Writing out to file - and it seems to overwrite data

Question

I have written a program that reads in a file and then writes out XML. It works fine with small files but with files that are 1,310 kb it, seems to overwrite itself and i end up with a file that is missing its begining and middle pieces. I suspect that I am blowing out some buffer and a java component is reseting itself and overwriting the file, but i am scratching my head. Code below, please excuse the unformatted nature of the code.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class dl414image {
public static String all = "";
public static String fname = "";
public static String lname = "";
public static String mname = "";
public static boolean aflag = false;
public static boolean endofrec = false;
public static boolean bflag = false;
public static boolean cflag = false;
public static boolean dflag = false;
public static String xmldl;
public static String xmlreq;
public static String xml_issue_date;
public static String xml_first_name;
public static String xml_middle_name;
public static String xml_last_name;
public static String xml_dmvinfo;
public static String xmlbday;
public static String xmlsex;
public static String xmlheight;
public static String xmlweight;
public static String xmleyecolor;
public static String xmlhaircolor;
public static String xml_licenseclass;
public static String xml_licenseclassname;
public static String xml_licenseissuedate;
public static String xml_licenseexpiresdate;
public static String dlstart = "<dlnumber>";
public static String dlend = "</dlnumber>";
public static String xmlreqstart = "<requestor_code>";
public static String xmlreqend = "</requestor_code>";     
public static String issue_date_start = "<issue_date>";
public static String xml_issue_date_end = "</issue_date>";
public static int count = 0;
public static List<String> xml_abstractline = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_cline = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_dline = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_acontinuedline = new ArrayList<String>();
public static String dlold; // holds the previous DL number
public static final String HEX_EXP = "[\\xFF]";
public static final String CDATASTART = " <![CDATA[";
public static final String CDATAEND = "]]>";
public static String xmlfobates = "";
public static String xmltypeappdate = "";
public static String xml_licenseext;
public static String xml_licenserestrict;
public static String xml_licensedup;
public static String xml_licenseheld;
public static String xml_licenseseq;
public static List<String> xml_abstract_item = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_violationdate = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_convictdate = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_sectviolated = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_statute = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_file_number = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_location_or_arn = new ArrayList<String>();
public static List<String> xml_abstract_vehicle_license = new ArrayList<String>();
public static final String ABST = "ABST";
public static List<String> xml_reqNameAddress = new ArrayList<String>();
     /**<p>
     * This code reads in a file line by line
     * with BufferedReader and processes each
     * line.
     * @author Toren Valone
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          read("U:\\dlbig.txt"); //read this file
//     convenience method to encapsulate
//     the work of reading data.
     public static void read(String fileName) {
          xmlwriter("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
          xmlwriter("<?xml-stylesheet type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"dl414.xsl\"?>" );
          xmlwriter("<dl_records>"); //write base element start tag
     try {
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
     new FileReader(fileName));
     String line;
     while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
          String cleanline = stripNonValidXMLCharacters(line);
     //our own method to do something
     handle(cleanline);
     //count each line
     count++;
     in.close();
     //show total at the end of file
     log("Lines read: " + count);
     } catch (IOException e) {
     log(e.getMessage());
     dlxmlwriter(); //final write for process
          xmlwriter("</dl_records>"); //write base element end tag
//     does the work on every line as it is
//     read in by our read method
     private static void handle(String line){
          if(line.length()> 0) {
          char fbyte = line.charAt(0);
          if(fbyte == 'A') {
          //just grab the very first dl
          if(count == 0) {
          dlold = line.substring(3,11);
          aflag = true;
          cflag = false;
          dflag = false;
          if(dlold.equalsIgnoreCase(line.substring(3,11))) {
          } else {
               dlxmlwriter();
          //create Drivers License XML
               xmldl = dlstart + line.substring(3,11) + dlend;
               //grab f.o bates no only if its there otherwise write empty xml
          xmlfobates = "<fobates>" + line.substring(12,19) + "</fobates>";
          //grab type app and date
          xmltypeappdate = "<typeappdate>" + line.substring(20,28) + "</typeappdate>";
               //Create Requestor code XML
          xmlreq = xmlreqstart + line.substring(51,56) + xmlreqend;
          //Create issue date XML
          xml_issue_date = issue_date_start + line.substring(57,63) + xml_issue_date_end;
          // clear name values, for now too stupid to figure out
          fname = "";
          mname = "";
          lname = "";     
          //Pulls the whole name string and sends it to namer function
          //to break up
          String name = line.substring(72);
          namer(name);
          //Create a string array and call get_Names which returns a
          //string array
          xml_first_name = "<first_name>" + fname + "</first_name>";
          xml_middle_name = "<middle_name>" + mname + "</middle_name>";
          xml_last_name = "<last_name>" + lname + "</last_name>";
               //store Dl for comparison
               store_old_dl(line);
          //Accent a and a length of 59 or 102 contains
          //the dmv info line
          if((fbyte == '?')& (line.length() == 59)){
               String cleandmvinfo = regexReplacer(line.substring(38,58),"//","");
               xml_dmvinfo = "<dmv_info_line>" + cleandmvinfo + "</dmv_info_line>";
          //Line length of 33 Birthdate, Sex, Height, Weight
          //Eye color hair color
          if ((line.length() == 33 ) & (aflag == true)) {
               xmlbday = "<birth_date>" + line.substring(3, 9) + "</birth_date>";
               xmlsex = "<sex>" + line.substring(11,12) + "</sex>";
               xmlheight = "<height>" + line.substring(14,17) + "</height>";
               xmlweight = "<weight>" + line.substring(18,21) + "</weight>";
               xmleyecolor = "<eye_color>" + line.substring(22,27) + "</eye_color>";
               xmlhaircolor = "<hair_color>" + line.substring(28,line.length()) + "</hair_color>";
//Line length of 35 Birthdate, Sex, Height, Weight
          //Eye color hair color
          if ((line.length() == 31     ) & (aflag == true)) {
               xmlbday = "<birth_date>" + line.substring(3, 9) + "</birth_date>";
               xmlsex = "<sex>" + line.substring(11,12) + "</sex>";
               xmlheight = "<height>" + line.substring(14,17) + "</height>";
               xmlweight = "<weight>" + line.substring(18,21) + "</weight>";
               xmleyecolor = "<eye_color>" + line.substring(22,27) + "</eye_color>";
               xmlhaircolor = "<hair_color>" + line.substring(28,31) + "</hair_color>";
// Line length of 56 Birthdate, Sex, Height, Weight
          //Eye color hair color for Annual reports
          if ((line.length() == 56     ) & (aflag == true)) {
               xmlbday = "<birth_date>" + line.substring(3, 9) + "</birth_date>";
               xmlsex = "<sex>" + line.substring(11,12) + "</sex>";
               xmlheight = "<height>" + line.substring(14,17) + "</height>";
               xmlweight = "<weight>" + line.substring(18,21) + "</weight>";
               xmleyecolor = "<eye_color>" + line.substring(22,27) + "</eye_color>";
               xmlhaircolor = "<hair_color>" + line.substring(28,31) + "</hair_color>";
          //If the line has an accent a and a length of 6
          if ((fbyte == '?')& (line.length() == 6)) {
          xml_licenseclass = "<license_class>" + line.substring(5,6) + "</license_class>";
          if ((fbyte == '?')& (line.length() == 8)) {
               String cleanlc = regexReplacer(line.substring(4,8),"&","&");
               xml_licenseclass = "<license_class>" + cleanlc + "</license_class>";
          if((line.length() == 61) & aflag==true) {
               xml_licenseclassname = "<license_class_name>" + line.substring(3,9) + "</license_class_name>";
               xml_licenseissuedate = "<license_issue_date>" + line.substring(9,16) + "</license_issue_date>";
               xml_licenseexpiresdate = "<license_expires_date>" + line.substring(16,23) + "</license_expires_date>";
               xml_licenseext = "<license_ext>" + line.substring(23,26) + "</license_ext>";
               xml_licenserestrict = "<license_restrict>" + line.substring(26,37) + "</license_restrict>";          
               xml_licensedup = "<license_dup>" + line.substring(38,43) + "</license_dup>";
               xml_licenseheld = "<license_held>" + line.substring(44,44) + "</license_held>";
               xml_licenseseq = "<license_seq>" + line.substring(57,61) + "</license_seq>";
          if(fbyte == 'B') {
               bflag = true;
               aflag = false; //ok got the a now turn switch off
               String cleanabstract = regexReplacer(line.substring(1,line.length()),HEX_EXP,"");
               cleanabstract = regexReplacer(cleanabstract,"&","&");
               cleanabstract = regexReplacer(cleanabstract,"&","&apos;");
          if(cleanabstract.substring(3, 7).equalsIgnoreCase("ABST")){
               if(cleanabstract.length() == 107) {               
                    xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,8) + "</abstract_item>");
               xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
               xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(15,21) + "</abs_convict_date>");
               xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
               xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + cleanabstract.substring(42,46) + "</abs_statute>");
               xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
               xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,99) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
               xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + cleanabstract.substring(100,107) + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               if(cleanabstract.length() > 80 & cleanabstract.length() < 107) {               
                    xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,8) + "</abstract_item>");
               xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
               xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(15,21) + "</abs_convict_date>");
               xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
               xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + cleanabstract.substring(42,51) + "</abs_statute>");
               xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
               xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
               if(cleanabstract.length() < 80) {
               System.out.println("****Change your assumtions about length*********");     
                    xml_abstractline.add("<abstract>" + cleanabstract + "</abstract>");
          if(cleanabstract.substring(3, 6).equalsIgnoreCase("ACC")){
               if(cleanabstract.length() < 107) {
                    System.out.println("Acc looks like!!!" + cleanabstract);
                    System.out.println("Acc length=" + cleanabstract.length());
               if(cleanabstract.length() > 102) {               
                         xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,6) + "</abstract_item>");
                    xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                    xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + " " + "</abs_convict_date>");
                    xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                    xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + " " + "</abs_statute>");
                    xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
                    xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,99) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                    xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + cleanabstract.substring(100,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               if((cleanabstract.length() > 77 ) & cleanabstract.length() < 102) {               
                         xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,6) + "</abstract_item>");
                    xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                    xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + " " + "</abs_convict_date>");
                    xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                    xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + " " + "</abs_statute>");
                    xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_file_number>");
                    xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                    xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
          if((fbyte == ' ') & (bflag == true)) {
               String cleanabstract = regexReplacer(line.substring(1,line.length()),HEX_EXP,".");
               cleanabstract = regexReplacer(cleanabstract,"&","&");
               cleanabstract = regexReplacer(cleanabstract,"'","&apos;");
               if(cleanabstract.substring(3, 7).equalsIgnoreCase("ABST")){
                         if(cleanabstract.length() == 107) {               
                              xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,8) + "</abstract_item>");
                         xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                         xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(15,21) + "</abs_convict_date>");
                         xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                         xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + cleanabstract.substring(42,51) + "</abs_statute>");
                         xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
                         xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,99) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                         xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + cleanabstract.substring(100,107) + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
                         if(cleanabstract.length() > 93 & cleanabstract.length() < 107) {               
                              xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,8) + "</abstract_item>");
                         xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                         xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(15,21) + "</abs_convict_date>");
                         xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                         xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + cleanabstract.substring(42,51) + "</abs_statute>");
                         xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
                         xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                         xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               if(cleanabstract.substring(3, 6).equalsIgnoreCase("ACC")){
                         if(cleanabstract.length() > 102) {               
                                   xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,6) + "</abstract_item>");
                              xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                              xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + " " + "</abs_convict_date>");
                              xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                              xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + " " + "</abs_statute>");
                              xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,79) + "</abs_file_number>");
                              xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + cleanabstract.substring(79,99) + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                              xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + cleanabstract.substring(100,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
                         if((cleanabstract.length() > 77 ) & cleanabstract.length() < 102) {               
                                   xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + cleanabstract.substring(3,6) + "</abstract_item>");
                              xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + cleanabstract.substring(8,14) + "</abs_violation_date>");
                              xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + " " + "</abs_convict_date>");
                              xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                              xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + " " + "</abs_statute>");
                              xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + cleanabstract.substring(67     ,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_file_number>");
                              xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                              xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               if(cleanabstract.length() == 46) {
               if(cleanabstract.substring(22, 25).equalsIgnoreCase("CDL") & cleanabstract.length() == 46) {
               xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + "</abstract_item>");
                    xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + "</abs_violation_date>");
                    xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + "</abs_convict_date>");
                    xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,43) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                    xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + cleanabstract.substring(42,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_statute>");
                    xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + "</abs_file_number>");
                    xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                    xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               if(cleanabstract.length()> 39 & cleanabstract.length() < 43     ) {
               if(cleanabstract.substring(22, 25).equalsIgnoreCase("DMV")) {
                    System.out.println("DMV length=" + cleanabstract.length());
                    xml_abstract_item.add("<abstract_item>" + "</abstract_item>");
                    xml_abstract_violationdate.add("<abs_violation_date>" + "</abs_violation_date>");
                    xml_abstract_convictdate.add("<abs_convict_date>" + "</abs_convict_date>");
                    xml_abstract_sectviolated.add("<abs_section_violated>" + cleanabstract.substring(22,cleanabstract.length()) + "</abs_section_violated>");
                    xml_abstract_statute.add("<abs_statute>" + "</abs_statute>");
                    xml_abstract_file_number.add("<abs_file_number>" + "</abs_file_number>");
                    xml_abstract_location_or_arn.add("<abs_location_or_arn>" + "</abs_location_or_arn>");
                    xml_abstract_vehicle_license.add("<abs_vehicle_license>" + "</abs_vehicle_license>");               
               xml_abstractline.add("<abstract>" + cleanabstract + "</abstract>");
          if(fbyte == 'C') {
               //turn b flag off
               aflag = false;
               bflag = false;
               cflag = true;
               String cleancomment = regexReplacer(line.substring(1,line.length()),HEX_EXP,"");     
               cleancomment = regexReplacer(cleancomment,"&","&");
               cleancomment = regexReplacer(cleancomment,"'","&apos;");
               xml_cline.add("<comment_line>" + cleancomment.substring(1,63) + "</comment_line>");
               xml_reqNameAddress.add("<requestor_name_or_address>" + cleancomment.substring(63,cleancomment.length()) + "</requestor_name_or_address>");
               System.out.println("In C code dl=" + xmldl + "aflag=" + aflag +"bflag=" + bflag + "cflag=" + cflag);           
          if((fbyte == ' ') & (cflag == true)){
               String cleancomment = regexReplacer(line.substring(1,line.length()),HEX_EXP,"");     
               cleancomment = regexReplacer(cleancomment,"&","&");
               if(cleancomment.length() > 63) {
          xml_reqNameAddress.add("<requestor_name_or_address>" + cleancomment.substring(63,cleancomment.length()) + "</requestor_name_or_address>");
          xml_cline.add("<comment_line>" + cleancomment.substring(1, 63) + "</comment_line>");
               } else {
                    xml_cline.add("<comment_line>" + cleancomment.substring(1, cleancomment.length()) + "</comment_line>");
          if(fbyte == 'D') {
               xml_dline.add("<action>" + line.substring(1, line.length()) + "</action>");
               dflag = true;
               cflag = false;
               System.out.println("In d code dl=" + xmldl + "aflag=" + aflag +"bflag=" + bflag + "cflag=" + cflag + "dflag=" + dflag);
          } // ends d if
          //If D line sets it to true then this will never run
          if((fbyte == ' ') & (dflag == true)) {
               xml_dline.add("<action>" + line.substring(1, line.length()) + "</action>");
          }     //end if line length greater than zero
     }// ends handle     
     public static void store_old_dl(String line) {
          dlold = line.substring(3,11);
     public static void dlxmlwriter(){
xmlwriter("<dl_record>");
     xmlwriter(xmldl);
     xmlwriter(xmlfobates);
     xmlwriter(xmltypeappdate);
     xmlwriter(xmlreq);
     xmlwriter(xml_issue_date);
     xmlwriter(xml_first_name);
     xmlwriter(xml_middle_name);
     xmlwriter(xml_last_name);
     xmlwriter(xml_dmvinfo);
     xmlwriter(xmlbday);
     xmlwriter(xmlsex);
     xmlwriter(xmlheight);     
     xmlwriter(xmlweight);
     xmlwriter(xmleyecolor);
     xmlwriter(xmlhaircolor);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseclass);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseclassname);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseissuedate);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseexpiresdate);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseext);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenserestrict);
     xmlwriter(xml_licensedup);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseheld);
     xmlwriter(xml_licenseseq);
     int a = 0;
     while (a < xml_abstractline.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstractline.get(a).toString());
          a++;
     int a1 = 0;
     while (a1 < xml_abstract_item.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_item.get(a1).toString());
          a1++;
     int a2 = 0;
     while (a2 < xml_abstract_violationdate.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_violationdate.get(a2).toString());
          a2++;
     int a3 = 0;
     while (a3 < xml_abstract_convictdate.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_convictdate.get(a3).toString());
          a3++;
     int a4 = 0;
     while (a4 < xml_abstract_sectviolated.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_sectviolated.get(a4).toString());
          a4++;
     int a5 = 0;
     while (a5 < xml_abstract_statute.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_statute.get(a5).toString());
          a5++;
     int a6 = 0;
     while (a6 < xml_abstract_file_number.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_file_number.get(a6).toString());
          a6++;
     int a7 = 0;
     while (a7 < xml_abstract_location_or_arn.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_location_or_arn.get(a7).toString());
          a7++;
     int a8 = 0;
     while (a8 < xml_abstract_vehicle_license.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_abstract_vehicle_license.get(a8).toString());
          a8++;
     int d = 0;
     while (d < xml_cline.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_cline.get(d).toString());
          d++;
     int e = 0;
     while (e < xml_dline.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_dline.get(e).toString());
          e++;
     int f = 0;
     while (f < xml_reqNameAddress.size()) {
          xmlwriter(xml_reqNameAddress.get(f).toString());
          f++;
     dflag = false;
     //writes the entag for dlnumber and dl record
xmlwriter("</dl_record>");
     xml_abstractline.clear();
     xml_cline.clear();
     xml_dline.clear();
     xml_abstract_item.clear();
     xml_abstract_violationdate.clear();
     xml_abstract_convictdate.clear();
     xml_abstract_sectviolated.clear();
     xml_abstract_statute.clear();
     xml_abstract_file_number.clear();
     xml_abstract_location_or_arn.clear();
     xml_abstract_vehicle_license.clear();
     xml_reqNameAddress.clear();
     public static void xmlwriter(String writestring){     
          String filename = "U:\\dl.xml";
               try {
                    FileWriter myFW = new FileWriter(filename, true);
                    BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(myFW);     
out.flush();
                    out.write(writestring);
                    out.newLine();
                    out.close();
               } catch (IOException f) {
                    System.out.println("Error -- " + f.toString());
               }// ends catch
//     convenience to save typing, keep focus
     private static

Answer 1

Ok, here is the snippet that I think is having problems
static void xmlwriter(String writestring){
String filename = "U:dl.xml";
try {
FileWriter myFW = new FileWriter(filename, true);
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(myFW);
out.flush();
out.write(writestring);
out.newLine();
out.close();
} catch (IOException f) {
System.out.println("Error -- " + f.toString());
}// ends catch
I call this for everyline written, and as I watch the file bytes count up, I then see it reset to zero and start over. Could this be something to do with creating a new buffer for every line?