diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/application/IServiceContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/application/IServiceContext.java
index bc3d7a1..6effee3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/application/IServiceContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/application/IServiceContext.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IApplicationConfig;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IJobSerializerDeserializerContainer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.service.IControllerService;
@@ -55,4 +56,17 @@
 
     Object getApplicationContext();
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the IPersistedResourceRegistry that contains the mapping between classes and type ids used
+     * for serialization.
+     *
+     * @param persistedResourceRegistry
+     */
+    default void setPersistedResourceRegistry(IPersistedResourceRegistry persistedResourceRegistry) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    default IPersistedResourceRegistry getPersistedResourceRegistry() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparatorFactory.java
index 4cfa113..94d4eab 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparatorFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public interface IBinaryComparatorFactory extends Serializable {
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+public interface IBinaryComparatorFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     public IBinaryComparator createBinaryComparator();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/ITypeTraits.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/ITypeTraits.java
index ec3ad3f..b1efee2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/ITypeTraits.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/ITypeTraits.java
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
 /**
  * Specify whether a type has fixed length and if so, what is the length
  */
-public interface ITypeTraits extends Serializable {
+public interface ITypeTraits extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     /**
      * @return true if the type has a fixed length, false otherwise
      */
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IJsonSerializable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IJsonSerializable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c717835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IJsonSerializable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.hyracks.api.io;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public interface IJsonSerializable {
+    /**
+     * @param registry
+     * @return A JSON representation of an object as a JSON Node
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    default JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IPersistedResourceRegistry.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IPersistedResourceRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38162c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/IPersistedResourceRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.hyracks.api.io;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+/**
+ * A IPersistedResourceRegistry is responsible for maintaining a mapping between classes and type ids
+ * that are used for serialization.
+ */
+public interface IPersistedResourceRegistry {
+
+    String TYPE_FIELD_ID = "@type";
+    String VERSION_FIELD_ID = "@version";
+    String CLASS_FIELD_ID = "@class";
+
+    /**
+     * @param clazz
+     * @param version
+     * @return A JsonObject with the registered type id in IPersistedResourceRegistry.
+     */
+    ObjectNode getClassIdentifier(Class<? extends IJsonSerializable> clazz, long version);
+
+    /**
+     * @param json
+     * @return A class object of the type id in {@code json}
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    IJsonSerializable deserialize(JsonNode json) throws HyracksDataException;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/application/ServiceContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/application/ServiceContext.java
index 1ee2315..5da62f9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/application/ServiceContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/common/application/ServiceContext.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.config.IApplicationConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.IServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IJobSerializerDeserializerContainer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSerializerDeserializerContainer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     protected Serializable distributedState;
     protected IMessageBroker messageBroker;
     protected IJobSerializerDeserializerContainer jobSerDeContainer = new JobSerializerDeserializerContainer();
+    protected IPersistedResourceRegistry persistedResourceRegistry;
 
     public ServiceContext(ServerContext serverCtx, IApplicationConfig appConfig, ThreadFactory threadFactory) {
         this.serverCtx = serverCtx;
@@ -76,4 +78,14 @@
     public IApplicationConfig getAppConfig() {
         return appConfig;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPersistedResourceRegistry(IPersistedResourceRegistry persistedResourceRegistry) {
+        this.persistedResourceRegistry = persistedResourceRegistry;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IPersistedResourceRegistry getPersistedResourceRegistry() {
+        return persistedResourceRegistry;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index 2a06010..5076260 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -52,5 +52,9 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.java
index d1fc8a2..ff9758c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.java
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class PointableBinaryComparatorFactory implements IBinaryComparatorFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -52,4 +58,18 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode classIdentifier = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        classIdentifier.set("pointableFactory", pf.toJson(registry));
+        return classIdentifier;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final IPointableFactory pointableFactory =
+                (IPointableFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("pointableFactory"));
+        return of(pointableFactory);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/api/IPointableFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/api/IPointableFactory.java
index aee3047..bd71697 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/api/IPointableFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/api/IPointableFactory.java
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 
-public interface IPointableFactory extends Serializable {
+public interface IPointableFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     IPointable createPointable();
 
     ITypeTraits getTypeTraits();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BooleanPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BooleanPointable.java
index ea6086d..ca26ef8 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BooleanPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BooleanPointable.java
@@ -19,28 +19,21 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class BooleanPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable {
+
     public static final BooleanPointableFactory FACTORY = new BooleanPointableFactory();
-
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 1;
-        }
-    };
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1);
 
     public static class BooleanPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -60,6 +53,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     }
 
     public static boolean getBoolean(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ByteArrayPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ByteArrayPointable.java
index 98700a3..496c402 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ByteArrayPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ByteArrayPointable.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -30,7 +33,11 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.encoding.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class ByteArrayPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, Serializable {
+
+    public static final ByteArrayPointableFactory FACTORY = new ByteArrayPointableFactory();
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     // These three values are cached to speed up the length data access.
@@ -47,21 +54,7 @@
         hash = 0;
     }
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class ByteArrayPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -71,7 +64,17 @@
 
         @Override
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
-            return TYPE_TRAITS;
+            return VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BytePointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BytePointable.java
index 9e81083..12c251b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BytePointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/BytePointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,23 +29,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class BytePointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final BytePointableFactory FACTORY = new BytePointableFactory();
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1);
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 1;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class BytePointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -54,6 +48,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     public static byte getByte(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/DoublePointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/DoublePointable.java
index 16294b3..9394575 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/DoublePointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/DoublePointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,8 +29,18 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class DoublePointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
 
+    public static final DoublePointableFactory FACTORY = new DoublePointableFactory();
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(8) {
+        //TODO fix RTREE logic based on class comparision in LSMRTreeUtils#proposeBestLinearizer
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFixedLength() {
+            return super.isFixedLength();
+        }
+    };
     private static final double MACHINE_EPSILON = getMachineEpsilon();
 
     private static double getMachineEpsilon() {
@@ -38,21 +51,7 @@
         return epsilon;
     }
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 8;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static class DoublePointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -64,6 +63,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     public static long getLongBits(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FixedLengthTypeTrait.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FixedLengthTypeTrait.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3658ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FixedLengthTypeTrait.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+public class FixedLengthTypeTrait implements ITypeTraits {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private final int fixedLength;
+
+    public FixedLengthTypeTrait(int fixedLength) {
+        this.fixedLength = fixedLength;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFixedLength() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFixedLength() {
+        return fixedLength;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("fixedLength", fixedLength);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return new FixedLengthTypeTrait(json.get("fixedLength").asInt());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FloatPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FloatPointable.java
index 4cb298f..72c2eb2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FloatPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/FloatPointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,23 +29,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class FloatPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(4);
+    public static final FloatPointableFactory FACTORY = new FloatPointableFactory();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 4;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class FloatPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -54,6 +48,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     private static int getIntBits(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/IntegerPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/IntegerPointable.java
index 03aaa97..752c5b7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/IntegerPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/IntegerPointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,23 +29,20 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class IntegerPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
+    public static final IntegerPointableFactory FACTORY = new IntegerPointableFactory();
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(4) {
+        //TODO fix RTREE logic based on class comparision in LSMRTreeUtils#proposeBestLinearizer
         @Override
         public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 4;
+            return super.isFixedLength();
         }
     };
 
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class IntegerPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     public static int getInteger(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/LongPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/LongPointable.java
index 0f27e63..007d0c7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/LongPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/LongPointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,21 +29,12 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class LongPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
+
     public static final LongPointableFactory FACTORY = new LongPointableFactory();
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 8;
-        }
-    };
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(8);
 
     public static class LongPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -63,6 +57,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     }
 
     public static long getLong(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/RawUTF8StringPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/RawUTF8StringPointable.java
index f75db9d..b49d229 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/RawUTF8StringPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/RawUTF8StringPointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 /**
  * This class provides the raw bytes-based comparison and hash function for UTF8 strings.
  * Note that the comparison may not deliver the correct ordering for certain languages that include 2 or 3 bytes characters.
@@ -33,21 +38,9 @@
  */
 public final class RawUTF8StringPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final RawUTF8StringPointableFactory FACTORY = new RawUTF8StringPointableFactory();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class RawUTF8StringPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -57,7 +50,17 @@
 
         @Override
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
-            return TYPE_TRAITS;
+            return VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ShortPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ShortPointable.java
index 55e6201..c4d6746 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ShortPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/ShortPointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,23 +29,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class ShortPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable, INumeric {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(2);
+    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new ShortPointableFactory();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 2;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class ShortPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -54,6 +48,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     public static short getShort(byte[] bytes, int start) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/TaggedValuePointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/TaggedValuePointable.java
index dcb1e75..c67a5ab 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/TaggedValuePointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/TaggedValuePointable.java
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class TaggedValuePointable extends AbstractPointable {
     public static final TaggedValuePointableFactory FACTORY = new TaggedValuePointableFactory();
 
@@ -48,5 +53,14 @@
             return new TaggedValuePointable();
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercasePointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercasePointable.java
index 57d704f..803b392 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercasePointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercasePointable.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -26,23 +29,13 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class UTF8StringLowercasePointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final UTF8StringLowercasePointableFactory FACTORY = new UTF8StringLowercasePointableFactory();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class UTF8StringLowercasePointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -52,7 +45,17 @@
 
         @Override
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
-            return TYPE_TRAITS;
+            return VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointable.java
index 01af13e..f0fd3b0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointable.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -22,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 /**
  * This lowercase string token pointable is for the UTF8 string that doesn't have length bytes in the beginning.
  * This pointable exists to represent a string token.
@@ -30,21 +35,10 @@
  */
 public final class UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable {
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointableFactory FACTORY =
+            new UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointableFactory();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final IPointableFactory FACTORY = new IPointableFactory() {
+    public static final class UTF8StringLowercaseTokenPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @Override
@@ -54,7 +48,17 @@
 
         @Override
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
-            return TYPE_TRAITS;
+            return VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
index 518e688..f5ddfe7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.CharSet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IComparable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IHashable;
@@ -33,8 +36,12 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.UTF8StringBuilder;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class UTF8StringPointable extends AbstractPointable implements IHashable, IComparable {
 
+    public static final UTF8StringPointableFactory FACTORY = new UTF8StringPointableFactory();
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
     // These values are cached to speed up the length data access.
     // Since we are using the variable-length encoding, we can save the repeated decoding efforts.
     // WARNING: must call the resetConstants() method after each reset().
@@ -56,22 +63,6 @@
         stringLength = -1;
     }
 
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final UTF8StringPointableFactory FACTORY = new UTF8StringPointableFactory();
-
     public static class UTF8StringPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -87,6 +78,16 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     };
 
     public static UTF8StringPointable generateUTF8Pointable(String string) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VarLengthTypeTrait.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VarLengthTypeTrait.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c217a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VarLengthTypeTrait.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 at
+ *
+ *   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 org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+public class VarLengthTypeTrait implements ITypeTraits {
+    public static final VarLengthTypeTrait INSTANCE = new VarLengthTypeTrait();
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private VarLengthTypeTrait() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFixedLength() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFixedLength() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VoidPointable.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VoidPointable.java
index 51c155e..802fd89 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VoidPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/primitive/VoidPointable.java
@@ -19,24 +19,18 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.AbstractPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public final class VoidPointable extends AbstractPointable {
+
+    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = VarLengthTypeTrait.INSTANCE;
     public static final VoidPointableFactory FACTORY = new VoidPointableFactory();
-    public static final ITypeTraits TYPE_TRAITS = new ITypeTraits() {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
 
     public static class VoidPointableFactory implements IPointableFactory {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -53,5 +47,15 @@
         public ITypeTraits getTypeTraits() {
             return TYPE_TRAITS;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+            return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+        public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+            return FACTORY;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/utils/SerdeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/utils/SerdeUtils.java
index e99a2ff..ca3f021 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/utils/SerdeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/utils/SerdeUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.BooleanPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.DoublePointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.FixedLengthTypeTrait;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.FloatPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.IntegerPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.LongPointable;
@@ -41,24 +42,6 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class SerdeUtils {
-    public static class PayloadTypeTraits implements ITypeTraits {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        final int payloadSize;
-
-        public PayloadTypeTraits(int payloadSize) {
-            this.payloadSize = payloadSize;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean isFixedLength() {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getFixedLength() {
-            return payloadSize;
-        }
-    }
 
     public static ITypeTraits[] serdesToTypeTraits(ISerializerDeserializer[] serdes) {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = new ITypeTraits[serdes.length];
@@ -73,7 +56,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < serdes.length; i++) {
             typeTraits[i] = serdeToTypeTrait(serdes[i]);
         }
-        typeTraits[serdes.length] = new PayloadTypeTraits(payloadSize);
+        typeTraits[serdes.length] = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(payloadSize);
         return typeTraits;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
index 5f05ce9..e8c7b05 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
@@ -110,5 +110,9 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IMetadataPageManagerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
index 0c4167c..333f6d9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
 /**
  * A factory class for {@link org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManager}
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface IMetadataPageManagerFactory extends IPageManagerFactory {
+public interface IMetadataPageManagerFactory extends IPageManagerFactory, IJsonSerializable {
 
     @Override
     IMetadataPageManager createPageManager(IBufferCache bufferCache);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
index 942517c..b3db003 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
 /**
  * Provides {@link org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider} for R-Tree operations
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory extends Serializable {
+public interface IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     /**
      * @return {@link org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider} instance
      */
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/data/PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/data/PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
index 7a0aa6d..094b090 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/data/PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/data/PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.data;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.INumeric;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointableFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory implements IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -48,4 +54,17 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.set("pf", pf.toJson(registry));
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final IPointableFactory pf = (IPointableFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("pf"));
+        return new PointablePrimitiveValueProviderFactory(pf);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/freepage/AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/freepage/AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
index 2c581b0..947bfa0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/freepage/AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/freepage/AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory.java
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory implements IMetadataPageManagerFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public static final AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManagerFactory INSTANCE =
@@ -36,4 +41,13 @@
         return new AppendOnlyLinkedMetadataPageManager(bufferCache, new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
index 934ab65..80b6baa 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
@@ -87,5 +87,9 @@
       <artifactId>hyracks-util</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
index 445f363..76f7e61 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class ExternalBTreeLocalResource extends LSMBTreeLocalResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -53,6 +58,11 @@
                 ioSchedulerProvider, durable);
     }
 
+    private ExternalBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext serviceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = serviceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -64,4 +74,18 @@
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeLocalResource lsmBtree = (LSMBTreeLocalResource) LSMBTreeLocalResource.fromJson(registry, json);
+        return new ExternalBTreeLocalResource(registry, json, lsmBtree.bloomFilterKeyFields,
+                lsmBtree.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, lsmBtree.isPrimary, lsmBtree.btreeFields);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
index acdb09e..2a57e74 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTrackerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 /**
  * The local resource for disk only lsm btree with buddy tree
  */
@@ -56,6 +61,12 @@
                 ioSchedulerProvider, durable);
     }
 
+    private ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
+            int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext serviceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = serviceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -67,4 +78,18 @@
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, bloomFilterKeyFields, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeLocalResource lsmBtree = (LSMBTreeLocalResource) LSMBTreeLocalResource.fromJson(registry, json);
+        return new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(registry, json, lsmBtree.bloomFilterKeyFields,
+                lsmBtree.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, lsmBtree.isPrimary, lsmBtree.btreeFields);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
index f0b86d2..40278d0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -39,6 +41,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow.LsmResource;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class LSMBTreeLocalResource extends LsmResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -65,6 +70,15 @@
         this.btreeFields = btreeFields;
     }
 
+    protected LSMBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json);
+        this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
+        this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
+        this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
+        this.btreeFields = btreeFields;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext serviceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = serviceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -80,4 +94,31 @@
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, isPrimary, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, serviceCtx.getTracer());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final int[] bloomFilterKeyFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("bloomFilterKeyFields"), int[].class);
+        final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = json.get("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate").asDouble();
+        final boolean isPrimary = json.get("isPrimary").asBoolean();
+        final int[] btreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("btreeFields"), int[].class);
+        return new LSMBTreeLocalResource(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary,
+                btreeFields);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super.appendToJson(json, registry);
+        json.putPOJO("bloomFilterKeyFields", bloomFilterKeyFields);
+        json.put("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate", bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+        json.put("isPrimary", isPrimary);
+        json.putPOJO("btreeFields", btreeFields);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
index 7d37f00..2ea822f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
@@ -90,5 +90,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
index 8ccf41f..b758231 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 
-public interface ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory extends Serializable {
+public interface ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     /**
      * Initialize the callback factory with the given ncCtx and resource
      *
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider.java
index 486008d..79235cf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider.java
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 
 /**
  * Provides the {@link ILSMIOOperationScheduler} for the application
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider extends Serializable {
+public interface ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     ILSMIOOperationScheduler getIoScheduler(INCServiceContext ctx);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMMergePolicyFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMMergePolicyFactory.java
index 71e33c1..9424fdd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMMergePolicyFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMMergePolicyFactory.java
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 
-public interface ILSMMergePolicyFactory extends Serializable {
+public interface ILSMMergePolicyFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     ILSMMergePolicy createMergePolicy(Map<String, String> configuration, INCServiceContext ctx);
 
     String getName();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java
index ef22620..9f85d6f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/ILSMOperationTrackerFactory.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface ILSMOperationTrackerFactory extends Serializable {
+public interface ILSMOperationTrackerFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     ILSMOperationTracker getOperationTracker(INCServiceContext ctx, IResource resource) throws HyracksDataException;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/IVirtualBufferCacheProvider.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/IVirtualBufferCacheProvider.java
index 8510e8b..802d44d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/IVirtualBufferCacheProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/api/IVirtualBufferCacheProvider.java
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface IVirtualBufferCacheProvider extends Serializable {
+public interface IVirtualBufferCacheProvider extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     List<IVirtualBufferCache> getVirtualBufferCaches(INCServiceContext ctx, FileReference fileRef)
             throws HyracksDataException;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
index b541750..7126a38 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.dataflow;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -32,14 +36,19 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.LocalResource;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 /**
- * TODO(amoudi): Change this class and its subclasses to use json serialization instead of Java serialization
  * The base resource that will be written to disk. it will go in the serializable resource
  * member in {@link LocalResource}
  */
 public abstract class LsmResource implements IResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     protected String path;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
@@ -80,6 +89,111 @@
         this.durable = durable;
     }
 
+    protected LsmResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) throws HyracksDataException {
+        path = json.get("path").asText();
+        storageManager = (IStorageManager) registry.deserialize(json.get("storageManager"));
+        final List<ITypeTraits> typeTraitsList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonTypeTraits = (ArrayNode) json.get("typeTraits");
+        for (JsonNode tt : jsonTypeTraits) {
+            typeTraitsList.add((ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(tt));
+        }
+        typeTraits = typeTraitsList.toArray(new ITypeTraits[0]);
+
+        final List<IBinaryComparatorFactory> cmpFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonCmpFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("cmpFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsonCmpFactories) {
+            cmpFactoriesList.add((IBinaryComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        cmpFactories = cmpFactoriesList.toArray(new IBinaryComparatorFactory[0]);
+
+        if (json.hasNonNull("filterTypeTraits")) {
+            final List<ITypeTraits> filterTypeTraitsList = new ArrayList<>();
+            final ArrayNode jsonFilterTypeTraits = (ArrayNode) json.get("filterTypeTraits");
+            for (JsonNode tt : jsonFilterTypeTraits) {
+                filterTypeTraitsList.add((ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(tt));
+            }
+            filterTypeTraits = filterTypeTraitsList.toArray(new ITypeTraits[0]);
+        } else {
+            filterTypeTraits = null;
+        }
+
+        if (json.hasNonNull("filterCmpFactories")) {
+            final List<IBinaryComparatorFactory> filterCmpFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+            final ArrayNode jsonFilterCmpFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("filterCmpFactories");
+            for (JsonNode cf : jsonFilterCmpFactories) {
+                filterCmpFactoriesList.add((IBinaryComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+            }
+            filterCmpFactories = filterCmpFactoriesList.toArray(new IBinaryComparatorFactory[0]);
+        } else {
+            filterCmpFactories = null;
+        }
+
+        filterFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("filterFields"), int[].class);
+        opTrackerProvider = (ILSMOperationTrackerFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("opTrackerProvider"));
+        ioOpCallbackFactory = (ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("ioOpCallbackFactory"));
+
+        metadataPageManagerFactory =
+                (IMetadataPageManagerFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("metadataPageManagerFactory"));
+        if (json.hasNonNull("vbcProvider")) {
+            vbcProvider = (IVirtualBufferCacheProvider) registry.deserialize(json.get("vbcProvider"));
+        } else {
+            vbcProvider = null;
+        }
+        ioSchedulerProvider = (ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider) registry.deserialize(json.get("ioSchedulerProvider"));
+        mergePolicyFactory = (ILSMMergePolicyFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("mergePolicyFactory"));
+        mergePolicyProperties = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("mergePolicyProperties"), Map.class);
+        durable = json.get("durable").asBoolean();
+    }
+
+    protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        json.put("path", path);
+        json.set("storageManager", storageManager.toJson(registry));
+        ArrayNode ttArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (ITypeTraits tt : typeTraits) {
+            ttArray.add(tt.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        json.set("typeTraits", ttArray);
+
+        ArrayNode cmpArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IBinaryComparatorFactory factory : cmpFactories) {
+            cmpArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        json.set("cmpFactories", cmpArray);
+
+        if (filterTypeTraits != null) {
+            ArrayNode fttArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+            for (ITypeTraits tt : filterTypeTraits) {
+                fttArray.add(tt.toJson(registry));
+            }
+            json.set("filterTypeTraits", fttArray);
+        } else {
+            json.set("filterTypeTraits", null);
+        }
+
+        if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
+            ArrayNode filterCmpArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+            for (IBinaryComparatorFactory factory : filterCmpFactories) {
+                filterCmpArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+            }
+            json.set("filterCmpFactories", filterCmpArray);
+        } else {
+            json.set("filterCmpFactories", null);
+        }
+
+        json.putPOJO("filterFields", filterFields);
+        json.set("opTrackerProvider", opTrackerProvider.toJson(registry));
+        json.set("ioOpCallbackFactory", ioOpCallbackFactory.toJson(registry));
+        json.set("metadataPageManagerFactory", metadataPageManagerFactory.toJson(registry));
+        if (vbcProvider != null) {
+            json.set("vbcProvider", vbcProvider.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        json.set("ioSchedulerProvider", ioSchedulerProvider.toJson(registry));
+        json.set("mergePolicyFactory", mergePolicyFactory.toJson(registry));
+        json.putPOJO("mergePolicyProperties", mergePolicyProperties);
+        json.put("durable", durable);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getPath() {
         return path;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ConstantMergePolicyFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ConstantMergePolicyFactory.java
index 52bf896..75eaf83 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ConstantMergePolicyFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/ConstantMergePolicyFactory.java
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class ConstantMergePolicyFactory implements ILSMMergePolicyFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -49,4 +54,14 @@
         policy.configure(configuration);
         return policy;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return new ConstantMergePolicyFactory();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoMergePolicyFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoMergePolicyFactory.java
index 8ce636b..3d07a67 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoMergePolicyFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoMergePolicyFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class NoMergePolicyFactory implements ILSMMergePolicyFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -51,4 +56,14 @@
         policy.configure(configuration);
         return policy;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return new NoMergePolicyFactory();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
index 600a02d..a05838e 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMemoryComponent;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory implements ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -45,6 +49,16 @@
         // No op
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     public static class NoOpIOOperationCallback implements ILSMIOOperationCallback {
         private static final NoOpIOOperationCallback INSTANCE = new NoOpIOOperationCallback();
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/PrefixMergePolicyFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/PrefixMergePolicyFactory.java
index bae551b..3480eaf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/PrefixMergePolicyFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/PrefixMergePolicyFactory.java
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class PrefixMergePolicyFactory implements ILSMMergePolicyFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -52,4 +57,14 @@
         policy.configure(configuration);
         return policy;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return new PrefixMergePolicyFactory();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
index 5259a7c..f880e66 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -92,5 +92,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
index f2fb9af..5614ca5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.dataflow;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
@@ -43,6 +46,10 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource extends LsmResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -79,6 +86,22 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
     }
 
+    private LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
+            ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories,
+            IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory, boolean isPartitioned, int[] invertedIndexFields,
+            int[] filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps, int[] invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps,
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json);
+        this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
+        this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
+        this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
+        this.isPartitioned = isPartitioned;
+        this.invertedIndexFields = invertedIndexFields;
+        this.filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps = filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps;
+        this.invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps = invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps;
+        this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext serviceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = serviceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -105,4 +128,57 @@
                     metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        final ArrayNode tokenTypeTraitsArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (ITypeTraits tt : tokenTypeTraits) {
+            tokenTypeTraitsArray.add(tt.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        jsonObject.set("tokenTypeTraits", tokenTypeTraitsArray);
+        final ArrayNode tokenCmpFactoriesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IBinaryComparatorFactory factory : tokenCmpFactories) {
+            tokenCmpFactoriesArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        jsonObject.set("tokenCmpFactories", tokenCmpFactoriesArray);
+        jsonObject.set("tokenizerFactory", tokenizerFactory.toJson(registry));
+        jsonObject.put("isPartitioned", isPartitioned);
+        jsonObject.putPOJO("invertedIndexFields", invertedIndexFields);
+        jsonObject.putPOJO("filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps", filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps);
+        jsonObject.putPOJO("invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps", invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps);
+        jsonObject.putPOJO("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate", bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final List<ITypeTraits> tokenTypeTraitsList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonTokenTypeTraits = (ArrayNode) json.get("tokenTypeTraits");
+        for (JsonNode tt : jsonTokenTypeTraits) {
+            tokenTypeTraitsList.add((ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(tt));
+        }
+        final ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraitsList.toArray(new ITypeTraits[0]);
+
+        final List<IBinaryComparatorFactory> tokenCmpFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsontokenCmpFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("tokenCmpFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsontokenCmpFactories) {
+            tokenCmpFactoriesList.add((IBinaryComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenCmpFactories =
+                tokenCmpFactoriesList.toArray(new IBinaryComparatorFactory[0]);
+        final IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory =
+                (IBinaryTokenizerFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("tokenizerFactory"));
+        final boolean isPartitioned = json.get("isPartitioned").asBoolean();
+        final int[] invertedIndexFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("invertedIndexFields"), int[].class);
+        final int[] filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps =
+                OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps"), int[].class);
+        final int[] invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps =
+                OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps"), int[].class);
+        final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = json.get("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate").asDouble();
+        return new LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource(registry, json, tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory,
+                isPartitioned, invertedIndexFields, filterFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps, invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps,
+                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index e583c7d..1a0f387 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory implements IBinaryTokenizerFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -37,4 +44,21 @@
     public IBinaryTokenizer createTokenizer() {
         return new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(ignoreTokenCount, sourceHasTypeTag, tokenFactory);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.set("tokenFactory", tokenFactory.toJson(registry));
+        json.put("ignoreTokenCount", ignoreTokenCount);
+        json.put("sourceHasTypeTag", sourceHasTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ITokenFactory tokenFactory = (ITokenFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("tokenFactory"));
+        final boolean ignoreTokenCount = json.get("ignoreTokenCount").asBoolean();
+        final boolean sourceHasTypeTag = json.get("sourceHasTypeTag").asBoolean();
+        return new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(ignoreTokenCount, sourceHasTypeTag, tokenFactory);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
index 0bc01b6..2daa09d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory extends AbstractUTF8TokenFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -35,4 +42,19 @@
     public IToken createToken() {
         return new HashedUTF8NGramToken(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("tokenTypeTag", tokenTypeTag);
+        json.put("countTypeTag", countTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        final byte tokenTypeTag = (byte) json.get("tokenTypeTag").asInt();
+        final byte countTypeTag = (byte) json.get("countTypeTag").asInt();
+        return new HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory.java
index 7819e16..e8a83d3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory extends AbstractUTF8TokenFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -35,4 +42,19 @@
     public IToken createToken() {
         return new HashedUTF8WordToken(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("tokenTypeTag", tokenTypeTag);
+        json.put("countTypeTag", countTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        final byte tokenTypeTag = (byte) json.get("tokenTypeTag").asInt();
+        final byte countTypeTag = (byte) json.get("countTypeTag").asInt();
+        return new HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index 01e83a3..77c604c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public interface IBinaryTokenizerFactory extends Serializable {
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+public interface IBinaryTokenizerFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     public IBinaryTokenizer createTokenizer();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/ITokenFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/ITokenFactory.java
index 0439be4..21cadbc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/ITokenFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/ITokenFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public interface ITokenFactory extends Serializable {
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+public interface ITokenFactory extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     public IToken createToken();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index a95072d..fbd9f8c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory implements IBinaryTokenizerFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -43,4 +50,26 @@
                 tokenFactory);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.set("tokenFactory", tokenFactory.toJson(registry));
+        json.put("gramLength", gramLength);
+        json.put("usePrePost", usePrePost);
+        json.put("ignoreTokenCount", ignoreTokenCount);
+        json.put("sourceHasTypeTag", sourceHasTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ITokenFactory tokenFactory = (ITokenFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("tokenFactory"));
+        final int gramLength = json.get("gramLength").asInt();
+        final boolean usePrePost = json.get("usePrePost").asBoolean();
+        final boolean ignoreTokenCount = json.get("ignoreTokenCount").asBoolean();
+        final boolean sourceHasTypeTag = json.get("sourceHasTypeTag").asBoolean();
+        return new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(gramLength, usePrePost, ignoreTokenCount, sourceHasTypeTag,
+                tokenFactory);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8NGramTokenFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
index 64f1e99..aa4d30f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8NGramTokenFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class UTF8NGramTokenFactory extends AbstractUTF8TokenFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -36,4 +43,18 @@
         return new UTF8NGramToken(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("tokenTypeTag", tokenTypeTag);
+        json.put("countTypeTag", countTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        final byte tokenTypeTag = (byte) json.get("tokenTypeTag").asInt();
+        final byte countTypeTag = (byte) json.get("countTypeTag").asInt();
+        return new UTF8NGramTokenFactory(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8WordTokenFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8WordTokenFactory.java
index 3a8a0483..d50e83b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8WordTokenFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/tokenizers/UTF8WordTokenFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class UTF8WordTokenFactory extends AbstractUTF8TokenFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -36,4 +43,19 @@
         return new UTF8WordToken(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("tokenTypeTag", tokenTypeTag);
+        json.put("countTypeTag", countTypeTag);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        final byte tokenTypeTag = (byte) json.get("tokenTypeTag").asInt();
+        final byte countTypeTag = (byte) json.get("countTypeTag").asInt();
+        return new UTF8NGramTokenFactory(tokenTypeTag, countTypeTag);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
index 1c118de..7ed450c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -91,5 +91,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/ExternalRTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/ExternalRTreeLocalResource.java
index f72e17c..f74a23b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/ExternalRTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/ExternalRTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IIndex;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 /**
  * The local resource class for disk only lsm r-tree
  */
@@ -62,6 +67,15 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
     }
 
+    private ExternalRTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
+            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields,
+            int[] buddyBTreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, linearizeCmpFactory,
+                rtreeFields, buddyBTreeFields, isPointMBR, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public IIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext ncServiceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = ncServiceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -75,4 +89,20 @@
                 buddyBTreeFields, durable, isPointMBR, metadataPageManagerFactory, ncServiceCtx.getTracer());
 
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMRTreeLocalResource lsmRTree = (LSMRTreeLocalResource) LSMRTreeLocalResource.fromJson(registry, json);
+        return new ExternalRTreeLocalResource(registry, json, lsmRTree.btreeCmpFactories,
+                lsmRTree.valueProviderFactories, lsmRTree.rtreePolicyType, lsmRTree.linearizeCmpFactory,
+                lsmRTree.rtreeFields, lsmRTree.buddyBTreeFields, lsmRTree.isPointMBR,
+                lsmRTree.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
index 634504b..d744ab3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.dataflow;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -42,6 +45,10 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IIndex;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class LSMRTreeLocalResource extends LsmResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -78,6 +85,22 @@
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
     }
 
+    protected LSMRTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
+            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields,
+            int[] buddyBTreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json);
+        this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
+        this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
+        this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
+        this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
+        this.rtreeFields = rtreeFields;
+        this.buddyBTreeFields = buddyBTreeFields;
+        this.isPointMBR = isPointMBR;
+        this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public IIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext ncServiceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = ncServiceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -93,4 +116,60 @@
                 buddyBTreeFields, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, durable, isPointMBR,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        super.appendToJson(json, registry);
+        final ArrayNode btreeCmpFactoriesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IBinaryComparatorFactory factory : btreeCmpFactories) {
+            btreeCmpFactoriesArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        json.set("btreeCmpFactories", btreeCmpFactoriesArray);
+        json.set("linearizeCmpFactory", linearizeCmpFactory.toJson(registry));
+        final ArrayNode valueProviderFactoriesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory factory : valueProviderFactories) {
+            valueProviderFactoriesArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        json.set("valueProviderFactories", valueProviderFactoriesArray);
+        json.set("rtreePolicyType", rtreePolicyType.toJson(registry));
+        json.putPOJO("rtreeFields", rtreeFields);
+        json.putPOJO("buddyBTreeFields", buddyBTreeFields);
+        json.put("isPointMBR", isPointMBR);
+        json.put("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate", bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final int[] buddyBTreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("buddyBTreeFields"), int[].class);
+        final int[] rtreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("rtreeFields"), int[].class);
+        final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = json.get("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate").asDouble();
+        final boolean isPointMBR = json.get("isPointMBR").asBoolean();
+        final RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType = (RTreePolicyType) registry.deserialize(json.get("rtreePolicyType"));
+        final ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory =
+                (ILinearizeComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("linearizeCmpFactory"));
+        final List<IBinaryComparatorFactory> btreeCmpFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonBtreeCmpFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("btreeCmpFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsonBtreeCmpFactories) {
+            btreeCmpFactoriesList.add((IBinaryComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories =
+                btreeCmpFactoriesList.toArray(new IBinaryComparatorFactory[0]);
+        final List<IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory> valueProviderFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonValueProviderFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("valueProviderFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsonValueProviderFactories) {
+            valueProviderFactoriesList.add((IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        final IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories =
+                valueProviderFactoriesList.toArray(new IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[0]);
+        return new LSMRTreeLocalResource(registry, json, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
+                linearizeCmpFactory, rtreeFields, buddyBTreeFields, isPointMBR, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
index f91a5f7..4b6f1de 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.dataflow;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -42,11 +45,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource extends LsmResource {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories;
+    protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories;
     protected final IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories;
     protected final RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType;
     protected final ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory;
@@ -59,13 +66,26 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories,
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories,
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType,
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, boolean durable) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                 mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
-        this.btreeComparatorFactories = btreeComparatorFactories;
+        this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
+        this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
+        this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
+        this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
+        this.rtreeFields = rtreeFields;
+        this.isPointMBR = isPointMBR;
+    }
+
+    private LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories, IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories,
+            RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType, ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields,
+            boolean isPointMBR) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json);
+        this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
         this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
@@ -80,11 +100,59 @@
         List<IVirtualBufferCache> virtualBufferCaches = vbcProvider.getVirtualBufferCaches(serviceCtx, file);
         ioOpCallbackFactory.initialize(serviceCtx, this);
         return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTreeWithAntiMatterTuples(ioManager, virtualBufferCaches, file,
-                storageManager.getBufferCache(serviceCtx), typeTraits, cmpFactories, btreeComparatorFactories,
+                storageManager.getBufferCache(serviceCtx), typeTraits, cmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories,
                 valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType,
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, linearizeCmpFactory, rtreeFields, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 filterFields, durable, isPointMBR, metadataPageManagerFactory);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        super.appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        ArrayNode btreeCmpFactoriesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IBinaryComparatorFactory factory : btreeCmpFactories) {
+            btreeCmpFactoriesArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        jsonObject.set("btreeCmpFactories", btreeCmpFactoriesArray);
+        jsonObject.set("linearizeCmpFactory", linearizeCmpFactory.toJson(registry));
+
+        final ArrayNode valueProviderFactoriesArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        for (IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory factory : valueProviderFactories) {
+            valueProviderFactoriesArray.add(factory.toJson(registry));
+        }
+        jsonObject.set("valueProviderFactories", valueProviderFactoriesArray);
+        jsonObject.set("rtreePolicyType", rtreePolicyType.toJson(registry));
+        jsonObject.putPOJO("rtreeFields", rtreeFields);
+        jsonObject.put("isPointMBR", isPointMBR);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final int[] rtreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("rtreeFields"), int[].class);
+        final boolean isPointMBR = json.get("isPointMBR").asBoolean();
+        final RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType = (RTreePolicyType) registry.deserialize(json.get("rtreePolicyType"));
+        final ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory =
+                (ILinearizeComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("linearizeCmpFactory"));
+
+        final List<IBinaryComparatorFactory> btreeCmpFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonBtreeCmpFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("btreeCmpFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsonBtreeCmpFactories) {
+            btreeCmpFactoriesList.add((IBinaryComparatorFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories =
+                btreeCmpFactoriesList.toArray(new IBinaryComparatorFactory[0]);
+        final List<IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory> valueProviderFactoriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+        final ArrayNode jsonValueProviderFactories = (ArrayNode) json.get("valueProviderFactories");
+        for (JsonNode cf : jsonValueProviderFactories) {
+            valueProviderFactoriesList.add((IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory) registry.deserialize(cf));
+        }
+        final IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories =
+                valueProviderFactoriesList.toArray(new IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[0]);
+        return new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource(registry, json, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories,
+                rtreePolicyType, linearizeCmpFactory, rtreeFields, isPointMBR);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
index 0d08f23..e604492 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -77,5 +77,9 @@
       <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreePolicyType.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreePolicyType.java
index d9dbd81..ed4656c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreePolicyType.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/frames/RTreePolicyType.java
@@ -19,7 +19,47 @@
 
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames;
 
-public enum RTreePolicyType {
-    RTREE,
-    RSTARTREE
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+public enum RTreePolicyType implements IJsonSerializable {
+    RTREE("RTREE"),
+    RSTARTREE("RSTARTREE");
+
+    private static final Map<String, RTreePolicyType> namesMap = new HashMap<>(2);
+
+    static {
+        namesMap.put("RTREE", RTREE);
+        namesMap.put("RSTARTREE", RSTARTREE);
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private final String type;
+
+    RTreePolicyType(String type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getDeclaringClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("type", getType());
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return namesMap.get(json.get("type").asText());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/DoublePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/DoublePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
index 9842e23..14c5eac 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/DoublePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/DoublePrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.DoublePointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class DoublePrimitiveValueProviderFactory implements IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -39,4 +44,14 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/FloatPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/FloatPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
index 7423cfb..f3c4b62 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/FloatPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/FloatPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.FloatPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class FloatPrimitiveValueProviderFactory implements IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -39,4 +44,14 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/IntegerPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/IntegerPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
index 13eddd4..3e26d82 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/IntegerPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/IntegerPrimitiveValueProviderFactory.java
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.IntegerPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
 public class IntegerPrimitiveValueProviderFactory implements IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -39,4 +44,14 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/HilbertDoubleComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/HilbertDoubleComparatorFactory.java
index 4a1637a..05ba749 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/HilbertDoubleComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/HilbertDoubleComparatorFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 public class HilbertDoubleComparatorFactory implements ILinearizeComparatorFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -38,4 +44,16 @@
     public ILinearizeComparator createBinaryComparator() {
         return new HilbertDoubleComparator(dim);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("dim", dim);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return get(json.get("dim").asInt());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveDoubleComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveDoubleComparatorFactory.java
index f5c6046..c35983c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveDoubleComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveDoubleComparatorFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 public class ZCurveDoubleComparatorFactory implements ILinearizeComparatorFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -38,4 +44,16 @@
     public ILinearizeComparator createBinaryComparator() {
         return new ZCurveDoubleComparator(dim);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("dim", dim);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return get(json.get("dim").asInt());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveIntComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveIntComparatorFactory.java
index 6a25995..f257c5a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveIntComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/linearize/ZCurveIntComparatorFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 
 public class ZCurveIntComparatorFactory implements ILinearizeComparatorFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -38,4 +44,16 @@
     public ILinearizeComparator createBinaryComparator() {
         return new ZCurveIntComparator(dim);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("dim", dim);
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return get(json.get("dim").asInt());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
index 0d8edd6..67d32dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
@@ -57,5 +57,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IResource.java
index 7b9166d..ec8f7ae 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IResource.java
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 
-public interface IResource extends Serializable {
+public interface IResource extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
 
     IIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext ncServiceCtx) throws HyracksDataException;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IStorageManager.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IStorageManager.java
index dfc2f41..d985f31 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IStorageManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/IStorageManager.java
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.INCServiceContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.file.IResourceIdFactory;
 
 /**
  * Provides storage components during hyracks tasks execution
  */
-public interface IStorageManager extends Serializable {
+public interface IStorageManager extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     /**
      * @param ctx
      *            the nc service context
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/LocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/LocalResource.java
index 93c4dea..f5e2945 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/LocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/LocalResource.java
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public class LocalResource implements Serializable {
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+public class LocalResource implements Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     /*
      * object members
@@ -102,4 +109,23 @@
                 .append(id).append(", \"resource\" : ").append(resource).append(", \"version\" : ").append(version)
                 .append(" } ").toString();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ObjectNode json = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        json.put("id", id);
+        json.put("version", version);
+        json.put("durable", durable);
+        json.set("resource", resource.toJson(registry));
+        return json;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final long id = json.get("id").asLong();
+        final int version = json.get("version").asInt();
+        final boolean durable = json.get("durable").asBoolean();
+        final IResource resource = (IResource) registry.deserialize(json.get("resource"));
+        return new LocalResource(id, version, durable, resource);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
index 46a8347..7803d2b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -144,5 +144,9 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
index 3ce24b0..b25a229 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.dataflow.LSMBTreeLocalResource;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCacheProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManager;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
 public class TestLsmBtreeLocalResource extends LSMBTreeLocalResource {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -55,6 +60,11 @@
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable);
     }
 
+    protected TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createInstance(INCServiceContext serviceCtx) throws HyracksDataException {
         IIOManager ioManager = serviceCtx.getIoManager();
@@ -75,4 +85,21 @@
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, isPrimary, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, false, serviceCtx.getTracer());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        final ObjectNode jsonObject = registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+        appendToJson(jsonObject, registry);
+        return jsonObject;
+    }
+
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        final int[] bloomFilterKeyFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("bloomFilterKeyFields"), int[].class);
+        final double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = json.get("bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate").asDouble();
+        final boolean isPrimary = json.get("isPrimary").asBoolean();
+        final int[] btreeFields = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("btreeFields"), int[].class);
+        return new TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(registry, json, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
+                isPrimary, btreeFields);
+    }
 }