System and method for creating target byte code

1. A method of converting byte code of a first type into byte code of a second type, the method comprising:

receiving a first byte code, wherein the first byte code is compiled from source code comprising Common Language Infrastructure programming language;

converting said first byte code into an intermediate language format;

parsing the intermediate language format to create an intermediate data structure wherein the intermediate data structure represents the syntactic structure of the first byte code;

converting Markup language into an object graph; and, converting the object graph and the intermediate data structure into a second byte code comprising SHOCKWAVE FLASH (SWF) byte code language format.

2. A method of converting byte code of a first type into byte code of a second type, comprising:

receiving a first byte code, wherein the first byte code is compiled from source code comprising Common Language Infrastructure programming language;

converting the first byte code into a plurality of data elements comprising namespaces, types, attributes and members;

mapping the namespaces data element of the first byte code to a SHOCKWAVE FLASH (SWF) indexes data element, mapping the types of the first byte code to at least SWF functions data element and SWF integers data element, and mapping the members of the first byte code to at least SWF object property data element and SWF event methods data element;

converting the SWF indexes data element, the SWF functions data element, the SWF integers data element, the SWF object property data element and the SWF event methods data element into a second byte code comprising SWF byte code language format.

3. A method of converting byte code of a first type into byte code of a second type, the method comprising:

receiving a first byte code comprising Common Language Infrastructure opcode;

separating the Common Language Infrastructure opcode into a plurality of categories comprising instantiations, stack operators, field access operators, method calls, argument access operators, comparison operators, mathematical operators, casting and conversion operators and exception handlers;

mapping each of the plurality of categories to a plurality of SHOCKWAVE FLASH (SWF) action data elements;

converting the plurality of SWF action data elements into a second byte code.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein mapping each of the plurality of categories to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprises:

mapping the instantiation category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising NewMethod, NewObject, InitObject and InitArray;

mapping the stack operator category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising Push, Pop, StackSwap and PushDuplicate;

mapping the field access operators category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising GetVariable, SetVariable, GetMember and SetMember;

mapping the method call category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising CallFunction, CallMethod and Call; and

mapping the field access operators category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising Arguments, Array, GetVariable and Push.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein mapping each of the plurality of categories to a plurality of SWF action data elements further comprises:

mapping the comparison operator category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising Equals, Less, Less2, StrictEquals, Greater and StringGreater;

mapping the flow control category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising If, Jump and Call;

mapping the Bit Operator category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising BitAnd, BitLShift, BitOr, BitRShift, BitURShift, BitXOr

mapping the Mathematical Operator category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising Add2, Less2, Modulo, Decrement, Increment, Add, Divide, Multiply and Subtract; and

mapping the exception handlers category to a plurality of SWF action data elements comprising Try and Throw.