> Rather than simply transliterating source COBOL code to target Java code, the tool executes a mature automated conversion and refactoring process by first con

> Rather than simply transliterating source COBOL code to target Java code, the tool executes a mature automated conversion and refactoring process by first constructing a comprehensive Intermediate Object Model of the legacy system in an intermediate translation language. > Once modeled within the tool engine, SMEs employ an iterative process of applying rules and tuning to output the transformed code into the target Java language. Seems like they manually construct an IR of the source system, then translate the IR to Java Code. Automatically transpiling COBOL code to Java will lose all possibility of maintenance moving forward. So it is not considered in the first place, nor it is what they need. They need a semi-auto REWRITE of their legacy system, not just target it to Java.