Problem using PrintStream to write to file.

Question

I am trying to write some String data to a file.
I have replaced System.out with a PrintStream of my own.
When I open the file with notepad,
there are little squared at the end of each line with text written.
I'm guessing they have something to do with
the default character encoding on a PrintStream Object.
I am aware that
"All characters printed by a PrintStream are converted into bytes using the platform's default character encoding".
as I am aware of the "java.nio.charset.Charset "
class. I have tryed specifying UTF-8 and US-ASII
encoding when instantiating a PrintStream Object.
What can I do to prevent the square being written, and just using default new lines
there, no matter how the file is viewed?
(my OS is Windows XP service pack 2)
?

Answer 1

Yes, I have. And yes, one would expect.
However, it isn't.
This is just personal code. I am doing the following:
import java.io.File;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import java.io.*;
public class DomParsing {
public static void main (String [] args)
try
DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
File file = new File("cd-catalog.xml");
Node child = null;
Document document = builder.parse(file);
Node element = (Node)document.getDocumentElement();
FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream("SCREEN_OUTPUT.txt");
PrintStream logger = new PrintStream(fileStream,false);
System.setOut(logger);
iterate(element);
logger.close();
fileStream.close();
catch (Exception e)
{e.printStackTrace();}
//needs closer examination.
public static void iterate(Node element)
while(element instanceof Node)
peekNode(element);
peekAttributes(element);
Node [] children = getChildren(element);
if(children instanceof Node[])
//Node child = ;
iterate(children[0]);}
element = getSibling(element);
//Suspect may be either of those two instructions.
if(element instanceof Node)
//iterate(element);
continue;
private static Node [] getChildren(Node element)
Node [] children = null;
if(element.hasChildNodes())
NodeList nodes= element.getChildNodes();
children = new Node [nodes.getLength()];
for(int i=0;i<nodes.getLength();i++)
children[i] = nodes.item(i);
return children;}
private static Node getSibling(Node element)
Node sibling = element.getNextSibling();
return sibling;}
private static void peekNode(Node node)
if(node instanceof Node)
if(node.getNodeName()!=null && (!node.getNodeName().equals("#text")))
{System.out.println(new String(node.getNodeName()));
               System.out.println();
if(node.getNodeValue()!=null && (!node.getNodeValue().equals("#text")))
{System.out.println(new String(node.getNodeValue()));
               System.out.println();
private static void peekAttributes(Node element)
if(element.hasAttributes())
NamedNodeMap map = element.getAttributes();
for(int i=0;i<map.getLength();i++)
Attr attribute = (Attr)map.item(i);
peekNode((Node)attribute);}
//*******************************************************************************************************************