diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
index d0bec0f..3f62785 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.4"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 75a3d16..f362c73 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Thu Aug 04 11:50:30 PDT 2011
+#Sun Aug 14 10:18:14 PDT 2011
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.5
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.4
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index 7aeaf77..6f371c0 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@
 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.data.partition.FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.NullSinkOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@
         // ops
         IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFactories = new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[1];
         hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;
-        IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+        IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
                 new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(new int[] { 0 }, hashFactories));
 
         // connect the ops
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 1533714..f7942eb 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
@@ -29,13 +27,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.hash.UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 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.data.partition.FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@
         // ops
         IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFactories = new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[1];
         hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;
-        IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+        IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
                 new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(new int[] { 0 }, hashFactories));
 
         spec.connect(hashConn, dataGen, 0, sorter, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
index c991a89..cae9660 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 7e4ae9d..fbf7f9d 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index b061811..47fecad 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 5e5eaeb..5eec60c 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
index 0c72503..357760a 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksStageletContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
 
         final ByteBuffer outputFrame = ctx.allocateFrame();
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
index 9fd7df4..4a452a8 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.BufferCache;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         return treeIndexRegistry;
     }
     
-    public static RuntimeContext get(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+    public static RuntimeContext get(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         return (RuntimeContext) ctx.getJobletContext().getApplicationContext().getApplicationObject();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/StorageManagerInterface.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/StorageManagerInterface.java
index e1e47af..4c6363b 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/StorageManagerInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/StorageManagerInterface.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IBufferCache getBufferCache(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         return RuntimeContext.get(ctx).getBufferCache();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         return RuntimeContext.get(ctx).getFileMapManager();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java
index 6a6ddf8..f8a7bf1 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksStageletContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexRegistry;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex> getRegistry(IHyracksStageletContext ctx) {
+    public IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex> getRegistry(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         return RuntimeContext.get(ctx).getTreeIndexRegistry();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file