diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
index 6350054..792cedd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>btreeapp</name>
 
   <parent>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index 82919ca..f941a5b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index 8e90606..eb651ce 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
index 70c663d..4cf9745 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -147,8 +146,9 @@
       	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index 2f0b00f..f52536c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatclient</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -33,13 +32,14 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index 1e029be..c397a72 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompathelper</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -32,8 +31,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a2cf5ae..16787ca 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-compat-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index e31af75..5e7b5c9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <type>jar</type>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 8482083..33ddca2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
         spec.addRoot(primaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
@@ -143,8 +145,9 @@
 
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -179,13 +182,16 @@
         int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 82fecbe..acd3027 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@
         spec.addRoot(primaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
@@ -143,8 +145,9 @@
 
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -184,13 +187,16 @@
         int[] highKeyFields = { 1 };
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index e63ce11..ca03b16 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@
     private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
             new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
 
-
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         // field, type and key declarations for primary index
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@
         spec.addRoot(primaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
@@ -136,8 +137,9 @@
 
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -153,12 +155,15 @@
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
         TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor primaryStatsOp = new TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
+                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryStatsOp, NC1_ID);
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryStatsOp, 0, printer, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index 3c87ae3..34a1cd3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.NullSinkOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -339,9 +341,11 @@
                 primaryHighKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 1304f12..c9ee118 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@
         spec.addRoot(primaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
@@ -166,8 +168,9 @@
 
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -180,14 +183,14 @@
 
     public void createSecondaryIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-        TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor secondaryCreateOp = new TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+        TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor secondaryCreateOp = new TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryCreateOp, NC1_ID);
         spec.addRoot(secondaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadSecondaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
@@ -212,8 +215,9 @@
 
         // scan primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         // sort based on secondary keys
@@ -225,8 +229,9 @@
         // load secondary index
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 3, 0 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
@@ -268,8 +273,8 @@
         // search secondary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
                 secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true,
+                true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         int[] primaryLowKeyFields = { 1 }; // second field from the tuples
@@ -279,13 +284,16 @@
 
         // search primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields,
-                primaryHighKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 023bdd9..8893567 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -14,29 +14,39 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IHyracksDataset;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IHyracksDatasetReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.client.dataset.HyracksDataset;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.CCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ResultFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.ByteBufferInputStream;
 
 public abstract class AbstractIntegrationTest {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractIntegrationTest.class.getName());
@@ -80,6 +90,7 @@
         ncConfig1.ccPort = 39001;
         ncConfig1.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+        ncConfig1.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
         nc1 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig1);
         nc1.start();
@@ -89,6 +100,7 @@
         ncConfig2.ccPort = 39001;
         ncConfig2.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+        ncConfig2.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
         nc2 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig2);
         nc2.start();
@@ -107,7 +119,7 @@
         cc.stop();
     }
 
-    protected void runTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
+    protected JobId executeTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
@@ -115,25 +127,72 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
-        hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
-        dumpOutputFiles();
+        return jobId;
     }
 
-    private void dumpOutputFiles() {
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
-            for (File f : outputFiles) {
-                if (f.exists() && f.isFile()) {
-                    try {
-                        LOGGER.info("Reading file: " + f.getAbsolutePath() + " in test: " + getClass().getName());
-                        String data = FileUtils.readFileToString(f);
-                        LOGGER.info(data);
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        LOGGER.info("Error reading file: " + f.getAbsolutePath());
-                        LOGGER.info(e.getMessage());
-                    }
+    protected void runTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
+        JobId jobId = executeTest(spec);
+        hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
+    }
+
+    protected List<String> readResults(JobSpecification spec, JobId jobId, ResultSetId resultSetId) throws Exception {
+        int nReaders = 1;
+        ByteBuffer resultBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(spec.getFrameSize());
+        resultBuffer.clear();
+
+        IFrameTupleAccessor frameTupleAccessor = new ResultFrameTupleAccessor(spec.getFrameSize());
+
+        IHyracksDataset hyracksDataset = new HyracksDataset(hcc, spec.getFrameSize(), nReaders);
+        IHyracksDatasetReader reader = hyracksDataset.createReader(jobId, resultSetId);
+
+        List<String> resultRecords = new ArrayList<String>();
+        ByteBufferInputStream bbis = new ByteBufferInputStream();
+
+        int readSize = reader.read(resultBuffer);
+
+        while (readSize > 0) {
+
+            try {
+                frameTupleAccessor.reset(resultBuffer);
+                for (int tIndex = 0; tIndex < frameTupleAccessor.getTupleCount(); tIndex++) {
+                    int start = frameTupleAccessor.getTupleStartOffset(tIndex);
+                    int length = frameTupleAccessor.getTupleEndOffset(tIndex) - start;
+                    bbis.setByteBuffer(resultBuffer, start);
+                    byte[] recordBytes = new byte[length];
+                    bbis.read(recordBytes, 0, length);
+                    resultRecords.add(new String(recordBytes, 0, length));
                 }
+            } finally {
+                bbis.close();
             }
+
+            resultBuffer.clear();
+            readSize = reader.read(resultBuffer);
         }
+        return resultRecords;
+    }
+
+    protected boolean runTestAndCompareResults(JobSpecification spec, String[] expectedFileNames) throws Exception {
+        JobId jobId = executeTest(spec);
+
+        List<String> results;
+        for (int i = 0; i < expectedFileNames.length; i++) {
+            results = readResults(spec, jobId, spec.getResultSetIds().get(i));
+            BufferedReader expectedFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(expectedFileNames[i]));
+
+            String expectedLine, actualLine;
+            int j = 0;
+            while ((expectedLine = expectedFile.readLine()) != null) {
+                actualLine = results.get(j).trim();
+                Assert.assertEquals(expectedLine, actualLine);
+                j++;
+            }
+            Assert.assertEquals(j, results.size());
+            expectedFile.close();
+        }
+
+        hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
+        return true;
     }
 
     protected File createTempFile() throws IOException {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
index e0b8c73..24d0ef4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -30,13 +32,20 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IHyracksDataset;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IHyracksDatasetReader;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.client.dataset.HyracksDataset;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.CCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ResultFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.ByteBufferInputStream;
 
 public abstract class AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -84,6 +93,7 @@
             ncConfig.ccPort = 39001;
             ncConfig.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
             ncConfig.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+            ncConfig.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
             ncConfig.nodeId = ASTERIX_IDS[i];
             asterixNCs[i] = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig);
             asterixNCs[i].start();
@@ -112,6 +122,46 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
+
+        int nReaders = 1;
+
+        ByteBuffer resultBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(spec.getFrameSize());
+        resultBuffer.clear();
+
+        IFrameTupleAccessor frameTupleAccessor = new ResultFrameTupleAccessor(spec.getFrameSize());
+
+        IHyracksDataset hyracksDataset = new HyracksDataset(hcc, spec.getFrameSize(), nReaders);
+        IHyracksDatasetReader reader = hyracksDataset.createReader(jobId, spec.getResultSetIds().get(0));
+
+        JSONArray resultRecords = new JSONArray();
+        ByteBufferInputStream bbis = new ByteBufferInputStream();
+
+        int readSize = reader.read(resultBuffer);
+
+        while (readSize > 0) {
+
+            try {
+                frameTupleAccessor.reset(resultBuffer);
+                for (int tIndex = 0; tIndex < frameTupleAccessor.getTupleCount(); tIndex++) {
+                    int start = frameTupleAccessor.getTupleStartOffset(tIndex);
+                    int length = frameTupleAccessor.getTupleEndOffset(tIndex) - start;
+                    bbis.setByteBuffer(resultBuffer, start);
+                    byte[] recordBytes = new byte[length];
+                    bbis.read(recordBytes, 0, length);
+                    resultRecords.put(new String(recordBytes, 0, length));
+                }
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    bbis.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+            }
+
+            resultBuffer.clear();
+            readSize = reader.read(resultBuffer);
+        }
+
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         dumpOutputFiles();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AggregationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AggregationTest.java
index 93e1e9b..06751e3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AggregationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AggregationTest.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.HashSpillableTableFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory;
@@ -62,60 +61,42 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.external.ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.hash.HashGroupOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered.PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 /**
  *
  */
 public class AggregationTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
-    final IFileSplitProvider splitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC2_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                    "data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"))) });
+    final IFileSplitProvider splitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC2_ID,
+            new FileReference(new File("data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"))) });
 
-    final RecordDescriptor desc = new RecordDescriptor(
-            new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+    final RecordDescriptor desc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
-    final ITupleParserFactory tupleParserFactory = new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(
-            new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE, FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE, FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                    UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, }, '|');
+    final ITupleParserFactory tupleParserFactory = new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] {
+            UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE, IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+            IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE, IntegerParserFactory.INSTANCE, FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+            FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE, FloatParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, }, '|');
 
-    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(
-            IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, String prefix) throws IOException {
+    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(JobSpecification spec, String prefix)
+            throws IOException {
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
-                        new FileSplit(NC1_ID, createTempFile()
-                                .getAbsolutePath()),
-                        new FileSplit(NC2_ID, createTempFile()
-                                .getAbsolutePath()) }), "\t");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
 
         return printer;
     }
@@ -124,54 +105,38 @@
     public void singleKeySumInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }),
-                outputRec, tableSize);
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
+                        new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeySumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeySumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -184,49 +149,34 @@
     public void singleKeySumPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE});
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true)}),
-                outputRec);
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
+                        new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }), outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeySumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeySumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -239,64 +189,43 @@
     public void singleKeySumExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE});
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
                                 new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, false)}),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, false) }), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
                                 new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false)}),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
+                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
+                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeySumExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeySumExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -309,54 +238,38 @@
     public void singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }),
-                outputRec, tableSize);
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -369,49 +282,34 @@
     public void singleKeyAvgPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }),
-                outputRec);
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }), outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -424,64 +322,43 @@
     public void singleKeyAvgExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
                 new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(false),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, false) }),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(false),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, false) }), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
                                 new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
-                                new AvgFieldMergeAggregatorFactory(3, false) }),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
+                                new AvgFieldMergeAggregatorFactory(3, false) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
+                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -494,52 +371,38 @@
     public void singleKeyMinMaxStringInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, false) }), outputRec, tableSize);
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, false) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -552,47 +415,34 @@
     public void singleKeyMinMaxStringPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, false) }), outputRec);
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, false) }), outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -605,63 +455,42 @@
     public void singleKeyMinMaxStringExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, true) }),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(2, true,
-                                        true) }),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, true) }),
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(2, true, true) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
+                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "singleKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "singleKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -674,58 +503,39 @@
     public void multiKeySumInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true) }),
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true) }),
                 outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeySumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeySumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -738,51 +548,35 @@
     public void multiKeySumPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true) }),
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true) }),
                 outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeySumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeySumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -795,69 +589,43 @@
     public void multiKeySumExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false) }),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false) }),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
-
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
-
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false) }), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
+                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
+
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeySumExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeySumExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -870,60 +638,40 @@
     public void multiKeyAvgInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }),
-                outputRec, tableSize);
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -936,53 +684,36 @@
     public void multiKeyAvgPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }),
-                outputRec);
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, true) }), outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyAvgInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -995,72 +726,46 @@
     public void multiKeyAvgExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
                 new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(false),
-                                new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, false) }),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false), new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(false),
+                        new AvgFieldGroupAggregatorFactory(1, false) }), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
                                 new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, false),
-                                new AvgFieldMergeAggregatorFactory(4, false) }),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
-
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
-
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+                                new AvgFieldMergeAggregatorFactory(4, false) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
+
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyAvgExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -1073,58 +778,39 @@
     public void multiKeyMinMaxStringInmemGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, false) }), outputRec, tableSize);
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, false) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyMinMaxStringInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyMinMaxStringInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -1137,51 +823,35 @@
     public void multiKeyMinMaxStringPreClusterGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
 
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, keyFields,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, false) }), outputRec);
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, false) }), outputRec);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyMinMaxStringPreClusterGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyMinMaxStringPreClusterGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -1194,71 +864,44 @@
     public void multiKeyMinMaxStringExtGroupTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, NC2_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID);
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 8, 0 };
         int frameLimits = 4;
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                frameLimits,
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15,
-                                        true, true) }),
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new int[] { 0, 1 },
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
-                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true,
-                                        true) }),
-                outputRec,
-                new HashSpillableTableFactory(
-                        new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                                keyFields,
-                                new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                        tableSize), true);
-
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
-
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
+        ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields, frameLimits,
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new UTF8StringNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, false),
+                                new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(15, true, true) }),
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new int[] { 0, 1 }, new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(2, false),
+                        new MinMaxStringFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true, true) }), outputRec,
+                new HashSpillableTableFactory(new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
-                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                                PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), tableSize), true);
+
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] {
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY),
+                        PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "multiKeyMinMaxStringExtGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "multiKeyMinMaxStringExtGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/CountOfCountsTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/CountOfCountsTest.java
index aea6126..5008991 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/CountOfCountsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/CountOfCountsTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -44,13 +45,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.CountFieldAggregatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered.PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class CountOfCountsTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     @Test
@@ -76,12 +78,10 @@
 
         RecordDescriptor desc2 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new int[] { 0 },
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 0 },
                 new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }),
-                desc2);
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc2);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group, NC1_ID);
 
         InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor sorter2 = new InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
@@ -91,13 +91,15 @@
         RecordDescriptor desc3 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
         PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group2 = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) }, new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
                         new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc3);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group2, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -148,12 +150,10 @@
 
         RecordDescriptor desc2 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new int[] { 0 },
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 0 },
                 new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }),
-                desc2);
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc2);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group, NC1_ID, NC2_ID, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
         InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor sorter2 = new InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
@@ -163,13 +163,16 @@
         RecordDescriptor desc3 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
         PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group2 = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) }, new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
                         new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc3);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group2, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -220,12 +223,10 @@
 
         RecordDescriptor desc2 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new int[] { 0 },
+        PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 0 },
                 new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }),
-                desc2);
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc2);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group, NC1_ID, NC2_ID, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
         InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor sorter2 = new InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
@@ -235,13 +236,16 @@
         RecordDescriptor desc3 = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
         PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor group2 = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, new int[] { 1 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) }, new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
                         new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] { new CountFieldAggregatorFactory(true) }), desc3);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, group2, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
index 0d5a627..93ed2c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.aggregators.MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.hash.HashGroupOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class LocalityAwareConnectorTest extends AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -200,13 +201,13 @@
         runTest(spec);
     }
 
-    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, String prefix)
+    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(JobSpecification spec, String prefix)
             throws IOException {
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
-                        new FileSplit("asterix-005", createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()),
-                        new FileSplit("asterix-006", createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) }), "\t");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
 
         return printer;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/OptimizedSortMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/OptimizedSortMergeTest.java
index 1ee4400..ec9be32 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/OptimizedSortMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/OptimizedSortMergeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.LimitOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.OptimizedExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class OptimizedSortMergeTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -75,9 +77,11 @@
                         PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }, ordersDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -128,9 +132,11 @@
         LimitOperatorDescriptor filter = new LimitOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersDesc, outputLimit);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, filter, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/ScanPrintTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/ScanPrintTest.java
index 9355110..961f780 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/ScanPrintTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/ScanPrintTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class ScanPrintTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     @Test
@@ -63,10 +65,11 @@
                 desc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
-                new FileSplit(NC2_ID, createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()),
-                new FileSplit(NC1_ID, createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -98,9 +101,11 @@
                         UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -135,9 +140,11 @@
                         UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
index 2c3fddf..0da93f2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class SortMergeTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     @Test
@@ -73,9 +75,11 @@
                 ordersDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
@@ -118,9 +122,11 @@
                         PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }, ordersDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SplitOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SplitOperatorTest.java
index 2b32142..6040748 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SplitOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SplitOperatorTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.LineFileWriteOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.SplitOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class SplitOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@
             Assert.assertEquals(lineA, lineB);
         }
         Assert.assertNull(fileB.readLine());
+        fileA.close();
+        fileB.close();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -83,8 +87,11 @@
 
         IOperatorDescriptor outputOp[] = new IOperatorDescriptor[outputFile.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
-            outputOp[i] = new LineFileWriteOperatorDescriptor(spec, new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                    outputFile[i].getAbsolutePath()) });
+            ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(i);
+            spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+            outputOp[i] = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                    ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
             PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, outputOp[i], locations);
         }
 
@@ -96,10 +103,10 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
             spec.addRoot(outputOp[i]);
         }
-        runTest(spec);
-
+        String[] expectedResultsFileNames = new String[outputArity];
         for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
-            compareFiles(inputFileName, outputFile[i].getAbsolutePath());
+            expectedResultsFileNames[i] = inputFileName;
         }
+        runTestAndCompareResults(spec, expectedResultsFileNames);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderHashJoinTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderHashJoinTest.java
index 61d4696..b5eb850 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderHashJoinTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderHashJoinTest.java
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -25,11 +23,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -47,35 +44,15 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.MaterializingOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.NoopNullWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class TPCHCustomerOrderHashJoinTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    private static class NoopNullWriterFactory implements INullWriterFactory {
-
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        public static final NoopNullWriterFactory INSTANCE = new NoopNullWriterFactory();
-
-        private NoopNullWriterFactory() {
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public INullWriter createNullWriter() {
-            return new INullWriter() {
-                @Override
-                public void writeNull(DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
-                    try {
-                        out.writeShort(0);
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-        }
-    }
 
     /*
      * TPCH Customer table: CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER ( C_CUSTKEY INTEGER NOT NULL,
@@ -148,9 +125,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, 128);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -229,9 +208,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -310,9 +291,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -392,9 +375,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, true, nullWriterFactories, 128);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -478,9 +463,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, true, nullWriterFactories);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -564,9 +551,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, true, nullWriterFactories);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -643,9 +632,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, 128);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -732,9 +723,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -821,9 +814,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -906,9 +901,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, 128);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addPartitionCountConstraint(spec, join, 2);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
@@ -997,9 +994,11 @@
                 custOrderJoinDesc, 128);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordPartConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderNestedLoopJoinTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderNestedLoopJoinTest.java
index 1e60372..99f2d18 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderNestedLoopJoinTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/TPCHCustomerOrderNestedLoopJoinTest.java
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePairComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePairComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -43,8 +45,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.join.NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.NoopNullWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class TPCHCustomerOrderNestedLoopJoinTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     private static class JoinComparatorFactory implements ITuplePairComparatorFactory {
@@ -165,12 +169,15 @@
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, custScanner, NC1_ID);
 
         NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor join = new NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor(spec, new JoinComparatorFactory(
-                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 4);
+                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 4, false,
+                null);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -239,12 +246,15 @@
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, custScanner, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
         NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor join = new NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor(spec, new JoinComparatorFactory(
-                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 5);
+                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 5, false,
+                null);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
@@ -313,12 +323,97 @@
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, custScanner, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
 
         NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor join = new NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor(spec, new JoinComparatorFactory(
-                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 6);
+                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 6, false,
+                null);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addPartitionCountConstraint(spec, join, 2);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
+        spec.connect(ordJoinConn, ordScanner, 0, join, 0);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor custJoinConn = new MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor(spec);
+        spec.connect(custJoinConn, custScanner, 0, join, 1);
+
+        IConnectorDescriptor joinPrinterConn = new MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor(spec);
+        spec.connect(joinPrinterConn, join, 0, printer, 0);
+
+        spec.addRoot(printer);
+        runTest(spec);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void customerOrderCIDOuterJoinMulti() throws Exception {
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        FileSplit[] custSplits = new FileSplit[] {
+                new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File("data/tpch0.001/customer-part1.tbl"))),
+                new FileSplit(NC2_ID, new FileReference(new File("data/tpch0.001/customer-part2.tbl"))) };
+        IFileSplitProvider custSplitsProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(custSplits);
+        RecordDescriptor custDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] {
+                new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File("data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))),
+                new FileSplit(NC2_ID, new FileReference(new File("data/tpch0.001/orders-part2.tbl"))) };
+        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitsProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
+        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        RecordDescriptor custOrderJoinDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitsProvider,
+                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
+
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor custScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, custSplitsProvider,
+                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), custDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, custScanner, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
+
+        INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories = new INullWriterFactory[ordersDesc.getFieldCount()];
+        for (int j = 0; j < nullWriterFactories.length; j++) {
+            nullWriterFactories[j] = NoopNullWriterFactory.INSTANCE;
+        }
+
+        NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor join = new NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor(spec, new JoinComparatorFactory(
+                PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 1, 0), custOrderJoinDesc, 5, true,
+                nullWriterFactories);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, join, NC1_ID, NC2_ID);
+
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         IConnectorDescriptor ordJoinConn = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/UnionTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/UnionTest.java
index 37b55b8..5b323e6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/UnionTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/UnionTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.union.UnionAllOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class UnionTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     @Test
@@ -65,10 +67,11 @@
         UnionAllOperatorDescriptor unionAll = new UnionAllOperatorDescriptor(spec, 2, desc);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, unionAll, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
-                new FileSplit(NC2_ID, createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()),
-                new FileSplit(NC1_ID, createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, false,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC2_ID, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), csvScanner01, 0, unionAll, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/BinaryTokenizerOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/BinaryTokenizerOperatorTest.java
index 836e72e..600b54b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/BinaryTokenizerOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/BinaryTokenizerOperatorTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
@@ -21,13 +22,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.dataflow.BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.ITokenFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8WordTokenFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class BinaryTokenizerOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -58,9 +60,11 @@
                 tokenizerRecDesc, tokenizerFactory, tokenFields, keyFields);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, binaryTokenizer, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), dblpTitleScanner, 0, binaryTokenizer, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/InvertedIndexOperatorsTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/InvertedIndexOperatorsTest.java
index 2206a26..b5a4df8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/InvertedIndexOperatorsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/InvertedIndexOperatorsTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
@@ -21,13 +22,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.dataflow.BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.ITokenFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8WordTokenFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class InvertedIndexOperatorsTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -58,9 +60,11 @@
                 tokenizerRecDesc, tokenizerFactory, tokenFields, projFields);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, binaryTokenizer, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), dblpTitleScanner, 0, binaryTokenizer, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
index d8fd48e..d1071a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class WordInvertedIndexTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -87,9 +89,12 @@
     private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
     private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
     private final static String dateString = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private final static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "primaryBtree" + dateString;
-    private final static String btreeFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "invIndexBtree" + dateString;
-    private final static String invListsFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "invIndexLists" + dateString;
+    private final static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "primaryBtree"
+            + dateString;
+    private final static String btreeFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "invIndexBtree"
+            + dateString;
+    private final static String invListsFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "invIndexLists"
+            + dateString;
 
     private IFileSplitProvider primaryFileSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
             new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@
         spec.addRoot(primaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testConjunctiveSearcher() throws Exception {
         IInvertedIndexSearchModifierFactory conjunctiveSearchModifierFactory = new ConjunctiveSearchModifierFactory();
@@ -180,8 +185,9 @@
     private IOperatorDescriptor createPrimaryBulkLoadOp(JobSpecification spec) {
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1 };
         TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryFileSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryFileSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, btreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
         return primaryBtreeBulkLoad;
     }
@@ -206,8 +212,9 @@
         int[] lowKeyFields = null; // - infinity
         int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryFileSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryFileSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
         return primaryBtreeSearchOp;
     }
@@ -227,9 +234,12 @@
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         IOperatorDescriptor keyProviderOp = createScanKeyProviderOp(spec);
         IOperatorDescriptor primaryScanOp = createPrimaryScanOp(spec);
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryScanOp, 0);
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryScanOp, 0, printer, 0);
         spec.addRoot(printer);
@@ -265,15 +275,14 @@
     public void createInvertedIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor invIndexCreateOp = new InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider,
-                indexRegistryProvider, tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits,
-                invListsComparatorFactories, tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory,
-                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider, indexRegistryProvider,
+                tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits, invListsComparatorFactories,
+                tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, invIndexCreateOp, NC1_ID);
         spec.addRoot(invIndexCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     public void loadInvertedIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         IOperatorDescriptor keyProviderOp = createScanKeyProviderOp(spec);
@@ -325,20 +334,23 @@
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         IOperatorDescriptor queryProviderOp = createQueryProviderOp(spec, queryString);
         IOperatorDescriptor invIndexSearchOp = createInvertedIndexSearchOp(spec, searchModifierFactory);
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), queryProviderOp, 0, invIndexSearchOp, 0);
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), invIndexSearchOp, 0, printer, 0);
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     @AfterClass
     public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-    	File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-    	File btree = new File(btreeFileName);
-    	File invLists = new File(invListsFileName);
+        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
+        File btree = new File(btreeFileName);
+        File invLists = new File(invListsFileName);
         primary.deleteOnExit();
         btree.deleteOnExit();
         invLists.deleteOnExit();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 6625148..92b6e14 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class RTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -190,9 +192,11 @@
                 dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryRTreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryRTreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index ef2950e..2a00394 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class RTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -175,9 +178,11 @@
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryStatsOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryStatsOp, 0, printer, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 030afcf..1d86037 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.result.ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 
 public class RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
     static {
@@ -297,9 +299,11 @@
                 secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryRTreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
-        IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
-                createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) });
-        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, outSplits, ",");
+        ResultSetId rsId = new ResultSetId(1);
+        spec.addResultSetId(rsId);
+
+        IOperatorDescriptor printer = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, true,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider());
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, NC1_ID);
 
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, secondaryRTreeSearchOp, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/NoopNullWriterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/NoopNullWriterFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d119509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/NoopNullWriterFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class NoopNullWriterFactory implements INullWriterFactory {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static final NoopNullWriterFactory INSTANCE = new NoopNullWriterFactory();
+
+    private NoopNullWriterFactory() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public INullWriter createNullWriter() {
+        return new INullWriter() {
+            @Override
+            public void writeNull(DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
+                try {
+                    out.writeShort(0);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c4475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/util/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.util;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IResultSerializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IResultSerializerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.ByteBufferInputStream;
+
+public class ResultSerializerFactoryProvider implements Serializable {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final ResultSerializerFactoryProvider INSTANCE = new ResultSerializerFactoryProvider();
+
+    private ResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
+    }
+
+    public IResultSerializerFactory getResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
+        return new IResultSerializerFactory() {
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public IResultSerializer createResultSerializer(final RecordDescriptor recordDesc,
+                    final PrintStream printStream) {
+                return new IResultSerializer() {
+                    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+                    ByteBufferInputStream bbis = new ByteBufferInputStream();
+                    DataInputStream di = new DataInputStream(bbis);
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void init() throws HyracksDataException {
+
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean appendTuple(IFrameTupleAccessor tAccess, int tIdx) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        int start = tAccess.getTupleStartOffset(tIdx) + tAccess.getFieldSlotsLength();
+
+                        bbis.setByteBuffer(tAccess.getBuffer(), start);
+
+                        Object[] record = new Object[recordDesc.getFieldCount()];
+                        for (int i = 0; i < record.length; ++i) {
+                            Object instance = recordDesc.getFields()[i].deserialize(di);
+                            if (i == 0) {
+                                printStream.print(String.valueOf(instance));
+                            } else {
+                                printStream.print(", " + String.valueOf(instance));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        printStream.println();
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
index 8ce8108..551e2be 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-examples</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index ba8649e..0476bb3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>text-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
index 8ac69d8..945df0b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>textapp</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -142,8 +141,9 @@
       	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index d593ef9..4aace73 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   <artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>textclient</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -33,13 +32,15 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
           <id>textclient</id>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
index 8e32c8c..bcb280c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index b237c9b..9951792 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>tpch-example</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 3170306..4e0d9f0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index 01ccdef..0ad0ff0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
         if ("nestedloop".equalsIgnoreCase(algo)) {
             join = new NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor(spec, new JoinComparatorFactory(
-                    PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 0, 1), custOrderJoinDesc, memSize);
+                    PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY), 0, 1), custOrderJoinDesc, memSize, false, null);
 
         } else if ("gracehash".equalsIgnoreCase(algo)) {
             join = new GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(