Hi,
Although I never tried this but I think it should n't work if you define this method in Remote Interface. Because its a life cycle callback method which is implemented by container. but if you define it in Remote interface then you need to implement it like other Business methods.
I was just going thru a
EJB book which specifies the methods that needs to be specified in each interface and the role of each interface. which means specifying ejbCreate method in Remote interface will violate these rules. Moreover, RemoteHome interface extends EJBHome interface and must specify create,remove and finder(for entity bean) methods.