A Program to convert tab delimited data to XML

import java.io.*;


public class BaseballTabToXML {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    try {
      FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
      BufferedReader in 
       = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin));
      
      FileOutputStream fout 
       = new FileOutputStream("baseballstats.xml");
      OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(fout, "UTF-8");      
      out.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\r\n");  
      out.write("<players>\r\n");
      String playerStats;  
      while ((playerStats = in.readLine()) != null) {
        String[] stats = splitLine(playerStats);         
        out.write("  <player>\r\n");
          out.write("    <first_name>" + stats[1] + "</first_name>\r\n");
          out.write("    <surname>" + stats[0] + "</surname>\r\n");
          out.write("    <games_played>" + stats[4] + "</games_played>\r\n");
          out.write("    <at_bats>" + stats[6] + "</at_bats>\r\n");
          out.write("    <runs>" + stats[7] + "</runs>\r\n");
          out.write("    <hits>" + stats[8] + "</hits>\r\n");
          out.write("    <doubles>" + stats[9] + "</doubles>\r\n");
          out.write("    <triples>" + stats[10] + "</triples>\r\n");
          out.write("    <home_runs>" + stats[11] + "</home_runs>\r\n");
          out.write("    <stolen_bases>" + stats[12] + "</stolen_bases>\r\n");
          out.write("    <caught_stealing>" + stats[14] + "</caught_stealing>\r\n");
          out.write("    <sacrifice_hits>" + stats[15] + "</sacrifice_hits>\r\n");
          out.write("    <sacrifice_flies>" + stats[16] + "</sacrifice_flies>\r\n");
          out.write("    <errors>" + stats[17] + "</errors>\r\n");
          out.write("    <passed_by_ball>" + stats[18] + "</passed_by_ball>\r\n");
          out.write("    <walks>" + stats[19] + "</walks>\r\n");
          out.write("    <strike_outs>" + stats[20] + "</strike_outs>\r\n");
          out.write("    <hit_by_pitch>" + stats[21] + "</hit_by_pitch>\r\n");
        out.write("  </player>\r\n");
      }  
      out.write("</players>\r\n");  
      out.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;
    
  }

}