diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.classpath b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f3c1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.project b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c27d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>hyracks-test-support</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18b0312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Wed Jan 05 15:09:31 PST 2011
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f462ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#Wed Jan 05 15:09:30 PST 2011
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+fullBuildGoals=process-test-resources
+includeModules=false
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+resourceFilterGoals=process-resources resources\:testResources
+skipCompilerPlugin=true
+version=1
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14c2275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestBTreeRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestBTreeRegistryProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ab0427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestBTreeRegistryProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
+
+public class TestBTreeRegistryProvider implements IBTreeRegistryProvider {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    @Override
+    public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        return TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBTreeRegistry(ctx);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestJobletContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestJobletContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..921cb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestJobletContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksJobletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.profiling.counters.ICounterContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.resources.IDeallocatable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.job.profiling.CounterContext;
+
+public class TestJobletContext implements IHyracksJobletContext {
+    private final INCApplicationContext appContext;
+    private UUID jobId;
+    private int attempt;
+    private ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory fileFactory;
+
+    public TestJobletContext(INCApplicationContext appContext, UUID jobId, int attempt) throws HyracksException {
+        this.appContext = appContext;
+        this.jobId = jobId;
+        this.attempt = attempt;
+        fileFactory = new ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory(this, (IOManager) getIOManager());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer allocateFrame() {
+        return appContext.getRootContext().allocateFrame();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFrameSize() {
+        return appContext.getRootContext().getFrameSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        return appContext.getRootContext().getIOManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FileReference createWorkspaceFile(String prefix) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return fileFactory.createWorkspaceFile(prefix);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ICounterContext getCounterContext() {
+        return new CounterContext(jobId + "." + attempt);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerDeallocatable(final IDeallocatable deallocatable) {
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                deallocatable.deallocate();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public INCApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return appContext;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public UUID getJobId() {
+        return jobId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getAttempt() {
+        return attempt;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdf919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
+
+public class TestNCApplicationContext implements INCApplicationContext {
+    private IHyracksRootContext rootCtx;
+    private Serializable distributedState;
+    private Object appObject;
+
+    public TestNCApplicationContext(IHyracksRootContext rootCtx) {
+        this.rootCtx = rootCtx;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        return getClass().getClassLoader();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Serializable getDestributedState() {
+        return distributedState;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IHyracksRootContext getRootContext() {
+        return rootCtx;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDistributedState(Serializable state) {
+        distributedState = state;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setApplicationObject(Object object) {
+        this.appObject = object;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getApplicationObject() {
+        return appObject;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestRootContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestRootContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93409ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestRootContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+
+public class TestRootContext implements IHyracksRootContext {
+    private int frameSize;
+    private IOManager ioManager;
+
+    public TestRootContext(int frameSize) throws HyracksException {
+        this.frameSize = frameSize;
+        List<IODeviceHandle> devices = new ArrayList<IODeviceHandle>();
+        devices.add(new IODeviceHandle(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), "."));
+        ioManager = new IOManager(devices, Executors.newCachedThreadPool());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer allocateFrame() {
+        return ByteBuffer.allocate(frameSize);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFrameSize() {
+        return frameSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        return ioManager;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStageletContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStageletContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28911b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStageletContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksJobletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.profiling.counters.ICounterContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.resources.IDeallocatable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.job.profiling.CounterContext;
+
+public class TestStageletContext implements IHyracksStageletContext {
+    private final IHyracksJobletContext jobletContext;
+    private UUID stageId;
+    private ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory fileFactory;
+
+    public TestStageletContext(IHyracksJobletContext jobletContext, UUID stageId) throws HyracksException {
+        this.jobletContext = jobletContext;
+        this.stageId = stageId;
+        fileFactory = new ManagedWorkspaceFileFactory(this, (IOManager) getIOManager());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer allocateFrame() {
+        return jobletContext.allocateFrame();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFrameSize() {
+        return jobletContext.getFrameSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        return jobletContext.getIOManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FileReference createWorkspaceFile(String prefix) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return fileFactory.createWorkspaceFile(prefix);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IHyracksJobletContext getJobletContext() {
+        return jobletContext;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public UUID getStageId() {
+        return stageId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ICounterContext getCounterContext() {
+        return new CounterContext(jobletContext.getJobId() + "." + jobletContext.getAttempt() + "." + stageId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerDeallocatable(final IDeallocatable deallocatable) {
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                deallocatable.deallocate();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5338d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.BufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ClockPageReplacementStrategy;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICacheMemoryAllocator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IPageReplacementStrategy;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.smi.TransientFileMapManager;
+
+public class TestStorageManagerComponentHolder {
+    private static IBufferCache bufferCache;
+    private static IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider;
+    private static BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry;
+
+    private static int pageSize;
+    private static int numPages;
+
+    public static void init(int pageSize, int numPages) {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.pageSize = pageSize;
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.numPages = numPages;
+        bufferCache = null;
+        fileMapProvider = null;
+        btreeRegistry = null;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized static IBufferCache getBufferCache(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        if (bufferCache == null) {
+            ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
+            IPageReplacementStrategy prs = new ClockPageReplacementStrategy();
+            IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider = getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+            bufferCache = new BufferCache(ctx.getIOManager(), allocator, prs, (IFileMapManager) fileMapProvider,
+                    pageSize, numPages);
+        }
+        return bufferCache;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized static IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        if (fileMapProvider == null) {
+            fileMapProvider = new TransientFileMapManager();
+        }
+        return fileMapProvider;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized static BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        if (btreeRegistry == null) {
+            btreeRegistry = new BTreeRegistry();
+        }
+        return btreeRegistry;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerInterface.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e923cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestStorageManagerInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+
+public class TestStorageManagerInterface implements IStorageManagerInterface {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    @Override
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        return TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+        return TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2edeaff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksJobletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+
+public class TestUtils {
+    public static IHyracksStageletContext create(int frameSize) {
+        try {
+            IHyracksRootContext rootCtx = new TestRootContext(frameSize);
+            INCApplicationContext appCtx = new TestNCApplicationContext(rootCtx);
+            IHyracksJobletContext jobletCtx = new TestJobletContext(appCtx, UUID.randomUUID(), 0);
+            IHyracksStageletContext stageletCtx = new TestStageletContext(jobletCtx, UUID.randomUUID());
+            return stageletCtx;
+        } catch (HyracksException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file