diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/OrderedIndexMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/OrderedIndexMultiThreadTest.java
index d9423a7..d02e6a17 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/OrderedIndexMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/OrderedIndexMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.util.SerdeUtils;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.config.AccessMethodTestsConfig;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
 
     protected abstract void tearDown() throws HyracksDataException;
 
-    protected abstract ITreeIndex createTreeIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
+    protected abstract IIndex createIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws TreeIndexException;
 
-    protected abstract ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory();
+    protected abstract IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory();
 
     protected abstract ArrayList<TestWorkloadConf> getTestWorkloadConf();
 
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeys);
 
-        ITreeIndex index = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, cmpFactories);
-        ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory = getWorkerFactory();
+        IIndex index = createIndex(typeTraits, cmpFactories);
+        IIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory = getWorkerFactory();
 
         // 4 batches per thread.
         int batchSize = (NUM_OPERATIONS / numThreads) / 4;
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractIndexTestWorker.java
similarity index 90%
rename from hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker.java
rename to hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractIndexTestWorker.java
index 2108260..d0e75ce 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/AbstractIndexTestWorker.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.TupleBatch;
 
-public abstract class AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker extends Thread implements ITreeIndexTestWorker {
+public abstract class AbstractIndexTestWorker extends Thread implements ITreeIndexTestWorker {
     private final Random rnd;
     private final DataGenThread dataGen;
     private final TestOperationSelector opSelector;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     protected final IIndexAccessor indexAccessor;
 
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index,
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index,
             int numBatches) {
         this.dataGen = dataGen;
         this.opSelector = opSelector;
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/IIndexTestWorkerFactory.java
similarity index 75%
rename from hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory.java
rename to hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/IIndexTestWorkerFactory.java
index 64b5aea..0ed3bde 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/IIndexTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public interface ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index, int numBatches);
+public interface IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index,
+            int numBatches);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver.java
index 97cca35..bb7f90d 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
     private static final int PAYLOAD_SIZE = 0;
     private final TestOperationSelector opSelector;
     private final ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes;
-    private final ITreeIndex index;
-    private final ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory;
+    private final IIndex index;
+    private final IIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory;
 
-    public TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver(ITreeIndex index, ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory,
+    public TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver(IIndex index, IIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory,
             ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, TestOperation[] ops, double[] opProbs) {
         this.index = index;
         this.workerFactory = workerFactory;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             }
 
             // Start worker threads.
-            AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker[] workers = new AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker[numThreads];
+            AbstractIndexTestWorker[] workers = new AbstractIndexTestWorker[numThreads];
             long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
             for (int j = 0; j < numThreads; j++) {
                 workers[j] = workerFactory.create(dataGen, opSelector, index, threadNumBatches);
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/config/AccessMethodTestsConfig.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/config/AccessMethodTestsConfig.java
index a70a0fe..4b70579 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/config/AccessMethodTestsConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/config/AccessMethodTestsConfig.java
@@ -69,18 +69,27 @@
     public static final int LSM_BTREE_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
 
     // Mem configuration for Inverted Index.
-    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
-    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_PAGES = 100;
-    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
-    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
-    
-    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT = 1000;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_PAGE_SIZE = 1024;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_NUM_PAGES = 1000;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_MAX_OPEN_FILES = 1000;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_MEM_PAGE_SIZE = 1024;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_MEM_NUM_PAGES = 100;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 256;
+    // Test parameters.
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT = 10000;
+    // Used for full-fledged search test.
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DOC_QUERIES = 1000;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = 1000;
+    // Used for non-search tests to sanity check index searches.
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_TINY_NUM_DOC_QUERIES = 200;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_TINY_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = 200;
     public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_BULKLOAD_ROUNDS = 5;
     public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_MAX_TREES_TO_MERGE = 5;
     public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_INSERT_ROUNDS = 3;
     public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DELETE_ROUNDS = 3;
     // Allocate a generous size to make sure we have enough elements for all tests.
     public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_SCAN_COUNT_ARRAY_SIZE = 1000000;
+    public static final int LSM_INVINDEX_MULTITHREAD_NUM_OPERATIONS = 10000;
     
 }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index 9fb9cbe..6ec097b 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.DoubleSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.util.SerdeUtils;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TreeIndexMultiThreadTestDriver;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory[] valueProviderFactories, RTreePolicyType rtreePolicyType)
             throws TreeIndexException;
 
-    protected abstract ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory();
+    protected abstract IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory();
 
     protected abstract ArrayList<TestWorkloadConf> getTestWorkloadConf();
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
         ITreeIndex index = createTreeIndex(typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories, valueProviderFactories,
                 rtreePolicyType);
-        ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory = getWorkerFactory();
+        IIndexTestWorkerFactory workerFactory = getWorkerFactory();
 
         // 4 batches per thread.
         int batchSize = (NUM_OPERATIONS / numThreads) / 4;
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index a38b39b..5c8f1c7 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeLeafFrameType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeTestHarness;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeUtils;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndex createTreeIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
+    protected ITreeIndex createIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws TreeIndexException {
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), harness.getFileMapProvider(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                 BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference());
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
+    protected IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
         return workerFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorker.java
index 7fd4f5f..d7ef9b1 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorker.java
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.exceptions.BTreeNotUpdateableException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 
-public class BTreeTestWorker extends AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker {
+public class BTreeTestWorker extends AbstractIndexTestWorker {
 
     private final BTree btree;
     private final int numKeyFields;
     private final ArrayTupleBuilder deleteTb;
     private final ArrayTupleReference deleteTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
 
-    public BTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public BTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
         btree = (BTree) index;
         numKeyFields = btree.getComparatorFactories().length;
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
index dc4d883..06ed318 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.multithread;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public class BTreeTestWorkerFactory implements ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+public class BTreeTestWorkerFactory implements IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
     @Override
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         return new BTreeTestWorker(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index 3ea59cf..649da09 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.OrderedIndexMultiThreadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndex createTreeIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
+    protected ITreeIndex createIndex(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws TreeIndexException {
         return LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(harness.getMemBufferCache(), harness.getMemFreePageManager(),
                 harness.getIOManager(), harness.getFileReference(), harness.getDiskBufferCache(),
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
+    protected IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
         return workerFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorker.java
index 377b959..ff9ddb1 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorker.java
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.exceptions.BTreeNonExistentKeyException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.exceptions.BTreeNotUpdateableException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.impls.LSMBTree;
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.LSMMergeInProgressException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 
-public class LSMBTreeTestWorker extends AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker {
+public class LSMBTreeTestWorker extends AbstractIndexTestWorker {
 
     private final LSMBTree lsmBTree;
     private final int numKeyFields;
     private final ArrayTupleBuilder deleteTb;
     private final ArrayTupleReference deleteTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
 
-    public LSMBTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public LSMBTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
         lsmBTree = (LSMBTree) index;
         numKeyFields = lsmBTree.getComparatorFactories().length;
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
index 09af1b7..ef78162 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.multithread;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public class LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory implements ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+public class LSMBTreeTestWorkerFactory implements IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
     @Override
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         return new LSMBTreeTestWorker(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
index e7652d5..fcb78ad 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
index ce6d882..4e2fe37 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexDeleteTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexInsertTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
index fef68e4..e9a1c75 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexInsertTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMergeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMergeTest.java
index 30e22e0..65ff11f 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMergeTest.java
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndexAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.impls.NoOpIOOperationCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexMergeTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void runTest(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
+    protected void runTest(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
             IndexException {
         IIndex invIndex = testCtx.getIndex();        
         invIndex.create();
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < maxTreesToMerge; i++) {
             for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                 if (bulkLoad) {
-                    InvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+                    LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
                 } else {
-                    InvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+                    LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
                 }
 
                 // Perform merge.
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMultiBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMultiBulkLoadTest.java
index f360165..adfb689 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMultiBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexMultiBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.config.AccessMethodTestsConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexMultiBulkLoadTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
index 6e47f66..1528e20 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/LSMInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexSearchTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
index db2bc8e..7d68452 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.TupleGenerator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.config.AccessMethodTestsConfig;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexTest {
 
@@ -38,27 +38,27 @@
         this.bulkLoad = bulkLoad;
     }
 
-    protected void runTest(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
+    protected void runTest(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
             IndexException {
         IIndex invIndex = testCtx.getIndex();
         invIndex.create();
         invIndex.activate();
-        
+
         for (int i = 0; i < numInsertRounds; i++) {
             // Start generating documents ids from 0 again.
             tupleGen.reset();
-            
+
             if (bulkLoad) {
-                InvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+                LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
             } else {
-                InvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
-            }            
+                LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+            }
 
             // Delete all documents in a couple of rounds.
             int numTuplesPerDeleteRound = (int) Math.ceil((float) testCtx.getDocumentCorpus().size()
                     / (float) numDeleteRounds);
             for (int j = 0; j < numDeleteRounds; j++) {
-                InvertedIndexTestUtils.deleteFromInvIndex(testCtx, harness.getRandom(), numTuplesPerDeleteRound);
+                LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.deleteFromInvIndex(testCtx, harness.getRandom(), numTuplesPerDeleteRound);
                 validateAndCheckIndex(testCtx);
                 runTinySearchWorkload(testCtx, tupleGen);
             }
@@ -70,15 +70,31 @@
 
     @Test
     public void wordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void hashedWordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ngramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hashedNGramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest.java
index 0c3d53e..f20ec97 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest.java
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.TupleGenerator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexTest {
 
     protected final boolean bulkLoad;
     protected final int numRounds;
-    
+
     public AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest(InvertedIndexType invIndexType, boolean bulkLoad, int numRounds) {
         super(invIndexType);
         this.bulkLoad = bulkLoad;
         this.numRounds = numRounds;
     }
 
-    protected void runTest(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
+    protected void runTest(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
             IndexException {
         IIndex invIndex = testCtx.getIndex();
         invIndex.create();
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 
         for (int i = 0; i < numRounds; i++) {
             if (bulkLoad) {
-                InvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+                LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
             } else {
-                InvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+                LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
             }
             validateAndCheckIndex(testCtx);
             runTinySearchWorkload(testCtx, tupleGen);
@@ -56,18 +56,34 @@
         invIndex.deactivate();
         invIndex.destroy();
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void wordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void hashedWordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ngramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+        runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hashedNGramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
index ce6e829..f2248b7 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -26,20 +26,21 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.TupleGenerator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.config.AccessMethodTestsConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearchModifier;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.search.ConjunctiveSearchModifier;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.search.EditDistanceSearchModifier;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.search.JaccardSearchModifier;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexTest {
 
     protected final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest.class.getName());
 
-    protected int NUM_DOC_QUERIES = 8000;
-    protected int NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = 2000;
+    protected int NUM_DOC_QUERIES = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DOC_QUERIES;
+    protected int NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES;
     protected final boolean bulkLoad;
 
     public AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest(InvertedIndexType invIndexType, boolean bulkLoad) {
@@ -47,16 +48,16 @@
         this.bulkLoad = bulkLoad;
     }
 
-    protected void runTest(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen,
+    protected void runTest(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen,
             List<IInvertedIndexSearchModifier> searchModifiers) throws IOException, IndexException {
         IIndex invIndex = testCtx.getIndex();
         invIndex.create();
         invIndex.activate();
 
         if (bulkLoad) {
-            InvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+            LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.bulkLoadInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
         } else {
-            InvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
+            LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.insertIntoInvIndex(testCtx, tupleGen, NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT);
         }
         invIndex.validate();
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
             if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                 LOGGER.info("Running searches with: " + searchModifier.toString());
             }
-            InvertedIndexTestUtils.testIndexSearch(testCtx, tupleGen, harness.getRandom(), NUM_DOC_QUERIES,
+            LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.testIndexSearch(testCtx, tupleGen, harness.getRandom(), NUM_DOC_QUERIES,
                     NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES, searchModifier, SCAN_COUNT_ARRAY);
         }
 
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@
         invIndex.destroy();
     }
 
-    private void testWordInvIndexIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws IOException, IndexException {
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+    private void testWordInvIndexIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws IOException, IndexException {
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createStringDocumentTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         List<IInvertedIndexSearchModifier> searchModifiers = new ArrayList<IInvertedIndexSearchModifier>();
         searchModifiers.add(new ConjunctiveSearchModifier());
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(1.0f));
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(0.5f));
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen, searchModifiers);
     }
-    
-    private void testNGramInvIndexIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws IOException, IndexException {
-        TupleGenerator tupleGen = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
+
+    private void testNGramInvIndexIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws IOException, IndexException {
+        TupleGenerator tupleGen = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createPersonNamesTupleGen(harness.getRandom());
         List<IInvertedIndexSearchModifier> searchModifiers = new ArrayList<IInvertedIndexSearchModifier>();
         searchModifiers.add(new ConjunctiveSearchModifier());
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(1.0f));
@@ -95,34 +96,36 @@
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(0.7f));
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(0.6f));
         searchModifiers.add(new JaccardSearchModifier(0.5f));
-        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(InvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 0));
-        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(InvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 1));
-        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(InvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 2));
-        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(InvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 3));
+        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 0));
+        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 1));
+        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 2));
+        searchModifiers.add(new EditDistanceSearchModifier(LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, 3));
         runTest(testCtx, tupleGen, searchModifiers);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void wordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
         testWordInvIndexIndex(testCtx);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void hashedWordTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
         testWordInvIndexIndex(testCtx);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void ngramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
         testNGramInvIndexIndex(testCtx);
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void hashedNGramTokensInvIndexTest() throws IOException, IndexException {
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness, invIndexType);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(harness,
+                invIndexType);
         testNGramInvIndexIndex(testCtx);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexTest.java
index 945da8c..1bf60e2 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/AbstractInvertedIndexTest.java
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearchModifier;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.search.ConjunctiveSearchModifier;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.search.JaccardSearchModifier;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils;
 
 public abstract class AbstractInvertedIndexTest {
     protected final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractInvertedIndexTest.class.getName());
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     protected final int NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_NUM_DOCS_TO_INSERT;
     protected final int[] SCAN_COUNT_ARRAY = new int[AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_SCAN_COUNT_ARRAY_SIZE];
 
-    protected final int TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_DOC_QUERIES = 800;
-    protected final int TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = 200;
+    protected final int TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_DOC_QUERIES = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_TINY_NUM_DOC_QUERIES;
+    protected final int TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_TINY_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES;
 
     // Note: The edit-distance search modifier is tested separately.
     protected final IInvertedIndexSearchModifier[] TEST_SEARCH_MODIFIERS = new IInvertedIndexSearchModifier[] {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
      * This test is only for verifying the integrity and correctness of the index,
      * it does not ensure the correctness of index searches.
      */
-    protected void validateAndCheckIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws HyracksDataException, IndexException {
+    protected void validateAndCheckIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws HyracksDataException, IndexException {
         IIndex invIndex = testCtx.getIndex();
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Validating index: " + invIndex);
@@ -80,21 +80,21 @@
         invIndex.validate();
         if (invIndexType == InvertedIndexType.INMEMORY || invIndexType == InvertedIndexType.ONDISK) {
             // This comparison method exercises different features of these types of inverted indexes.
-            InvertedIndexTestUtils.compareActualAndExpectedIndexes(testCtx);
+            LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.compareActualAndExpectedIndexes(testCtx);
         }
-        InvertedIndexTestUtils.compareActualAndExpectedIndexesRangeSearch(testCtx);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.compareActualAndExpectedIndexesRangeSearch(testCtx);
     }
 
     /**
      * Runs a workload of queries using different search modifiers, and verifies the correctness of the results.
      */
-    protected void runTinySearchWorkload(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
+    protected void runTinySearchWorkload(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen) throws IOException,
             IndexException {
         for (IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier : TEST_SEARCH_MODIFIERS) {
             if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                 LOGGER.info("Running test workload with: " + searchModifier.toString());
             }
-            InvertedIndexTestUtils.testIndexSearch(testCtx, tupleGen, harness.getRandom(),
+            LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.testIndexSearch(testCtx, tupleGen, harness.getRandom(),
                     TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_DOC_QUERIES, TINY_WORKLOAD_NUM_RANDOM_QUERIES, searchModifier, SCAN_COUNT_ARRAY);
         }
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
index 295cbc9..8519ec9 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/common/LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.config.AccessMethodTestsConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMFlushController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
@@ -49,13 +50,6 @@
 public class LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness {
 
     private static final long RANDOM_SEED = 50;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_DISK_PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_DISK_NUM_PAGES = 10000;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_DISK_MAX_OPEN_FILES = 1000;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_MEM_PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_MEM_NUM_PAGES = 200;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 512;
-    private static final int DUMMY_FILE_ID = -1;
 
     protected final int diskPageSize;
     protected final int diskNumPages;
@@ -84,12 +78,12 @@
     protected FileReference invIndexFileRef;
 
     public LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness() {
-        this.diskPageSize = DEFAULT_DISK_PAGE_SIZE;
-        this.diskNumPages = DEFAULT_DISK_NUM_PAGES;
-        this.diskMaxOpenFiles = DEFAULT_DISK_MAX_OPEN_FILES;
-        this.memPageSize = DEFAULT_MEM_PAGE_SIZE;
-        this.memNumPages = DEFAULT_MEM_NUM_PAGES;
-        this.hyracksFrameSize = DEFAULT_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
+        this.diskPageSize = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_PAGE_SIZE;
+        this.diskNumPages = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_NUM_PAGES;
+        this.diskMaxOpenFiles = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_DISK_MAX_OPEN_FILES;
+        this.memPageSize = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_MEM_PAGE_SIZE;
+        this.memNumPages = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_MEM_NUM_PAGES;
+        this.hyracksFrameSize = AccessMethodTestsConfig.LSM_INVINDEX_HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE;
         this.ioScheduler = ImmediateScheduler.INSTANCE;
         this.mergePolicy = NoMergePolicy.INSTANCE;
         this.flushController = new FlushController();
@@ -176,10 +170,6 @@
         return hyracksFrameSize;
     }
 
-    public int getFileId() {
-        return DUMMY_FILE_ID;
-    }
-
     public IOManager getIOManager() {
         return ioManager;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
index ef2937c..c71d996 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexDeleteTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.inmemory;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class InMemoryInvertedIndexDeleteTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexDeleteTest {
     
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexInsertTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
index afd1747..d2b883d 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexInsertTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.inmemory;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class InMemoryInvertedIndexInsertTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
     
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
index b9a2c99..f3b3026 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.inmemory;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class InMemoryInvertedIndexSearchTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
index ab6a8e7..4813615 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class OnDiskInvertedIndexBulkLoadTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexLoadTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
index 8fcd50a..76d9200 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.ondisk;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.common.AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 public class OnDiskInvertedIndexSearchTest extends AbstractInvertedIndexSearchTest {
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestContext.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
similarity index 95%
rename from hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestContext.java
rename to hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
index 79efae3..7b863b6 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-public class InvertedIndexTestContext extends OrderedIndexTestContext {
+public class LSMInvertedIndexTestContext extends OrderedIndexTestContext {
 
     public static enum InvertedIndexType {
         INMEMORY,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     protected HashSet<Comparable> allTokens = new HashSet<Comparable>();
     protected List<ITupleReference> documentCorpus = new ArrayList<ITupleReference>();
     
-    public InvertedIndexTestContext(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, IIndex index,
+    public LSMInvertedIndexTestContext(ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes, IIndex index,
             IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory) {
         super(fieldSerdes, index);
         this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         return allCmpFactories;
     }
 
-    public static InvertedIndexTestContext create(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness, ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes,
+    public static LSMInvertedIndexTestContext create(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness, ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes,
             int tokenFieldCount, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory, InvertedIndexType invIndexType) throws IndexException {
         ITypeTraits[] allTypeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] allCmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                 throw new InvertedIndexException("Unknow inverted-index type '" + invIndexType + "'.");
             }
         }
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = new InvertedIndexTestContext(fieldSerdes, invIndex, tokenizerFactory);
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = new LSMInvertedIndexTestContext(fieldSerdes, invIndex, tokenizerFactory);
         return testCtx;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestUtils.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
similarity index 92%
rename from hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestUtils.java
rename to hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
index 9551921..68824f5 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexTestUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.java
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers.NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8NGramTokenFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8WordTokenFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.InvertedIndexType;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-public class InvertedIndexTestUtils {
+public class LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils {
 
     public static final int TEST_GRAM_LENGTH = 3;
 
@@ -99,55 +99,55 @@
         return tupleGen;
     }
 
-    public static InvertedIndexTestContext createWordInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
+    public static LSMInvertedIndexTestContext createWordInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
             InvertedIndexType invIndexType) throws IOException, IndexException {
         ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes = new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
         ITokenFactory tokenFactory = new UTF8WordTokenFactory();
         IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(true, false,
                 tokenFactory);
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
                 invIndexType);
         return testCtx;
     }
 
-    public static InvertedIndexTestContext createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
+    public static LSMInvertedIndexTestContext createHashedWordInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
             InvertedIndexType invIndexType) throws IOException, IndexException {
         ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes = new ISerializerDeserializer[] { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
                 IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
         ITokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory();
         IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(true, false,
                 tokenFactory);
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
                 invIndexType);
         return testCtx;
     }
 
-    public static InvertedIndexTestContext createNGramInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
+    public static LSMInvertedIndexTestContext createNGramInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
             InvertedIndexType invIndexType) throws IOException, IndexException {
         ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes = new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
                 UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
         ITokenFactory tokenFactory = new UTF8NGramTokenFactory();
         IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, true,
                 true, false, tokenFactory);
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
                 invIndexType);
         return testCtx;
     }
 
-    public static InvertedIndexTestContext createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
+    public static LSMInvertedIndexTestContext createHashedNGramInvIndexTestContext(LSMInvertedIndexTestHarness harness,
             InvertedIndexType invIndexType) throws IOException, IndexException {
         ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes = new ISerializerDeserializer[] { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
                 IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
         ITokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory();
         IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(TEST_GRAM_LENGTH, true,
                 true, false, tokenFactory);
-        InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = InvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
+        LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx = LSMInvertedIndexTestContext.create(harness, fieldSerdes, 1, tokenizerFactory,
                 invIndexType);
         return testCtx;
     }
 
-    public static void bulkLoadInvIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, int numDocs)
+    public static void bulkLoadInvIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, int numDocs)
             throws IndexException, IOException {
         SortedSet<CheckTuple> tmpMemIndex = new TreeSet<CheckTuple>();;
         // First generate the expected index by inserting the documents one-by-one.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         testCtx.getCheckTuples().addAll(tmpMemIndex);
     }
 
-    public static void insertIntoInvIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, int numDocs)
+    public static void insertIntoInvIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, int numDocs)
             throws IOException, IndexException {
         // InMemoryInvertedIndex only supports insert.
         for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static void deleteFromInvIndex(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, Random rnd, int numDocsToDelete)
+    public static void deleteFromInvIndex(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, Random rnd, int numDocsToDelete)
             throws HyracksDataException, IndexException {
         List<ITupleReference> documentCorpus = testCtx.getDocumentCorpus();
         for (int i = 0; i < numDocsToDelete && !documentCorpus.isEmpty(); i++) {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     /**
      * Compares actual and expected indexes using the rangeSearch() method of the inverted-index accessor.
      */
-    public static void compareActualAndExpectedIndexesRangeSearch(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx)
+    public static void compareActualAndExpectedIndexesRangeSearch(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx)
             throws HyracksDataException, IndexException {
         IInvertedIndex invIndex = (IInvertedIndex) testCtx.getIndex();
         int tokenFieldCount = invIndex.getTokenTypeTraits().length;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
      * Compares actual and expected indexes by comparing their inverted-lists one by one. Exercises the openInvertedListCursor() method of the inverted-index accessor.
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static void compareActualAndExpectedIndexes(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws HyracksDataException,
+    public static void compareActualAndExpectedIndexes(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx) throws HyracksDataException,
             IndexException {
         IInvertedIndex invIndex = (IInvertedIndex) testCtx.getIndex();
         ISerializerDeserializer[] fieldSerdes = testCtx.getFieldSerdes();
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static void testIndexSearch(InvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, Random rnd,
+    public static void testIndexSearch(LSMInvertedIndexTestContext testCtx, TupleGenerator tupleGen, Random rnd,
             int numDocQueries, int numRandomQueries, IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier, int[] scanCountArray)
             throws IOException, IndexException {
         IInvertedIndex invIndex = testCtx.invIndex;
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
 
                     // Get expected results.
                     List<Integer> expectedResults = new ArrayList<Integer>();
-                    InvertedIndexTestUtils.getExpectedResults(scanCountArray, testCtx.getCheckTuples(), searchDocument,
+                    LSMInvertedIndexTestUtils.getExpectedResults(scanCountArray, testCtx.getCheckTuples(), searchDocument,
                             tokenizer, testCtx.getFieldSerdes()[0], searchModifier, expectedResults);
 
                     Iterator<Integer> expectedIter = expectedResults.iterator();
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker.java
index c54c948..6a12972 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker.java
@@ -19,25 +19,26 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 
-public abstract class AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker extends AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker {
+public abstract class AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker extends AbstractIndexTestWorker {
 
     protected final ITreeIndex lsmRTree;
     protected final int numFields;
     protected final ArrayTupleBuilder rearrangedTb;
     protected final ArrayTupleReference rearrangedTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
 
-    public AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index,
+    public AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index,
             int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
-        lsmRTree = index;
+        lsmRTree = (ITreeIndex) index;
         numFields = lsmRTree.getFieldCount();
         rearrangedTb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(numFields);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index 292650f..a3e452c 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
+    protected IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
         return workerFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorker.java
index 3a3bfe6..b4d4629 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorker.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.impls.LSMRTree.LSMRTreeAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.SearchPredicate;
 
-public class LSMRTreeTestWorker extends AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker {
+public class LSMRTreeTestWorker extends AbstractIndexTestWorker {
 
     private final LSMRTree lsmRTree;
     private final int numFields;
     private final ArrayTupleBuilder rearrangedTb;
     private final ArrayTupleReference rearrangedTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
 
-    public LSMRTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public LSMRTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
         lsmRTree = (LSMRTree) index;
         numFields = lsmRTree.getFieldCount();
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
index d580ca2..8aa6d67 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.multithread;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public class LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory implements ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+public class LSMRTreeTestWorkerFactory implements IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
     @Override
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         return new LSMRTreeTestWorker(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
index 7f8d7c9..6b76150 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
+    protected IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
         return workerFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker.java
index 0f8cdec..6112fda 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperation;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 public class LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker extends AbstractLSMRTreeTestWorker {
 
     public LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory.java
index 4613234..d1dda75 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/multithread/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.multithread;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public class LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory implements ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+public class LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorkerFactory implements IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
     @Override
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         return new LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterTuplesTestWorker(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index cc3c45c..27faeb3 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestWorkloadConf;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
+    protected IIndexTestWorkerFactory getWorkerFactory() {
         return workerFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorker.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorker.java
index f5867e6..7b3acfb 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorker.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorker.java
@@ -19,26 +19,26 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector.TestOperation;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.SearchPredicate;
 
-public class RTreeTestWorker extends AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker {
+public class RTreeTestWorker extends AbstractIndexTestWorker {
 
     private final RTree rtree;
     private final int numFields;
     private final ArrayTupleReference rearrangedTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
     private final ArrayTupleBuilder rearrangedTb;
 
-    public RTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public RTreeTestWorker(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector, IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         super(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
         rtree = (RTree) index;
         numFields = rtree.getFieldCount();
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorkerFactory.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
index d4f14ca..2407e15 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/multithread/RTreeTestWorkerFactory.java
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.multithread;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.AbstractIndexTestWorker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.IIndexTestWorkerFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.TestOperationSelector;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.datagen.DataGenThread;
 
-public class RTreeTestWorkerFactory implements ITreeIndexTestWorkerFactory {
+public class RTreeTestWorkerFactory implements IIndexTestWorkerFactory {
     @Override
-    public AbstractTreeIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
-            ITreeIndex index, int numBatches) {
+    public AbstractIndexTestWorker create(DataGenThread dataGen, TestOperationSelector opSelector,
+            IIndex index, int numBatches) {
         return new RTreeTestWorker(dataGen, opSelector, index, numBatches);
     }
 }