diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index 3f051f9..8f5f04e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/util/ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream.java b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/util/ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream.java
index 8508287..c0ba163 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/util/ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/util/ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream.java
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
 public class ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream extends ByteArrayOutputStream {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream.class.getName());
 
+    public ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream(int size) {
+        super(size);
+    }
+
     public byte[] getByteArray() {
         return buf;
     }