diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a4a495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.btree;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.NullSinkOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+
+public abstract class AbstractBTreeOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
+    static {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
+    }
+
+    protected final IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
+    protected final IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
+    protected IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory;
+
+    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
+    protected final int primaryFieldCount = 6;
+    protected final ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
+    protected final int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
+    protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
+
+    protected final RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+    // to be set by subclasses
+    protected String primaryFileName;
+    protected IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider;
+    
+    // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
+    protected final int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
+    protected final ITypeTraits[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[secondaryFieldCount];
+    protected final int secondaryKeyFieldCount = 2;
+    protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] secondaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[secondaryKeyFieldCount];
+
+    protected final RecordDescriptor secondaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+    
+    protected String secondaryFileName;
+    protected IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider;
+    
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper testHelper;
+    
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper createTestHelper() throws HyracksException {
+        return new BTreeOperatorTestHelper();
+    }
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws Exception {
+        testHelper = createTestHelper();
+        dataflowHelperFactory = testHelper.createDataFlowHelperFactory();
+        primaryFileName = testHelper.getPrimaryIndexName();
+        primarySplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
+                new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
+        secondaryFileName = testHelper.getSecondaryIndexName();
+        secondarySplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
+                new FileReference(new File(secondaryFileName))) });
+        
+        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
+        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
+
+        // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
+        secondaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
+        secondaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
+        secondaryComparatorFactories[1] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
+    }
+
+    protected void loadPrimaryIndex() throws Exception {
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
+                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
+        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
+        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
+                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
+
+        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
+
+        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
+        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
+                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
+                dataflowHelperFactory);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
+
+        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
+        runTest(spec);
+    }
+
+    protected void loadSecondaryIndex() throws Exception {
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        // build dummy tuple containing nothing
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(primaryKeyFieldCount * 2);
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        tb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("0", dos);
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyRecDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyRecDescSers);
+
+        ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor keyProviderOp = new ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                keyRecDesc, tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), tb.getSize());
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, keyProviderOp, NC1_ID);
+
+        int[] lowKeyFields = null; // - infinity
+        int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
+
+        // scan primary index
+        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
+                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
+                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
+
+        // sort based on secondary keys
+        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 3, 0 },
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                primaryRecDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
+
+        // load secondary index
+        int[] fieldPermutation = { 3, 0 };
+        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider,
+                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
+                dataflowHelperFactory);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0, sorter, 0);
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
+
+        spec.addRoot(secondaryBtreeBulkLoad);
+        runTest(spec);
+    }
+
+    protected void insertPipeline() throws Exception {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
+                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part2.tbl"))) };
+        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
+        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
+                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
+
+        // insert into primary index
+        int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
+        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
+                spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
+                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
+                primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeInsertOp, NC1_ID);
+
+        // first secondary index
+        int[] fieldPermutationB = { 4, 0 };
+        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
+                spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider,
+                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutationB, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryInsertOp, NC1_ID);
+
+        NullSinkOperatorDescriptor nullSink = new NullSinkOperatorDescriptor(spec);
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, nullSink, NC1_ID);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, primaryBtreeInsertOp, 0);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryBtreeInsertOp, 0, secondaryInsertOp, 0);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), secondaryInsertOp, 0, nullSink, 0);
+
+        spec.addRoot(nullSink);
+        runTest(spec);
+    }
+    
+    @After
+    public void cleanup() throws Exception {
+        testHelper.cleanup(primaryFileName, secondaryFileName);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..198531f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.btree;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+
+public class BTreeOperatorTestHelper implements IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper {
+
+    protected final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
+    protected final String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+    
+    public String getPrimaryIndexName() {
+        return System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+    }
+    
+    public String getSecondaryIndexName() {
+        return System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + "secondary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+    }
+    
+    public IIndexDataflowHelperFactory createDataFlowHelperFactory() {
+        return new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void cleanup(String primaryFileName, String secondaryFileName) {
+        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
+        if (primary.exists()) {
+            primary.deleteOnExit();
+        }
+        File secondary = new File(secondaryFileName);
+        if (secondary.exists()) {
+            secondary.deleteOnExit();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index c194036..85b0f54 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -16,131 +16,31 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
-public class BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    static {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
-    }
-
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
-    private IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
-    private IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
-
-    private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-    private int primaryFieldCount = 6;
-    private ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
-    private int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String primaryBtreeName = "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + primaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
+public class BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest extends AbstractBTreeOperatorTest {
+    
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        loadPrimaryIndexTest();
-    }
-
-    public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
+        super.setup();
+        loadPrimaryIndex();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -167,7 +67,7 @@
         int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
                 highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -183,10 +83,4 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-        primary.deleteOnExit();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 2d0b708..0e213d2 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -16,131 +16,31 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
-public class BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    static {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
-    }
-
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
-    private IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
-    private IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
-
-    private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-    private int primaryFieldCount = 6;
-    private ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
-    private int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String primaryBtreeName = "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + primaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
+public class BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractBTreeOperatorTest {
+    
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        loadPrimaryIndexTest();
-    }
-
-    public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, 
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
+        super.setup();
+        loadPrimaryIndex();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -172,7 +72,7 @@
         int[] highKeyFields = { 1 };
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, 
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, 
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
                 highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -188,10 +88,4 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-        primary.deleteOnExit();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index 44e6f38..9e5348b 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -15,137 +15,33 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
-public class BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    static {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
-    }
-
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
-    private IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
-    private IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
-
-    private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-    private int primaryFieldCount = 6;
-    private ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
-    private int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String primaryBtreeName = "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + primaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
+public class BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest extends AbstractBTreeOperatorTest {
+    
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        loadPrimaryIndexTest();
+        super.setup();
+        loadPrimaryIndex();
     }
-
-    public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
-    }
-
+    
     @Test
     public void showPrimaryIndexStats() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
         TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor primaryStatsOp = new TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
+                indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryStatsOp, NC1_ID);
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
@@ -157,10 +53,4 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-        primary.deleteOnExit();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index 61b12f57..8ff1078 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -16,258 +16,33 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.NullSinkOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
-public class BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    static {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
-    }
-
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
-    private IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
-    private IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
-
-    private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-    private int primaryFieldCount = 6;
-    private ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
-    private int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String primaryBtreeName = "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + primaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
-    private int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
-    private ITypeTraits[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[secondaryFieldCount];
-    private int secondaryKeyFieldCount = 2;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] secondaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[secondaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String secondaryBtreeName = "secondary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String secondaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + secondaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider secondaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(secondaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor secondaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+public class BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest extends AbstractBTreeOperatorTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
-        secondaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        secondaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-        secondaryComparatorFactories[1] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        loadPrimaryIndexTest();
-        loadSecondaryIndexTest();
-        insertPipelineTest();
-    }
-
-    public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, 
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
-    }
-
-    public void loadSecondaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        // build dummy tuple containing nothing
-        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(primaryKeyFieldCount * 2);
-        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-
-        tb.reset();
-        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("0", dos);
-        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyRecDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        RecordDescriptor keyRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyRecDescSers);
-
-        ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor keyProviderOp = new ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                keyRecDesc, tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), tb.getSize());
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, keyProviderOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] lowKeyFields = null; // - infinity
-        int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
-
-        // scan primary index
-        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        // sort based on secondary keys
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 3, 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                primaryRecDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        // load secondary index
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 3, 0 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0, sorter, 0);
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(secondaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
-    }
-
-    public void insertPipelineTest() throws Exception {
-
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part2.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        // insert into primary index
-        int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
-                primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeInsertOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        // first secondary index
-        int[] fieldPermutationB = { 4, 0 };
-        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutationB, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryInsertOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        NullSinkOperatorDescriptor nullSink = new NullSinkOperatorDescriptor(spec);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, nullSink, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, primaryBtreeInsertOp, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryBtreeInsertOp, 0, secondaryInsertOp, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), secondaryInsertOp, 0, nullSink, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(nullSink);
-        runTest(spec);
+        super.setup();
+        loadPrimaryIndex();
+        loadSecondaryIndex();
+        insertPipeline();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -300,7 +75,7 @@
 
         // search secondary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
+                secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider,
                 secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
                 dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -312,7 +87,7 @@
 
         // search primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider, 
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, 
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields,
                 primaryHighKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -329,13 +104,4 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-        primary.deleteOnExit();
-
-        File secondary = new File(secondaryFileName);
-        secondary.deleteOnExit();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 07d3495..a8511b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -16,206 +16,34 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.PartitionConstraintHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.accessors.PointableBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.UTF8StringParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ConstantFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileScanOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestIndexRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration.AbstractIntegrationTest;
 
-public class BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
-    static {
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(8192, 20, 20);
-    }
-
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = new TestStorageManagerInterface();
-    private IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider = new TestIndexRegistryProvider();
-    private IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
-
-    private final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    private final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-    private int primaryFieldCount = 6;
-    private ITypeTraits[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[primaryFieldCount];
-    private int primaryKeyFieldCount = 1;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[primaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String primaryBtreeName = "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String primaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + primaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider primaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(primaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-    // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
-    private int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
-    private ITypeTraits[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[secondaryFieldCount];
-    private int secondaryKeyFieldCount = 2;
-    private IBinaryComparatorFactory[] secondaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[secondaryKeyFieldCount];
-
-    private static String secondaryBtreeName = "secondary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-    private static String secondaryFileName = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + sep + secondaryBtreeName;
-
-    private IFileSplitProvider secondaryBtreeSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(
-            new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(secondaryFileName))) });
-
-    private RecordDescriptor secondaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+public class BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends AbstractBTreeOperatorTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
-        // field, type and key declarations for primary index
-        primaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[2] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[3] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[4] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryTypeTraits[5] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        // field, type and key declarations for secondary indexes
-        secondaryTypeTraits[0] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = UTF8StringPointable.TYPE_TRAITS;
-        secondaryComparatorFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-        secondaryComparatorFactories[1] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY);
-
-        loadPrimaryIndexTest();
-        loadSecondaryIndexTest();
+        super.setup();
+        loadPrimaryIndex();
+        loadSecondaryIndex();
     }
-
-    public void loadPrimaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new FileReference(new File(
-                "data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl"))) };
-        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
-        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
-
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
-                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
-                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, ordScanner, NC1_ID);
-
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                ordersDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, primaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(primaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
-    }
-
-    public void loadSecondaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
-        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-
-        // build dummy tuple containing nothing
-        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(primaryKeyFieldCount * 2);
-        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-
-        tb.reset();
-        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("0", dos);
-        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyRecDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        RecordDescriptor keyRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyRecDescSers);
-
-        ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor keyProviderOp = new ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                keyRecDesc, tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), tb.getSize());
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, keyProviderOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        int[] lowKeyFields = null; // - infinity
-        int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
-
-        // scan primary index
-        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
-
-        // sort based on secondary keys
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 1000, new int[] { 3, 0 },
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                primaryRecDesc);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, sorter, NC1_ID);
-
-        // load secondary index
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 3, 0 };
-        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
-                secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f,
-                dataflowHelperFactory);
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, NC1_ID);
-
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0);
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryBtreeSearchOp, 0, sorter, 0);
-        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, secondaryBtreeBulkLoad, 0);
-
-        spec.addRoot(secondaryBtreeBulkLoad);
-        runTest(spec);
-    }
-
+    
     @Test
     public void searchSecondaryIndexTest() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
@@ -246,7 +74,7 @@
 
         // search secondary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondaryBtreeSplitProvider,
+                secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider,
                 secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
                 dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -258,7 +86,7 @@
 
         // search primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
-                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryBtreeSplitProvider,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider,
                 primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields,
                 primaryHighKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
@@ -275,12 +103,4 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File primary = new File(primaryFileName);
-        primary.deleteOnExit();
-        File secondary = new File(secondaryFileName);
-        secondary.deleteOnExit();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1148fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/btree/IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.btree;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+
+public interface IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper {
+    public String getPrimaryIndexName();
+    
+    public String getSecondaryIndexName();
+    
+    public IIndexDataflowHelperFactory createDataFlowHelperFactory();
+    
+    public void cleanup(String primaryFileName, String secondaryFileName);
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f5b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.lsm.btree;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IODeviceHandle;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.io.IOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexDataflowHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.dataflow.LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.BTreeOperatorTestHelper;
+
+public class LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper extends BTreeOperatorTestHelper {
+
+    protected final IOManager ioManager;
+    
+    public LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper(IOManager ioManager) {
+        this.ioManager = ioManager;
+    }
+    
+    public String getPrimaryIndexName() {
+        return "primary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+    }
+    
+    public String getSecondaryIndexName() {
+        return "secondary" + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+    }
+    
+    public IIndexDataflowHelperFactory createDataFlowHelperFactory() {
+        return new LSMBTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void cleanup(String primaryFileName, String secondaryFileName) {
+        for(IODeviceHandle dev : ioManager.getIODevices()) {            
+            File primaryDir = new File(dev.getPath(), primaryFileName);
+            cleanupDir(primaryDir);
+            File secondaryDir = new File(dev.getPath(), secondaryFileName);
+            cleanupDir(secondaryDir);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private void cleanupDir(File dir) {
+        if (!dir.exists()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        FilenameFilter filter = new FilenameFilter() {
+            public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+                return !name.startsWith(".");
+            }
+        };
+        String[] files = dir.list(filter);
+        if (files != null) {
+            for (String fileName : files) {
+                File file = new File(dir.getPath() + File.separator + fileName);
+                file.delete();
+            }
+        }
+        dir.delete();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..120e3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.lsm.btree;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper;
+
+public class LSMBTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest extends BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest {
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper createTestHelper() throws HyracksException {
+        return new LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper(TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getIOManager());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c09950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.lsm.btree;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper;
+
+public class LSMBTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest {
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper createTestHelper() throws HyracksException {
+        return new LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper(TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getIOManager());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..149265a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.lsm.btree;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper;
+
+public class LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest extends BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest {
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper createTestHelper() throws HyracksException {
+        return new LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper(TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getIOManager());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..744f7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tests.lsm.btree;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.btree.IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper;
+
+public class LSMBTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest extends BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest {
+    protected IOrderedTreeIndexOperatorTestHelper createTestHelper() throws HyracksException {
+        return new LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper(TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getIOManager());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
index a8aba57..10c5b6e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -16,14 +16,11 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ISearchPredicate;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.PermutingFrameTupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexDataflowHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 
@@ -39,8 +36,6 @@
             int partition, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int[] lowKeyFields,
             int[] highKeyFields, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, recordDescProvider);
-        treeIndexHelper = (TreeIndexDataflowHelper) opDesc.getIndexDataflowHelperFactory().createIndexDataflowHelper(
-                opDesc, ctx, partition, false);
         this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
         this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
         this.recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
@@ -66,15 +61,10 @@
     
     @Override
     protected ISearchPredicate createSearchPredicate() {
-        BTree btree = (BTree) treeIndex;
-        lowKeySearchCmp = BTreeUtils.getSearchMultiComparator(btree.getComparatorFactories(), lowKey);
+        lowKeySearchCmp = BTreeUtils.getSearchMultiComparator(treeIndex.getComparatorFactories(), lowKey);
         highKeySearchCmp = BTreeUtils
-                .getSearchMultiComparator(btree.getComparatorFactories(), highKey);
+                .getSearchMultiComparator(treeIndex.getComparatorFactories(), highKey);
         return new RangePredicate(lowKey, highKey, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, lowKeySearchCmp,
                 highKeySearchCmp);
     }
-    
-    protected ITreeIndexCursor createCursor() {        
-        return indexAccessor.createSearchCursor();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/ITreeIndex.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/ITreeIndex.java
index 384e66f..7b3af70 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/ITreeIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/ITreeIndex.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndex;
@@ -116,4 +117,9 @@
      * @return BufferCache underlying this tree index.
      */
     public IBufferCache getBufferCache();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Comparator factories.
+     */
+    public IBinaryComparatorFactory[] getComparatorFactories(); 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
index 6cca452..5bb5308 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeDataflowHelper.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         FileReference file = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile();
         InMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager = new InMemoryFreePageManager(memNumPages, metaDataFrameFactory);
         return LSMBTreeUtils.createLSMTree(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager, (IOManager) ctx.getIOManager(), file
-                .getFile().getAbsolutePath(), opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx), opDesc
+                .getFile().getPath(), opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx), opDesc
                 .getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx), treeOpDesc.getTreeIndexTypeTraits(), treeOpDesc
                 .getTreeIndexComparatorFactories());
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/RTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/RTree.java
index 325cbe5..c0cb4b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/RTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/impls/RTree.java
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@
         try {
             ((BulkLoadContext) ictx).indexAccessor.insert(tuple);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException("BulkLoad Error");
+            throw new HyracksDataException("BulkLoad Error", e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexTestUtils.java b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexTestUtils.java
index 6e2a7ee..e02d641 100644
--- a/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexTestUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/TreeIndexTestUtils.java
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
             checkTuples[checkTupleIdx] = tmp;
             numCheckTuples--;
         }
-        System.out.println();
     }
 
 }