diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java b/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
index 11ec043..061dbe4 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
@@ -20,20 +20,4 @@
     public static final boolean DEBUG = true;
     public static final String ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME = "edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks";
     public static final Logger ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME);
-    public static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "algebricks";
-
-    // public static final Level ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL = Level.FINEST;
-    //
-    // static {
-    // Handler h;
-    // try {
-    // h = new ConsoleHandler();
-    // h.setFormatter(new SysoutFormatter());
-    // } catch (Exception e) {
-    // h = new ConsoleHandler();
-    // }
-    // h.setLevel(ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL);
-    // ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.addHandler(h);
-    // ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.setLevel(ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL);
-    // }
 }
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index b5c4b47..1807dd1 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
         nc2.start();
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, null);
     }
 
     public static void deinit() throws Exception {
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString());
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
diff --git a/hivesterix/pom.xml b/hivesterix/pom.xml
index 03f22e5..d7621ac 100644
--- a/hivesterix/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/pom.xml
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-			<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-			<version>10.6.1.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
 			<version>3.2.1</version>
@@ -230,13 +223,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
-			<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-			<version>10.4.2.0</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
 			<version>1.2</version>
@@ -273,13 +259,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>jline</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.94</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>stringtemplate</artifactId>
 			<version>3.2</version>
@@ -336,6 +315,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -508,6 +488,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/hivesterix/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java b/hivesterix/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
index 6c1ac72..f6aef75 100644
--- a/hivesterix/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
+++ b/hivesterix/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
@@ -511,14 +511,13 @@
     private void executeHyraxJob(JobSpecification job) throws Exception {
         String ipAddress = conf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
         int port = Integer.parseInt(conf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
-        String applicationName = conf.get("hive.hyracks.app");
         //System.out.println("connect to " + ipAddress + " " + port);
 
         IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(ipAddress, port);
 
         //System.out.println("get connected");
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(applicationName, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
 
         //System.out.println("job finished: " + jobId.toString());
diff --git a/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
index 05474ca..d90756e 100644
--- a/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -87,16 +87,14 @@
 		ConfUtil.setHiveConf(hconf);
 	}
 
-	private void setupHyracks() throws Exception {
-		// read hive conf
-		HiveConf hconf = new HiveConf(SessionState.class);
-		hconf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HIVE_CONF));
-		SessionState.start(hconf);
-		String ipAddress = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
-		int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(hconf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
-		int clusterPort = clientPort;
-		String applicationName = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.app");
-
+    private void setupHyracks() throws Exception {
+        // read hive conf
+        HiveConf hconf = new HiveConf(SessionState.class);
+        hconf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HIVE_CONF));
+        SessionState.start(hconf);
+        String ipAddress = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
+        int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(hconf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
+        int clusterPort = clientPort;
 		// start hyracks cc
 		CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
 		ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress = ipAddress;
@@ -121,12 +119,10 @@
 			ncs.put(ncConfig.nodeId, nc);
 		}
 
-		IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(
-				ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
-		hcc.createApplication(applicationName, null);
-	}
+        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
+    }
 
-	protected void makeDir(String path) throws IOException {
+    protected void makeDir(String path) throws IOException {
 		dfs.mkdirs(new Path(path));
 	}
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
index e9a5736..c03e0a3 100644
--- a/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@
 		ConfUtil.setHiveConf(hconf);
 	}
 
-	private void setupHyracks() throws Exception {
-		// read hive conf
-		HiveConf hconf = new HiveConf(SessionState.class);
-		hconf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HIVE_CONF));
-		SessionState.start(hconf);
-		String ipAddress = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
-		int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(hconf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
-		int netPort = clientPort + 1;
-		String applicationName = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.app");
+    private void setupHyracks() throws Exception {
+        // read hive conf
+        HiveConf hconf = new HiveConf(SessionState.class);
+        hconf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HIVE_CONF));
+        SessionState.start(hconf);
+        String ipAddress = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
+        int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(hconf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
+        int netPort = clientPort + 1;
 
 		// start hyracks cc
 		CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
@@ -124,10 +123,8 @@
 			ncs.put(ncConfig.nodeId, nc);
 		}
 
-		IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(
-				ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
-		hcc.createApplication(applicationName, null);
-	}
+        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
+    }
 
 	protected void makeDir(String path) throws IOException {
 		dfs.mkdirs(new Path(path));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
index 81cf511..1b079d6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
@@ -19,22 +19,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
 
 /**
- * Base class of the {@link ICCApplicationContext} and the
- * {@link INCApplicationContext}.
+ * Base class of the {@link ICCApplicationContext} and the {@link INCApplicationContext}.
  * 
  * @author vinayakb
- * 
  */
 public interface IApplicationContext {
     /**
-     * Provides the Class Loader that loads classes for this Hyracks Application
-     * at the CC.
-     * 
-     * @return the application {@link ClassLoader}.
-     */
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader();
-
-    /**
      * Gets the distributed state that is made available to all the Application
      * Contexts of this application in the cluster.
      * 
@@ -45,6 +35,4 @@
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker messageBroker);
 
     public IMessageBroker getMessageBroker();
-
-    public String getApplicationName();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f97b4..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
-
-/**
- * Base class of {@link ICCBootstrap} and {@link INCBootstrap}.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- */
-public interface IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Method called to start the application at a Hyracks CC or NC node.
-     * 
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void start() throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Method called to shutdown the application at a Hyracks CC or NC node.
-     * 
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void stop() throws Exception;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
index 2792d29..fd60ee6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 public interface ICCApplicationContext extends IApplicationContext {
     /**
      * Sets the state that must be distributed by the infrastructure to all the
-     * NC application contects. Any state set by calling thsi method in the {@link ICCBootstrap#start()} call is made available to all the {@link INCApplicationContext} objects at each Node Controller. The state
-     * is then available to be inspected by the application at the NC during or
+     * NC application contexts. Any state set by calling this method in
+     * the {@link ICCApplicationEntryPoint#appMain(ICCApplicationContext, String[])} call
+     * is made available to all the {@link INCApplicationContext} objects at each Node Controller.
+     * The state is then available to be inspected by the application at the NC during or
      * after the {@link INCBootstrap#start()} call.
      * 
      * @param state
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc1d93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
+
+public interface ICCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    public void appMain(ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e3906ea..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
-
-/**
- * Implemented by the bootstrap class of the application that will manage its
- * life cycle at the Cluster Controller.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- * 
- */
-public interface ICCBootstrap extends IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Called by the infrastructure to set the CC Application Context for the
-     * application. The infrastructure makes this call prior to calling start().
-     * 
-     * @param appCtx
-     *            - The CC application context
-     */
-    public void setApplicationContext(ICCApplicationContext appCtx);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afa824d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
+
+public interface INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    public void appMain(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 300f7c7..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
-
-/**
- * Implemented by the bootstrap class of the application that will manage its
- * life cycle at a Node Controller.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- * 
- */
-public interface INCBootstrap extends IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Called by the infrastructure to set the NC Application Context for the
-     * application. The infrastructure makes this call prior to calling start().
-     * 
-     * @param appCtx
-     *            - The NC application context
-     */
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
index e34e60d..910eb92 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
     public enum FunctionId {
         GET_CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_INFO,
         GET_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY,
-        CREATE_APPLICATION,
-        START_APPLICATION,
-        DESTROY_APPLICATION,
         CREATE_JOB,
         GET_JOB_STATUS,
         START_JOB,
@@ -49,63 +46,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class CreateApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public CreateApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.CREATE_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class StartApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public StartApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.START_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class DestroyApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public DestroyApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.DESTROY_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GetJobStatusFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -128,12 +68,10 @@
     public static class StartJobFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        private final String appName;
         private final byte[] acggfBytes;
         private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
 
-        public StartJobFunction(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
-            this.appName = appName;
+        public StartJobFunction(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
             this.acggfBytes = acggfBytes;
             this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
         }
@@ -143,10 +81,6 @@
             return FunctionId.START_JOB;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
         public byte[] getACGGFBytes() {
             return acggfBytes;
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
index 4c06d42..b85998a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
@@ -41,27 +41,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, caf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void startApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction saf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, saf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, daf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction(
                 jobId);
@@ -69,9 +48,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+    public JobId startJob(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction(
-                appName, acggfBytes, jobFlags);
+                acggfBytes, jobFlags);
         return (JobId) rpci.call(ipcHandle, sjf);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
index 227524c..2defa45 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
@@ -14,19 +14,11 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
-import org.apache.http.entity.FileEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
-
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.impl.JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
@@ -76,46 +68,24 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName, File harFile) throws Exception {
-        hci.createApplication(appName);
-        if (harFile != null) {
-            HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
-            HttpPut put = new HttpPut("http://" + ccHost + ":" + ccInfo.getWebPort() + "/applications/" + appName);
-            put.setEntity(new FileEntity(harFile, "application/octet-stream"));
-            HttpResponse response = hc.execute(put);
-            if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
-                hci.destroyApplication(appName);
-                throw new HyracksException(response.getStatusLine().toString());
-            }
-        }
-        hci.startApplication(appName);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        hci.destroyApplication(appName);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return hci.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
-        return startJob(appName, jobSpec, EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
+        return startJob(jobSpec, EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
         JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory jsacggf = new JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(
                 jobSpec);
-        return startJob(appName, jsacggf, jobFlags);
+        return startJob(jsacggf, jobFlags);
     }
 
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags)
-            throws Exception {
-        return hci.startJob(appName, JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acggf), jobFlags);
+    public JobId startJob(IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+        return hci.startJob(JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acggf), jobFlags);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
index bdbb544..fcfa722 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -32,26 +31,6 @@
  */
 public interface IHyracksClientConnection {
     /**
-     * Create a Hyracks Application
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @param harFile
-     *            Archive that contains deployable code for the application
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void createApplication(String appName, File harFile) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Destroy an already-deployed Hyracks application
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
      * Gets the status of the specified Job.
      * 
      * @param jobId
@@ -70,7 +49,7 @@
      *            Job Specification
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Start the specified Job.
@@ -83,7 +62,7 @@
      *            Flags
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Start the specified Job.
@@ -96,8 +75,7 @@
      *            Flags
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags)
-            throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Waits until the specified job has completed, either successfully or has
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
index ef5906e..33ce29a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@
 public interface IHyracksClientInterface {
     public ClusterControllerInfo getClusterControllerInfo() throws Exception;
 
-    public void createApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    public void startApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     public void waitForCompletion(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
index f36b7b3..dd45825 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(String appName, JobId jobId,
+    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(JobId jobId,
             final ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws HyracksException {
         final JobActivityGraphBuilder builder = new JobActivityGraphBuilder(spec, jobFlags);
         PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IConnectorDescriptorVisitor() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
index d801dd1..ae76455 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 
 public interface IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory extends Serializable {
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(String appName, JobId jobId,
+    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(JobId jobId,
             ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws HyracksException;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
index 1185b5e..764348f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
         return baos.toByteArray();
     }
 
+    public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        if (bytes == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
+        return ois.readObject();
+    }
+
     public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
         if (bytes == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f01c724..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import jline.ConsoleReader;
-
-public class CLI {
-    private static final String HYRACKS_PROMPT = "hyracks> ";
-    private static final String HYRAX_CONTINUE_PROMPT = "> ";
-    private final ConsoleReader reader;
-    private final Session session;
-
-    public CLI(String[] args) throws IOException {
-        reader = new ConsoleReader();
-        session = new Session();
-    }
-
-    public void run() throws IOException {
-        boolean eof = false;
-        while (true) {
-            String prompt = HYRACKS_PROMPT;
-            StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
-            while (true) {
-                String line = reader.readLine(prompt);
-                if (line == null) {
-                    eof = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                prompt = HYRAX_CONTINUE_PROMPT;
-                line = line.trim();
-                command.append(line);
-                if ("".equals(line)) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                if (line.endsWith(";")) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (eof) {
-                break;
-            }
-            try {
-                CommandExecutor.execute(session, command.toString());
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bdd136..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands.Command;
-
-public class CommandExecutor {
-    public static void execute(Session session, String command) throws Exception {
-        CLIParser parser = new CLIParser(new StringReader(command));
-        List<Command> cmds = parser.Commands();
-        for (Command cmd : cmds) {
-            cmd.run(session);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f7ef0b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-public class Main {
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        CLI cli = new CLI(args);
-        cli.run();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f15b1bb..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-
-public class Session {
-    private IHyracksClientConnection connection;
-
-    public void setConnection(IHyracksClientConnection connection) {
-        this.connection = connection;
-    }
-
-    public IHyracksClientConnection getConnection() {
-        return connection;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5849b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public abstract class Command {
-    public abstract void run(Session session) throws Exception;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 168280b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class ConnectCommand extends Command {
-    private String host;
-
-    private int port;
-
-    public ConnectCommand(String hostPortStr) {
-        int idx = hostPortStr.indexOf(':');
-        host = hostPortStr;
-        port = 1098;
-        if (idx != -1) {
-            host = hostPortStr.substring(0, idx);
-            port = Integer.valueOf(hostPortStr.substring(idx + 1));
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        System.err.println("Connecting to host: " + host + ", port: " + port);
-        IHyracksClientConnection conn = new HyracksConnection(host, port);
-        session.setConnection(conn);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b35ee5..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class CreateApplicationCommand extends Command {
-    private String appName;
-
-    private File harFile;
-
-    public CreateApplicationCommand(String appName, File harFile) {
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.harFile = harFile;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = session.getConnection();
-        if (hcc == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Not connected to Hyracks Cluster Controller");
-        }
-        System.err.println("Creating application: " + appName + " with har: " + harFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        hcc.createApplication(appName, harFile);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 03aed1e..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class DestroyApplicationCommand extends Command {
-    private String appName;
-
-    public DestroyApplicationCommand(String appName) {
-        this.appName = appName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = session.getConnection();
-        if (hcc == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Not connected to Hyracks Cluster Controller");
-        }
-        System.err.println("Destroying application: " + appName);
-        hcc.destroyApplication(appName);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index facf0f1..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class DisconnectCommand extends Command {
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        System.err.println("Disconnecting...");
-        session.setConnection(null);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f386cb..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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.
- */
-options {
-    STATIC = false;
-    IGNORE_CASE = true;
-}
-
-PARSER_BEGIN(CLIParser)
-
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands.*;
-
-class CLIParser {
-    private String unquote(String s) {
-        return s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
-    }
-}
-
-PARSER_END(CLIParser)
-
-List<Command> Commands():
-{
-    List<Command> result = new ArrayList<Command>();
-    Command cmd = null;
-} {
-    (
-        (
-            cmd = ConnectCommand()
-            | cmd = DisconnectCommand()
-            | cmd = CreateApplicationCommand()
-            | cmd = DestroyApplicationCommand()
-        ) ";" {
-            result.add(cmd);
-        }
-    )* <EOF> {
-        return result;
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command ConnectCommand():
-{
-    Token t;
-} {
-    "connect" "to" t = <StringLiteral> {
-        return new ConnectCommand(unquote(t.image));
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command CreateApplicationCommand():
-{
-    Token a;
-    Token f;
-} {
-    "create" "application" a = <Identifier> f = <StringLiteral> {
-        return new CreateApplicationCommand(a.image, new File(unquote(f.image)));
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command DestroyApplicationCommand():
-{
-    Token a;
-} {
-    "destroy" "application" a = <Identifier> {
-        return new DestroyApplicationCommand(a.image);
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command DisconnectCommand():
-{
-    Token t;
-} {
-    "disconnect" {
-        return new DisconnectCommand();
-    }
-}
-
-<DEFAULT>
-TOKEN : {
-    <StringLiteral: (("\"" (~["\"", "\n"])* "\"") | ("'" (~["'", "\n"])* "'"))>
-    | <Identifier: <Letter> (<Letter> | <Digit> | <Extender>)*>
-}
-
-SPECIAL_TOKEN :
-{
- < WhitespaceChar : ["\t", "\r", "\n", " "] >
-}
-
-TOKEN :
-{
- < #Letter : (<BaseChar> | <Ideographic>) >
-}
-
-TOKEN :
-{
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
index 5a33891..677cd18 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationEntryPoint;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.ClusterControllerInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.web.WebServer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationCreateWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationDestroyWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationMessageWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationStartWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationStateChangeWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetIpAddressNodeNameMapWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobStatusWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetNodeControllersInfoWork;
@@ -93,14 +89,14 @@
 
     private final Map<String, Set<String>> ipAddressNodeNameMap;
 
-    private final Map<String, CCApplicationContext> applications;
-
     private final ServerContext serverCtx;
 
     private final WebServer webServer;
 
     private ClusterControllerInfo info;
 
+    private CCApplicationContext appCtx;
+
     private final Map<JobId, JobRun> activeRunMap;
 
     private final Map<JobId, JobRun> runMapArchive;
@@ -123,7 +119,6 @@
         jobLog = new LogFile(jobLogFolder);
         nodeRegistry = new LinkedHashMap<String, NodeControllerState>();
         ipAddressNodeNameMap = new HashMap<String, Set<String>>();
-        applications = new Hashtable<String, CCApplicationContext>();
         serverCtx = new ServerContext(ServerContext.ServerType.CLUSTER_CONTROLLER, new File(ccConfig.ccRoot));
         executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
         IIPCI ccIPCI = new ClusterControllerIPCI();
@@ -190,9 +185,22 @@
                 webServer.getListeningPort());
         timer.schedule(sweeper, 0, ccConfig.heartbeatPeriod);
         jobLog.open();
+        startApplication();
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Started ClusterControllerService");
     }
 
+    private void startApplication() throws Exception {
+        appCtx = new CCApplicationContext(serverCtx, ccContext);
+        String className = ccConfig.appCCMainClass;
+        if (className != null) {
+            Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
+            ICCApplicationEntryPoint aep = (ICCApplicationEntryPoint) c.newInstance();
+            String[] args = ccConfig.appArgs == null ? null : ccConfig.appArgs.toArray(new String[ccConfig.appArgs
+                    .size()]);
+            aep.appMain(appCtx, args);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void stop() throws Exception {
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Stopping ClusterControllerService");
@@ -212,10 +220,6 @@
         return ccContext;
     }
 
-    public Map<String, CCApplicationContext> getApplicationMap() {
-        return applications;
-    }
-
     public Map<JobId, JobRun> getActiveRunMap() {
         return activeRunMap;
     }
@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@
         return ccConfig;
     }
 
+    public CCApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return appCtx;
+    }
+
     private JobId createJobId() {
         return new JobId(jobCounter++);
     }
@@ -285,27 +293,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case CREATE_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationCreateWork(ClusterControllerService.this, caf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case START_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction saf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, saf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case DESTROY_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationDestroyWork(ClusterControllerService.this, daf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 case GET_JOB_STATUS: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction) fn;
                     workQueue.schedule(new GetJobStatusWork(ClusterControllerService.this, gjsf.getJobId(),
@@ -316,8 +303,8 @@
                 case START_JOB: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction) fn;
                     JobId jobId = createJobId();
-                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getAppName(), sjf
-                            .getACGGFBytes(), sjf.getJobFlags(), jobId, new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
+                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getACGGFBytes(), sjf
+                            .getJobFlags(), jobId, new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -416,15 +403,10 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction astrf = (CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationStateChangeWork(ClusterControllerService.this, astrf));
-                    return;
-                }
                 case SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE: {
                     CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction rsf = (CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction) fn;
                     workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService.this, rsf.getMessage(), rsf
-                            .getAppName(), rsf.getNodeId()));
+                            .getNodeId()));
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
index 24dfa7c..7e1581a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobLifecycleListener;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
@@ -44,42 +42,18 @@
 
     private List<IJobLifecycleListener> jobLifecycleListeners;
 
-    public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext, String appName) throws IOException {
-        super(serverCtx, appName);
+    public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext) throws IOException {
+        super(serverCtx);
         this.ccContext = ccContext;
         initPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         deinitPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         jobLifecycleListeners = new ArrayList<IJobLifecycleListener>();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void start() throws Exception {
-        ((ICCBootstrap) bootstrap).setApplicationContext(this);
-        bootstrap.start();
-    }
-
     public ICCContext getCCContext() {
         return ccContext;
     }
 
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory createActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(byte[] bytes)
-            throws HyracksException {
-        try {
-            return (IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, getClassLoader());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void stop() throws Exception {
-        if (bootstrap != null) {
-            bootstrap.stop();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void setDistributedState(Serializable state) {
         this.distributedState = state;
@@ -108,28 +82,4 @@
             l.notifyJobCreation(jobId, acggf);
         }
     }
-
-    public Set<String> getInitializationPendingNodeIds() {
-        return initPendingNodeIds;
-    }
-
-    public Set<String> getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds() {
-        return deinitPendingNodeIds;
-    }
-
-    public IResultCallback<Object> getInitializationCallback() {
-        return initializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public void setInitializationCallback(IResultCallback<Object> initializationCallback) {
-        this.initializationCallback = initializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public IResultCallback<Object> getDeinitializationCallback() {
-        return deinitializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public void setDeinitializationCallback(IResultCallback<Object> deinitializationCallback) {
-        this.deinitializationCallback = deinitializationCallback;
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
index 6f26de2..33e1ff6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 public class JobRun implements IJobStatusConditionVariable {
     private final JobId jobId;
 
-    private final String applicationName;
-
     private final IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg;
 
     private final ActivityClusterGraph acg;
@@ -83,10 +81,9 @@
 
     private Exception pendingException;
 
-    public JobRun(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, String applicationName,
-            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
+    public JobRun(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg,
+            EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
         this.jobId = jobId;
-        this.applicationName = applicationName;
         this.acgg = acgg;
         this.acg = acgg.initialize();
         this.scheduler = new JobScheduler(ccs, this, acgg.getConstraints());
@@ -103,10 +100,6 @@
         return jobId;
     }
 
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        return applicationName;
-    }
-
     public ActivityClusterGraph getActivityClusterGraph() {
         return acg;
     }
@@ -208,7 +201,6 @@
         JSONObject result = new JSONObject();
 
         result.put("job-id", jobId.toString());
-        result.put("application-name", applicationName);
         result.put("status", getStatus());
         result.put("create-time", getCreateTime());
         result.put("start-time", getCreateTime());
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
index b163db5..34b7dc7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@
     private void startTasks(Map<String, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor>> taskAttemptMap) throws HyracksException {
         final JobId jobId = jobRun.getJobId();
         final ActivityClusterGraph acg = jobRun.getActivityClusterGraph();
-        final String appName = jobRun.getApplicationName();
         final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy>(
                 jobRun.getConnectorPolicyMap());
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor>> entry : taskAttemptMap.entrySet()) {
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@
                 }
                 try {
                     byte[] jagBytes = changed ? JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acg) : null;
-                    node.getNodeController().startTasks(appName, jobId, jagBytes, taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies,
+                    node.getNodeController().startTasks(jobId, jagBytes, taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies,
                             jobRun.getFlags());
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f3a1a0..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.web;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethods;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
-
-public class ApplicationInstallationHandler extends AbstractHandler {
-    private ClusterControllerService ccs;
-
-    public ApplicationInstallationHandler(ClusterControllerService ccs) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-            throws IOException, ServletException {
-        try {
-            while (target.startsWith("/")) {
-                target = target.substring(1);
-            }
-            while (target.endsWith("/")) {
-                target = target.substring(0, target.length() - 1);
-            }
-            String[] parts = target.split("/");
-            if (parts.length != 1) {
-                return;
-            }
-            final String appName = parts[0];
-            if (HttpMethods.PUT.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-                class OutputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
-                    private OutputStream os;
-
-                    @Override
-                    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                        ApplicationContext appCtx;
-                        appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-                        if (appCtx != null) {
-                            os = appCtx.getHarOutputStream();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                OutputStreamGetter r = new OutputStreamGetter();
-                try {
-                    ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new IOException(e);
-                }
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(request.getInputStream(), r.os);
-                } finally {
-                    r.os.close();
-                }
-            } else if (HttpMethods.GET.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-                class InputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
-                    private InputStream is;
-
-                    @Override
-                    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                        ApplicationContext appCtx;
-                        appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-                        if (appCtx != null && appCtx.containsHar()) {
-                            is = appCtx.getHarInputStream();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                InputStreamGetter r = new InputStreamGetter();
-                try {
-                    ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new IOException(e);
-                }
-                if (r.is == null) {
-                    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-                } else {
-                    response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
-                    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-                    try {
-                        IOUtils.copyLarge(r.is, response.getOutputStream());
-                    } finally {
-                        r.is.close();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            baseRequest.setHandled(true);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
index c32cb97..e39e766 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 
         addHandler(createAdminConsoleHandler());
         addHandler(createStaticResourcesHandler());
-
-        handler = new ContextHandler("/applications");
-        handler.setHandler(new ApplicationInstallationHandler(ccs));
-        addHandler(handler);
     }
 
     private Handler createAdminConsoleHandler() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 15d6d1f..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationCreateWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationCreateWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            Map<String, CCApplicationContext> applications = ccs.getApplicationMap();
-            if (applications.containsKey(appName)) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("Duplicate application with name: " + appName
-                        + " being created."));
-                return;
-            }
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx;
-            try {
-                appCtx = new CCApplicationContext(ccs.getServerContext(), ccs.getCCContext(), appName);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                callback.setException(e);
-                return;
-            }
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.CREATED);
-            applications.put(appName, appCtx);
-            callback.setValue(null);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fc86c4c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.NodeControllerState;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.INodeController;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationDestroyWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationDestroyWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("No application with name: " + appName));
-                return;
-            }
-            if (appCtx.getStatus() == ApplicationStatus.IN_DEINITIALIZATION
-                    || appCtx.getStatus() == ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED) {
-                return;
-            }
-            Map<String, NodeControllerState> nodeMap = ccs.getNodeMap();
-            appCtx.getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds().addAll(nodeMap.keySet());
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.IN_DEINITIALIZATION);
-            appCtx.setDeinitializationCallback(callback);
-            for (String nodeId : ccs.getNodeMap().keySet()) {
-                NodeControllerState nodeState = nodeMap.get(nodeId);
-                final INodeController node = nodeState.getNodeController();
-                node.destroyApplication(appName);
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
index 22ff84d..b880c8a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 
 /**
  * @author rico
- * 
  */
 public class ApplicationMessageWork extends AbstractWork {
 
@@ -33,26 +33,24 @@
     private byte[] message;
     private String nodeId;
     private ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private String appName;
 
-    public ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] message, String appName, String nodeId) {
+    public ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] message, String nodeId) {
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.message = message;
-        this.appName = appName;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-
-        final ApplicationContext ctx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
+        final ICCApplicationContext ctx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
         try {
-            final IMessage data = (IMessage) ctx.deserialize(message);
-            (new Thread() {
+            final IMessage data = (IMessage) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(message);
+            ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
                 public void run() {
                     ctx.getMessageBroker().receivedMessage(data, nodeId);
                 }
-            }).start();
+            });
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Error in stats reporting", e);
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
@@ -64,5 +62,4 @@
     public String toString() {
         return "nodeID: " + nodeId;
     }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ad56c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.NodeControllerState;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.INodeController;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationStartWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private final IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("No application with name: " + appName));
-                return;
-            }
-            if (appCtx.getStatus() != ApplicationStatus.CREATED) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("Application in incorrect state for starting: "
-                        + appCtx.getStatus()));
-            }
-            final Map<String, NodeControllerState> nodeMapCopy = new HashMap<String, NodeControllerState>(
-                    ccs.getNodeMap());
-            appCtx.getInitializationPendingNodeIds().addAll(nodeMapCopy.keySet());
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.IN_INITIALIZATION);
-            appCtx.setInitializationCallback(callback);
-            ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        appCtx.initializeClassPath();
-                        appCtx.initialize();
-                        final byte[] distributedState = JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(appCtx.getDistributedState());
-                        final boolean deployHar = appCtx.containsHar();
-                        for (final String nodeId : nodeMapCopy.keySet()) {
-                            NodeControllerState nodeState = nodeMapCopy.get(nodeId);
-                            final INodeController node = nodeState.getNodeController();
-                            node.createApplication(appName, deployHar, distributedState);
-                        }
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        callback.setException(e);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f6271fe..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.ipc.CCNCFunctions;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationStateChangeWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ApplicationStateChangeWork.class.getName());
-
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction ascrf;
-
-    public ApplicationStateChangeWork(ClusterControllerService ccs,
-            CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction ascrf) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.ascrf = ascrf;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(ascrf.getApplicationName());
-        if (appCtx == null) {
-            LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                    + " that does not exist");
-            return;
-        }
-        switch (ascrf.getStatus()) {
-            case INITIALIZED: {
-                Set<String> pendingNodeIds = appCtx.getInitializationPendingNodeIds();
-                boolean changed = pendingNodeIds.remove(ascrf.getNodeId());
-                if (!changed) {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                            + " from unexpected node " + ascrf.getNodeId() + " to state " + ascrf.getStatus());
-                    return;
-                }
-                if (pendingNodeIds.isEmpty()) {
-                    appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.INITIALIZED);
-                    IResultCallback<Object> callback = appCtx.getInitializationCallback();
-                    appCtx.setInitializationCallback(null);
-                    callback.setValue(null);
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case DEINITIALIZED: {
-                Set<String> pendingNodeIds = appCtx.getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds();
-                boolean changed = pendingNodeIds.remove(ascrf.getNodeId());
-                if (!changed) {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                            + " from unexpected node " + ascrf.getNodeId() + " to state " + ascrf.getStatus());
-                    return;
-                }
-                if (pendingNodeIds.isEmpty()) {
-                    appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED);
-                    ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
-                        @Override
-                        public void run() {
-                            try {
-                                appCtx.deinitialize();
-                            } catch (Exception e) {
-                                e.printStackTrace();
-                            }
-                            ccs.getWorkQueue().schedule(new AbstractWork() {
-                                @Override
-                                public void run() {
-                                    ccs.getApplicationMap().remove(ascrf.getApplicationName());
-                                    IResultCallback<Object> callback = appCtx.getDeinitializationCallback();
-                                    appCtx.setDeinitializationCallback(null);
-                                    callback.setValue(null);
-                                }
-                            });
-                        }
-                    });
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
index a0afd61..20035a4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
             JSONObject jo = new JSONObject();
             jo.put("type", "job-summary");
             jo.put("job-id", run.getJobId().toString());
-            jo.put("application-name", run.getApplicationName());
             jo.put("create-time", run.getCreateTime());
             jo.put("start-time", run.getCreateTime());
             jo.put("end-time", run.getCreateTime());
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
index 6b5ff03..b304b21 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(run.getApplicationName());
+            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
             if (appCtx != null) {
                 try {
                     appCtx.notifyJobFinish(jobId);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
index b6a33cd..f7d6c4c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGenerator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
@@ -33,30 +33,25 @@
     private final byte[] acggfBytes;
     private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
     private final JobId jobId;
-    private final String appName;
     private final IResultCallback<JobId> callback;
 
-    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags,
-            JobId jobId, IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
+    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, JobId jobId,
+            IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
         this.jobId = jobId;
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.acggfBytes = acggfBytes;
         this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
-        this.appName = appName;
         this.callback = callback;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void doRun() throws Exception {
         try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                throw new HyracksException("No application with id " + appName + " found");
-            }
-            IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf = appCtx.createActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(acggfBytes);
-            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg = acggf.createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(appName, jobId, appCtx,
-                    jobFlags);
-            JobRun run = new JobRun(ccs, jobId, appName, acgg, jobFlags);
+            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
+            IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf = (IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory) JavaSerializationUtils
+                    .deserialize(acggfBytes);
+            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg = acggf.createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(jobId, appCtx, jobFlags);
+            JobRun run = new JobRun(ccs, jobId, acgg, jobFlags);
             run.setStatus(JobStatus.INITIALIZED, null);
             ccs.getActiveRunMap().put(jobId, run);
             appCtx.notifyJobCreation(jobId, acggf);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
index 9927289..ed58c43 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             ncs.getActiveJobIds().remove(jobId);
         }
         if (cleanupPendingNodes.isEmpty()) {
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(run.getApplicationName());
+            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
             if (appCtx != null) {
                 try {
                     appCtx.notifyJobFinish(jobId);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
index fc755a5..5251584 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
@@ -14,180 +14,20 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLClassLoader;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.IApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.IBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
 
 public abstract class ApplicationContext implements IApplicationContext {
-    private static final String APPLICATION_ROOT = "applications";
-    private static final String CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY = "cc.bootstrap.class";
-    private static final String NODE_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY = "nc.bootstrap.class";
-
     protected ServerContext serverCtx;
-    protected final String appName;
-    protected final File applicationRootDir;
-    protected ClassLoader classLoader;
-    protected ApplicationStatus status;
-    protected Properties deploymentDescriptor;
-    protected IBootstrap bootstrap;
     protected Serializable distributedState;
     protected IMessageBroker messageBroker;
 
-    public ApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, String appName) throws IOException {
+    public ApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx) throws IOException {
         this.serverCtx = serverCtx;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.applicationRootDir = new File(new File(serverCtx.getBaseDir(), APPLICATION_ROOT), appName);
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(applicationRootDir);
-        applicationRootDir.mkdirs();
-    }
-
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        return appName;
-    }
-
-    public void initializeClassPath() throws Exception {
-        if (expandArchive()) {
-            File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-            List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>();
-            findJarFiles(expandedFolder, urls);
-            Collections.sort(urls, new Comparator<URL>() {
-                @Override
-                public int compare(URL o1, URL o2) {
-                    return o1.getFile().compareTo(o2.getFile());
-                }
-            });
-            classLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls.toArray(new URL[urls.size()]));
-        } else {
-            classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
-        }
-        deploymentDescriptor = parseDeploymentDescriptor();
-    }
-
-    public void initialize() throws Exception {
-        if (deploymentDescriptor != null) {
-            String bootstrapClass = null;
-            switch (serverCtx.getServerType()) {
-                case CLUSTER_CONTROLLER: {
-                    bootstrapClass = deploymentDescriptor.getProperty(CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY);
-                    break;
-                }
-                case NODE_CONTROLLER: {
-                    bootstrapClass = deploymentDescriptor.getProperty(NODE_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (bootstrapClass != null) {
-                bootstrap = (IBootstrap) classLoader.loadClass(bootstrapClass).newInstance();
-                start();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected abstract void start() throws Exception;
-
-    protected abstract void stop() throws Exception;
-
-    private void findJarFiles(File dir, List<URL> urls) throws MalformedURLException {
-        for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
-            if (f.isDirectory()) {
-                findJarFiles(f, urls);
-            } else if (f.getName().endsWith(".jar") || f.getName().endsWith(".zip")) {
-                urls.add(f.toURI().toURL());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Properties parseDeploymentDescriptor() throws IOException {
-        InputStream in = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("hyracks-deployment.properties");
-        Properties props = new Properties();
-        if (in != null) {
-            try {
-                props.load(in);
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
-            }
-        }
-        return props;
-    }
-
-    private boolean expandArchive() throws IOException {
-        File archiveFile = getArchiveFile();
-        if (archiveFile.exists()) {
-            File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(expandedFolder);
-            ZipFile zf = new ZipFile(archiveFile);
-            for (Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> i = zf.entries(); i.hasMoreElements();) {
-                ZipEntry ze = i.nextElement();
-                String name = ze.getName();
-                if (name.endsWith("/")) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                InputStream is = zf.getInputStream(ze);
-                OutputStream os = FileUtils.openOutputStream(new File(expandedFolder, name));
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(is, os);
-                } finally {
-                    os.close();
-                    is.close();
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private File getExpandedFolder() {
-        return new File(applicationRootDir, "expanded");
-    }
-
-    public void deinitialize() throws Exception {
-        stop();
-        File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(expandedFolder);
-    }
-
-    public Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        return JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, classLoader);
-    }
-
-    public OutputStream getHarOutputStream() throws IOException {
-        return new FileOutputStream(getArchiveFile());
-    }
-
-    private File getArchiveFile() {
-        return new File(applicationRootDir, "application.har");
-    }
-
-    public InputStream getHarInputStream() throws IOException {
-        return new FileInputStream(getArchiveFile());
-    }
-
-    public boolean containsHar() {
-        return getArchiveFile().exists();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -196,19 +36,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
-        return classLoader;
-    }
-
-    public void setStatus(ApplicationStatus status) {
-        this.status = status;
-    }
-
-    public ApplicationStatus getStatus() {
-        return status;
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker messageBroker) {
         this.messageBroker = messageBroker;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
index 0c5bb2f..3099bbb 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.PartitionDescriptor;
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@
 
     public void registerPartitionRequest(PartitionRequest partitionRequest) throws Exception;
 
-    public void notifyApplicationStateChange(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) throws Exception;
-
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception;
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception;
 
     public void getNodeControllerInfos() throws Exception;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
index 049adf8..c589c97 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
@@ -29,17 +29,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.TaskAttemptDescriptor;
 
 public interface INodeController {
-    public void startTasks(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+    public void startTasks(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) throws Exception;
 
     public void abortTasks(JobId jobId, List<TaskAttemptId> tasks) throws Exception;
 
     public void cleanUpJoblet(JobId jobId, JobStatus status) throws Exception;
 
-    public void createApplication(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState)
-            throws Exception;
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
     public void reportPartitionAvailability(PartitionId pid, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
index 6c208fe..7647410 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.spi.StopOptionHandler;
 
 public class CCConfig {
     @Option(name = "-client-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from clients", required = true)
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
     @Option(name = "-client-net-port", usage = "Sets the port to listen for connections from clients (default 1098)")
     public int clientNetPort = 1098;
 
-    @Option(name = "-cluster-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from ", required = true)
+    @Option(name = "-cluster-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from", required = true)
     public String clusterNetIpAddress;
 
     @Option(name = "-cluster-net-port", usage = "Sets the port to listen for connections from node controllers (default 1099)")
@@ -53,9 +55,16 @@
     @Option(name = "-cc-root", usage = "Sets the root folder used for file operations. (default: ClusterControllerService)")
     public String ccRoot = "ClusterControllerService";
 
-    @Option(name = "-cluster-topology", usage = "Sets the XML file that defines the cluster topology. (default: null)")
+    @Option(name = "-cluster-topology", required = false, usage = "Sets the XML file that defines the cluster topology. (default: null)")
     public File clusterTopologyDefinition = null;
 
+    @Option(name = "-app-cc-main-class", required = false, usage = "Application CC Main Class")
+    public String appCCMainClass = null;
+
+    @Argument
+    @Option(name = "--", handler = StopOptionHandler.class)
+    public List<String> appArgs;
+
     public void toCommandLine(List<String> cList) {
         cList.add("-client-net-ip-address");
         cList.add(clientNetIpAddress);
@@ -83,5 +92,15 @@
             cList.add("-cluster-topology");
             cList.add(clusterTopologyDefinition.getAbsolutePath());
         }
+        if (appCCMainClass != null) {
+            cList.add("-app-cc-main-class");
+            cList.add(appCCMainClass);
+        }
+        if (appArgs != null && !appArgs.isEmpty()) {
+            cList.add("--");
+            for (String appArg : appArgs) {
+                cList.add(appArg);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
index 167eb4b..970e8aa 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.spi.StopOptionHandler;
 
 public class NCConfig implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@
     @Option(name = "-max-memory", usage = "Maximum memory usable at this Node Controller in bytes (default: -1 auto)")
     public int maxMemory = -1;
 
+    @Option(name = "-app-nc-main-class", usage = "Application NC Main Class")
+    public String appNCMainClass;
+
+    @Argument
+    @Option(name = "--", handler = StopOptionHandler.class)
+    public List<String> appArgs;
+
     public void toCommandLine(List<String> cList) {
         cList.add("-cc-host");
         cList.add(ccHost);
@@ -80,5 +89,15 @@
         cList.add(String.valueOf(nNetThreads));
         cList.add("-max-memory");
         cList.add(String.valueOf(maxMemory));
+        if (appNCMainClass != null) {
+            cList.add("-app-nc-main-class");
+            cList.add(appNCMainClass);
+        }
+        if (appArgs != null && !appArgs.isEmpty()) {
+            cList.add("--");
+            for (String appArg : appArgs) {
+                cList.add(appArg);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
index 557a8cb..8cc4a54 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeParameters;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
@@ -68,14 +67,11 @@
         REPORT_PROFILE,
         REGISTER_PARTITION_PROVIDER,
         REGISTER_PARTITION_REQUEST,
-        APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE,
 
         NODE_REGISTRATION_RESULT,
         START_TASKS,
         ABORT_TASKS,
         CLEANUP_JOBLET,
-        CREATE_APPLICATION,
-        DESTROY_APPLICATION,
         REPORT_PARTITION_AVAILABILITY,
         SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE,
         GET_NODE_CONTROLLERS_INFO,
@@ -88,7 +84,6 @@
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
         private byte[] serializedMessage;
         private String nodeId;
-        private String appName;
 
         public String getNodeId() {
             return nodeId;
@@ -102,11 +97,9 @@
             return serializedMessage;
         }
 
-        public SendApplicationMessageFunction(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) {
-            super();
+        public SendApplicationMessageFunction(byte[] data, String nodeId) {
             this.serializedMessage = data;
             this.nodeId = nodeId;
-            this.appName = appName;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -114,10 +107,6 @@
             return FunctionId.SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
     }
 
     public static abstract class Function implements Serializable {
@@ -438,37 +427,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String nodeId;
-        private final String appName;
-        private final ApplicationStatus status;
-
-        public ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) {
-            this.nodeId = nodeId;
-            this.appName = appName;
-            this.status = status;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE;
-        }
-
-        public String getNodeId() {
-            return nodeId;
-        }
-
-        public String getApplicationName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
-        public ApplicationStatus getStatus() {
-            return status;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class NodeRegistrationResult extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -498,17 +456,14 @@
     public static class StartTasksFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        private final String appName;
         private final JobId jobId;
         private final byte[] planBytes;
         private final List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors;
         private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies;
         private final EnumSet<JobFlag> flags;
 
-        public StartTasksFunction(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes,
-                List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+        public StartTasksFunction(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
                 Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) {
-            this.appName = appName;
             this.jobId = jobId;
             this.planBytes = planBytes;
             this.taskDescriptors = taskDescriptors;
@@ -521,10 +476,6 @@
             return FunctionId.START_TASKS;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
         public JobId getJobId() {
             return jobId;
         }
@@ -596,56 +547,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class CreateApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-        private final boolean deployHar;
-        private final byte[] serializedDistributedState;
-
-        public CreateApplicationFunction(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-            this.deployHar = deployHar;
-            this.serializedDistributedState = serializedDistributedState;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.CREATE_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
-        public boolean isDeployHar() {
-            return deployHar;
-        }
-
-        public byte[] getSerializedDistributedState() {
-            return serializedDistributedState;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class DestroyApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public DestroyApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.DESTROY_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GetNodeControllersInfoFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
index bbaab4e..5fd2302 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.IClusterController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
@@ -95,16 +94,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void notifyApplicationStateChange(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction(
-                nodeId, appName, status);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, fn, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction(data,
-                appName, nodeId);
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception {
+        CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction(data, nodeId);
         ipcHandle.send(-1, fn, null);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
index 10c0a7c..e4355aa 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void startTasks(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+    public void startTasks(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = new CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction(appName, jobId, planBytes,
-                taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies, flags);
+        CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = new CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction(jobId, planBytes, taskDescriptors,
+                connectorPolicies, flags);
         ipcHandle.send(-1, stf, null);
     }
 
@@ -58,20 +58,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState)
-            throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = new CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction(appName, deployHar,
-                serializedDistributedState);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, caf, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = new CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction(appName);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, daf, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void reportPartitionAvailability(PartitionId pid, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception {
         CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction rpaf = new CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction(
                 pid, networkAddress);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
index 0195143..fb1e57c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
@@ -69,8 +70,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.ApplicationMessageWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.BuildJobProfilesWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.CleanupJobletWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.CreateApplicationWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.DestroyApplicationWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.ReportPartitionAvailabilityWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.StartTasksWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.ipc.api.IIPCHandle;
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@
 
     private final ServerContext serverCtx;
 
-    private final Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications;
+    private NCApplicationContext appCtx;
 
     private final MemoryMXBean memoryMXBean;
 
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@
         timer = new Timer(true);
         serverCtx = new ServerContext(ServerContext.ServerType.NODE_CONTROLLER, new File(new File(
                 NodeControllerService.class.getName()), id));
-        applications = new Hashtable<String, NCApplicationContext>();
         memoryMXBean = ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean();
         gcMXBeans = ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();
         threadMXBean = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();
@@ -161,6 +159,10 @@
         return ctx;
     }
 
+    public NCApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return appCtx;
+    }
+
     private static List<IODeviceHandle> getDevices(String ioDevices) {
         List<IODeviceHandle> devices = new ArrayList<IODeviceHandle>();
         StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(ioDevices, ",");
@@ -205,6 +207,9 @@
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Starting NodeControllerService");
         ipc.start();
         netManager.start();
+
+        startApplication();
+
         IIPCHandle ccIPCHandle = ipc.getHandle(new InetSocketAddress(ncConfig.ccHost, ncConfig.ccPort));
         this.ccs = new ClusterControllerRemoteProxy(ccIPCHandle);
         HeartbeatSchema.GarbageCollectorInfo[] gcInfos = new HeartbeatSchema.GarbageCollectorInfo[gcMXBeans.size()];
@@ -242,6 +247,18 @@
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Started NodeControllerService");
     }
 
+    private void startApplication() throws Exception {
+        appCtx = new NCApplicationContext(serverCtx, ctx, id);
+        String className = ncConfig.appNCMainClass;
+        if (className != null) {
+            Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
+            INCApplicationEntryPoint aep = (INCApplicationEntryPoint) c.newInstance();
+            String[] args = ncConfig.appArgs == null ? new String[0] : ncConfig.appArgs
+                    .toArray(new String[ncConfig.appArgs.size()]);
+            aep.appMain(appCtx, args);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void stop() throws Exception {
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Stopping NodeControllerService");
@@ -261,10 +278,6 @@
         return serverCtx;
     }
 
-    public Map<String, NCApplicationContext> getApplications() {
-        return applications;
-    }
-
     public Map<JobId, Joblet> getJobletMap() {
         return jobletMap;
     }
@@ -400,13 +413,13 @@
                 case SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE: {
                     CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction amf = (CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction) fn;
                     queue.schedule(new ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService.this, amf.getMessage(), amf
-                            .getAppName(), amf.getNodeId()));
+                            .getNodeId()));
                     return;
                 }
                 case START_TASKS: {
                     CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = (CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService.this, stf.getAppName(), stf.getJobId(), stf
-                            .getPlanBytes(), stf.getTaskDescriptors(), stf.getConnectorPolicies(), stf.getFlags()));
+                    queue.schedule(new StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService.this, stf.getJobId(), stf.getPlanBytes(),
+                            stf.getTaskDescriptors(), stf.getConnectorPolicies(), stf.getFlags()));
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -422,19 +435,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case CREATE_APPLICATION: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = (CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new CreateApplicationWork(NodeControllerService.this, caf.getAppName(), caf
-                            .isDeployHar(), caf.getSerializedDistributedState()));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case DESTROY_APPLICATION: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = (CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new DestroyApplicationWork(NodeControllerService.this, daf.getAppName()));
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 case REPORT_PARTITION_AVAILABILITY: {
                     CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction rpaf = (CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction) fn;
                     queue.schedule(new ReportPartitionAvailabilityWork(NodeControllerService.this, rpaf
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        ccs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(data, appName, nodeId);
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception {
+        ccs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(data, nodeId);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
index eba3ec9..310878f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] message, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        this.ncs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(message, this.getJobletContext().getApplicationContext()
-                .getApplicationName(), nodeId);
+        this.ncs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(message, nodeId);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
index 1121c6c..3e07fb5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
@@ -14,9 +13,8 @@
     private final IHyracksRootContext rootCtx;
     private Object appObject;
 
-    public NCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, IHyracksRootContext rootCtx, String appName, String nodeId)
-            throws IOException {
-        super(serverCtx, appName);
+    public NCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, IHyracksRootContext rootCtx, String nodeId) throws IOException {
+        super(serverCtx);
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.rootCtx = rootCtx;
     }
@@ -31,19 +29,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void start() throws Exception {
-        ((INCBootstrap) bootstrap).setApplicationContext(this);
-        bootstrap.start();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void stop() throws Exception {
-        if (bootstrap != null) {
-            bootstrap.stop();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public IHyracksRootContext getRootContext() {
         return rootCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
index deb1b75..a1499b8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
@@ -19,35 +19,31 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
 
 /**
  * @author rico
- * 
  */
 public class ApplicationMessageWork extends AbstractWork {
-
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ApplicationMessageWork.class.getName());
     private byte[] message;
     private String nodeId;
     private NodeControllerService ncs;
-    private String appName;
 
-    public ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService ncs, byte[] message, String appName, String nodeId) {
+    public ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService ncs, byte[] message, String nodeId) {
         this.ncs = ncs;
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.message = message;
-        this.appName = appName;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-
-        NCApplicationContext ctx = ncs.getApplications().get(appName);
+        NCApplicationContext ctx = ncs.getApplicationContext();
         try {
-            IMessage data = (IMessage) ctx.deserialize(message);
+            IMessage data = (IMessage) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(message);
             if (ctx.getMessageBroker() != null) {
                 ctx.getMessageBroker().receivedMessage(data, nodeId);
             } else {
@@ -64,5 +60,4 @@
     public String toString() {
         return "nodeID: " + nodeId;
     }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb1a95..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeParameters;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
-
-public class CreateApplicationWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final NodeControllerService ncs;
-
-    private final String appName;
-
-    private final boolean deployHar;
-
-    private final byte[] serializedDistributedState;
-
-    public CreateApplicationWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName, boolean deployHar,
-            byte[] serializedDistributedState) {
-        this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.deployHar = deployHar;
-        this.serializedDistributedState = serializedDistributedState;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            NCApplicationContext appCtx;
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            if (applications.containsKey(appName)) {
-                throw new HyracksException("Duplicate application with name: " + appName + " being created.");
-            }
-            appCtx = new NCApplicationContext(ncs.getServerContext(), ncs.getRootContext(), appName, ncs.getId());
-            applications.put(appName, appCtx);
-            if (deployHar) {
-                NCConfig ncConfig = ncs.getConfiguration();
-                NodeParameters nodeParameters = ncs.getNodeParameters();
-                HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
-                HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://" + ncConfig.ccHost + ":"
-                        + nodeParameters.getClusterControllerInfo().getWebPort() + "/applications/" + appName);
-                HttpResponse response = hc.execute(get);
-                InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
-                OutputStream os = appCtx.getHarOutputStream();
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(is, os);
-                } finally {
-                    os.close();
-                    is.close();
-                }
-            }
-            appCtx.initializeClassPath();
-            appCtx.setDistributedState((Serializable) appCtx.deserialize(serializedDistributedState));
-            appCtx.initialize();
-            ncs.getClusterController()
-                    .notifyApplicationStateChange(ncs.getId(), appName, ApplicationStatus.INITIALIZED);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b104ce8..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
-
-public class DestroyApplicationWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final NodeControllerService ncs;
-
-    private final String appName;
-
-    public DestroyApplicationWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName) {
-        this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            ApplicationContext appCtx = applications.remove(appName);
-            if (appCtx != null) {
-                appCtx.deinitialize();
-            }
-            ncs.getClusterController().notifyApplicationStateChange(ncs.getId(), appName,
-                    ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
index 0c0fa3d..fffecc2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.TaskAttemptDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.Joblet;
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@
 
     private final NodeControllerService ncs;
 
-    private final String appName;
-
     private final JobId jobId;
 
     private final byte[] acgBytes;
@@ -71,11 +70,10 @@
 
     private final EnumSet<JobFlag> flags;
 
-    public StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] acgBytes,
+    public StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService ncs, JobId jobId, byte[] acgBytes,
             List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPoliciesMap, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) {
         this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
         this.jobId = jobId;
         this.acgBytes = acgBytes;
         this.taskDescriptors = taskDescriptors;
@@ -86,10 +84,9 @@
     @Override
     public void run() {
         try {
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            NCApplicationContext appCtx = applications.get(appName);
+            NCApplicationContext appCtx = ncs.getApplicationContext();
             final Joblet joblet = getOrCreateLocalJoblet(jobId, appCtx, acgBytes == null ? null
-                    : (ActivityClusterGraph) appCtx.deserialize(acgBytes));
+                    : (ActivityClusterGraph) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(acgBytes));
             final ActivityClusterGraph acg = joblet.getActivityClusterGraph();
 
             IRecordDescriptorProvider rdp = new IRecordDescriptorProvider() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6350054..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-  <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>btreeapp</name>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index 82919ca..ba296ac 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index b6e8c72..8785f16 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index a6c7ea6..e9c3b1c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index d24ba33..f9e567c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 5aa338a..bb3e174 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 277668b..1b4bb40 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1b3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void appMain(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ea55e7a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-
-public class NCBootstrap implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrap.class.getName());
-
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping Asterix NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ab0ecb3..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.NCBootstrap
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
similarity index 60%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
index 3933be0..ec6747d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,53 +1,33 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-  <artifactId>hyracks-cli</artifactId>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+  <artifactId>btreeserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hyracks-cli</name>
+  <name>btreeserver</name>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>javacc</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>javacc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <isStatic>false</isStatic>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <programs>
                 <program>
-                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Main</mainClass>
-                  <name>hyrackscli</name>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
                 </program>
               </programs>
               <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
@@ -81,16 +61,23 @@
   </build>
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>jline</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.9.94</version>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index 0ff4fc3..d8a4367 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   <modules>
     <module>btreehelper</module>
     <module>btreeclient</module>
-    <module>btreeapp</module>
+    <module>btreeserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index 2f0b00f..dd96db8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
similarity index 61%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
index 70c663d..b538db5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
-  <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
+  <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
@@ -12,49 +12,31 @@
   </parent>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -65,7 +47,7 @@
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
               </descriptors>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -80,8 +62,7 @@
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -91,9 +72,6 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>start-cc</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>hyracks-nc1-start</id>
@@ -105,7 +83,6 @@
               <nodeId>NC1</nodeId>
               <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
               <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
@@ -118,29 +95,16 @@
               <nodeId>NC2</nodeId>
               <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
               <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <id>stop-services</id>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
+              <goal>stop-services</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>compat</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/hadoopcompatapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
-	     <execution>
-	       <id>stop-services</id>
-	       <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
-	       <goals>
-	         <goal>stop-services</goal>
-	       </goals>
-             </execution>
-          </executions>
+        </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -174,6 +138,20 @@
         <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
      </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a2cf5ae..0614034 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <modules>
     <module>hadoopcompathelper</module>
     <module>hadoopcompatclient</module>
-    <module>hadoopcompatapp</module>
+    <module>hadoopcompatserver</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 023bdd9..ce2eb83 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         nc2.start();
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
index e0b8c73..279e5f9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
         }
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index ba8649e..367e0a5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
   <modules>
     <module>texthelper</module>
     <module>textclient</module>
-    <module>textapp</module>
+    <module>textserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index d593ef9..901f1fb2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
           <id>textclient</id>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
index 943f232..18813a7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@
 
             System.out.print(i + "\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
             hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
             System.out.println("\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
index 31019ab..5b6fad9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -101,8 +98,8 @@
                 options.algo, options.htSize, options.sbSize, options.format);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job, options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)
-                : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
+                options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
similarity index 66%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
index 8ac69d8..1b1f2d4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
-  <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>textserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>textapp</name>
+  <name>textserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
@@ -12,49 +12,31 @@
   </parent>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -65,7 +47,7 @@
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
               </descriptors>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -80,8 +62,7 @@
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/textserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -117,18 +98,6 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>text</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/textapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
             <id>stop-services</id>
             <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
             <goals>
@@ -170,6 +139,20 @@
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
similarity index 90%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
index 9659288..76af72d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     @Test
     public void runWordCount() throws Exception {
         WordCountMain.main(new String[] { "-host", "localhost", "-infile-splits", getInfileSplits(), "-outfile-splits",
-                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash", "-app", "text" });
+                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash" });
     }
 
     private String getInfileSplits() {
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
         return "NC1:" + new File("target/wc1.txt").getAbsolutePath() + ",NC2:"
                 + new File("target/wc2.txt").getAbsolutePath();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index b237c9b..93514de 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>tpchclient</module>
-    <module>tpchapp</module>
+    <module>tpchserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76eb257..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.tpch</groupId>
-  <artifactId>tpchapp</artifactId>
-  <name>tpchapp</name>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-    	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 3170306..6b3f603 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index 0ad0ff0..6df9ff8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)", required = false)
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-customer-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the CUSTOMER input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileCustomerSplits;
 
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@
                 options.graceFactor, options.memSize, options.tableSize, options.hasGroupBy);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job,
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
                 options.profile ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
similarity index 60%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
index 3933be0..94d897a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,53 +1,33 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-  <artifactId>hyracks-cli</artifactId>
+  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.tpch</groupId>
+  <artifactId>tpchserver</artifactId>
   <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hyracks-cli</name>
+  <name>tpchserver</name>
 
   <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>javacc</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>javacc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <isStatic>false</isStatic>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <programs>
                 <program>
-                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Main</mainClass>
-                  <name>hyrackscli</name>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
                 </program>
               </programs>
               <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
@@ -80,17 +60,29 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
   	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>jline</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.9.94</version>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
   		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 849efe3..3426293 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
index dfd229a..89cc1e5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
@@ -40,35 +40,19 @@
         initialize(properties);
     }
 
-    private Set<String> getRequiredLibs(Set<String> userLibs) {
-        Set<String> requiredLibs = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (String systemLib : systemLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(systemLib);
-        }
-        for (String userLib : userLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(userLib);
-        }
-        return requiredLibs;
-    }
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return connection.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
-    private void createApplication(String applicationName, Set<String> userLibs) throws Exception {
-        connection.createApplication(applicationName,
-                Utilities.getHyracksArchive(applicationName, getRequiredLibs(userLibs)));
-    }
-
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         String jobProfilingVal = System.getenv(jobProfilingKey);
         boolean doProfiling = ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(jobProfilingVal));
         JobId jobId;
         if (doProfiling) {
             System.out.println("PROFILING");
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         } else {
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec);
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec);
         }
         HyracksRunningJob runningJob = new HyracksRunningJob(jobId, spec, this);
         return runningJob;
@@ -76,7 +60,6 @@
 
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec, Set<String> userLibs)
             throws Exception {
-        createApplication(applicationName, userLibs);
         return submitJob(applicationName, spec);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3faef..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.maven.plugin;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-
-public abstract class AbstractHyracksCLIMojo extends AbstractHyracksMojo {
-    private static final String HYRACKS_CLI_SCRIPT = "bin" + File.separator + "hyrackscli";
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    protected File hyracksCLIHome;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String ccHost;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     */
-    private int ccPort;
-
-    @Override
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-        buffer.append(createConnectCommand());
-        buffer.append('\n');
-        buffer.append(getCommands());
-        final Process proc = launch(new File(hyracksCLIHome, makeScriptName(HYRACKS_CLI_SCRIPT)), null, null);
-        try {
-            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(proc.getOutputStream());
-            out.println(buffer.toString());
-            out.close();
-            proc.waitFor();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException(e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String createConnectCommand() {
-        return "connect to \"" + ccHost + (ccPort == 0 ? "" : (":" + ccPort)) + "\";";
-    }
-
-    protected abstract String getCommands();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 76bbb5a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.maven.plugin;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- * @goal deploy-app
- */
-public class HyracksAppDeploymentMojo extends AbstractHyracksCLIMojo {
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String appName;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File harFile;
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getCommands() {
-        return "create application " + appName + " \"" + harFile.getAbsolutePath() + "\";";
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index 2699c27..6c6640e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
index 0bd872c..0c64d7e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
-        return getClass().getClassLoader();
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public Serializable getDistributedState() {
         return distributedState;
     }
@@ -63,15 +58,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker staticticsConnector) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
+
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
index a9c4520..e56285a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.ApplicationConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.AllocateRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.AllocateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.RegisterApplicationMasterRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.RegisterApplicationMasterResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Container;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRemoteException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.ConverterUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 
@@ -59,6 +64,10 @@
 
     private final Map<AbstractProcess, AskRecord> proc2AskMap;
 
+    private final AtomicInteger lastResponseId;
+
+    private final ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId;
+
     private YarnConfiguration config;
 
     private AMRMConnection amrmc;
@@ -73,6 +82,11 @@
         asks = new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>();
         resource2AskMap = new HashMap<Resource, Set<AskRecord>>();
         proc2AskMap = new HashMap<AbstractProcess, AskRecord>();
+        lastResponseId = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        String containerIdStr = System.getenv(ApplicationConstants.AM_CONTAINER_ID_ENV);
+        ContainerId containerId = ConverterUtils.toContainerId(containerIdStr);
+        appAttemptId = containerId.getApplicationAttemptId();
     }
 
     private void run() throws Exception {
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@
         rsrcRequest.setHostName(cSpec.getHostname());
 
         Priority pri = Records.newRecord(Priority.class);
-        pri.setPriority(100);
+        pri.setPriority(0);
         rsrcRequest.setPriority(pri);
 
         Resource capability = Records.newRecord(Resource.class);
@@ -124,7 +138,8 @@
         arSet.add(ar);
         proc2AskMap.put(proc, ar);
 
-        System.err.println(proc + " -> " + rsrcRequest);
+        System.err.println(proc + " -> [" + rsrcRequest.getHostName() + ", " + rsrcRequest.getNumContainers() + ", "
+                + rsrcRequest.getPriority() + ", " + rsrcRequest.getCapability().getMemory() + "]");
 
         asks.add(rsrcRequest);
     }
@@ -162,11 +177,14 @@
 
     private synchronized void populateAllocateRequest(AllocateRequest hb) {
         hb.addAllAsks(asks);
-        asks.clear();
+        hb.addAllReleases(new ArrayList<ContainerId>());
+        hb.setResponseId(lastResponseId.incrementAndGet());
+        hb.setApplicationAttemptId(appAttemptId);
     }
 
     private synchronized void processAllocation(List<Container> allocatedContainers,
             List<ContainerStatus> completedContainers) {
+        System.err.println(allocatedContainers);
         for (Container c : allocatedContainers) {
             System.err.println("Got container: " + c.getContainerStatus());
             NodeId nodeId = c.getNodeId();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
index e12891e..0eb930e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 
         File amZipFile = new File(System.getProperty("basedir") + "/hyracks-yarn-am/hyracks-yarn-am.zip");
         localResources.put("archive", LocalResourceHelper.createArchiveResource(conf, amZipFile));
-        localResources.put("manifest.xml", LocalResourceHelper.createFileResource(conf, options.hcManifest));
         clCtx.setLocalResources(localResources);
 
         String command = "./archive/bin/hyracks-yarn-am 1>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stdout"
@@ -84,10 +83,19 @@
         @Option(name = "-application-name", required = true, usage = "Application Name")
         String appName;
 
+        @Option(name = "-am-host", required = false, usage = "Application master host name (default: *). Currently has NO effect")
+        String amHostName = "*";
+
         @Option(name = "-am-memory", required = false, usage = "Application Master memory requirements")
         int amMemory = 128;
 
-        @Option(name = "-hyracks-cluster-manifest", required = true, usage = "Hyracks Cluster Manifest file")
-        File hcManifest;
+        @Option(name = "-workers", required = true, usage = "Number of worker containers")
+        int nWorkers;
+
+        @Option(name = "-worker-memory", required = true, usage = "Amount of memory to provide to each worker")
+        int workerMemory;
+
+        @Option(name = "-extra-jars", required = false, usage = "Other jars that need to be added to the classpath")
+        String extraJars = "";
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks/pom.xml
index 1d4e094..1867bbc 100644
--- a/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12</version>
         <configuration>
             <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
             <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${jvm.extraargs}</argLine>
@@ -37,15 +38,6 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
       <id>hyracks-releases</id>
@@ -87,7 +79,6 @@
     <module>hyracks-control</module>
     <module>hyracks-net</module>
     <module>hyracks-data</module>
-    <module>hyracks-cli</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-common</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-common</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-btree</module>
diff --git a/pregelix/pom.xml b/pregelix/pom.xml
index 4b6a968..6e28021 100644
--- a/pregelix/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12</version>
         <configuration>
             <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
             <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${jvm.extraargs}</argLine>
@@ -52,15 +53,6 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
       <id>hyracks-releases</id>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 66a0186..0082b7a9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
 							<directory>.</directory>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index f17ed08..44e9547 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>balancer</id>
@@ -38,11 +40,6 @@
 							</includes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>generator</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -61,11 +58,6 @@
 							</includes>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>patch</id>
 						<goals>
@@ -94,6 +86,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -203,6 +196,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
index 1b6f195..7d48c06 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
             runHDFSWRite(jobGen);
             runCleanup(jobGen);
-            destroyApplication(applicationName);
             end = System.currentTimeMillis();
             time = end - start;
             LOG.info("result writing finished " + time + "ms");
@@ -203,8 +202,8 @@
 
     private void execute(JobSpecification job) throws Exception {
         job.setUseConnectorPolicyForScheduling(false);
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(applicationName, job,
-                profiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+        JobId jobId = hcc
+                .startJob(job, profiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
 
@@ -219,15 +218,11 @@
         LOG.info("jar packing finished " + (end - start) + "ms");
 
         start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        hcc.createApplication(applicationName, appZip);
+        // TODO: Fix this step to use Yarn
+        //hcc.createApplication(applicationName, appZip);
         end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         LOG.info("jar deployment finished " + (end - start) + "ms");
     }
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String jarFile) throws Exception {
-        hcc.destroyApplication(applicationName);
-    }
-
 }
 
 class FileFilter implements FilenameFilter {
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index 2a2e2bf..98d9612 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.clusterconfig.ClusterConfig;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap.NCApplicationEntryPoint;
 
 public class PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil {
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
         ncConfig1.ccPort = TEST_HYRACKS_CC_PORT;
         ncConfig1.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
+        ncConfig1.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc1 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig1);
         nc1.start();
 
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@
         ncConfig2.ccPort = TEST_HYRACKS_CC_PORT;
         ncConfig2.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
+        ncConfig2.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc2 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig2);
         nc2.start();
 
@@ -82,14 +85,6 @@
         ClusterConfig.loadClusterConfig(CC_HOST, TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
     }
 
-    public static void destroyApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.destroyApplication(hyracksAppName);
-    }
-
-    public static void createApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.createApplication(hyracksAppName, null);
-    }
-
     public static void deinit() throws Exception {
         nc2.stop();
         nc1.stop();
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec, String appName) throws Exception {
         spec.setFrameSize(FRAME_SIZE);
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(appName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
index 97659d4..572bff9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
         ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
         cleanupStores();
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
 
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(EXPECT_RESULT_DIR));
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@
         runIndexRightOuterJoin();
         TestUtils.compareWithResult(new File(EXPECTED_RESULT_FILE), new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_FILE));
 
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index 53d7c22..b404d7f 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index cc9a184..db10aef 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index aaa7186..763ed72 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
index 4cb0387..aa3d541 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>comile</scope>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index 6b9bc89..0cda633 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<descriptorRefs>
 						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
index 37f03a5..da6d564 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
         ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
         cleanupStores();
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster started");
         startHDFS();
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(EXPECT_RESULT_DIR));
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@
     }
 
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster shut down");
         cleanupHDFS();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
index b5abd94..ca16c15 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
         ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
         cleanupStores();
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster started");
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
         FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
@@ -126,7 +125,6 @@
     }
 
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster shut down");
         cleanupHDFS();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index d12cb36..41baab0 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31162f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void appMain(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
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index e7caeaf..0000000
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed 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 from
- * 
- *     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 edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
-
-public class NCBootstrapImpl implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrapImpl.class.getName());
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping Giraph NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
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