diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparator.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparator.java
index 67126e8..60fb912 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparator.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IBinaryComparator.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
+@FunctionalInterface
 public interface IBinaryComparator {
-    public int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) throws HyracksDataException;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
similarity index 64%
rename from hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
rename to hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
index 01acddd..7725ef1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/data/std/accessors/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib;
+package org.apache.hyracks.data.std.accessors;
 
 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 com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 public class RawBinaryComparatorFactory implements IBinaryComparatorFactory {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    private static final IBinaryComparator comparator = RawBinaryComparatorFactory::compare;
     public static final IBinaryComparatorFactory INSTANCE = new RawBinaryComparatorFactory();
 
     private RawBinaryComparatorFactory() {
@@ -32,17 +36,26 @@
 
     @Override
     public IBinaryComparator createBinaryComparator() {
-        return comparator;
+        return RawBinaryComparatorFactory::compare;
     }
 
-    public static final int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) {
+    public static int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) {
         int commonLength = Math.min(l1, l2);
         for (int i = 0; i < commonLength; i++) {
             if (b1[s1 + i] != b2[s2 + i]) {
                 return b1[s1 + i] - b2[s2 + i];
             }
         }
-        int difference = l1 - l2;
-        return difference == 0 ? 0 : (difference > 0 ? 1 : -1);
+        return Integer.compare(l1, l2);
+    }
+
+    @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-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index d4b1088..7e00d82 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
index c2ba188..f33f2a3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.accessors.RawBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.partition.FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNPartitioningMergingConnectorDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.TextKeyValueParserFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.TextTupleWriterFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
index e547ac0..e6f4099 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.accessors.RawBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.partition.FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNPartitioningMergingConnectorDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.MiniDFSClusterFactory;
-import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.TextKeyValueParserFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.hdfs.lib.TextTupleWriterFactory;