Methods and apparatus for creating markup language documents

A system for generating markup language documents, the system comprising a computer apparatus configured to:

• create, using a markup language, a template document including a plurality of tags;
• populate each of the plurality of tags with a value, wherein at least one of the plurality of tags is populated with a maximum tag length value,
• parse the template document to determine a working storage structure corresponding to the plurality of tags, and
• generate an API configured to generate, during run-time, a markup language document and to generate a corresponding set of data elements corresponding to the working storage structure, wherein the API includes:
• a definition of the working storage structure including a plurality of API variables,
• code for each tag that participates in an array, and
• code configured to compress the data elements by truncating leading spaces in each data element,
• wherein a dimension of the array can be adjusted upon receiving input from a user interface.

A computer-readable storage medium storing, in executable form, computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, implement a method for obtaining computer-generated markup language documents using a programming language, the method comprising:

• creating, using a markup language, a template document including a plurality of tags;
• populating each of the plurality of tags with a value, wherein at least one of the plurality of tags is populated with a maximum tag length value;
• parsing the template document to determine a working storage structure corresponding to the plurality of tags;
• and
• generating, in the programming language, an API configured to generate, during run-time, a markup language document, and to generate a corresponding set of data elements corresponding to the working storage structure, wherein the API includes:
• a definition of the working storage structure including a plurality of API variables,
• code for each tag that participates in an array, and
• code configured to compress the data elements by truncating leading spaces in each data element,
• wherein a dimension of the array can be adjusted upon receiving input from a user interface.