Method and system for reporting XML data from a legacy computer system

A system for reporting data from a legacy computer system in an Extensible Markup Language format, the system comprising:

• a modeling engine in communication with the legacy computer system, the modeling engine operable to generate a model of a program application residing on the legacy computer system by automatically identifying one or more incidents within the program application, each incident corresponding to a write operation;
• a mapping engine in communication with the modeling engine, the mapping engine operable to generate a modification specification by mapping the model of the program application to an Extensible Markup Language schema;
• and
• a code generation engine in communication with the mapping engine and the legacy computer system, the code generation engine operable to, based on the modification specification, modify legacy computer system program application code to directly output data in Extensible Markup Language format.

A method for updating a legacy computer system to output data in Extensible Markup Language format, the method comprising:

• automatically analyzing one or more program applications residing on the legacy computer system to identify incidents within the one or more program applications that report data;
• associating the incidents within the one or more program applications that report data with an Extensible Markup Language schema;
• and
• based on the association, automatically modifying the program applications so that the modified program applications report data directly in an Extensible Markup Language format.