diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/RCObject.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/RCObject.java
index 23a2139..0ac0d49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/RCObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/RCObject.java
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@
 	this.version = table.create(key, value);
     }
 
+    public void forceCreate() {
+
+	if (this.propertyMap == null) {
+	    log.warn("No object map was set. Setting empty Map.");
+	    setObjectMap(new HashMap<Object, Object>());
+	}
+	serializeAndSetValue();
+
+	this.version = table.forceCreate(key, value);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Read an Object from DataStore.
      *
@@ -250,6 +261,10 @@
 	this.version = table.delete(key, this.version);
     }
 
+    public void forceDelete() {
+	this.version = table.forceDelete(key);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Multi-read RCObjects.
      *