[ASTERIXDB-2516][RT] Modifty range map function of parallel sort

- user model changes: no
- storage format changes: no
- interface changes: no

Details:
Currently, the range map function of parallel sort passes "null"
to get a comparator to sort the samples and produce the range map.
The comparator provider will enforce providing a type and prevent
passing "null". The range map function needs to be updated to get
the types of the sort fields and use them to get comparators.
- changed the output type of the local sampling function from
list of list of ANY to binary. The old type computer was removed.
- added null writer aggregate function that just produces null as
an aggregate value. this is needed in order to propagate the type
of the sort fields from the local step to the global step so that
the range map function can know the types of the sort fields.

Change-Id: I7edbb10906cc4464210af87a5b1630ba3aecbde0
Reviewed-on: https://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu/3333
Tested-by: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Integration-Tests: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Contrib: Jenkins <jenkins@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Lychagin <dmitry.lychagin@couchbase.com>
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README.md

What is AsterixDB?

AsterixDB is a BDMS (Big Data Management System) with a rich feature set that sets it apart from other Big Data platforms. Its feature set makes it well-suited to modern needs such as web data warehousing and social data storage and analysis. AsterixDB has:

  • Data model
    A semistructured NoSQL style data model (ADM) resulting from extending JSON with object database ideas

  • Query languages
    Two expressive and declarative query languages (SQL++ and AQL) that support a broad range of queries and analysis over semistructured data

  • Scalability
    A parallel runtime query execution engine, Apache Hyracks, that has been scale-tested on up to 1000+ cores and 500+ disks

  • Native storage
    Partitioned LSM-based data storage and indexing to support efficient ingestion and management of semistructured data

  • External storage
    Support for query access to externally stored data (e.g., data in HDFS) as well as to data stored natively by AsterixDB

  • Data types
    A rich set of primitive data types, including spatial and temporal data in addition to integer, floating point, and textual data

  • Indexing
    Secondary indexing options that include B+ trees, R trees, and inverted keyword (exact and fuzzy) index types

  • Transactions
    Basic transactional (concurrency and recovery) capabilities akin to those of a NoSQL store

Learn more about AsterixDB at its website.

Build from source

To build AsterixDB from source, you should have a platform with the following:

  • A Unix-ish environment (Linux, OS X, will all do).
  • git
  • Maven 3.3.9 or newer.
  • Oracle JDK 8 or newer.

Instructions for building the master:

  • Checkout AsterixDB master:

      $git clone https://github.com/apache/asterixdb.git
    
  • Build AsterixDB master:

      $cd asterixdb
      $mvn clean package -DskipTests
    

Run the build on your machine

Here are steps to get AsterixDB running on your local machine:

  • Start a single-machine AsterixDB instance:

      $cd asterixdb/asterix-server/target/asterix-server-*-binary-assembly/apache-asterixdb-*-SNAPSHOT
      $./opt/local/bin/start-sample-cluster.sh
    
  • Good to go and run queries in your browser at:

      http://localhost:19001
    
  • Read more documentation to learn the data model, query language, and how to create a cluster instance.

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