There exists an utility which can set auto initialized data class values back to NULL. So you could use it to restore a valid state before you merge it to persistency. Its published here: [http://sourceforge.net/ivySupplement/dataClassNuller][1] I did not test if this implementation still works with an up to date ivy version. So you have to verify and test it. [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivysupplements/files/Helper/

There exists an utility which can set auto initialized data class values back to NULL. Its published here: [http://sourceforge.net/ivySupplement/dataClassNuller][1] I did not test if this implementation still works with an up to date ivy version. So you have to verify and test it. [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivysupplements/files/Helper/