diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
index 521ef12..13f879b 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index bd35835..9527512 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-rewriter</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index def5b35..27ce778 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-runtime</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
index 9536416..9d42a5c 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index ca7467b..d4d6c89 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>algebricks-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
index e538712..fc8188d 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
index 7968773..e40f1fe 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
index e438283..3ddde0f 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-data</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index c114881..0a139fa 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/pom.xml b/algebricks/pom.xml
index ebb8332..aa8446a 100644
--- a/algebricks/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>algebricks</name>
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
index 33d8fb3..597de1b 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
 	<name>hivesterix-common</name>
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -32,21 +30,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index ce61422..910d2d2 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -1,517 +1,518 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-	<artifactId>hivesterix-dist</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>hivesterix-dist</name>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.12</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
-			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20090211</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>jline</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.94</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-connectionpool</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-enhancer</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-rdbms</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-			<version>1.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jdo2-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-ec</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.facebook</groupId>
-			<artifactId>libfb303</artifactId>
-			<version>0.5.0</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
-			<artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-			<version>0.5.0</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cli</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.15</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-			<artifactId>antlr-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.1</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-cli</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-hwi</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6.1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
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-			<scope>compile</scope>
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-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>r06</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
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-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
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-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
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-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
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-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
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-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<build>
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-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
-					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-					<fork>true</fork>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>patch</id>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>jar</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<configuration>
-							<classifier>patch</classifier>
-							<finalName>a-hive</finalName>
-							<includes>
-								<include>**/org/apache/**</include>
-							</includes>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<configuration>
-							<programs>
-								<program>
-									<mainClass>edu.uci.ics.asterix.hive.cli.CliDriver</mainClass>
-									<name>algebricks-hivesterix-cmd</name>
-								</program>
-							</programs>
-							<repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-							<repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
-						</configuration>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>assemble</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<configuration>
-							<descriptors>
-								<descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-							</descriptors>
-						</configuration>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>attached</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.13</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
-					<includes>
-						<include>**/test/optimizer/*TestSuite.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/optimizer/*Test.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*TestSuite.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*Test.java</include>
-					</includes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-scripts</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-conf</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-jar</id>
-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/lib</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>target</directory>
-									<includes>
-										<include>*patch.jar</include>
-									</includes>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
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-				<configuration>
-					<filesets>
-						<fileset>
-							<directory>.</directory>
-							<includes>
-								<include>metastore*</include>
-								<include>hadoop*</include>
-								<include>edu*</include>
-								<include>tmp*</include>
-								<include>build*</include>
-								<include>target*</include>
-								<include>log*</include>
-								<include>derby.log</include>
-								<include>ClusterController*</include>
-							</includes>
-						</fileset>
-					</filesets>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
-			</snapshots>
-			<id>third-party</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/third-party</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
-			</snapshots>
-			<id>hyracks-public-release</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/hyracks-public-releases</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-</project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+	<artifactId>hivesterix-dist</artifactId>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>hivesterix-dist</name>
+
+	<parent>
+                <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
+                <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </parent>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.5</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.8.1</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.12</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+			<version>20090211</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
+			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jline</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+			<version>0.9.94</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-core</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-connectionpool</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-enhancer</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-rdbms</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
+			<version>1.5.4</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+			<version>3.2.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jdo2-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.3-ec</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.facebook</groupId>
+			<artifactId>libfb303</artifactId>
+			<version>0.5.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
+			<artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
+			<version>0.5.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>cli</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.15</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+			<artifactId>antlr-runtime</artifactId>
+			<version>3.0.1</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-cli</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-hwi</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.6.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+			<version>1.6.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<classifier>api</classifier>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>r06</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+			<artifactId>stringtemplate</artifactId>
+			<version>3.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+			<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+			<version>10.8.1.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+			<version>0.90.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+					<fork>true</fork>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>patch</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<classifier>patch</classifier>
+							<finalName>a-hive</finalName>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/org/apache/**</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<configuration>
+							<programs>
+								<program>
+									<mainClass>edu.uci.ics.asterix.hive.cli.CliDriver</mainClass>
+									<name>algebricks-hivesterix-cmd</name>
+								</program>
+							</programs>
+							<repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+							<repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+						</configuration>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>assemble</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<configuration>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+						</configuration>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>attached</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.13</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/test/optimizer/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/optimizer/*Test.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-scripts</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-conf</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-jar</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/lib</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>target</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>*patch.jar</include>
+									</includes>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<filesets>
+						<fileset>
+							<directory>.</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>metastore*</include>
+								<include>hadoop*</include>
+								<include>edu*</include>
+								<include>tmp*</include>
+								<include>build*</include>
+								<include>target*</include>
+								<include>log*</include>
+								<include>derby.log</include>
+								<include>ClusterController*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</fileset>
+					</filesets>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+			</snapshots>
+			<id>third-party</id>
+			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/third-party</url>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+			</snapshots>
+			<id>hyracks-public-release</id>
+			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/hyracks-public-releases</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4710706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<cluster-topology>
+    <network-switch name="Global">
+        <network-switch name="local">
+            <terminal name="127.0.0.1"/>
+        </network-switch>
+    </network-switch>
+</cluster-topology>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
index efb79ce..484ecac 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@
 
 #Launch hyracks cc script
 chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+if [ -f "conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
+#Launch hyracks cc script with topology
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 -cluster-topology "conf/topology.xml" &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+else
+#Launch hyracks cc script without toplogy
 $HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+fi
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
index 72c406f..5e2e64e 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MiniMRCluster;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.common.config.ConfUtil;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@
 
     private Properties clusterProps;
     private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
-    private MiniMRCluster mrCluster;
 
     private JobConf conf = new JobConf();
     protected FileSystem dfs;
@@ -80,10 +78,6 @@
         System.setProperty("hadoop.log.dir", "logs");
         dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(hconf, numberOfNC, true, null);
         dfs = dfsCluster.getFileSystem();
-
-        mrCluster = new MiniMRCluster(2, dfs.getUri().toString(), 1);
-        hconf.setVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.HADOOPJT, "localhost:" + mrCluster.getJobTrackerPort());
-
         conf = new JobConf(hconf);
         ConfUtil.setJobConf(conf);
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
index 4e6032e..84c299f 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
@@ -32,14 +30,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 77db0d4..9c66cf4 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>hivesterix-runtime</name>
 
+	<parent>
+                <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
+                <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </parent>
+
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
+        <dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>2.5</version>
@@ -49,11 +54,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jline</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
 			<version>0.9.94</version>
@@ -238,13 +238,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1.1</version>
@@ -283,35 +276,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
index 0ba73bd..b5e8fe1 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
@@ -46,17 +44,17 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
+                        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
+                </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
index b99d652..2a93722 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
 	<name>hivesterix-translator</name>
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -39,21 +37,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/pom.xml b/hivesterix/pom.xml
index a8ef4ee..00d008a 100644
--- a/hivesterix/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>hivesterix</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 6807f76..091767b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
index 854a009..c86b0d3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
index c3583699..2720f95 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
  <dependency>
  	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
  	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
- 	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ 	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index d644673..1730595 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index ce1298e..75fe3c9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
   <name>hyracks-control-common</name>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index e163d2b..df5c998 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <reporting>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
index 13ebf41..e1ab98d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index 8f5f04e..fe53083 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-data</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
index db4d8e9..45460cab 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index 1a2950b..c66d10e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
index f5135f8..18bcba7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 2cf0fdc..bd4a837 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
index 58a4b1c..e79eba7 100755
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hyracks-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh
index efb79ce..484ecac 100755
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/bin/startcc.sh
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@
 
 #Launch hyracks cc script
 chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+if [ -f "conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
+#Launch hyracks cc script with topology
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 -cluster-topology "conf/topology.xml" &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+else
+#Launch hyracks cc script without toplogy
 $HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+fi
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4710706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<cluster-topology>
+    <network-switch name="Global">
+        <network-switch name="local">
+            <terminal name="127.0.0.1"/>
+        </network-switch>
+    </network-switch>
+</cluster-topology>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
index 7aedd57..b5e42ad 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index f941a5b..64e30f9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index eb651ce..7f212ab 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -6,32 +6,32 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
index ec6747d..93b5f4f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>btreeserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index d8a4367..135665a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>btree-example</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index f52536c..31809c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index c397a72..e8a9a1b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
index b538db5..36d612b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
@@ -135,27 +135,27 @@
      <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
      </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  	    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	    <type>jar</type>
   	    <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index 103d762..b4ba2a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
          <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
-         <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+         <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <type>jar</type>
          <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 5e7b5c9..f019b44 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -34,63 +34,63 @@
   	<dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
         <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <type>jar</type>
         <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
index 551e2be..541220a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index 469fd0e..a4b0311 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index 4aace73..633f480 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
index bcb280c..5cf5da3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
index 1b1f2d4..bfbb0f4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   <artifactId>textserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>textserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/textserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
@@ -135,27 +135,27 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index 7d676dc..5389ca3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 4e0d9f0..d6f1d17 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
index 94d897a..0110fc4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.tpch</groupId>
   <artifactId>tpchserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>tpchserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -63,25 +63,25 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
         <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 87aaaa7..09d3127 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-hadoop-compat</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-hadoop</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     	<type>jar</type>
     	<scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
index 9092655..c708b0d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
 	<name>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</name>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
index 8b7ecf0..9f96ac1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
 	<name>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</name>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index a28c698a..2a4b0d1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
 	<name>hyracks-hdfs-core</name>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -180,31 +178,31 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/RackAwareNcCollectionBuilder.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/RackAwareNcCollectionBuilder.java
index 2b9e899..fa5e7ae 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/RackAwareNcCollectionBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/RackAwareNcCollectionBuilder.java
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
                 String ipAddress = InetAddress.getByAddress(
                         ncNameToNcInfos.get(NCs[i]).getNetworkAddress().getIpAddress()).getHostAddress();
                 topology.lookupNetworkTerminal(ipAddress, path);
+                if (path.size() <= 0) {
+                    // if the hyracks nc is not in the defined cluster
+                    path.add(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
+                    LOGGER.info(NCs[i] + "'s IP address is not in the cluster toplogy file!");
+                }
                 List<String> ncs = pathToNCs.get(path);
                 if (ncs == null) {
                     ncs = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -70,6 +75,10 @@
                     String ipAddress = InetAddress.getByAddress(
                             ncNameToNcInfos.get(NCs[i]).getNetworkAddress().getIpAddress()).getHostAddress();
                     topology.lookupNetworkTerminal(ipAddress, path);
+                    if (path.size() <= 0) {
+                        // if the hyracks nc is not in the defined cluster
+                        path.add(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
+                    }
                     IntWritable availableSlot = availableIpsToSlots.get(path);
                     if (availableSlot == null) {
                         availableSlot = new IntWritable(slotLimit - workloads[i]);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 5ed76e9..bea1244 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
index 6f5e09f..14121fd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a8fc29e..e8342a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index d9223ba..ee97d58 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index fb486df..de2a2a0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index e0fc40a..85af7f2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
index f251d51..4555ea4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-btree</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
         <dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
index dbc4f41d..48f91fa 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-common</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
index 5fe2d96..8fc8855 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>    
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
index 6c2d734..74d8927 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
index 3360097..568b0ba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-common</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
index 89233c9..1ddd1df 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-test-support</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,33 +29,33 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
index d0bb883..880cba5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index 59c8c46..5eda528 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 7b1a3f3..5031dba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
index 8e429f9..72d76e0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-common-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
index 054ec68..5a3d594 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-tests</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks/pom.xml
index 9c324df..6c84eb8 100644
--- a/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <jvm.extraargs/>
+    <jvm.extraargs />
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4920b3..367101e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>fullstack</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-ecosystem-full-stack</name>
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pom.xml b/pregelix/pom.xml
index 6e28021..5c01e31 100644
--- a/pregelix/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>pregelix</name>
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 10efa59..85f6ea2 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 		<dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <type>jar</type>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 2f167fb..7b247a8 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -196,84 +195,84 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-integration-tests</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
index d9b267d..72256f9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
@@ -75,11 +75,17 @@
         try {
             /** add hadoop configurations */
             URL hadoopCore = job.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("core-site.xml");
-            job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopCore);
+            if (hadoopCore != null) {
+                job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopCore);
+            }
             URL hadoopMapRed = job.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("mapred-site.xml");
-            job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopMapRed);
+            if (hadoopMapRed != null) {
+                job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopMapRed);
+            }
             URL hadoopHdfs = job.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("hdfs-site.xml");
-            job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopHdfs);
+            if (hadoopHdfs != null) {
+                job.getConfiguration().addResource(hadoopHdfs);
+            }
             ClusterConfig.loadClusterConfig(ipAddress, port);
 
             LOG.info("job started");
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4710706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/conf/topology-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<cluster-topology>
+    <network-switch name="Global">
+        <network-switch name="local">
+            <terminal name="127.0.0.1"/>
+        </network-switch>
+    </network-switch>
+</cluster-topology>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
index 6997078..b1a2f74 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/pregelix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   REPO="$BASEDIR"/lib
 fi
 
-CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:"$HADOOP_HOME"/conf:"$BASEDIR"/etc:$1
+CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH_PREFIX:"$HADOOP_HOME"/conf:/etc/hadoop/conf:"$BASEDIR"/etc:$1
 
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if $cygwin; then
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
index efb79ce..133b604 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/resources/scripts/startcc.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
 export JAVA_OPTS=$CCJAVA_OPTS
 
-#Launch hyracks cc script
+
 chmod -R 755 $HYRACKS_HOME
+if [ -f "conf/topology.xml"  ]; then
+#Launch hyracks cc script with topology
+$HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 -cluster-topology "conf/topology.xml" &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+else
+#Launch hyracks cc script without toplogy
 $HYRACKS_HOME/hyracks-server/target/appassembler/bin/hyrackscc -client-net-ip-address $CCHOST -cluster-net-ip-address $CCHOST -client-net-port $CC_CLIENTPORT -cluster-net-port $CC_CLUSTERPORT -max-heartbeat-lapse-periods 999999 -default-max-job-attempts 0 -job-history-size 0 &> $CCLOGS_DIR/cc.log &
+fi
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/resources/topology.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/resources/topology.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4710706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/resources/topology.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<cluster-topology>
+    <network-switch name="Global">
+        <network-switch name="local">
+            <terminal name="127.0.0.1"/>
+        </network-switch>
+    </network-switch>
+</cluster-topology>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index 4fda45f..6222a04 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index efe1607..aa77ad3 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -75,77 +74,77 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 2d0859b..37abe57 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -75,68 +74,68 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
index 847e843..e9aef12 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>pregelix-dist</name>
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-example</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index 84feb78..20c45ec 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/topology.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/topology.xml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a6c380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/topology.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<cluster-topology>
+    <network-switch name="Global">
+        <network-switch name="local">
+            <terminal name="127.1.0.1"/>
+        </network-switch>
+    </network-switch>
+</cluster-topology>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index 94bda18..29b6ba7 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -74,82 +74,82 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>