diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionManager.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionManager.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.dataset;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetPartitionManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
+
+public class DatasetPartitionManager implements IDatasetPartitionManager {
+    private final NodeControllerService ncs;
+
+    private final Map<Pair<JobId, Integer>, IFrameWriter> partitionDatasetWriterMap;
+
+    public DatasetPartitionManager(NodeControllerService ncs) {
+        this.ncs = ncs;
+        partitionDatasetWriterMap = new HashMap<Pair<JobId, Integer>, IFrameWriter>();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFrameWriter createDatasetPartitionWriter(JobId jobId, int partition, int nPartitions)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        DatasetPartitionWriter dpw = null;
+        try {
+            ncs.getClusterController().registerResultPartitionLocation(jobId, partition, nPartitions,
+                    ncs.getNetworkManager().getNetworkAddress());
+            dpw = new DatasetPartitionWriter();
+            partitionDatasetWriterMap.put(Pair.<JobId, Integer> of(jobId, partition), dpw);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+
+        return dpw;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.dataset;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class DatasetPartitionWriter implements IFrameWriter {
+
+    @Override
+    public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
+
+}