A Program to convert tab delimited data to XML

import java.io.*;
import org.jdom.*;
import org.jdom.output.XMLOutputter;


public class JDOMBaseballTabToXML {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    Element root = new Element("players");
    
    try {
      FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
      BufferedReader in 
       = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin));    

      String playerStats;  
      while ((playerStats = in.readLine()) != null) {
        String[] stats = splitLine(playerStats);
        
        Element player = new Element("player");

        Element first_name = new Element("first_name");
        first_name.setText(stats[1]);
        player.addContent(first_name);
        
        Element surname = new Element("surname");
        surname.setText(stats[0]);
        player.addContent(surname);
       
        Element games_played = new Element("games_played");
        games_played.setText(stats[4]);
        player.addContent(games_played);
       
        Element at_bats = new Element("at_bats");
        at_bats.setText(stats[6]);
        player.addContent(at_bats);
       
        Element runs = new Element("runs");
        runs.setText(stats[7]);
        player.addContent(runs);
       
        Element hits = new Element("hits");
        hits.setText(stats[8]);
        player.addContent(hits);
       
        Element doubles = new Element("doubles");
        doubles.setText(stats[9]);
        player.addContent(doubles);
       
        Element triples = new Element("triples");
        triples.setText(stats[10]);
        player.addContent(triples); 

        Element home_runs = new Element("home_runs");
        home_runs.setText(stats[11]);
        player.addContent(home_runs); 

        Element runs_batted_in = new Element("runs_batted_in");
        runs_batted_in.setText(stats[12]);
        player.addContent(runs_batted_in); 

        Element stolen_bases = new Element("stolen_bases");
        stolen_bases.setText(stats[13]);
        player.addContent(stolen_bases); 

        Element caught_stealing = new Element("caught_stealing");
        caught_stealing.setText(stats[14]);
        player.addContent(caught_stealing); 

        Element sacrifice_hits = new Element("sacrifice_hits");
        sacrifice_hits.setText(stats[15]);
        player.addContent(sacrifice_hits); 

        Element sacrifice_flies = new Element("sacrifice_flies");
        sacrifice_flies.setText(stats[16]);
        player.addContent(sacrifice_flies); 

        Element errors = new Element("errors");
        errors.setText(stats[17]);
        player.addContent(errors); 

        Element passed_by_ball = new Element("passed_by_ball");
        passed_by_ball.setText(stats[18]);
        player.addContent(passed_by_ball); 

        Element walks = new Element("walks");
        walks.setText(stats[19]);
        player.addContent(walks); 

        Element strike_outs = new Element("strike_outs");
        strike_outs.setText(stats[20]);
        player.addContent(strike_outs); 

        Element hit_by_pitch = new Element("hit_by_pitch");
        hit_by_pitch.setText(stats[21]);
        player.addContent(hit_by_pitch); 
        
        root.addContent(player);
      }  
      
      Document doc = new Document(root);
      // serialize it into a file
      FileOutputStream fout 
       = new FileOutputStream("baseballstats.xml");
      
      XMLOutputter serializer = new XMLOutputter("  ", true); 
      serializer.output(doc, fout);
      fout.flush();	
      fout.close();
      in.close();
      
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }
    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
      System.out.println("Usage: java BaseballTabToXML input_file.tab");
    }

  }

  public static String[] splitLine(String playerStats) {
    
    // count the number of tabs
    int numTabs = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < playerStats.length(); i++) {
      if (playerStats.charAt(i) == '\t') numTabs++;
    }
    int numFields = numTabs + 1;
    String[] fields = new String[numFields];
    int position = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
      StringBuffer field = new StringBuffer();
      while (position < playerStats.length() 
       && playerStats.charAt(position++) != '\t') {
        field.append(playerStats.charAt(position-1));
      }
      fields[i] = field.toString();
    }    
    return fields;
    
  }

}