diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index 7a32f42..f542af3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/DefaultRuleSetFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/DefaultRuleSetFactory.java
index ba42036..76404ff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/DefaultRuleSetFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/DefaultRuleSetFactory.java
@@ -23,23 +23,33 @@
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.optimizer.base.RuleCollections;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.rewriter.rulecontrollers.SequentialFirstRuleCheckFixpointRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.rewriter.rulecontrollers.SequentialFixpointRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.rewriter.rulecontrollers.SequentialOnceRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AbstractRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
 
 public class DefaultRuleSetFactory implements IRuleSetFactory {
 
     @Override
     public List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getLogicalRewrites(
-            ICcApplicationContext appCtx) throws AlgebricksException {
+            ICcApplicationContext appCtx) {
         return buildLogical(appCtx);
     }
 
     @Override
+    public List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getLogicalRewrites(IRuleSetKind ruleSetKind,
+            ICcApplicationContext appCtx) {
+        if (ruleSetKind == RuleSetKind.SAMPLING) {
+            return buildLogicalSampling();
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.valueOf(ruleSetKind));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getPhysicalRewrites(
             ICcApplicationContext appCtx) {
         return buildPhysical(appCtx);
@@ -76,6 +86,14 @@
         return defaultLogicalRewrites;
     }
 
+    public static List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> buildLogicalSampling() {
+        List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> logicalRewrites = new ArrayList<>();
+        SequentialFixpointRuleController seqCtrlNoDfs = new SequentialFixpointRuleController(false);
+        logicalRewrites.add(new Pair<>(seqCtrlNoDfs, RuleCollections.buildConsolidationRuleCollection()));
+        logicalRewrites.add(new Pair<>(seqCtrlNoDfs, RuleCollections.buildPlanCleanupRuleCollection()));
+        return logicalRewrites;
+    }
+
     public static List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> buildPhysical(
             ICcApplicationContext appCtx) {
         List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> defaultPhysicalRewrites = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -88,5 +106,4 @@
         defaultPhysicalRewrites.add(new Pair<>(seqOnceCtrl, RuleCollections.prepareForJobGenRuleCollection()));
         return defaultPhysicalRewrites;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/IRuleSetFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/IRuleSetFactory.java
index 2300e4a..c643d21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/IRuleSetFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/compiler/provider/IRuleSetFactory.java
@@ -21,24 +21,30 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AbstractRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
 
 public interface IRuleSetFactory {
 
+    enum RuleSetKind implements IRuleSetKind {
+        SAMPLING
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the logical rewrites
-     * @throws AlgebricksException
      */
-    public List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getLogicalRewrites(
-            ICcApplicationContext appCtx) throws AlgebricksException;
+    List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getLogicalRewrites(ICcApplicationContext appCtx);
+
+    /**
+     * @return the logical rewrites of the specified kind
+     */
+    List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getLogicalRewrites(IRuleSetKind ruleSetKind,
+            ICcApplicationContext appCtx);
 
     /**
      * @return the physical rewrites
      */
-    public List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getPhysicalRewrites(
-            ICcApplicationContext appCtx) throws AlgebricksException;
-
+    List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> getPhysicalRewrites(ICcApplicationContext appCtx);
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AnalysisUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AnalysisUtil.java
index 8b5c8bc..b6f79d9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AnalysisUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AnalysisUtil.java
@@ -18,32 +18,70 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.optimizer.base;
 
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.metadata.DataverseName;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.JobUtils;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.DataSourceId;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.ResultSetDataSink;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.ResultSetSinkId;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.IAObject;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.optimizer.rules.am.AccessMethodUtils;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.job.listener.JobEventListenerFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionConfig;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api.ICompiler;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api.ICompilerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalExpressionTag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalOperatorTag;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AbstractFunctionCallExpression;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IVariableTypeEnvironment;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.VariableReferenceExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AbstractDataSourceOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.AbstractLogicalOperator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.DistributeResultOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.OrderOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.UnnestMapOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.WindowOperator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.plan.ALogicalPlanImpl;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrame;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.VSizeFrame;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.result.IResultSetReader;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.result.ResultSetId;
+import org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.resources.memory.FrameManager;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ByteArrayAccessibleInputStream;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 
 public class AnalysisUtil {
+
+    private static final List<FunctionIdentifier> fieldAccessFunctions =
+            Arrays.asList(BuiltinFunctions.GET_DATA, BuiltinFunctions.GET_HANDLE, BuiltinFunctions.TYPE_OF);
+
     /*
      * If the first child of op is of type opType, then it returns that child,
      * o/w returns null.
@@ -204,11 +242,86 @@
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static List<FunctionIdentifier> fieldAccessFunctions = new ArrayList<>();
+    public static List<List<IAObject>> runQuery(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> topOp, List<LogicalVariable> resultVars,
+            IOptimizationContext queryOptCtx, IRuleSetKind ruleSetKind) throws AlgebricksException {
 
-    static {
-        fieldAccessFunctions.add(BuiltinFunctions.GET_DATA);
-        fieldAccessFunctions.add(BuiltinFunctions.GET_HANDLE);
-        fieldAccessFunctions.add(BuiltinFunctions.TYPE_OF);
+        MetadataProvider metadataProvider = (MetadataProvider) queryOptCtx.getMetadataProvider();
+        ICcApplicationContext appCtx = metadataProvider.getApplicationContext();
+        TxnId mainTxnId = metadataProvider.getTxnId();
+        try {
+            TxnId newTxnId = metadataProvider.getTxnIdFactory().create();
+            metadataProvider.setTxnId(newTxnId);
+
+            IVariableTypeEnvironment topOpTypeEnv = queryOptCtx.getOutputTypeEnvironment(topOp.getValue());
+            SerializerDeserializerProvider serdeProvider = SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE;
+
+            int nFields = resultVars.size();
+            List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> resultExprList = new ArrayList<>(nFields);
+            List<ISerializerDeserializer<?>> resultSerdeList = new ArrayList<>(nFields);
+
+            for (LogicalVariable var : resultVars) {
+                Object varType = topOpTypeEnv.getVarType(var);
+                if (varType == null) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot determine type of " + var);
+                }
+                resultSerdeList.add(serdeProvider.getSerializerDeserializer(varType));
+                resultExprList.add(new MutableObject<>(new VariableReferenceExpression(var)));
+            }
+
+            ResultMetadata resultMetadata = new ResultMetadata(SessionConfig.OutputFormat.ADM);
+            ResultSetId resultSetId = new ResultSetId(metadataProvider.getResultSetIdCounter().getAndInc());
+            ResultSetSinkId rssId = new ResultSetSinkId(resultSetId);
+            ResultSetDataSink sink = new ResultSetDataSink(rssId, null);
+
+            DistributeResultOperator resultOp = new DistributeResultOperator(resultExprList, sink, resultMetadata);
+            resultOp.getInputs().add(topOp);
+            queryOptCtx.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(resultOp);
+
+            MutableObject<ILogicalOperator> newResultOpRef = new MutableObject<>(resultOp);
+
+            ICompilerFactory compilerFactory = (ICompilerFactory) queryOptCtx.getCompilerFactory();
+            ICompiler compiler =
+                    compilerFactory.createCompiler(new ALogicalPlanImpl(newResultOpRef), queryOptCtx, ruleSetKind);
+            compiler.optimize();
+
+            JobSpecification jobSpec = compiler.createJob(appCtx, new JobEventListenerFactory(newTxnId, false));
+
+            JobId jobId = JobUtils.runJob(appCtx.getHcc(), jobSpec, true);
+
+            IResultSetReader resultSetReader = appCtx.getResultSet().createReader(jobId, resultSetId);
+            FrameManager frameManager = new FrameManager(queryOptCtx.getPhysicalOptimizationConfig().getFrameSize());
+            IFrame frame = new VSizeFrame(frameManager);
+
+            FrameTupleAccessor fta = new FrameTupleAccessor(null);
+            ByteArrayAccessibleInputStream bais = new ByteArrayAccessibleInputStream(frame.getBuffer().array(), 0, 0);
+            DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bais);
+            List<List<IAObject>> result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+            while (resultSetReader.read(frame) > 0) {
+                ByteBuffer buffer = frame.getBuffer();
+                fta.reset(buffer);
+                int nTuples = fta.getTupleCount();
+                for (int tupleIdx = 0; tupleIdx < nTuples; tupleIdx++) {
+                    int tupleStart = fta.getTupleStartOffset(tupleIdx);
+                    int tupleEnd = fta.getTupleEndOffset(tupleIdx);
+                    bais.setContent(buffer.array(), tupleStart, tupleEnd - tupleStart);
+
+                    List<IAObject> values = new ArrayList<>(nFields);
+                    for (int fieldIdx = 0; fieldIdx < nFields; fieldIdx++) {
+                        IAObject value = (IAObject) resultSerdeList.get(fieldIdx).deserialize(dis);
+                        values.add(value);
+                    }
+                    result.add(values);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        } catch (AlgebricksException e) {
+            throw e;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new AlgebricksException(e);
+        } finally {
+            metadataProvider.setTxnId(mainTxnId);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AsterixOptimizationContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AsterixOptimizationContext.java
index 51c03eb..7b2dd7a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AsterixOptimizationContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/base/AsterixOptimizationContext.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IMissableTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.prettyprint.IPlanPrettyPrinter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AlgebricksOptimizationContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IOptimizationContextFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
 
@@ -39,17 +40,24 @@
 
 public final class AsterixOptimizationContext extends AlgebricksOptimizationContext {
 
-    private final Int2ObjectMap<Set<DataSource>> dataSourceMap = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+    private final Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<Set<DataSource>> dataSourceMap;
 
-    public AsterixOptimizationContext(int varCounter, IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+    public AsterixOptimizationContext(IOptimizationContextFactory optContextFactory, int varCounter,
+            IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer,
             IMergeAggregationExpressionFactory mergeAggregationExpressionFactory,
             IExpressionTypeComputer expressionTypeComputer, IMissableTypeComputer nullableTypeComputer,
             IConflictingTypeResolver conflictingTypeResovler, PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig,
             AlgebricksPartitionConstraint clusterLocations, IPlanPrettyPrinter prettyPrinter,
             IWarningCollector warningCollector) {
-        super(varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer, mergeAggregationExpressionFactory, expressionTypeComputer,
-                nullableTypeComputer, conflictingTypeResovler, physicalOptimizationConfig, clusterLocations,
-                prettyPrinter, warningCollector);
+        super(optContextFactory, varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer, mergeAggregationExpressionFactory,
+                expressionTypeComputer, nullableTypeComputer, conflictingTypeResovler, physicalOptimizationConfig,
+                clusterLocations, prettyPrinter, warningCollector);
+        dataSourceMap = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    public AsterixOptimizationContext(AsterixOptimizationContext from) {
+        super(from);
+        dataSourceMap = from.dataSourceMap.clone();
     }
 
     public void addDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/ConstantFoldingRule.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/ConstantFoldingRule.java
index 10aedc7..92e9dda 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/ConstantFoldingRule.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/optimizer/rules/ConstantFoldingRule.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.WarningCollector;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.common.ExpressionTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.MissingWriterFactory;
@@ -90,11 +89,14 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.serializer.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.writers.PrinterBasedWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.application.IServiceContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
@@ -151,8 +153,9 @@
         jobGenCtx = new JobGenContext(null, metadataProvider, appCtx, SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE,
                 BinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider.INSTANCE, BinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider.INSTANCE,
                 BinaryComparatorFactoryProvider.INSTANCE, TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE, BinaryBooleanInspector.FACTORY,
-                BinaryIntegerInspector.FACTORY, ADMPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE, MissingWriterFactory.INSTANCE,
-                NullWriterFactory.INSTANCE, UnnestingPositionWriterFactory.INSTANCE, null,
+                BinaryIntegerInspector.FACTORY, ADMPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE, PrinterBasedWriterFactory.INSTANCE,
+                ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE, MissingWriterFactory.INSTANCE, NullWriterFactory.INSTANCE,
+                UnnestingPositionWriterFactory.INSTANCE, null,
                 new ExpressionRuntimeProvider(new QueryLogicalExpressionJobGen(metadataProvider.getFunctionManager())),
                 ExpressionTypeComputer.INSTANCE, null, null, null, null, GlobalConfig.DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE, null,
                 NoOpWarningCollector.INSTANCE, 0, new PhysicalOptimizationConfig());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/ResultMetadata.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/ResultMetadata.java
similarity index 96%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/ResultMetadata.java
rename to asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/ResultMetadata.java
index 94360a1..78f84ff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/ResultMetadata.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/ResultMetadata.java
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.asterix.api.common;
+package org.apache.asterix.translator;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.result.IResultMetadata;
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
index ce86d24..fcac5b4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/APIFramework.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IResponsePrinter;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CompilerProperties;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.OptimizationConfUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.CompiledStatements.ICompiledDmlStatement;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.ExecutionPlans;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.IRequestParameters;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionOutput;
 import org.apache.asterix.utils.ResourceUtils;
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IOptimizationContextFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.serializer.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.writers.PrinterBasedWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IClusterInfoCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
@@ -154,11 +158,16 @@
                 IConflictingTypeResolver conflictingTypeResolver, PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig,
                 AlgebricksPartitionConstraint clusterLocations, IWarningCollector warningCollector) {
             IPlanPrettyPrinter prettyPrinter = PlanPrettyPrinter.createStringPlanPrettyPrinter();
-            return new AsterixOptimizationContext(varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+            return new AsterixOptimizationContext(this, varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
                     mergeAggregationExpressionFactory, expressionTypeComputer, missableTypeComputer,
                     conflictingTypeResolver, physicalOptimizationConfig, clusterLocations, prettyPrinter,
                     warningCollector);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public IOptimizationContext cloneOptimizationContext(IOptimizationContext oc) {
+            return new AsterixOptimizationContext((AsterixOptimizationContext) oc);
+        }
     }
 
     public Pair<IReturningStatement, Integer> reWriteQuery(List<FunctionDecl> declaredFunctions,
@@ -210,7 +219,8 @@
                 && conf.is(SessionConfig.OOB_LOGICAL_PLAN)) {
             generateLogicalPlan(plan, output.config().getPlanFormat());
         }
-        CompilerProperties compilerProperties = metadataProvider.getApplicationContext().getCompilerProperties();
+        ICcApplicationContext ccAppContext = metadataProvider.getApplicationContext();
+        CompilerProperties compilerProperties = ccAppContext.getCompilerProperties();
         Map<String, Object> querySpecificConfig = validateConfig(metadataProvider.getConfig(), sourceLoc);
         final PhysicalOptimizationConfig physOptConf =
                 OptimizationConfUtil.createPhysicalOptimizationConf(compilerProperties, querySpecificConfig, sourceLoc);
@@ -218,8 +228,9 @@
         HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder builder =
                 new HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder(OptimizationContextFactory.INSTANCE);
         builder.setPhysicalOptimizationConfig(physOptConf);
-        builder.setLogicalRewrites(ruleSetFactory.getLogicalRewrites(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext()));
-        builder.setPhysicalRewrites(ruleSetFactory.getPhysicalRewrites(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext()));
+        builder.setLogicalRewrites(() -> ruleSetFactory.getLogicalRewrites(ccAppContext));
+        builder.setLogicalRewritesByKind(kind -> ruleSetFactory.getLogicalRewrites(kind, ccAppContext));
+        builder.setPhysicalRewrites(() -> ruleSetFactory.getPhysicalRewrites(ccAppContext));
         IDataFormat format = metadataProvider.getDataFormat();
         ICompilerFactory compilerFactory = builder.create();
         builder.setExpressionEvalSizeComputer(format.getExpressionEvalSizeComputer());
@@ -237,6 +248,24 @@
                 chooseLocations(clusterInfoCollector, parallelism, metadataProvider.getClusterLocations());
         builder.setClusterLocations(computationLocations);
 
+        builder.setBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory(format.getBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory());
+        builder.setBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory(format.getBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory());
+        builder.setComparatorFactoryProvider(format.getBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider());
+        builder.setExpressionRuntimeProvider(
+                new ExpressionRuntimeProvider(new QueryLogicalExpressionJobGen(metadataProvider.getFunctionManager())));
+        builder.setHashFunctionFactoryProvider(format.getBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider());
+        builder.setHashFunctionFamilyProvider(format.getBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider());
+        builder.setMissingWriterFactory(format.getMissingWriterFactory());
+        builder.setNullWriterFactory(format.getNullWriterFactory());
+        builder.setUnnestingPositionWriterFactory(format.getUnnestingPositionWriterFactory());
+        builder.setPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider(format.getPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider());
+        builder.setPrinterProvider(getPrinterFactoryProvider(format, conf.fmt()));
+        builder.setWriterFactory(PrinterBasedWriterFactory.INSTANCE);
+        builder.setResultSerializerFactoryProvider(ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE);
+        builder.setSerializerDeserializerProvider(format.getSerdeProvider());
+        builder.setTypeTraitProvider(format.getTypeTraitProvider());
+        builder.setNormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider(format.getNormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider());
+
         ICompiler compiler = compilerFactory.createCompiler(plan, metadataProvider, t.getVarCounter());
         if (conf.isOptimize()) {
             compiler.optimize();
@@ -285,32 +314,16 @@
             return null;
         }
 
-        builder.setBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory(format.getBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory());
-        builder.setBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory(format.getBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory());
-        builder.setComparatorFactoryProvider(format.getBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider());
-        builder.setExpressionRuntimeProvider(
-                new ExpressionRuntimeProvider(new QueryLogicalExpressionJobGen(metadataProvider.getFunctionManager())));
-        builder.setHashFunctionFactoryProvider(format.getBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider());
-        builder.setHashFunctionFamilyProvider(format.getBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider());
-        builder.setMissingWriterFactory(format.getMissingWriterFactory());
-        builder.setNullWriterFactory(format.getNullWriterFactory());
-        builder.setUnnestingPositionWriterFactory(format.getUnnestingPositionWriterFactory());
-        builder.setPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider(format.getPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider());
-        builder.setPrinterProvider(getPrinterFactoryProvider(format, conf.fmt()));
-        builder.setSerializerDeserializerProvider(format.getSerdeProvider());
-        builder.setTypeTraitProvider(format.getTypeTraitProvider());
-        builder.setNormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider(format.getNormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider());
-
         JobEventListenerFactory jobEventListenerFactory =
                 new JobEventListenerFactory(txnId, metadataProvider.isWriteTransaction());
-        JobSpecification spec = compiler.createJob(metadataProvider.getApplicationContext(), jobEventListenerFactory);
+        JobSpecification spec = compiler.createJob(ccAppContext, jobEventListenerFactory);
 
         if (isQuery) {
             if (requestParameters == null || !requestParameters.isSkipAdmissionPolicy()) {
                 // Sets a required capacity, only for read-only queries.
                 // DDLs and DMLs are considered not that frequent.
                 // limit the computation locations to the locations that will be used in the query
-                final INodeJobTracker nodeJobTracker = metadataProvider.getApplicationContext().getNodeJobTracker();
+                final INodeJobTracker nodeJobTracker = ccAppContext.getNodeJobTracker();
                 final AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint jobLocations =
                         getJobLocations(spec, nodeJobTracker, computationLocations);
                 final IClusterCapacity jobRequiredCapacity =
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryResultApiServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryResultApiServlet.java
index 981cdc9..bfebfd6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryResultApiServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryResultApiServlet.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.api.common.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ResponseMetrics;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ResponsePrinter;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.ResultHandle;
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.result.fields.ResultsPrinter;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.api.IApplicationContext;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.IStatementExecutor.Stats;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.SessionOutput;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/JobResultCallback.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/JobResultCallback.java
index 05073f9..201a470 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/JobResultCallback.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/JobResultCallback.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.api.common.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.dataflow.ICcApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/fields/SignaturePrinter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/fields/SignaturePrinter.java
index 048584c..3f1e632 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/fields/SignaturePrinter.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/fields/SignaturePrinter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.api.common.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.asterix.api.http.server.ResultUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.IRecordTypeAnnotation;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.RecordFieldOrderAnnotation;
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.translator.ExecutionPlans;
+import org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.JSONUtil;
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index f901f52..8eb13e1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -235,13 +235,11 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Triple;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.Counter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AbstractFunctionCallExpression.FunctionKind;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.util.OperatorPropertiesUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriterFactory;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.serializer.ResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.writers.PrinterBasedWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IClusterInfoCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
@@ -330,10 +328,8 @@
     public void compileAndExecute(IHyracksClientConnection hcc, IRequestParameters requestParameters) throws Exception {
         validateStatements(requestParameters);
         trackRequest(requestParameters);
-        int resultSetIdCounter = 0;
+        Counter resultSetIdCounter = new Counter(0);
         FileSplit outputFile = null;
-        IAWriterFactory writerFactory = PrinterBasedWriterFactory.INSTANCE;
-        IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider = ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.INSTANCE;
         String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
         Thread.currentThread().setName(
                 QueryTranslator.class.getSimpleName() + ":" + requestParameters.getRequestReference().getUuid());
@@ -353,8 +349,8 @@
                 }
                 validateOperation(appCtx, activeDataverse, stmt);
                 MetadataProvider metadataProvider = MetadataProvider.create(appCtx, activeDataverse);
-                configureMetadataProvider(metadataProvider, config, resultSerializerFactoryProvider, writerFactory,
-                        outputFile, requestParameters, stmt);
+                configureMetadataProvider(metadataProvider, config, resultSetIdCounter, outputFile, requestParameters,
+                        stmt);
                 IStatementRewriter stmtRewriter = rewriterFactory.createStatementRewriter();
                 rewriteStatement(stmt, stmtRewriter, metadataProvider); // Rewrite the statement's AST.
                 Statement.Kind kind = stmt.getKind();
@@ -444,7 +440,7 @@
                     case INSERT:
                     case UPSERT:
                         if (((InsertStatement) stmt).getReturnExpression() != null) {
-                            metadataProvider.setResultSetId(new ResultSetId(resultSetIdCounter++));
+                            metadataProvider.setResultSetId(new ResultSetId(resultSetIdCounter.getAndInc()));
                             metadataProvider.setResultAsyncMode(resultDelivery == ResultDelivery.ASYNC
                                     || resultDelivery == ResultDelivery.DEFERRED);
                             metadataProvider.setMaxResultReads(maxResultReads);
@@ -480,7 +476,7 @@
                         handleCreateFeedPolicyStatement(metadataProvider, stmt);
                         break;
                     case QUERY:
-                        metadataProvider.setResultSetId(new ResultSetId(resultSetIdCounter++));
+                        metadataProvider.setResultSetId(new ResultSetId(resultSetIdCounter.getAndInc()));
                         metadataProvider.setResultAsyncMode(
                                 resultDelivery == ResultDelivery.ASYNC || resultDelivery == ResultDelivery.DEFERRED);
                         metadataProvider.setMaxResultReads(maxResultReads);
@@ -506,7 +502,8 @@
                         final ExtensionStatement extStmt = (ExtensionStatement) stmt;
                         statementProperties.setName(extStmt.getName());
                         if (!isCompileOnly()) {
-                            extStmt.handle(hcc, this, requestParameters, metadataProvider, resultSetIdCounter);
+                            extStmt.handle(hcc, this, requestParameters, metadataProvider,
+                                    resultSetIdCounter.getAndInc());
                         }
                         break;
                     default:
@@ -524,14 +521,13 @@
     }
 
     protected void configureMetadataProvider(MetadataProvider metadataProvider, Map<String, String> config,
-            IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider, IAWriterFactory writerFactory,
-            FileSplit outputFile, IRequestParameters requestParameters, Statement statement) {
+            Counter resultSetIdCounter, FileSplit outputFile, IRequestParameters requestParameters,
+            Statement statement) {
         if (statement.getKind() == Statement.Kind.QUERY && requestParameters.isSQLCompatMode()) {
             metadataProvider.getConfig().put(SqlppQueryRewriter.SQL_COMPAT_OPTION, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
         }
         metadataProvider.getConfig().putAll(config);
-        metadataProvider.setWriterFactory(writerFactory);
-        metadataProvider.setResultSerializerFactoryProvider(resultSerializerFactoryProvider);
+        metadataProvider.setResultSetIdCounter(resultSetIdCounter);
         metadataProvider.setOutputFile(outputFile);
     }
 
@@ -4375,8 +4371,8 @@
     private void updateJobStats(JobId jobId, Stats stats, ResultSetId rsId) throws HyracksDataException {
         final ClusterControllerService controllerService =
                 (ClusterControllerService) appCtx.getServiceContext().getControllerService();
-        org.apache.asterix.api.common.ResultMetadata resultMetadata =
-                (org.apache.asterix.api.common.ResultMetadata) controllerService.getResultDirectoryService()
+        org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata resultMetadata =
+                (org.apache.asterix.translator.ResultMetadata) controllerService.getResultDirectoryService()
                         .getResultMetadata(jobId, rsId);
         stats.setProcessedObjects(resultMetadata.getProcessedObjects());
         if (jobFlags.contains(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java
index a036b7e..6ac805b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java
@@ -20,27 +20,10 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
 
-public final class NoOpWarningCollector implements IWarningCollector {
-
-    public static final IWarningCollector INSTANCE = new NoOpWarningCollector();
+public final class NoOpWarningCollector {
+    public static final IWarningCollector INSTANCE = org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector.INSTANCE;
 
     private NoOpWarningCollector() {
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void warn(Warning warning) {
-        // no-op
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean shouldWarn() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public long getTotalWarningsCount() {
-        return 0;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
index 4cc83ab..ca8dd10 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/MetadataProvider.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Triple;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.Counter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IExpressionRuntimeProvider;
@@ -182,12 +183,11 @@
     private Dataverse defaultDataverse;
     private MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx;
     private boolean isWriteTransaction;
-    private IAWriterFactory writerFactory;
     private FileSplit outputFile;
     private boolean asyncResults;
     private long maxResultReads;
     private ResultSetId resultSetId;
-    private IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    private Counter resultSetIdCounter;
     private TxnId txnId;
     private Map<String, Integer> externalDataLocks;
     private boolean blockingOperatorDisabled = false;
@@ -262,10 +262,6 @@
         this.isWriteTransaction = writeTransaction;
     }
 
-    public void setWriterFactory(IAWriterFactory writerFactory) {
-        this.writerFactory = writerFactory;
-    }
-
     public void setMetadataTxnContext(MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx) {
         this.mdTxnCtx = mdTxnCtx;
     }
@@ -274,10 +270,6 @@
         return mdTxnCtx;
     }
 
-    public IAWriterFactory getWriterFactory() {
-        return this.writerFactory;
-    }
-
     public FileSplit getOutputFile() {
         return outputFile;
     }
@@ -310,12 +302,12 @@
         this.resultSetId = resultSetId;
     }
 
-    public void setResultSerializerFactoryProvider(IResultSerializerFactoryProvider rafp) {
-        this.resultSerializerFactoryProvider = rafp;
+    public Counter getResultSetIdCounter() {
+        return resultSetIdCounter;
     }
 
-    public IResultSerializerFactoryProvider getResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
-        return resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    public void setResultSetIdCounter(Counter resultSetIdCounter) {
+        this.resultSetIdCounter = resultSetIdCounter;
     }
 
     public boolean isWriteTransaction() {
@@ -683,7 +675,8 @@
 
     @Override
     public Pair<IPushRuntimeFactory, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getWriteFileRuntime(IDataSink sink,
-            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, RecordDescriptor inputDesc) {
+            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory,
+            RecordDescriptor inputDesc) {
         FileSplitDataSink fsds = (FileSplitDataSink) sink;
         FileSplitSinkId fssi = fsds.getId();
         FileSplit fs = fssi.getFileSplit();
@@ -691,14 +684,15 @@
         String nodeId = fs.getNodeName();
 
         SinkWriterRuntimeFactory runtime =
-                new SinkWriterRuntimeFactory(printColumns, printerFactories, outFile, getWriterFactory(), inputDesc);
+                new SinkWriterRuntimeFactory(printColumns, printerFactories, outFile, writerFactory, inputDesc);
         AlgebricksPartitionConstraint apc = new AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint(new String[] { nodeId });
         return new Pair<>(runtime, apc);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getResultHandleRuntime(IDataSink sink,
-            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, RecordDescriptor inputDesc,
+            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory,
+            IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider, RecordDescriptor inputDesc,
             IResultMetadata metadata, JobSpecification spec) throws AlgebricksException {
         ResultSetDataSink rsds = (ResultSetDataSink) sink;
         ResultSetSinkId rssId = rsds.getId();
@@ -706,7 +700,7 @@
         ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor resultWriter = null;
         try {
             IResultSerializerFactory resultSerializedAppenderFactory = resultSerializerFactoryProvider
-                    .getAqlResultSerializerFactoryProvider(printColumns, printerFactories, getWriterFactory());
+                    .getResultSerializerFactoryProvider(printColumns, printerFactories, writerFactory);
             resultWriter = new ResultWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec, rsId, metadata, getResultAsyncMode(),
                     resultSerializedAppenderFactory, getMaxResultReads());
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedMetadataUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedMetadataUtil.java
index 92390a7..0ee9516 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedMetadataUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/feeds/FeedMetadataUtil.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.MetadataException;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.external.IDataSourceAdapter;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.external.IDataSourceAdapter.AdapterType;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.ExternalFunctionLanguage;
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 
 /**
  * A utility class for providing helper functions for feeds TODO: Refactor this
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ExternalIndexingOperations.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ExternalIndexingOperations.java
index b899e16..c6eafe0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ExternalIndexingOperations.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/utils/ExternalIndexingOperations.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.ExternalFilePendingOp;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.TransactionState;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.ITypedAdapterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.IndexingConstants;
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index fbe9dbc..f557d7a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
+      <artifactId>algebricks-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
       <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
index c22d54d..3a2fe3b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
@@ -32,7 +34,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IPartialAggregationTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AbstractRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider;
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ISerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ITypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IUnnestingPositionWriterFactory;
@@ -49,8 +54,9 @@
 
 public abstract class AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder {
 
-    protected List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> logicalRewrites;
-    protected List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> physicalRewrites;
+    protected Supplier<List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> logicalRewrites;
+    protected Function<IRuleSetKind, List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> logicalRewritesByKind;
+    protected Supplier<List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> physicalRewrites;
     protected ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider;
     protected ISerializerDeserializerProvider serializerDeserializerProvider;
     protected IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider hashFunctionFactoryProvider;
@@ -59,6 +65,8 @@
     protected IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory binaryBooleanInspectorFactory;
     protected IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory binaryIntegerInspectorFactory;
     protected IPrinterFactoryProvider printerProvider;
+    protected IAWriterFactory writerFactory;
+    protected IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
     protected IPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider predEvaluatorFactoryProvider;
     protected IExpressionRuntimeProvider expressionRuntimeProvider;
     protected IExpressionTypeComputer expressionTypeComputer;
@@ -78,11 +86,18 @@
 
     public abstract ICompilerFactory create();
 
-    public void setLogicalRewrites(List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> logicalRewrites) {
+    public void setLogicalRewrites(
+            Supplier<List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> logicalRewrites) {
         this.logicalRewrites = logicalRewrites;
     }
 
-    public void setPhysicalRewrites(List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> physicalRewrites) {
+    public void setLogicalRewritesByKind(
+            Function<IRuleSetKind, List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> logicalRewritesByKind) {
+        this.logicalRewritesByKind = logicalRewritesByKind;
+    }
+
+    public void setPhysicalRewrites(
+            Supplier<List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>>> physicalRewrites) {
         this.physicalRewrites = physicalRewrites;
     }
 
@@ -158,6 +173,22 @@
         return printerProvider;
     }
 
+    public void setWriterFactory(IAWriterFactory writerFactory) {
+        this.writerFactory = writerFactory;
+    }
+
+    public IAWriterFactory getWriterFactory() {
+        return writerFactory;
+    }
+
+    public void setResultSerializerFactoryProvider(IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider) {
+        this.resultSerializerFactoryProvider = resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    }
+
+    public IResultSerializerFactoryProvider getResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
+        return resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    }
+
     public void setExpressionRuntimeProvider(IExpressionRuntimeProvider expressionRuntimeProvider) {
         this.expressionRuntimeProvider = expressionRuntimeProvider;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
index 891980f..e35a539 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksPartitionConstraint;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IConflictingTypeResolver;
@@ -33,10 +36,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.config.AlgebricksConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl.JobGenContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl.PlanCompiler;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AbstractRuleController;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AlgebricksOptimizationContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.HeuristicOptimizer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IOptimizationContextFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.writers.SerializedDataWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.IJobletEventListenerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
@@ -58,14 +66,19 @@
                 IConflictingTypeResolver conflictingTypeResolver, PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig,
                 AlgebricksPartitionConstraint clusterLocations, IWarningCollector warningCollector) {
             IPlanPrettyPrinter prettyPrinter = PlanPrettyPrinter.createStringPlanPrettyPrinter();
-            return new AlgebricksOptimizationContext(varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+            return new AlgebricksOptimizationContext(this, varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
                     mergeAggregationExpressionFactory, expressionTypeComputer, missableTypeComputer,
                     conflictingTypeResolver, physicalOptimizationConfig, clusterLocations, prettyPrinter,
                     warningCollector);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public IOptimizationContext cloneOptimizationContext(IOptimizationContext oc) {
+            return new AlgebricksOptimizationContext((AlgebricksOptimizationContext) oc);
+        }
     }
 
-    private IOptimizationContextFactory optCtxFactory;
+    private final IOptimizationContextFactory optCtxFactory;
 
     public HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder() {
         this.optCtxFactory = DefaultOptimizationContextFactory.INSTANCE;
@@ -77,42 +90,85 @@
 
     @Override
     public ICompilerFactory create() {
-        return new ICompilerFactory() {
-            @Override
-            public ICompiler createCompiler(final ILogicalPlan plan, final IMetadataProvider<?, ?> metadata,
-                    int varCounter) {
-                final IOptimizationContext oc = optCtxFactory.createOptimizationContext(varCounter,
-                        expressionEvalSizeComputer, mergeAggregationExpressionFactory, expressionTypeComputer,
-                        missableTypeComputer, conflictingTypeResolver, physicalOptimizationConfig, clusterLocations,
-                        warningCollector);
-                oc.setMetadataDeclarations(metadata);
-                final HeuristicOptimizer opt = new HeuristicOptimizer(plan, logicalRewrites, physicalRewrites, oc);
-                return new ICompiler() {
-
-                    @Override
-                    public void optimize() throws AlgebricksException {
-                        opt.optimize();
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
-                    public JobSpecification createJob(Object appContext,
-                            IJobletEventListenerFactory jobEventListenerFactory) throws AlgebricksException {
-                        AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace("Starting Job Generation.\n");
-                        JobGenContext context = new JobGenContext(null, metadata, appContext,
-                                serializerDeserializerProvider, hashFunctionFactoryProvider, hashFunctionFamilyProvider,
-                                comparatorFactoryProvider, typeTraitProvider, binaryBooleanInspectorFactory,
-                                binaryIntegerInspectorFactory, printerProvider, missingWriterFactory, nullWriterFactory,
-                                unnestingPositionWriterFactory, normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider,
-                                expressionRuntimeProvider, expressionTypeComputer, oc, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
-                                partialAggregationTypeComputer, predEvaluatorFactoryProvider,
-                                physicalOptimizationConfig.getFrameSize(), clusterLocations, warningCollector,
-                                maxWarnings, physicalOptimizationConfig);
-                        PlanCompiler pc = new PlanCompiler(context);
-                        return pc.compilePlan(plan, jobEventListenerFactory);
-                    }
-                };
-            }
-        };
+        return new CompilerFactoryImpl();
     }
 
+    private class CompilerFactoryImpl implements ICompilerFactory {
+        @Override
+        public ICompiler createCompiler(ILogicalPlan plan, IMetadataProvider<?, ?> metadata, int varCounter) {
+            IOptimizationContext optContext =
+                    optCtxFactory.createOptimizationContext(varCounter, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+                            mergeAggregationExpressionFactory, expressionTypeComputer, missableTypeComputer,
+                            conflictingTypeResolver, physicalOptimizationConfig, clusterLocations, warningCollector);
+            optContext.setMetadataDeclarations(metadata);
+            optContext.setCompilerFactory(this);
+            return new CompilerImpl(this, plan, optContext, logicalRewrites.get(), physicalRewrites.get(),
+                    writerFactory);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ICompiler createCompiler(ILogicalPlan plan, IOptimizationContext newOptContext,
+                IRuleSetKind ruleSetKind) {
+            if (newOptContext.getCompilerFactory() != this) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+            return new CompilerImpl(this, plan, newOptContext, logicalRewritesByKind.apply(ruleSetKind),
+                    physicalRewrites.get(), SerializedDataWriterFactory.WITHOUT_RECORD_DESCRIPTOR);
+        }
+
+        private PlanCompiler createPlanCompiler(IOptimizationContext oc, Object appContext,
+                IAWriterFactory writerFactory) {
+            JobGenContext context = new JobGenContext(null, oc.getMetadataProvider(), appContext,
+                    serializerDeserializerProvider, hashFunctionFactoryProvider, hashFunctionFamilyProvider,
+                    comparatorFactoryProvider, typeTraitProvider, binaryBooleanInspectorFactory,
+                    binaryIntegerInspectorFactory, printerProvider, writerFactory, resultSerializerFactoryProvider,
+                    missingWriterFactory, nullWriterFactory, unnestingPositionWriterFactory,
+                    normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider, expressionRuntimeProvider, expressionTypeComputer, oc,
+                    expressionEvalSizeComputer, partialAggregationTypeComputer, predEvaluatorFactoryProvider,
+                    physicalOptimizationConfig.getFrameSize(), clusterLocations, warningCollector, maxWarnings,
+                    physicalOptimizationConfig);
+            return new PlanCompiler(context);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class CompilerImpl implements ICompiler {
+
+        private final CompilerFactoryImpl factory;
+
+        private final ILogicalPlan plan;
+
+        private final IOptimizationContext oc;
+
+        private final List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> logicalRewrites;
+
+        private final List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> physicalRewrites;
+
+        private final IAWriterFactory writerFactory;
+
+        private CompilerImpl(CompilerFactoryImpl factory, ILogicalPlan plan, IOptimizationContext oc,
+                List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> logicalRewrites,
+                List<Pair<AbstractRuleController, List<IAlgebraicRewriteRule>>> physicalRewrites,
+                IAWriterFactory writerFactory) {
+            this.factory = factory;
+            this.plan = plan;
+            this.oc = oc;
+            this.logicalRewrites = logicalRewrites;
+            this.physicalRewrites = physicalRewrites;
+            this.writerFactory = writerFactory;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void optimize() throws AlgebricksException {
+            HeuristicOptimizer opt = new HeuristicOptimizer(plan, logicalRewrites, physicalRewrites, oc);
+            opt.optimize();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public JobSpecification createJob(Object appContext, IJobletEventListenerFactory jobEventListenerFactory)
+                throws AlgebricksException {
+            AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.trace("Starting Job Generation.\n");
+            PlanCompiler pc = factory.createPlanCompiler(oc, appContext, writerFactory);
+            return pc.compilePlan(plan, jobEventListenerFactory);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/ICompilerFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/ICompilerFactory.java
index 7c138ea..07a8034 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/ICompilerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/ICompilerFactory.java
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.compiler.api;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IMetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IRuleSetKind;
 
 public interface ICompilerFactory {
     ICompiler createCompiler(ILogicalPlan plan, IMetadataProvider<?, ?> metadata, int varCounter);
+
+    ICompiler createCompiler(ILogicalPlan plan, IOptimizationContext newOptContext, IRuleSetKind ruleSetKind);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/Counter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/Counter.java
index 7f2d3c8..3982171 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/Counter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/Counter.java
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@
         return counter;
     }
 
+    public int getAndInc() {
+        return counter++;
+    }
+
     public void inc() {
         ++counter;
     }
 
+    public int incAndGet() {
+        return ++counter;
+    }
+
     public void set(int newStart) {
         counter = newStart;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/IOptimizationContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/IOptimizationContext.java
index 166ab9a..69ec210 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/IOptimizationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/IOptimizationContext.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.properties.INodeDomain;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.typing.ITypingContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IOptimizationContextFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
 
@@ -93,4 +94,10 @@
     public PlanStructureVerifier getPlanStructureVerifier();
 
     public PlanStabilityVerifier getPlanStabilityVerifier();
+
+    void setCompilerFactory(Object factory);
+
+    Object getCompilerFactory();
+
+    IOptimizationContextFactory getOptimizationContextFactory();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
index 77fdd74..d350789 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.IFunctionInfo;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.IOperatorSchema;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl.JobGenContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.AlgebricksPipeline;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IPushRuntimeFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
@@ -56,11 +58,12 @@
             IProjectionInfo<?> projectionInfo) throws AlgebricksException;
 
     public Pair<IPushRuntimeFactory, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getWriteFileRuntime(IDataSink sink,
-            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, RecordDescriptor inputDesc)
-            throws AlgebricksException;
+            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory,
+            RecordDescriptor inputDesc) throws AlgebricksException;
 
     public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getResultHandleRuntime(IDataSink sink,
-            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, RecordDescriptor inputDesc,
+            int[] printColumns, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory,
+            IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider, RecordDescriptor inputDesc,
             IResultMetadata metadata, JobSpecification spec) throws AlgebricksException;
 
     public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getWriteResultRuntime(IDataSource<S> dataSource,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DistributeResultPOperator.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DistributeResultPOperator.java
index 138cff8..1f7c16c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DistributeResultPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DistributeResultPOperator.java
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@
         IPrinterFactory[] pf =
                 JobGenHelper.mkPrinterFactories(inputSchemas[0], context.getTypeEnvironment(op), context, columns);
 
-        Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> runtimeAndConstraints = mp.getResultHandleRuntime(
-                resultOp.getDataSink(), columns, pf, inputDesc, resultOp.getResultMetadata(), spec);
+        Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> runtimeAndConstraints =
+                mp.getResultHandleRuntime(resultOp.getDataSink(), columns, pf, context.getWriterFactory(),
+                        context.getResultSerializerFactoryProvider(), inputDesc, resultOp.getResultMetadata(), spec);
         IOperatorDescriptor opDesc = runtimeAndConstraints.first;
         opDesc.setSourceLocation(resultOp.getSourceLocation());
         builder.contributeHyracksOperator(resultOp, opDesc);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
index 3521a27..07c798f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         IMetadataProvider<?, ?> mp = context.getMetadataProvider();
 
         Pair<IPushRuntimeFactory, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> runtimeAndConstraints =
-                mp.getWriteFileRuntime(write.getDataSink(), columns, pf, inputDesc);
+                mp.getWriteFileRuntime(write.getDataSink(), columns, pf, context.getWriterFactory(), inputDesc);
         IPushRuntimeFactory runtime = runtimeAndConstraints.first;
         runtime.setSourceLocation(write.getSourceLocation());
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenContext.java
index 7c7d5a8..471380c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenContext.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.IOperatorSchema;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.typing.ITypingContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.PhysicalOptimizationConfig;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactoryProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IResultSerializerFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ISerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.ITypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IUnnestingPositionWriterFactory;
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@
     private final IBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider hashFunctionFamilyProvider;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider comparatorFactoryProvider;
     private final IPrinterFactoryProvider printerFactoryProvider;
+    private final IAWriterFactory writerFactory;
+    private final IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
     private final ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider;
     private final IMetadataProvider<?, ?> metadataProvider;
     private final IMissingWriterFactory missingWriterFactory;
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider comparatorFactoryProvider, ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider,
             IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory booleanInspectorFactory,
             IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory integerInspectorFactory, IPrinterFactoryProvider printerFactoryProvider,
+            IAWriterFactory writerFactory, IResultSerializerFactoryProvider resultSerializerFactoryProvider,
             IMissingWriterFactory missingWriterFactory, IMissingWriterFactory nullWriterFactory,
             IUnnestingPositionWriterFactory unnestingPositionWriterFactory,
             INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider,
@@ -106,6 +111,8 @@
         this.booleanInspectorFactory = booleanInspectorFactory;
         this.integerInspectorFactory = integerInspectorFactory;
         this.printerFactoryProvider = printerFactoryProvider;
+        this.writerFactory = writerFactory;
+        this.resultSerializerFactoryProvider = resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
         this.clusterLocations = clusterLocations;
         this.normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider = normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider;
         this.missingWriterFactory = missingWriterFactory;
@@ -172,6 +179,14 @@
         return printerFactoryProvider;
     }
 
+    public IAWriterFactory getWriterFactory() {
+        return writerFactory;
+    }
+
+    public IResultSerializerFactoryProvider getResultSerializerFactoryProvider() {
+        return resultSerializerFactoryProvider;
+    }
+
     public IPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider getPredicateEvaluatorFactoryProvider() {
         return predEvaluatorFactoryProvider;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AlgebricksOptimizationContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AlgebricksOptimizationContext.java
index d1fd247..bee842c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AlgebricksOptimizationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/AlgebricksOptimizationContext.java
@@ -46,45 +46,29 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.properties.ILogicalPropertiesVector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.properties.INodeDomain;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 
 /**
  * The Algebricks default implementation for IOptimizationContext.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes" })
 public class AlgebricksOptimizationContext implements IOptimizationContext {
 
-    private int varCounter;
+    private final IOptimizationContextFactory optContextFactory;
     private final IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer;
     private final IMergeAggregationExpressionFactory mergeAggregationExpressionFactory;
     private final PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig;
-    private final IVariableEvalSizeEnvironment varEvalSizeEnv = new IVariableEvalSizeEnvironment() {
 
-        Map<LogicalVariable, Integer> varSizeMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-        @Override
-        public void setVariableEvalSize(LogicalVariable var, int size) {
-            varSizeMap.put(var, size);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public int getVariableEvalSize(LogicalVariable var) {
-            return varSizeMap.get(var);
-        }
-    };
-
-    private Map<ILogicalOperator, IVariableTypeEnvironment> typeEnvMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-    private Map<ILogicalOperator, HashSet<ILogicalOperator>> alreadyCompared = new HashMap<>();
-    private Map<IAlgebraicRewriteRule, HashSet<ILogicalOperator>> dontApply = new HashMap<>();
-    private Map<LogicalVariable, FunctionalDependency> varToPrimaryKey = new HashMap<>();
-
-    private IMetadataProvider metadataProvider;
-    private HashSet<LogicalVariable> notToBeInlinedVars = new HashSet<>();
-
+    private final VariableEvalSizeEnvironmentImpl varEvalSizeEnv = new VariableEvalSizeEnvironmentImpl();
+    private final Map<ILogicalOperator, IVariableTypeEnvironment> typeEnvMap = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<ILogicalOperator, HashSet<ILogicalOperator>> alreadyCompared = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<IAlgebraicRewriteRule, HashSet<ILogicalOperator>> dontApply = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<LogicalVariable, FunctionalDependency> varToPrimaryKey = new HashMap<>();
+    private final HashSet<LogicalVariable> notToBeInlinedVars = new HashSet<>();
     protected final Map<ILogicalOperator, List<FunctionalDependency>> fdGlobalMap = new HashMap<>();
     protected final Map<ILogicalOperator, Map<LogicalVariable, EquivalenceClass>> eqClassGlobalMap = new HashMap<>();
-
     protected final Map<ILogicalOperator, ILogicalPropertiesVector> logicalProps = new HashMap<>();
+
     private final IExpressionTypeComputer expressionTypeComputer;
     private final IMissableTypeComputer nullableTypeComputer;
     private final INodeDomain defaultNodeDomain;
@@ -94,12 +78,18 @@
     private final PlanStructureVerifier planStructureVerifier;
     private final PlanStabilityVerifier planStabilityVerifier;
 
-    public AlgebricksOptimizationContext(int varCounter, IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+    private int varCounter;
+    private IMetadataProvider metadataProvider;
+    private Object compilerFactory;
+
+    public AlgebricksOptimizationContext(IOptimizationContextFactory optContextFactory, int varCounter,
+            IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer,
             IMergeAggregationExpressionFactory mergeAggregationExpressionFactory,
             IExpressionTypeComputer expressionTypeComputer, IMissableTypeComputer nullableTypeComputer,
             IConflictingTypeResolver conflictingTypeResovler, PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig,
             AlgebricksPartitionConstraint clusterLocations, IPlanPrettyPrinter prettyPrinter,
             IWarningCollector warningCollector) {
+        this.optContextFactory = optContextFactory;
         this.varCounter = varCounter;
         this.expressionEvalSizeComputer = expressionEvalSizeComputer;
         this.mergeAggregationExpressionFactory = mergeAggregationExpressionFactory;
@@ -115,6 +105,35 @@
         this.planStabilityVerifier = isSanityCheckEnabled ? new PlanStabilityVerifier(prettyPrinter) : null;
     }
 
+    public AlgebricksOptimizationContext(AlgebricksOptimizationContext from) {
+        optContextFactory = from.optContextFactory;
+        varCounter = from.varCounter;
+        expressionEvalSizeComputer = from.expressionEvalSizeComputer;
+        mergeAggregationExpressionFactory = from.mergeAggregationExpressionFactory;
+        expressionTypeComputer = from.expressionTypeComputer;
+        nullableTypeComputer = from.nullableTypeComputer;
+        physicalOptimizationConfig = from.physicalOptimizationConfig;
+        defaultNodeDomain = from.defaultNodeDomain;
+        prettyPrinter = from.prettyPrinter;
+        conflictingTypeResovler = from.conflictingTypeResovler;
+        warningCollector = NoOpWarningCollector.INSTANCE;
+        boolean isSanityCheckEnabled = physicalOptimizationConfig.isSanityCheckEnabled();
+        planStructureVerifier = isSanityCheckEnabled ? new PlanStructureVerifier(from.prettyPrinter, this) : null;
+        planStabilityVerifier = isSanityCheckEnabled ? new PlanStabilityVerifier(from.prettyPrinter) : null;
+        metadataProvider = from.metadataProvider;
+        compilerFactory = from.compilerFactory;
+
+        varEvalSizeEnv.varSizeMap.putAll(from.varEvalSizeEnv.varSizeMap);
+        typeEnvMap.putAll(from.typeEnvMap);
+        alreadyCompared.putAll(from.alreadyCompared);
+        dontApply.putAll(from.dontApply);
+        varToPrimaryKey.putAll(from.varToPrimaryKey);
+        notToBeInlinedVars.addAll(from.notToBeInlinedVars);
+        fdGlobalMap.putAll(from.fdGlobalMap);
+        eqClassGlobalMap.putAll(from.eqClassGlobalMap);
+        logicalProps.putAll(from.logicalProps);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getVarCounter() {
         return varCounter;
@@ -354,4 +373,34 @@
     public PlanStabilityVerifier getPlanStabilityVerifier() {
         return planStabilityVerifier;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOptimizationContextFactory getOptimizationContextFactory() {
+        return optContextFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setCompilerFactory(Object compilerFactory) {
+        this.compilerFactory = compilerFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getCompilerFactory() {
+        return compilerFactory;
+    }
+
+    protected static class VariableEvalSizeEnvironmentImpl implements IVariableEvalSizeEnvironment {
+
+        protected final Map<LogicalVariable, Integer> varSizeMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        @Override
+        public void setVariableEvalSize(LogicalVariable var, int size) {
+            varSizeMap.put(var, size);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getVariableEvalSize(LogicalVariable var) {
+            return varSizeMap.get(var);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IOptimizationContextFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IOptimizationContextFactory.java
index 1c41e9a..c81025d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IOptimizationContextFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IOptimizationContextFactory.java
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
 
 public interface IOptimizationContextFactory {
-    public IOptimizationContext createOptimizationContext(int varCounter,
+    IOptimizationContext createOptimizationContext(int varCounter,
             IExpressionEvalSizeComputer expressionEvalSizeComputer,
             IMergeAggregationExpressionFactory mergeAggregationExpressionFactory,
             IExpressionTypeComputer expressionTypeComputer, IMissableTypeComputer missableTypeComputer,
             IConflictingTypeResolver conflictintTypeResolver, PhysicalOptimizationConfig physicalOptimizationConfig,
             AlgebricksPartitionConstraint clusterLocations, IWarningCollector warningCollector);
+
+    IOptimizationContext cloneOptimizationContext(IOptimizationContext oc);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IRuleSetKind.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IRuleSetKind.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ce61ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/core/rewriter/base/IRuleSetKind.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base;
+
+public interface IRuleSetKind {
+    String name();
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/data/IResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/data/IResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
index 7525180..75fd791 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/data/IResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-data/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/data/IResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@
      *            - A printer factory array to print the tuple containing different fields.
      * @param writerFactory
      *            - A writer factory to write the serialized data to the print stream.
-     * @param inputRecordDesc
-     *            - The record descriptor describing the input frame to be serialized.
      * @return A new instance of result serialized appender.
      */
-    public IResultSerializerFactory getAqlResultSerializerFactoryProvider(int[] fields,
-            IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, IAWriterFactory writerFactory);
+    public IResultSerializerFactory getResultSerializerFactoryProvider(int[] fields, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories,
+            IAWriterFactory writerFactory);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PopulateResultMetadataRule.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PopulateResultMetadataRule.java
index e1b2e5d..1eda133 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PopulateResultMetadataRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PopulateResultMetadataRule.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         }
         DistributeResultOperator dop = (DistributeResultOperator) op;
         IResultMetadata resultMetadata = dop.getResultMetadata();
-        if (resultMetadata.getOutputTypes() != null) {
+        if (resultMetadata == null || resultMetadata.getOutputTypes() != null) {
             return false;
         }
         List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> exprList = dop.getExpressions();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/serializer/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/serializer/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
index 763e6ff..90fa824 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/serializer/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/serializer/ResultSerializerFactoryProvider.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IResultSerializerFactory getAqlResultSerializerFactoryProvider(final int[] fields,
+    public IResultSerializerFactory getResultSerializerFactoryProvider(final int[] fields,
             final IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories, final IAWriterFactory writerFactory) {
         return new IResultSerializerFactory() {
             private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/writers/SerializedDataWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/writers/SerializedDataWriterFactory.java
index bc7634d..8ce4f2b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/writers/SerializedDataWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/writers/SerializedDataWriterFactory.java
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@
 
 public class SerializedDataWriterFactory implements IAWriterFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
+
+    public static final SerializedDataWriterFactory WITHOUT_RECORD_DESCRIPTOR = new SerializedDataWriterFactory(false);
+
+    private final boolean writeRecordDescriptor;
+
+    public SerializedDataWriterFactory(boolean writeRecordDescriptor) {
+        this.writeRecordDescriptor = writeRecordDescriptor;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public IAWriter createWriter(final int[] fields, final PrintStream ps, IPrinterFactory[] printerFactories,
@@ -41,15 +49,17 @@
 
             @Override
             public void init() throws HyracksDataException {
-                // dump the SerializerDeserializers to disk
-                try {
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                    ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
-                    oos.writeObject(inputRecordDescriptor);
-                    baos.writeTo(ps);
-                    oos.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                if (writeRecordDescriptor) {
+                    // dump the SerializerDeserializers to disk
+                    try {
+                        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
+                        oos.writeObject(inputRecordDescriptor);
+                        baos.writeTo(ps);
+                        oos.close();
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caf2464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/NoOpWarningCollector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions;
+
+public final class NoOpWarningCollector implements IWarningCollector {
+
+    public static final IWarningCollector INSTANCE = new NoOpWarningCollector();
+
+    private NoOpWarningCollector() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void warn(Warning warning) {
+        // no-op
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldWarn() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getTotalWarningsCount() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
index 3f78234..71c81a8 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/test/support/TestUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.NoOpWarningCollector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.CleanupUtils;
@@ -52,22 +52,7 @@
 public class TestUtils {
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
-    public static final IWarningCollector NOOP_WARNING_COLLECTOR = new IWarningCollector() {
-        @Override
-        public void warn(Warning warning) {
-            // no-op
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public boolean shouldWarn() {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public long getTotalWarningsCount() {
-            return 0;
-        }
-    };
+    public static final IWarningCollector NOOP_WARNING_COLLECTOR = NoOpWarningCollector.INSTANCE;
 
     public static IHyracksTaskContext createHyracksTask() {
         return create(DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE);