diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
index 750f89b..69f4e03 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@
         this.resultSerializerFactoryProvider = rafp;
     }
 
+    public IResultSerializerFactoryProvider getResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
+        return resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    }
+
     public boolean isWriteTransaction() {
         // The transaction writes persistent datasets.
         return isWriteTransaction;