diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
index b6775c3..9f41527 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                 .createRepository();
         resourceIdFactory = (new ResourceIdFactoryProvider(localResourceRepository)).createResourceIdFactory();
         indexLifecycleManager = new DatasetLifecycleManager(storageProperties, localResourceRepository);
-        IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider = new AsterixAppRuntimeContextProviderForRecovery(
+        IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider = new AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery(
                 this);
         txnSubsystem = new TransactionSubsystem(ncApplicationContext.getNodeId(), asterixAppRuntimeContextProvider,
                 txnProperties);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b78651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 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.asterix.api.common;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionSubsystem;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexLifecycleManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ILocalResourceRepository;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ResourceIdFactory;
+
+public class AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery implements IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider {
+
+    private final AsterixAppRuntimeContext asterixAppRuntimeContext;
+
+    public AsterixAppRuntimeContextProdiverForRecovery(AsterixAppRuntimeContext asterixAppRuntimeContext) {
+        this.asterixAppRuntimeContext = asterixAppRuntimeContext;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getBufferCache();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapManager() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getFileMapManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ITransactionSubsystem getTransactionSubsystem() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getTransactionSubsystem();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIndexLifecycleManager getIndexLifecycleManager() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getIndexLifecycleManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMMergePolicy getLSMMergePolicy() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getLSMMergePolicy();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationScheduler getLSMIOScheduler() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getLSMIOScheduler();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILocalResourceRepository getLocalResourceRepository() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getLocalResourceRepository();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceIdFactory getResourceIdFactory() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getResourceIdFactory();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IIOManager getIOManager() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getIOManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<IVirtualBufferCache> getVirtualBufferCaches(int datasetID) {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getVirtualBufferCaches(datasetID);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getNoOpIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
+        return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.RUNTIME_PROVIDER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMBTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider(boolean isPrimary) {
+        return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.RUNTIME_PROVIDER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMRTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
+        return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.RUNTIME_PROVIDER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMInvertedIndexIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
+        return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.RUNTIME_PROVIDER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getLSMBTreeOperationTracker(int datasetID) {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getLSMBTreeOperationTracker(datasetID);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Executor getThreadExecutor() {
+        return asterixAppRuntimeContext.getThreadExecutor();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3015bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 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.asterix.common.transactions;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexLifecycleManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationScheduler;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicy;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMOperationTracker;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IVirtualBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ILocalResourceRepository;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.ResourceIdFactory;
+
+public interface IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider {
+
+    public Executor getThreadExecutor();
+
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache();
+
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapManager();
+
+    public ITransactionSubsystem getTransactionSubsystem();
+
+    public IIndexLifecycleManager getIndexLifecycleManager();
+
+    public double getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
+
+    public ILSMMergePolicy getLSMMergePolicy();
+
+    public ILSMOperationTracker getLSMBTreeOperationTracker(int datasetID);
+
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMBTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider(boolean isPrimary);
+
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMRTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider();
+
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMInvertedIndexIOOperationCallbackProvider();
+
+    public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getNoOpIOOperationCallbackProvider();
+
+    public ILSMIOOperationScheduler getLSMIOScheduler();
+
+    public ILocalResourceRepository getLocalResourceRepository();
+
+    public ResourceIdFactory getResourceIdFactory();
+
+    public IIOManager getIOManager();
+
+    public List<IVirtualBufferCache> getVirtualBufferCaches(int datasetID);
+}