A mechanism is disclosed for compiling a program which is written in a first language having a first syntax. An indication is detected, in a set of code within the program, that the set of code contains a non-compliant identifier that is not intended to be compliant with the first syntax associated with the first language. In response to detecting the indication, the non-compliant identifier is transformed into a transformed identifier that is compliant with a second syntax associated with a second language. Compiled code that uses and operates with the transformed identifier is emitted. For example, the first program may be written in language that is substantially similar to the Java programming language. The first syntax may be a syntax that is substantially compliant with syntax of the Java programming language. The second language may be XML, wherein the second syntax is substantially compliant with XML.