US Patent 9317266 Leveraging legacy applications for use with modern applications

An apparatus of one embodiment translates computer code from a first programming language to a second programming language. The apparatus includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface is operable to receive a compiler output that is associated with source code written in a first programming language. The memory is operable to store the compiler output. The processor is communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and is operable to analyze the data structures within the compiler output, build an internal representation of the source code based on the compiler output, and create a source code template associated with a second programming language.