toURL().toExternalForm()); Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_PDF, userAgent, out); Result res = new SAXResult(fop.getDefaultHandler()); transformer.transform(src, res); stats.notifyPagesProduced(fop.getResults().getPageCount()); if (callIndex == 0) { System.out.println( foFile.getName() + " generates " + fop.getResults().getPageCount() + " pages."); } stats.checkStats(); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(out); } }