code: private boolean validateAutomaticTimer(BeanMetaData bmd) {
          if (bmd.timedMethodInfos == null || methodId > bmd.timedMethodInfos.length) {
              if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled())
                  Tr.debug(tc, "validateAutomaticTimer: ivMethodId=" + methodId
                               + " > " + Arrays.toString(bmd.timedMethodInfos));
              return false;
          }
  
          Method method = bmd.timedMethodInfos[methodId].ivMethod;
          if (!method.getName().equals(automaticMethodName)) {
              if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled())
                  Tr.debug(tc, "validateAutomaticTimer: ivAutomaticMethodName=" + automaticMethodName
                               + " != " + method.getName());
              return false;
          }
  
          if (automaticClassName != null &&
              !automaticClassName.equals(method.getDeclaringClass().getName())) {
              if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isDebugEnabled())
                  Tr.debug(tc, "validateAutomaticTimer: ivAutomaticClassName=" + automaticClassName
                               + " != " + method.getDeclaringClass().getName());
              return false;
          }
  
          return true;
      }
docs: Validate that the method corresponding to the method ID stored in the
  database matches the method that was used when the automatic timer was
  created. For example, this validation will fail if the application is
  changed to remove an automatic timer without clearing the timers from
  the database. As a prerequisite to calling this method, this object
  must be an automatic timer.
  
  @param bmd the bean metadata
  @return true if this automatic timer is valid, or false if not