public static ArrayList<String> createTokenList(int current_character, byte[] file_contents, ArrayList<String> al) {
        String item = "";

        if(file_contents[current_character] == '\n' || file_contents[current_character] == '\r' || file_contents[current_character] == '\t'){
            current_character++;
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 7, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<album>"))) {
            current_character += 7;
            item = "album";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</album>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "/album";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 7, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<title>"))){
            current_character += 7;
            item = "title";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</title>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "/title";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<artist>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "artist";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 9, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</artist>"))){
            current_character += 9;
            item = "/artist";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<rating>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "rating";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 9, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</rating>"))){
            current_character += 9;
            item = "/rating";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 7, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<track>"))){
            current_character += 7;
            item = "track";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</track>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "/track";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 9, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<feature>"))){
            current_character += 9;
            item = "feature";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 10, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</feature>"))){
            current_character += 10;
            item = "/feature";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 8, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<length>"))){
            current_character += 8;
            item = "length";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 9, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</length>"))){
            current_character += 9;
            item = "/length";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 9, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<writing>"))){
            current_character += 9;
            item = "writing";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 10, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</writing>"))){
            current_character += 10;
            item = "/writing";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 6, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("<date>"))){
            current_character += 6;
            item = "date";
        }

        else if(new String(file_contents, current_character, 7, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).equals(new String("</date>"))){
            current_character += 7;
            item = "/date";
        }

        else {
            int length = contentLength(current_character, file_contents);
            item = new String(file_contents, current_character, length, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
            current_character += length;
        }

        if (item != "") {
            al.add(item);
        }

        if (current_character != file_contents.length) {
            createTokenList(current_character, file_contents, al);
        }

        return al;
    }

    public static int contentLength(int current_character, byte[] file_contents) {
        int length = 0;

        if (file_contents[current_character + length] != '<') {
            length++;
            return 1 + contentLength(current_character + length, file_contents);
        }
        else {
            return 0;
        }
    }