Durante la migrazione della struttura del progetto attraverso la procedura guidata Migrazione J2EE, gli elementi del metodo (che comprendono identità di protezione, transazione dei contenitori, autorizzazioni del metodo, tentativo di accesso e livelli di isolamento) dello stesso tipo per tutti i bean, vengono uniti per raggrupparli logicamente.
Di seguito è riportato un esempio degli elementi del metodo prima e dopo la migrazione della struttura del progetto.
<method-permission> <role-name>rol1</role-name> <role-name>rol2</role-name> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean1</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>getEJBMetaData</method-name> <method-params> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean1</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>getHomeHandle</method-name> <method-params> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-namae>remove</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>java.lang.Object</method-param> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>remove</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>javax.ejb.Handle</method-param> </method-params> </method> </method-permission> <method-permission> <role-name>rol1</role-name> <role-name>rol2</role-name> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Remote</method-intf> <method-name>isIdentical</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>javax.ejb.EJBObject</method-param> </method-params> </method> </method-permission>
<method-permission> <role-name>rol1</role-name> <role-name>rol2</role-name> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean1</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>getEJBMetaData</method-name> <method-params> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean1</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>getHomeHandle</method-name> <method-params> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>remove</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>>java.lang.Object</method-param> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Home</method-intf> <method-name>remove</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>javax.ejb.Handle</method-param> </method-params> </method> <method> <ejb-name>TestBean2</ejb-name> <method-intf>Remote</method-intf> <method-name>isIdentical</method-name> <method-params> <method-param>javax.ejb.EJBObject</method-param> </method-params> </method> </method-permission>