diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index 62915ba..f293a1f 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -45,7 +60,7 @@
 // This example will insert tuples into the primary and secondary index using an insert pipeline
 
 public class InsertPipelineExample {
-	private static class Options {
+    private static class Options {
         @Option(name = "-host", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Host name", required = true)
         public String host;
 
@@ -54,18 +69,18 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-                
+
         @Option(name = "-num-tuples", usage = "Total number of tuples to to be generated for insertion", required = true)
         public int numTuples;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-primary-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name of primary index", required = true)
         public String primaryBTreeName;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-secondary-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name of secondary index", required = true)
-        public String secondaryBTreeName;            
+        public String secondaryBTreeName;
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
@@ -76,7 +91,7 @@
         IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksRMIConnection(options.host, options.port);
 
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
-        
+
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         UUID jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.start(jobId);
@@ -84,32 +99,42 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples to be generated: 4 fields with int, string, string, string
-    	// we will use field 2 as primary key to fill a clustered index
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // this field will not go into B-Tree
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as payload    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this field as key                           
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as payload
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE // we will use this as payload
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
+        // schema of tuples to be generated: 4 fields with int, string, string,
+        // string
+        // we will use field 2 as primary key to fill a clustered index
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // this field will
+                                                           // not go into B-Tree
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this
+                                                           // as payload
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this
+                                                        // field as key
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as
+                                                        // payload
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE // we will use this as
+                                                          // payload
                 });
-        
-        // generate numRecords records with field 2 being unique, integer values in [0, 100000], and strings with max length of 10 characters, and random seed 100
-        DataGenOperatorDescriptor dataGen = new DataGenOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, options.numTuples, 2, 0, 100000, 10, 100);
+
+        // generate numRecords records with field 2 being unique, integer values
+        // in [0, 100000], and strings with max length of 10 characters, and
+        // random seed 100
+        DataGenOperatorDescriptor dataGen = new DataGenOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, options.numTuples, 2, 0,
+                100000, 10, 100);
         // run data generator on first nodecontroller given
-        PartitionConstraint dataGenConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(new LocationConstraint[] { new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(splitNCs[0]) });
+        PartitionConstraint dataGenConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(
+                new LocationConstraint[] { new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(splitNCs[0]) });
         dataGen.setPartitionConstraint(dataGenConstraint);
-        
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;        
+
+        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
-        
+
         // prepare insertion into primary index
         // tuples to be put into B-Tree shall have 4 fields
         int primaryFieldCount = 4;
@@ -118,69 +143,82 @@
         primaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         primaryTypeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         primaryTypeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
+
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
-        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input tuple 
-        int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 2, 1, 3, 4 }; // map field 2 of input tuple to field 0 of B-Tree tuple, etc.
+
+        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
+        // tuple
+        int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 2, 1, 3, 4 }; // map field 2 of input
+                                                        // tuple to field 0 of
+                                                        // B-Tree tuple, etc.
         // comparator factories for primary index
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] primaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
-		primaryComparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-		IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);		
-		
-		// create operator descriptor
-        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory, primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
+        primaryComparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+        IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);
+
+        // create operator descriptor
+        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation,
+                BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
         PartitionConstraint primaryInsertConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         primaryInsert.setPartitionConstraint(primaryInsertConstraint);
-        
+
         // prepare insertion into secondary index
         // tuples to be put into B-Tree shall have 2 fields
-        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;       
+        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTrait[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[secondaryFieldCount];
         secondaryTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4); 
-        
+        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+                secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
-        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input tuple 
+
+        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
+        // tuple
         int[] secondaryFieldPermutation = { 1, 2 };
         // comparator factories for primary index
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] secondaryComparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[2];
-		secondaryComparatorFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-		secondaryComparatorFactories[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-		IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.secondaryBTreeName);
-		// create operator descriptor
-        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory, secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryFieldPermutation, BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
+        secondaryComparatorFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+        secondaryComparatorFactories[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+        IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs,
+                options.secondaryBTreeName);
+        // create operator descriptor
+        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories,
+                secondaryFieldPermutation, BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
         PartitionConstraint secondaryInsertConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         secondaryInsert.setPartitionConstraint(secondaryInsertConstraint);
-        
+
         // end the insert pipeline at this sink operator
         NullSinkOperatorDescriptor nullSink = new NullSinkOperatorDescriptor(spec);
         PartitionConstraint nullSinkPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         nullSink.setPartitionConstraint(nullSinkPartitionConstraint);
-                
-        // distribute the records from the datagen via hashing to the bulk load ops
+
+        // distribute the records from the datagen via hashing to the bulk load
+        // ops
         IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFactories = new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[1];
-        hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;        
+        hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;
         IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
                 new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(new int[] { 0 }, hashFactories));
-        
+
         // connect the ops
-        
+
         spec.connect(hashConn, dataGen, 0, primaryInsert, 0);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primaryInsert, 0, secondaryInsert, 0);
-                      
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), secondaryInsert, 0, nullSink, 0);
-        
+
         spec.addRoot(nullSink);
-    	    	
-    	return spec;
-    }    
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/JobHelper.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/JobHelper.java
index 6799128..7702aa5 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/JobHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/JobHelper.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.client;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -11,18 +26,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 
 public class JobHelper {
-	public static IFileSplitProvider createFileSplitProvider(String[] splitNCs, String btreeFileName) {
-    	FileSplit[] fileSplits = new FileSplit[splitNCs.length];
-    	for (int i = 0; i < splitNCs.length; ++i) {
-    		String fileName = btreeFileName + "." + splitNCs[i];
+    public static IFileSplitProvider createFileSplitProvider(String[] splitNCs, String btreeFileName) {
+        FileSplit[] fileSplits = new FileSplit[splitNCs.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < splitNCs.length; ++i) {
+            String fileName = btreeFileName + "." + splitNCs[i];
             fileSplits[i] = new FileSplit(splitNCs[i], new File(fileName));
-        }    	
-    	IFileSplitProvider splitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(fileSplits);    	
-    	return splitProvider;
+        }
+        IFileSplitProvider splitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(fileSplits);
+        return splitProvider;
     }
-	
-	public static PartitionConstraint createPartitionConstraint(String[] splitNCs) {
-    	LocationConstraint[] lConstraints = new LocationConstraint[splitNCs.length];
+
+    public static PartitionConstraint createPartitionConstraint(String[] splitNCs) {
+        LocationConstraint[] lConstraints = new LocationConstraint[splitNCs.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < splitNCs.length; ++i) {
             lConstraints[i] = new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(splitNCs[i]);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index fc0fecf..1fc1604 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1099)")
         public int port = 1099;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-num-tuples", usage = "Total number of tuples to to be generated for loading", required = true)
         public int numTuples;
-                
+
         @Option(name = "-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name", required = true)
         public String btreeName;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-sortbuffer-size", usage = "Sort buffer size in frames (default: 32768)", required = false)
         public int sbSize = 32768;
     }
@@ -96,39 +96,50 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples to be generated: 5 fields with string, string, int, int, string
-    	// we will use field-index 2 as primary key to fill a clustered index
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // this field will not go into B-Tree
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as payload    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this field as key                           
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as payload
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE // we will use this as payload
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
+        // schema of tuples to be generated: 5 fields with string, string, int,
+        // int, string
+        // we will use field-index 2 as primary key to fill a clustered index
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // this field will
+                                                           // not go into B-Tree
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this
+                                                           // as payload
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this
+                                                        // field as key
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as
+                                                        // payload
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE // we will use this as
+                                                          // payload
                 });
-        
-        // generate numRecords records with field 2 being unique, integer values in [0, 100000], and strings with max length of 10 characters, and random seed 50
-        DataGenOperatorDescriptor dataGen = new DataGenOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, options.numTuples, 2, 0, 100000, 10, 50);
+
+        // generate numRecords records with field 2 being unique, integer values
+        // in [0, 100000], and strings with max length of 10 characters, and
+        // random seed 50
+        DataGenOperatorDescriptor dataGen = new DataGenOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, options.numTuples, 2, 0,
+                100000, 10, 50);
         // run data generator on first nodecontroller given
-        PartitionConstraint dataGenConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(new LocationConstraint[] { new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(splitNCs[0]) });
+        PartitionConstraint dataGenConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(
+                new LocationConstraint[] { new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(splitNCs[0]) });
         dataGen.setPartitionConstraint(dataGenConstraint);
-                
+
         // sort the tuples as preparation for bulk load
         // fields to sort on
         int[] sortFields = { 2 };
         // comparators for sort fields
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
-        comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;        
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, options.sbSize, sortFields, comparatorFactories, recDesc);
+        comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, options.sbSize, sortFields,
+                comparatorFactories, recDesc);
         PartitionConstraint sorterConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         sorter.setPartitionConstraint(sorterConstraint);
-        
+
         // tuples to be put into B-Tree shall have 4 fields
         int fieldCount = 4;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
@@ -136,35 +147,39 @@
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
+
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);        
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
-        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;               
-        
-        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input tuple 
-        int[] fieldPermutation = { 2, 1, 3, 4 }; // map field 2 of input tuple to field 0 of B-Tree tuple, etc.
+        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
+
+        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
+        // tuple
+        int[] fieldPermutation = { 2, 1, 3, 4 }; // map field 2 of input tuple
+                                                 // to field 0 of B-Tree tuple,
+                                                 // etc.
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
-        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, 
-        		storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory,
-                leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
+        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
+                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
+                comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
         PartitionConstraint bulkLoadConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         btreeBulkLoad.setPartitionConstraint(bulkLoadConstraint);
-        
-        // distribute the records from the datagen via hashing to the bulk load ops
+
+        // distribute the records from the datagen via hashing to the bulk load
+        // ops
         IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFactories = new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[1];
-        hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;        
+        hashFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE;
         IConnectorDescriptor hashConn = new MToNHashPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
                 new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(new int[] { 0 }, hashFactories));
-        
+
         spec.connect(hashConn, dataGen, 0, sorter, 0);
-                      
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, btreeBulkLoad, 0);
-        
+
         spec.addRoot(btreeBulkLoad);
-    	    	
-    	return spec;
-    }    
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
index c3d7cc1..9478c78 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1099)")
         public int port = 1099;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name", required = true)
-        public String btreeName;               
+        public String btreeName;
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
@@ -79,45 +79,44 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples in existing files (see PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample)
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                                    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE
-                });
-        
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
+        // schema of tuples in existing files (see PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample)
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
         int fieldCount = 4;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
         typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
+
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);       
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
-        
+
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
         comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-        
+
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
-        BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor fileEnlistmentOp = new BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+        BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor fileEnlistmentOp = new BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory,
+                leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
         PartitionConstraint fileEnlistmentConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
-        fileEnlistmentOp.setPartitionConstraint(fileEnlistmentConstraint);                                            
-        
+        fileEnlistmentOp.setPartitionConstraint(fileEnlistmentConstraint);
+
         spec.addRoot(fileEnlistmentOp);
-        
-    	return spec;
-    }    
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 6ae162a..06b5bc9 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-                
+
         @Option(name = "-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name to search", required = true)
-        public String btreeName;               
+        public String btreeName;
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         Options options = new Options();
         CmdLineParser parser = new CmdLineParser(options);
         parser.parseArgument(args);
-        
+
         IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksRMIConnection(options.host, options.port);
 
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
@@ -86,75 +86,83 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) throws HyracksDataException {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	
-    	int fieldCount = 4;
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
+        int fieldCount = 4;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
         typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-    	
+
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);        
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
-        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;     
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples coming out of primary index
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                
-        		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,                           
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                });
-        
+        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
+
+        // schema of tuples coming out of primary index
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, });
+
         // comparators for btree
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
-        comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;     
-        
+        comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+
         // build tuple containing low and high search keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(comparatorFactories.length*2); // high key and low key
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-				
-		tb.reset();				
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(100, dos); // low key
-		tb.addFieldEndOffset();		
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(200, dos); // build high key
-		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());
-		PartitionConstraint keyProviderPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
-		keyProviderOp.setPartitionConstraint(keyProviderPartitionConstraint);
-				
-        int[] lowKeyFields = { 0 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples going into search op 
-        int[] highKeyFields = { 1 }; // low key is in field 1 of tuples going into search op
-        		
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(comparatorFactories.length * 2); // high
+                                                                                      // key
+                                                                                      // and
+                                                                                      // low
+                                                                                      // key
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        tb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(100, dos); // low key
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(200, dos); // build
+                                                                    // high key
+        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());
+        PartitionConstraint keyProviderPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
+        keyProviderOp.setPartitionConstraint(keyProviderPartitionConstraint);
+
+        int[] lowKeyFields = { 0 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples going
+                                    // into search op
+        int[] highKeyFields = { 1 }; // low key is in field 1 of tuples going
+                                     // into search op
+
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
-        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor btreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true);
+        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor btreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager,
+                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
+                comparatorFactories, true, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true);
         PartitionConstraint btreeSearchConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         btreeSearchOp.setPartitionConstraint(btreeSearchConstraint);
-        
+
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
         PrinterOperatorDescriptor printer = new PrinterOperatorDescriptor(spec);
         PartitionConstraint printerConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         printer.setPartitionConstraint(printerConstraint);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, btreeSearchOp, 0);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), btreeSearchOp, 0, printer, 0);
-        
+
         spec.addRoot(printer);
-    	    	
-    	return spec;
-    }        
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 8b1a12c..2c4d8fb 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-                
+
         @Option(name = "-primary-btreename", usage = "Name of primary-index B-Tree to load from", required = true)
         public String primaryBTreeName;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-secondary-btreename", usage = "B-Tree file name for secondary index to be built", required = true)
         public String secondaryBTreeName;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-sortbuffer-size", usage = "Sort buffer size in frames (default: 32768)", required = false)
         public int sbSize = 32768;
     }
-    
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         Options options = new Options();
         CmdLineParser parser = new CmdLineParser(options);
@@ -90,42 +90,46 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	    	
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
         IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples that we are retrieving from the primary index
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                                    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as payload in secondary index
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this ask key in secondary index
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE
-                });
-    	
+
+        // schema of tuples that we are retrieving from the primary index
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this as
+                                                        // payload in secondary
+                                                        // index
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, // we will use this
+                                                           // ask key in
+                                                           // secondary index
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
         int primaryFieldCount = 4;
         ITypeTrait[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[primaryFieldCount];
         primaryTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         primaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         primaryTypeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         primaryTypeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
+
         // create factories and providers for primary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
-        // use a disk-order scan to read primary index    	
+
+        // use a disk-order scan to read primary index
         IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor btreeScanOp = new BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory, primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits);		
-		PartitionConstraint scanPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
-		btreeScanOp.setPartitionConstraint(scanPartitionConstraint);
-		        
+        BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor btreeScanOp = new BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc,
+                storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits);
+        PartitionConstraint scanPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
+        btreeScanOp.setPartitionConstraint(scanPartitionConstraint);
+
         // sort the tuples as preparation for bulk load into secondary index
         // fields to sort on
         int[] sortFields = { 1, 0 };
@@ -133,38 +137,41 @@
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[2];
         comparatorFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
         comparatorFactories[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, options.sbSize, sortFields, comparatorFactories, recDesc);
+        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, options.sbSize, sortFields,
+                comparatorFactories, recDesc);
         PartitionConstraint sorterConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         sorter.setPartitionConstraint(sorterConstraint);
-        
+
         // tuples to be put into B-Tree shall have 2 fields
-        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;       
+        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTrait[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[secondaryFieldCount];
         secondaryTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4); 
-        
+        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+                secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
-        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input tuple 
+
+        // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
+        // tuple
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 1, 0 };
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.secondaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, 
-        		storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
-                secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
+        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
+                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory, secondaryLeafFrameFactory,
+                secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
         PartitionConstraint bulkLoadConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
-        btreeBulkLoad.setPartitionConstraint(bulkLoadConstraint);        
-        
+        btreeBulkLoad.setPartitionConstraint(bulkLoadConstraint);
+
         // connect the ops
-               
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), btreeScanOp, 0, sorter, 0);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), sorter, 0, btreeBulkLoad, 0);
-        
+
         spec.addRoot(btreeBulkLoad);
-    	    	
-    	return spec;
-    }        
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index a8f63f1..6fd39f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@
 
         @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
         public String app;
-        
+
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
-                
+
         @Option(name = "-primary-btreename", usage = "Primary B-Tree file name", required = true)
-        public String primaryBTreeName;               
-        
+        public String primaryBTreeName;
+
         @Option(name = "-secondary-btreename", usage = "Secondary B-Tree file name to search", required = true)
-        public String secondaryBTreeName;        
+        public String secondaryBTreeName;
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
@@ -89,105 +89,125 @@
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
     }
-    
-    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) throws HyracksDataException {
-    	
-    	JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-    	String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-    	    	
+    private static JobSpecification createJob(Options options) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
+
         IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
-        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;    	              
-    	
-    	// schema of tuples coming out of secondary index
-        RecordDescriptor secondaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                
-        		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-        		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE                
-                });
-        
-        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;       
+        IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = SimpleStorageManager.INSTANCE;
+
+        // schema of tuples coming out of secondary index
+        RecordDescriptor secondaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        int secondaryFieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTrait[] secondaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[secondaryFieldCount];
         secondaryTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4); 
-        
+        secondaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+                secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
+
         // schema of tuples coming out of primary index
-        RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {                
-        		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,    
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,                           
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                });
-        
+        RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, });
+
         int primaryFieldCount = 4;
         ITypeTrait[] primaryTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[primaryFieldCount];
         primaryTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         primaryTypeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         primaryTypeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
         primaryTypeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
+
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        
-        // comparators for btree, note that we only need a comparator for the non-unique key
-        // i.e. we will have a range condition on the first field only (implying [-infinity, +infinity] for the second field)
+
+        // comparators for btree, note that we only need a comparator for the
+        // non-unique key
+        // i.e. we will have a range condition on the first field only (implying
+        // [-infinity, +infinity] for the second field)
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
-        comparatorFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;        
-                
+        comparatorFactories[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
+
         // build tuple containing low and high search keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(comparatorFactories.length*2); // low and high key
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-						
-		tb.reset();		
-		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("0", dos); // low key
-    	tb.addFieldEndOffset();    	  
-    	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("f", dos); // high key
-    	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());
-		PartitionConstraint keyProviderPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
-		keyProviderOp.setPartitionConstraint(keyProviderPartitionConstraint);
-				
-		int[] secondaryLowKeyFields = { 0 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples going into secondary index search op
-        int[] secondaryHighKeyFields = { 1 }; // high key is in field 1 of tuples going into secondary index search op
-		
-        IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.secondaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory, secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(comparatorFactories.length * 2); // low
+                                                                                      // and
+                                                                                      // high
+                                                                                      // key
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        tb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("0", dos); // low
+                                                                       // key
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("f", dos); // high
+                                                                       // key
+        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());
+        PartitionConstraint keyProviderPartitionConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
+        keyProviderOp.setPartitionConstraint(keyProviderPartitionConstraint);
+
+        int[] secondaryLowKeyFields = { 0 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples
+                                             // going into secondary index
+                                             // search op
+        int[] secondaryHighKeyFields = { 1 }; // high key is in field 1 of
+                                              // tuples going into secondary
+                                              // index search op
+
+        IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs,
+                options.secondaryBTreeName);
+        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
+                storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, secondaryLowKeyFields,
+                secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
         PartitionConstraint secondarySearchConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         secondarySearchOp.setPartitionConstraint(secondarySearchConstraint);
-        
+
         // secondary index will output tuples with [UTF8String, Integer]
-        // the Integer field refers to the key in the primary index of the source data records
-        int[] primaryLowKeyFields = { 1 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples going into primary index search op
-        int[] primaryHighKeyFields = { 1 }; // high key is in field 1 of tuples going into primary index search op
-		
+        // the Integer field refers to the key in the primary index of the
+        // source data records
+        int[] primaryLowKeyFields = { 1 }; // low key is in field 0 of tuples
+                                           // going into primary index search op
+        int[] primaryHighKeyFields = { 1 }; // high key is in field 1 of tuples
+                                            // going into primary index search
+                                            // op
+
         IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory, primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
+        BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
+                storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, primaryLowKeyFields,
+                primaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
         PartitionConstraint primarySearchConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         primarySearchOp.setPartitionConstraint(primarySearchConstraint);
-        
+
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
         PrinterOperatorDescriptor printer = new PrinterOperatorDescriptor(spec);
         PartitionConstraint printerConstraint = JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(splitNCs);
         printer.setPartitionConstraint(printerConstraint);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), keyProviderOp, 0, secondarySearchOp, 0);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), secondarySearchOp, 0, primarySearchOp, 0);
-        
+
         spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), primarySearchOp, 0, printer, 0);
-        
+
         spec.addRoot(printer);
-    	    	
-    	return spec;
-    }       
+
+        return spec;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
index 4c3c752..46ef79f 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
index 0ee9210..a325739 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -20,129 +35,130 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable;
 
-public class DataGenOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor{
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private final int numRecords;
-			
-	private final int intMinVal;
-	private final int intMaxVal;
-	private final int maxStrLen;
-	private final int uniqueField;
-	private final long randomSeed;
-	
-	public DataGenOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor outputRecord, int numRecords, int uniqueField, int intMinVal, int intMaxVal, int maxStrLen, long randomSeed) {
-		super(spec, 0, 1);
-		this.numRecords = numRecords;		
-		this.uniqueField = uniqueField;
-		this.intMinVal = intMinVal;
-		this.intMaxVal = intMaxVal;
-		this.maxStrLen = maxStrLen;		
-		this.randomSeed = randomSeed;
-		recordDescriptors[0] = outputRecord;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) {
-		
-		final ByteBuffer outputFrame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		final FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
-		final RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescriptors[0];
-		final ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(recDesc.getFields().length);
-		final Random rnd = new Random(randomSeed);		
-		final int maxUniqueAttempts = 20;
-		
-		return new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
-			
-			// for quick & dirty exclusion of duplicates
-			// WARNING: could contain numRecord entries and use a lot of memory
-			HashSet<String> stringHs = new HashSet<String>();
-			HashSet<Integer> intHs = new HashSet<Integer>();
-						
-			@Override
-            public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {				
-				writer.open();
-				try {
-					appender.reset(outputFrame, true);
-					for(int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
-						tb.reset();
-						for(int j = 0; j < recDesc.getFields().length; j++) {
-							genField(tb, j);                		
-						}                	
+public class DataGenOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
 
-						if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
-							FrameUtils.flushFrame(outputFrame, writer);
-							appender.reset(outputFrame, true);
-							if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
-								throw new IllegalStateException();
-							}
-						}
-					}
-					FrameUtils.flushFrame(outputFrame, writer);
-				}
-				finally {                
-					writer.close();
-				}
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private final int numRecords;
+
+    private final int intMinVal;
+    private final int intMaxVal;
+    private final int maxStrLen;
+    private final int uniqueField;
+    private final long randomSeed;
+
+    public DataGenOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor outputRecord, int numRecords,
+            int uniqueField, int intMinVal, int intMaxVal, int maxStrLen, long randomSeed) {
+        super(spec, 0, 1);
+        this.numRecords = numRecords;
+        this.uniqueField = uniqueField;
+        this.intMinVal = intMinVal;
+        this.intMaxVal = intMaxVal;
+        this.maxStrLen = maxStrLen;
+        this.randomSeed = randomSeed;
+        recordDescriptors[0] = outputRecord;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+
+        final ByteBuffer outputFrame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        final FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        final RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescriptors[0];
+        final ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(recDesc.getFields().length);
+        final Random rnd = new Random(randomSeed);
+        final int maxUniqueAttempts = 20;
+
+        return new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
+
+            // for quick & dirty exclusion of duplicates
+            // WARNING: could contain numRecord entries and use a lot of memory
+            HashSet<String> stringHs = new HashSet<String>();
+            HashSet<Integer> intHs = new HashSet<Integer>();
+
+            @Override
+            public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+                writer.open();
+                try {
+                    appender.reset(outputFrame, true);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
+                        tb.reset();
+                        for (int j = 0; j < recDesc.getFields().length; j++) {
+                            genField(tb, j);
+                        }
+
+                        if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
+                            FrameUtils.flushFrame(outputFrame, writer);
+                            appender.reset(outputFrame, true);
+                            if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
+                                throw new IllegalStateException();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    FrameUtils.flushFrame(outputFrame, writer);
+                } finally {
+                    writer.close();
+                }
             }
-			
-			private void genField(ArrayTupleBuilder tb, int fieldIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
-				DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-				if(recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
-					int val = -1;
-					if(fieldIndex == uniqueField) {
-						int attempt = 0;
-						while(attempt < maxUniqueAttempts) {
-							int tmp = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (intMaxVal - intMinVal) + intMinVal;
-							if(intHs.contains(tmp)) attempt++;
-							else {
-								val = tmp;
-								intHs.add(val);
-								break;
-							}
-						}
-						if(attempt == maxUniqueAttempts) throw new HyracksDataException("MaxUnique attempts reached in datagen");
-					}
-					else {
-						val = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (intMaxVal - intMinVal) + intMinVal;						
-					}
-					recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex].serialize(val, dos);
-					tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-				} else if (recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {										
-					String val = null;
-					if(fieldIndex == uniqueField) {
-						int attempt = 0;
-						while(attempt < maxUniqueAttempts) {
-							String tmp = randomString(maxStrLen, rnd);
-							if(stringHs.contains(tmp)) attempt++;
-							else {
-								val = tmp;
-								stringHs.add(val);
-								break;
-							}
-						}
-						if(attempt == maxUniqueAttempts) throw new HyracksDataException("MaxUnique attempts reached in datagen");
-					}
-					else {
-						val = randomString(maxStrLen, rnd);
-					}
-					recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex].serialize(val, dos);
-					tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-				} else {
-					throw new HyracksDataException("Type unsupported in data generator. Only integers and strings allowed");
-				}				
-			}
-			
-			private String randomString(int length, Random random) {
-		        String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
-		        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-		        for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
-		            strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
-		        }
-		        return strBuilder.toString();
-		    }    
-		};
-	}	
+
+            private void genField(ArrayTupleBuilder tb, int fieldIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
+                DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+                if (recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex] instanceof IntegerSerializerDeserializer) {
+                    int val = -1;
+                    if (fieldIndex == uniqueField) {
+                        int attempt = 0;
+                        while (attempt < maxUniqueAttempts) {
+                            int tmp = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (intMaxVal - intMinVal) + intMinVal;
+                            if (intHs.contains(tmp))
+                                attempt++;
+                            else {
+                                val = tmp;
+                                intHs.add(val);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (attempt == maxUniqueAttempts)
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("MaxUnique attempts reached in datagen");
+                    } else {
+                        val = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (intMaxVal - intMinVal) + intMinVal;
+                    }
+                    recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex].serialize(val, dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                } else if (recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex] instanceof UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer) {
+                    String val = null;
+                    if (fieldIndex == uniqueField) {
+                        int attempt = 0;
+                        while (attempt < maxUniqueAttempts) {
+                            String tmp = randomString(maxStrLen, rnd);
+                            if (stringHs.contains(tmp))
+                                attempt++;
+                            else {
+                                val = tmp;
+                                stringHs.add(val);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (attempt == maxUniqueAttempts)
+                            throw new HyracksDataException("MaxUnique attempts reached in datagen");
+                    } else {
+                        val = randomString(maxStrLen, rnd);
+                    }
+                    recDesc.getFields()[fieldIndex].serialize(val, dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                } else {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(
+                            "Type unsupported in data generator. Only integers and strings allowed");
+                }
+            }
+
+            private String randomString(int length, Random random) {
+                String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
+                StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+                for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
+                    strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
+                }
+                return strBuilder.toString();
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
index e87d8bd..d56aef7 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
index b615cab..9cd55ed 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
@@ -12,14 +27,14 @@
 
 public class RuntimeContext {
     private static RuntimeContext INSTANCE;
-    
+
     private BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry;
     private IBufferCache bufferCache;
     private IFileMapManager fileMapManager;
-        
+
     private RuntimeContext() {
     }
-    
+
     public static void initialize() {
         if (INSTANCE != null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Instance already initialized");
@@ -40,8 +55,8 @@
     }
 
     private void start() {
-    	fileMapManager = new SimpleFileMapManager();
-    	ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
+        fileMapManager = new SimpleFileMapManager();
+        ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
         IPageReplacementStrategy prs = new ClockPageReplacementStrategy();
         bufferCache = new BufferCache(allocator, prs, fileMapManager, 32768, 50);
         btreeRegistry = new BTreeRegistry();
@@ -58,7 +73,7 @@
     public IFileMapProvider getFileMapManager() {
         return fileMapManager;
     }
-    
+
     public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry() {
         return btreeRegistry;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleFileMapManager.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleFileMapManager.java
index aa100a8..21f864e 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleFileMapManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleFileMapManager.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -7,9 +22,9 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapManager;
 
 public class SimpleFileMapManager implements IFileMapManager {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private Map<Integer, String> id2nameMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private Map<Integer, String> id2nameMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
     private Map<String, Integer> name2IdMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
     private int idCounter = 0;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleStorageManager.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleStorageManager.java
index 7cc3847..8348bb9 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleStorageManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/SimpleStorageManager.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
@@ -6,18 +21,18 @@
 
 public class SimpleStorageManager implements IStorageManagerInterface {
 
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	public static SimpleStorageManager INSTANCE = new SimpleStorageManager();	
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	@Override
-	public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
-		return RuntimeContext.getInstance().getBufferCache();
-	}
+    public static SimpleStorageManager INSTANCE = new SimpleStorageManager();
 
-	@Override
-	public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider() {
-		return RuntimeContext.getInstance().getFileMapManager();
-	}
+    @Override
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
+        return RuntimeContext.getInstance().getBufferCache();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider() {
+        return RuntimeContext.getInstance().getFileMapManager();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/DummySMI.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/DummySMI.java
index 6766f51..9baafcc 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/DummySMI.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/DummySMI.java
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
     private transient IFileMapManager fmManager;
     private int PAGE_SIZE = 8192;
     private int NUM_PAGES = 40;
-    
-    public DummySMI() {    
+
+    public DummySMI() {
     }
-    
+
     public DummySMI(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-    	PAGE_SIZE = pageSize;
-    	NUM_PAGES = numPages;
+        PAGE_SIZE = pageSize;
+        NUM_PAGES = numPages;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public synchronized IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
         if (bufferCache == null) {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeCursor.java
index 47e2fb5..8934921 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeCursor.java
@@ -20,13 +20,21 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 
 public interface IBTreeCursor {
-	public void reset();
-	public boolean hasNext() throws Exception;
-	public void next() throws Exception;	
-	public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws Exception;
-	public ICachedPage getPage();
-	public void close() throws Exception;
-	public void setBufferCache(IBufferCache bufferCache);
-	public void setFileId(int fileId);
-	public ITupleReference getTuple();
+    public void reset();
+
+    public boolean hasNext() throws Exception;
+
+    public void next() throws Exception;
+
+    public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws Exception;
+
+    public ICachedPage getPage();
+
+    public void close() throws Exception;
+
+    public void setBufferCache(IBufferCache bufferCache);
+
+    public void setFileId(int fileId);
+
+    public ITupleReference getTuple();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeFrame.java
index 72e5970..0e15903 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeFrame.java
@@ -26,62 +26,77 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 
 public interface IBTreeFrame {
-	public void setPage(ICachedPage page);
-	public ICachedPage getPage();
-	public ByteBuffer getBuffer();
-	
-	public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception;
-	public void update(int rid, ITupleReference tuple) throws Exception;
-	public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception;
-	
-	public void compact(MultiComparator cmp);
-	public boolean compress(MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException;
-	
-	public void initBuffer(byte level);
-	
-	public int getTupleCount();
-		
-	// assumption: page must be write-latched at this point
-	public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp);
-	public SpaceStatus hasSpaceUpdate(int rid, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp);
-	
-	public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum);
-	
-	public int getTotalFreeSpace();	
-	
-	public void setPageLsn(int pageLsn);
-	public int getPageLsn();
-	
-	// for debugging
-	public void printHeader();
-	public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException;
-	
-	
-	// TODO; what if tuples more than half-page size?
-	public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey) throws Exception;		
-	
-	// TODO: check if we do something nicer than returning object
-	public ISlotManager getSlotManager();
-	
-	// ATTENTION: in b-tree operations it may not always be possible to determine whether an ICachedPage is a leaf or interior node
-	// a compatible interior and leaf implementation MUST return identical values when given the same ByteBuffer for the functions below	
-	public boolean isLeaf();
-	public byte getLevel();
-	public void setLevel(byte level);	
-	public boolean getSmFlag(); // structure modification flag
-	public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag);	
-	
-	public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException;
-	
-	public int getSlotSize();
-		
-	// TODO: should be removed after new tuple format		
-	public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount);
-	
-	// for debugging
-	public int getFreeSpaceOff();
-	public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace);
-	
-	public IBTreeTupleWriter getTupleWriter();
-	
+    public void setPage(ICachedPage page);
+
+    public ICachedPage getPage();
+
+    public ByteBuffer getBuffer();
+
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception;
+
+    public void update(int rid, ITupleReference tuple) throws Exception;
+
+    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception;
+
+    public void compact(MultiComparator cmp);
+
+    public boolean compress(MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void initBuffer(byte level);
+
+    public int getTupleCount();
+
+    // assumption: page must be write-latched at this point
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp);
+
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceUpdate(int rid, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp);
+
+    public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum);
+
+    public int getTotalFreeSpace();
+
+    public void setPageLsn(int pageLsn);
+
+    public int getPageLsn();
+
+    // for debugging
+    public void printHeader();
+
+    public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    // TODO; what if tuples more than half-page size?
+    public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey)
+            throws Exception;
+
+    // TODO: check if we do something nicer than returning object
+    public ISlotManager getSlotManager();
+
+    // ATTENTION: in b-tree operations it may not always be possible to
+    // determine whether an ICachedPage is a leaf or interior node
+    // a compatible interior and leaf implementation MUST return identical
+    // values when given the same ByteBuffer for the functions below
+    public boolean isLeaf();
+
+    public byte getLevel();
+
+    public void setLevel(byte level);
+
+    public boolean getSmFlag(); // structure modification flag
+
+    public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag);
+
+    public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public int getSlotSize();
+
+    // TODO: should be removed after new tuple format
+    public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount);
+
+    // for debugging
+    public int getFreeSpaceOff();
+
+    public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace);
+
+    public IBTreeTupleWriter getTupleWriter();
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrame.java
index ee6e94b..675bee3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrame.java
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
 
 public interface IBTreeInteriorFrame extends IBTreeFrame {
-	public int getChildPageId(RangePredicate pred, MultiComparator srcCmp);
-	public int getLeftmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp);
-	public int getRightmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp);
-	public void setRightmostChildPageId(int pageId);
-	public void deleteGreatest(MultiComparator cmp);
+    public int getChildPageId(RangePredicate pred, MultiComparator srcCmp);
+
+    public int getLeftmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp);
+
+    public int getRightmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp);
+
+    public void setRightmostChildPageId(int pageId);
+
+    public void deleteGreatest(MultiComparator cmp);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory.java
index 8383fed..bddd636 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory.java
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public interface IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory extends Serializable {	
-	public IBTreeInteriorFrame getFrame();
+public interface IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory extends Serializable {
+    public IBTreeInteriorFrame getFrame();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrame.java
index 5fb549c..9eb449c 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrame.java
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
 
-public interface IBTreeLeafFrame extends IBTreeFrame {	
-	public void setNextLeaf(int nextPage);
-	public int getNextLeaf();
-	
-	public void setPrevLeaf(int prevPage);
-	public int getPrevLeaf();
-	
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference();
-	
-	public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp, FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp);
+public interface IBTreeLeafFrame extends IBTreeFrame {
+    public void setNextLeaf(int nextPage);
+
+    public int getNextLeaf();
+
+    public void setPrevLeaf(int prevPage);
+
+    public int getPrevLeaf();
+
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference();
+
+    public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp,
+            FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrameFactory.java
index 0855a72..50733de 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeLeafFrameFactory.java
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public interface IBTreeLeafFrameFactory extends Serializable {	
-	public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame();
+public interface IBTreeLeafFrameFactory extends Serializable {
+    public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrame.java
index 975ee10..58739e2 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrame.java
@@ -19,20 +19,26 @@
 
 public interface IBTreeMetaDataFrame {
     public void initBuffer(int level);
-    
+
     public void setPage(ICachedPage page);
+
     public ICachedPage getPage();
-    
+
     public byte getLevel();
+
     public void setLevel(byte level);
-    
+
     public int getNextPage();
+
     public void setNextPage(int nextPage);
-    
+
     public int getMaxPage();
+
     public void setMaxPage(int maxPage);
-    
+
     public int getFreePage();
+
     public boolean hasSpace();
+
     public void addFreePage(int freePage);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory.java
index bc9dea5..2912cf9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory.java
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api;
 
-public interface IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory {   
+public interface IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory {
     public IBTreeMetaDataFrame getFrame();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleReference.java
index bbeb6a6..38d6217 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleReference.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.api;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -5,8 +20,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 
 public interface IBTreeTupleReference extends ITupleReference {
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount);
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount);
-	public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOffset);
-	public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex);
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount);
+
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount);
+
+    public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOffset);
+
+    public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriter.java
index 98c29f3..d8cb9af 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriter.java
@@ -1,17 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.api;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 
-public interface IBTreeTupleWriter {	
-	public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff);
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple);
-	
-	public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff);
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields);
-	
-	// return a tuplereference instance that can read the tuple written by this writer
-	// the main idea is that the format of the written tuple may not be the same as the format written by this writer
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference();
+public interface IBTreeTupleWriter {
+    public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff);
+
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple);
+
+    public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf,
+            int targetOff);
+
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields);
+
+    // return a tuplereference instance that can read the tuple written by this
+    // writer
+    // the main idea is that the format of the written tuple may not be the same
+    // as the format written by this writer
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
index fb08a79..645c430 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.api;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public interface IBTreeTupleWriterFactory extends Serializable {
-	public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter();
+    public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IFrameCompressor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IFrameCompressor.java
index dd981c1..51e67ca 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IFrameCompressor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IFrameCompressor.java
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
 
 public interface IFrameCompressor {
-	public boolean compress(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception;
+    public boolean compress(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception;
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IPrefixSlotManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IPrefixSlotManager.java
index d8459a4..f45406f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IPrefixSlotManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/IPrefixSlotManager.java
@@ -42,31 +42,39 @@
 // all prefixes are recomputed during a reorg or compaction
 
 public interface IPrefixSlotManager {
-	public void setFrame(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame);
-	
-	public int decodeFirstSlotField(int slot);
-	public int decodeSecondSlotField(int slot);		
-	public int encodeSlotFields(int firstField, int secondField);
-	
-	public int findSlot(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy);
-	public int insertSlot(int slot, int tupleOff);
-	
-	// returns prefix slot number, returns TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED if none found
-	public int findPrefix(ITupleReference tuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp);
-	
-	public int getTupleSlotStartOff();
-	public int getTupleSlotEndOff();
-	
-	public int getPrefixSlotStartOff();
-	public int getPrefixSlotEndOff();
-	
-	public int getTupleSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
-	public int getPrefixSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
-		
-	public int getSlotSize();		
-	
-	public void setSlot(int offset, int value);
-		
-	// functions for testing
-	public void setPrefixSlot(int tupleIndex, int slot);
+    public void setFrame(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame);
+
+    public int decodeFirstSlotField(int slot);
+
+    public int decodeSecondSlotField(int slot);
+
+    public int encodeSlotFields(int firstField, int secondField);
+
+    public int findSlot(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple,
+            IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode,
+            FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy);
+
+    public int insertSlot(int slot, int tupleOff);
+
+    // returns prefix slot number, returns TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED if none found
+    public int findPrefix(ITupleReference tuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp);
+
+    public int getTupleSlotStartOff();
+
+    public int getTupleSlotEndOff();
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotStartOff();
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotEndOff();
+
+    public int getTupleSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
+
+    public int getSlotSize();
+
+    public void setSlot(int offset, int value);
+
+    // functions for testing
+    public void setPrefixSlot(int tupleIndex, int slot);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISearchPredicate.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISearchPredicate.java
index 334f2f3..255c370 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISearchPredicate.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISearchPredicate.java
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public interface ISearchPredicate extends Serializable {
-	public boolean isForward();	
+    public boolean isForward();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISlotManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISlotManager.java
index cbb2d86..c1d4e0a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISlotManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/api/ISlotManager.java
@@ -21,18 +21,22 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
 
 public interface ISlotManager {
-	public void setFrame(IBTreeFrame frame);
-	
-	public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy);
-	public int insertSlot(int tupleIndex, int tupleOff);
-	
-	public int getSlotStartOff();
-	public int getSlotEndOff();
-	
-	public int getTupleOff(int slotOff);		
-	public void setSlot(int slotOff, int value);	
-	
-	public int getSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
-	
-	public int getSlotSize();
+    public void setFrame(IBTreeFrame frame);
+
+    public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp,
+            FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy);
+
+    public int insertSlot(int tupleIndex, int tupleOff);
+
+    public int getSlotStartOff();
+
+    public int getSlotEndOff();
+
+    public int getTupleOff(int slotOff);
+
+    public void setSlot(int slotOff, int value);
+
+    public int getSlotOff(int tupleIndex);
+
+    public int getSlotSize();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
index ecc177d..eb6c0ab 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
@@ -31,410 +31,481 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
 public class FieldPrefixCompressor implements IFrameCompressor {
-	
-	// minimum ratio of uncompressed tuples to total tuple to consider re-compression
-	private float ratioThreshold;
-	
-	// minimum number of tuple matching field prefixes to consider compressing them 
-	private int occurrenceThreshold;
-	
-	private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
-	
-	public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-		this.ratioThreshold = ratioThreshold;
-		this.occurrenceThreshold = occurrenceThreshold;		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public boolean compress(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {		
-		int tupleCount = frame.getTupleCount();
-    	if(tupleCount <= 0) {
+
+    // minimum ratio of uncompressed tuples to total tuple to consider
+    // re-compression
+    private float ratioThreshold;
+
+    // minimum number of tuple matching field prefixes to consider compressing
+    // them
+    private int occurrenceThreshold;
+
+    private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
+
+    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.ratioThreshold = ratioThreshold;
+        this.occurrenceThreshold = occurrenceThreshold;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean compress(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
+        int tupleCount = frame.getTupleCount();
+        if (tupleCount <= 0) {
             frame.setPrefixTupleCount(0);
             frame.setFreeSpaceOff(frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff());
-            frame.setTotalFreeSpace(frame.getOrigTotalFreeSpace());            
+            frame.setTotalFreeSpace(frame.getOrigTotalFreeSpace());
             return false;
         }
-    	    	
-    	int uncompressedTupleCount = frame.getUncompressedTupleCount();
-    	float ratio = (float)uncompressedTupleCount / (float)tupleCount;    	
-    	if(ratio < ratioThreshold) return false;    	
-    	
+
+        int uncompressedTupleCount = frame.getUncompressedTupleCount();
+        float ratio = (float) uncompressedTupleCount / (float) tupleCount;
+        if (ratio < ratioThreshold)
+            return false;
+
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = cmp.getComparators();
         int fieldCount = cmp.getKeyFieldCount();
-        
+
         ByteBuffer buf = frame.getBuffer();
         byte[] pageArray = buf.array();
         IPrefixSlotManager slotManager = frame.slotManager;
-                
+
         // perform analysis pass
         ArrayList<KeyPartition> keyPartitions = getKeyPartitions(frame, cmp, occurrenceThreshold);
-        if(keyPartitions.size() == 0) return false;        
-        
-        // for each keyPartition, determine the best prefix length for compression, and count how many prefix tuple we would need in total
+        if (keyPartitions.size() == 0)
+            return false;
+
+        // for each keyPartition, determine the best prefix length for
+        // compression, and count how many prefix tuple we would need in total
         int totalSlotsNeeded = 0;
         int totalPrefixBytes = 0;
-        for(KeyPartition kp : keyPartitions) {        	
-        	         	
-        	for(int j = 0; j < kp.pmi.length; j++) {
-                int benefitMinusCost = kp.pmi[j].spaceBenefit - kp.pmi[j].spaceCost;            
-                if(benefitMinusCost > kp.maxBenefitMinusCost) {
+        for (KeyPartition kp : keyPartitions) {
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < kp.pmi.length; j++) {
+                int benefitMinusCost = kp.pmi[j].spaceBenefit - kp.pmi[j].spaceCost;
+                if (benefitMinusCost > kp.maxBenefitMinusCost) {
                     kp.maxBenefitMinusCost = benefitMinusCost;
                     kp.maxPmiIndex = j;
                 }
             }
-        	        	
-        	// ignore keyPartitions with no benefit and don't count bytes and slots needed
-        	if(kp.maxBenefitMinusCost <= 0) continue; 
-            
+
+            // ignore keyPartitions with no benefit and don't count bytes and
+            // slots needed
+            if (kp.maxBenefitMinusCost <= 0)
+                continue;
+
             totalPrefixBytes += kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixBytes;
             totalSlotsNeeded += kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
         }
-        
-        //System.out.println("TOTAL SLOTS NEEDED: " + totalSlotsNeeded);
-        
+
+        // System.out.println("TOTAL SLOTS NEEDED: " + totalSlotsNeeded);
+
         // we use a greedy heuristic to solve this "knapsack"-like problem
-        // (every keyPartition has a space savings and a number of slots required, but we the number of slots are constrained by MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS)
-        // we sort the keyPartitions by maxBenefitMinusCost / prefixSlotsNeeded and later choose the top MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS        
+        // (every keyPartition has a space savings and a number of slots
+        // required, but we the number of slots are constrained by
+        // MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS)
+        // we sort the keyPartitions by maxBenefitMinusCost / prefixSlotsNeeded
+        // and later choose the top MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS
         int[] newPrefixSlots;
-        if(totalSlotsNeeded > FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS) {        	        	
-        	// order keyPartitions by the heuristic function
+        if (totalSlotsNeeded > FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS) {
+            // order keyPartitions by the heuristic function
             SortByHeuristic heuristicComparator = new SortByHeuristic();
             Collections.sort(keyPartitions, heuristicComparator);
             int slotsUsed = 0;
             int numberKeyPartitions = -1;
-            for(int i = 0; i < keyPartitions.size(); i++) {
-                KeyPartition kp = keyPartitions.get(i); 
+            for (int i = 0; i < keyPartitions.size(); i++) {
+                KeyPartition kp = keyPartitions.get(i);
                 slotsUsed += kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
-                if(slotsUsed > FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS) {
+                if (slotsUsed > FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS) {
                     numberKeyPartitions = i + 1;
                     slotsUsed -= kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
                     break;
-                }                
+                }
             }
             newPrefixSlots = new int[slotsUsed];
-            
+
             // remove irrelevant keyPartitions and adjust total prefix bytes
-            while(keyPartitions.size() >= numberKeyPartitions) {            	            	
-            	int lastIndex = keyPartitions.size() - 1;
-            	KeyPartition kp = keyPartitions.get(lastIndex);
-            	if(kp.maxBenefitMinusCost > 0) totalPrefixBytes -= kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixBytes;            	
-            	keyPartitions.remove(lastIndex);
+            while (keyPartitions.size() >= numberKeyPartitions) {
+                int lastIndex = keyPartitions.size() - 1;
+                KeyPartition kp = keyPartitions.get(lastIndex);
+                if (kp.maxBenefitMinusCost > 0)
+                    totalPrefixBytes -= kp.pmi[kp.maxPmiIndex].prefixBytes;
+                keyPartitions.remove(lastIndex);
             }
-            
-            // re-order keyPartitions by prefix (corresponding to original order)
+
+            // re-order keyPartitions by prefix (corresponding to original
+            // order)
             SortByOriginalRank originalRankComparator = new SortByOriginalRank();
-            Collections.sort(keyPartitions, originalRankComparator);                        
-        }
-        else {
+            Collections.sort(keyPartitions, originalRankComparator);
+        } else {
             newPrefixSlots = new int[totalSlotsNeeded];
         }
-                
+
         int[] newTupleSlots = new int[tupleCount];
-        
+
         // WARNING: our hope is that compression is infrequent
-        // here we allocate a big chunk of memory to temporary hold the new, re-compressed tuple
-        // in general it is very hard to avoid this step        
+        // here we allocate a big chunk of memory to temporary hold the new,
+        // re-compressed tuple
+        // in general it is very hard to avoid this step
         int prefixFreeSpace = frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();
         int tupleFreeSpace = prefixFreeSpace + totalPrefixBytes;
-        byte[] buffer = new byte[buf.capacity()];        
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[buf.capacity()];
         ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(buffer);
-        
+
         // perform compression, and reorg
-        // we assume that the keyPartitions are sorted by the prefixes (i.e., in the logical target order)
+        // we assume that the keyPartitions are sorted by the prefixes (i.e., in
+        // the logical target order)
         int kpIndex = 0;
         int tupleIndex = 0;
         int prefixTupleIndex = 0;
         uncompressedTupleCount = 0;
-        
-        TypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);   
-        
-        FieldPrefixTupleReference tupleToWrite = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-        tupleToWrite.setFieldCount(fieldCount);                
-        
-        while(tupleIndex < tupleCount) {           
-            if(kpIndex < keyPartitions.size()) {            	
-            	
-            	// beginning of keyPartition found, compress entire keyPartition
-            	if(tupleIndex == keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstTupleIndex) {            		            		
-            		
-            		// number of fields we decided to use for compression of this keyPartition
-            		int numFieldsToCompress = keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).maxPmiIndex + 1;            		
-            		int segmentStart = keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstTupleIndex;
-            		int tuplesInSegment = 1;
-            		
-            		//System.out.println("PROCESSING KEYPARTITION: " + kpIndex + " RANGE: " + keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstRecSlotNum + " " + keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastRecSlotNum + " FIELDSTOCOMPRESS: " + numFieldsToCompress);
-            		
-            		FieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-            		prevTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-            		
-            		FieldPrefixTupleReference tuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-            		tuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-            		            	
-                    for(int i = tupleIndex + 1; i <= keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastTupleIndex; i++) {
-                    	prevTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i - 1);
-                    	tuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i);
-                    	                        
-                        // check if tuples match in numFieldsToCompress of their first fields
-                        int prefixFieldsMatch = 0;
-                        for(int j = 0; j < numFieldsToCompress; j++) {                                                    
-                            if(cmps[j].compare(pageArray, prevTuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j), pageArray, tuple.getFieldStart(j), tuple.getFieldLength(j)) == 0) prefixFieldsMatch++;
-                            else break;                          
-                        }
-                                                                  	                       
-                        // the two tuples must match in exactly the number of fields we decided to compress for this keyPartition
-                        int processSegments = 0;
-                        if(prefixFieldsMatch == numFieldsToCompress) tuplesInSegment++;                        
-                        else processSegments++;
 
-                        if(i == keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastTupleIndex) processSegments++;
-                        
-                        for(int r = 0; r < processSegments; r++) {
-                        	// compress current segment and then start new segment                       
-                        	if(tuplesInSegment < occurrenceThreshold || numFieldsToCompress <= 0) {
-                        		// segment does not have at least occurrenceThreshold tuples, so write tuples uncompressed
-                        		for(int j = 0; j < tuplesInSegment; j++) {
-                        		    int slotNum = segmentStart + j;
-                        		    tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, slotNum); 
-                        		    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - slotNum] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
-                        		    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTuple(tupleToWrite, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);                        		    
-                        		}
-                        		uncompressedTupleCount += tuplesInSegment;
-                        	}
-                        	else {
-                        	    // segment has enough tuples, compress segment
-                        		// extract prefix, write prefix tuple to buffer, and set prefix slot                        	    
-                        		newPrefixSlots[newPrefixSlots.length - 1 - prefixTupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(numFieldsToCompress, prefixFreeSpace);
-                        	    //int tmp = freeSpace;
-                        	    //prevRec.reset();
-                        	    //System.out.println("SOURCE CONTENTS: " + buf.getInt(prevRec.getFieldOff()) + " " + buf.getInt(prevRec.getFieldOff()+4));                        	    
-                        		prefixFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(prevTuple, 0, numFieldsToCompress, byteBuffer, prefixFreeSpace);            		                        		                      	                           	    
-                        	    //System.out.println("WRITING PREFIX RECORD " + prefixSlotNum + " AT " + tmp + " " + freeSpace);
-                        	    //System.out.print("CONTENTS: ");
-                        	    //for(int x = 0; x < numFieldsToCompress; x++) System.out.print(buf.getInt(tmp + x*4) + " ");
-                        	    //System.out.println();
-                        	    
-                        		// truncate tuples, write them to buffer, and set tuple slots
-                        	    for(int j = 0; j < tuplesInSegment; j++) {
-                        	        int currTupleIndex = segmentStart + j;
-                                    tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, currTupleIndex);
-                                    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - currTupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixTupleIndex, tupleFreeSpace);                                    
-                                    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tupleToWrite, numFieldsToCompress, fieldCount - numFieldsToCompress, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
+        TypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+
+        FieldPrefixTupleReference tupleToWrite = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+        tupleToWrite.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+
+        while (tupleIndex < tupleCount) {
+            if (kpIndex < keyPartitions.size()) {
+
+                // beginning of keyPartition found, compress entire keyPartition
+                if (tupleIndex == keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstTupleIndex) {
+
+                    // number of fields we decided to use for compression of
+                    // this keyPartition
+                    int numFieldsToCompress = keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).maxPmiIndex + 1;
+                    int segmentStart = keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstTupleIndex;
+                    int tuplesInSegment = 1;
+
+                    // System.out.println("PROCESSING KEYPARTITION: " + kpIndex
+                    // + " RANGE: " + keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).firstRecSlotNum
+                    // + " " + keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastRecSlotNum +
+                    // " FIELDSTOCOMPRESS: " + numFieldsToCompress);
+
+                    FieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter
+                            .createTupleReference());
+                    prevTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+
+                    FieldPrefixTupleReference tuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+                    tuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+
+                    for (int i = tupleIndex + 1; i <= keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastTupleIndex; i++) {
+                        prevTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i - 1);
+                        tuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i);
+
+                        // check if tuples match in numFieldsToCompress of their
+                        // first fields
+                        int prefixFieldsMatch = 0;
+                        for (int j = 0; j < numFieldsToCompress; j++) {
+                            if (cmps[j].compare(pageArray, prevTuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j),
+                                    pageArray, tuple.getFieldStart(j), tuple.getFieldLength(j)) == 0)
+                                prefixFieldsMatch++;
+                            else
+                                break;
+                        }
+
+                        // the two tuples must match in exactly the number of
+                        // fields we decided to compress for this keyPartition
+                        int processSegments = 0;
+                        if (prefixFieldsMatch == numFieldsToCompress)
+                            tuplesInSegment++;
+                        else
+                            processSegments++;
+
+                        if (i == keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastTupleIndex)
+                            processSegments++;
+
+                        for (int r = 0; r < processSegments; r++) {
+                            // compress current segment and then start new
+                            // segment
+                            if (tuplesInSegment < occurrenceThreshold || numFieldsToCompress <= 0) {
+                                // segment does not have at least
+                                // occurrenceThreshold tuples, so write tuples
+                                // uncompressed
+                                for (int j = 0; j < tuplesInSegment; j++) {
+                                    int slotNum = segmentStart + j;
+                                    tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, slotNum);
+                                    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - slotNum] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(
+                                            FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
+                                    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTuple(tupleToWrite, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
                                 }
-                        	    
-                        	    prefixTupleIndex++;
-                        	}
-                        	
-                        	// begin new segment
-                        	segmentStart = i;
-                        	tuplesInSegment = 1;               	
-                        }                   
+                                uncompressedTupleCount += tuplesInSegment;
+                            } else {
+                                // segment has enough tuples, compress segment
+                                // extract prefix, write prefix tuple to buffer,
+                                // and set prefix slot
+                                newPrefixSlots[newPrefixSlots.length - 1 - prefixTupleIndex] = slotManager
+                                        .encodeSlotFields(numFieldsToCompress, prefixFreeSpace);
+                                // int tmp = freeSpace;
+                                // prevRec.reset();
+                                // System.out.println("SOURCE CONTENTS: " +
+                                // buf.getInt(prevRec.getFieldOff()) + " " +
+                                // buf.getInt(prevRec.getFieldOff()+4));
+                                prefixFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(prevTuple, 0, numFieldsToCompress,
+                                        byteBuffer, prefixFreeSpace);
+                                // System.out.println("WRITING PREFIX RECORD " +
+                                // prefixSlotNum + " AT " + tmp + " " +
+                                // freeSpace);
+                                // System.out.print("CONTENTS: ");
+                                // for(int x = 0; x < numFieldsToCompress; x++)
+                                // System.out.print(buf.getInt(tmp + x*4) +
+                                // " ");
+                                // System.out.println();
+
+                                // truncate tuples, write them to buffer, and
+                                // set tuple slots
+                                for (int j = 0; j < tuplesInSegment; j++) {
+                                    int currTupleIndex = segmentStart + j;
+                                    tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, currTupleIndex);
+                                    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - currTupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(
+                                            prefixTupleIndex, tupleFreeSpace);
+                                    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tupleToWrite, numFieldsToCompress,
+                                            fieldCount - numFieldsToCompress, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
+                                }
+
+                                prefixTupleIndex++;
+                            }
+
+                            // begin new segment
+                            segmentStart = i;
+                            tuplesInSegment = 1;
+                        }
                     }
-                    
+
                     tupleIndex = keyPartitions.get(kpIndex).lastTupleIndex;
-                	kpIndex++; 	
-                }
-            	else {
+                    kpIndex++;
+                } else {
                     // just write the tuple uncompressed
-            		tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
-            	    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - tupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
-            	    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTuple(tupleToWrite, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
-            	    uncompressedTupleCount++;
-            	}
-            }
-            else {
+                    tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
+                    newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - tupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(
+                            FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
+                    tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTuple(tupleToWrite, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
+                    uncompressedTupleCount++;
+                }
+            } else {
                 // just write the tuple uncompressed
-            	tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
-                newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - tupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
+                tupleToWrite.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
+                newTupleSlots[tupleCount - 1 - tupleIndex] = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(
+                        FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, tupleFreeSpace);
                 tupleFreeSpace += tupleWriter.writeTuple(tupleToWrite, byteBuffer, tupleFreeSpace);
                 uncompressedTupleCount++;
-            }   
+            }
             tupleIndex++;
-        }            
-        
-        // sanity check to see if we have written exactly as many prefix bytes as computed before
-        if(prefixFreeSpace != frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff() + totalPrefixBytes) {
-        	throw new Exception("ERROR: Number of prefix bytes written don't match computed number");
         }
-                
-        // in some rare instances our procedure could even increase the space requirement which is very dangerous
-        // this can happen to to the greedy solution of the knapsack-like problem
-        // therefore, we check if the new space exceeds the page size to avoid the only danger of an increasing space
-        int totalSpace = tupleFreeSpace + newTupleSlots.length * slotManager.getSlotSize() + newPrefixSlots.length * slotManager.getSlotSize();
-        if(totalSpace > buf.capacity()) return false; // just leave the page as is
-        
+
+        // sanity check to see if we have written exactly as many prefix bytes
+        // as computed before
+        if (prefixFreeSpace != frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff() + totalPrefixBytes) {
+            throw new Exception("ERROR: Number of prefix bytes written don't match computed number");
+        }
+
+        // in some rare instances our procedure could even increase the space
+        // requirement which is very dangerous
+        // this can happen to to the greedy solution of the knapsack-like
+        // problem
+        // therefore, we check if the new space exceeds the page size to avoid
+        // the only danger of an increasing space
+        int totalSpace = tupleFreeSpace + newTupleSlots.length * slotManager.getSlotSize() + newPrefixSlots.length
+                * slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        if (totalSpace > buf.capacity())
+            return false; // just leave the page as is
+
         // copy new tuple and new slots into original page
         int freeSpaceAfterInit = frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();
-        System.arraycopy(buffer, freeSpaceAfterInit, pageArray, freeSpaceAfterInit, tupleFreeSpace - freeSpaceAfterInit);
-        
+        System
+                .arraycopy(buffer, freeSpaceAfterInit, pageArray, freeSpaceAfterInit, tupleFreeSpace
+                        - freeSpaceAfterInit);
+
         // copy prefix slots
         int slotOffRunner = buf.capacity() - slotManager.getSlotSize();
-        for(int i = 0; i < newPrefixSlots.length; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < newPrefixSlots.length; i++) {
             buf.putInt(slotOffRunner, newPrefixSlots[newPrefixSlots.length - 1 - i]);
             slotOffRunner -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
         }
-        
+
         // copy tuple slots
-        for(int i = 0; i < newTupleSlots.length; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < newTupleSlots.length; i++) {
             buf.putInt(slotOffRunner, newTupleSlots[newTupleSlots.length - 1 - i]);
             slotOffRunner -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
         }
-        
-//        int originalFreeSpaceOff = frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();   
-//        System.out.println("ORIGINALFREESPACE: " + originalFreeSpaceOff);
-//        System.out.println("RECSPACE BEF: " + (frame.getFreeSpaceOff() - originalFreeSpaceOff));
-//        System.out.println("RECSPACE AFT: " + (recordFreeSpace - originalFreeSpaceOff));
-//        System.out.println("PREFIXSLOTS BEF: " + frame.getNumPrefixRecords());
-//        System.out.println("PREFIXSLOTS AFT: " + newPrefixSlots.length);
-//        
-//        System.out.println("FREESPACE BEF: " + frame.getFreeSpaceOff());
-//        System.out.println("FREESPACE AFT: " + recordFreeSpace);
-//        System.out.println("PREFIXES: " + newPrefixSlots.length + " / " + FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS);
-//        System.out.println("RECORDS: " + newRecordSlots.length);
-        
-        // update space fields, TODO: we need to update more fields 
+
+        // int originalFreeSpaceOff = frame.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();
+        // System.out.println("ORIGINALFREESPACE: " + originalFreeSpaceOff);
+        // System.out.println("RECSPACE BEF: " + (frame.getFreeSpaceOff() -
+        // originalFreeSpaceOff));
+        // System.out.println("RECSPACE AFT: " + (recordFreeSpace -
+        // originalFreeSpaceOff));
+        // System.out.println("PREFIXSLOTS BEF: " +
+        // frame.getNumPrefixRecords());
+        // System.out.println("PREFIXSLOTS AFT: " + newPrefixSlots.length);
+        //        
+        // System.out.println("FREESPACE BEF: " + frame.getFreeSpaceOff());
+        // System.out.println("FREESPACE AFT: " + recordFreeSpace);
+        // System.out.println("PREFIXES: " + newPrefixSlots.length + " / " +
+        // FieldPrefixSlotManager.MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS);
+        // System.out.println("RECORDS: " + newRecordSlots.length);
+
+        // update space fields, TODO: we need to update more fields
         frame.setFreeSpaceOff(tupleFreeSpace);
         frame.setPrefixTupleCount(newPrefixSlots.length);
         frame.setUncompressedTupleCount(uncompressedTupleCount);
-        int totalFreeSpace = buf.capacity() - tupleFreeSpace - ((newTupleSlots.length + newPrefixSlots.length) * slotManager.getSlotSize());
+        int totalFreeSpace = buf.capacity() - tupleFreeSpace
+                - ((newTupleSlots.length + newPrefixSlots.length) * slotManager.getSlotSize());
         frame.setTotalFreeSpace(totalFreeSpace);
-        
+
         return true;
     }
-	
-    // we perform an analysis pass over the tuples to determine the costs and benefits of different compression options
+
+    // we perform an analysis pass over the tuples to determine the costs and
+    // benefits of different compression options
     // a "keypartition" is a range of tuples that has an identical first field
     // for each keypartition we chose a prefix length to use for compression
-    // i.e., all tuples in a keypartition will be compressed based on the same prefix length (number of fields)
+    // i.e., all tuples in a keypartition will be compressed based on the same
+    // prefix length (number of fields)
     // the prefix length may be different for different keypartitions
-    // the occurrenceThreshold determines the minimum number of tuples that must share a common prefix in order for us to consider compressing them        
-    private ArrayList<KeyPartition> getKeyPartitions(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp, int occurrenceThreshold) {        
-    	IBinaryComparator[] cmps = cmp.getComparators();
+    // the occurrenceThreshold determines the minimum number of tuples that must
+    // share a common prefix in order for us to consider compressing them
+    private ArrayList<KeyPartition> getKeyPartitions(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame, MultiComparator cmp,
+            int occurrenceThreshold) {
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = cmp.getComparators();
         int fieldCount = cmp.getKeyFieldCount();
-        
+
         int maxCmps = cmps.length - 1;
         ByteBuffer buf = frame.getBuffer();
         byte[] pageArray = buf.array();
         IPrefixSlotManager slotManager = frame.slotManager;
-        
-        ArrayList<KeyPartition> keyPartitions = new ArrayList<KeyPartition>();        
-        KeyPartition kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);        
+
+        ArrayList<KeyPartition> keyPartitions = new ArrayList<KeyPartition>();
+        KeyPartition kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
         keyPartitions.add(kp);
-        
+
         TypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
-        
+
         FieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-		prevTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-		
-		FieldPrefixTupleReference tuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-		tuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-				
-        kp.firstTupleIndex = 0;        
+        prevTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+
+        FieldPrefixTupleReference tuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+        tuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+
+        kp.firstTupleIndex = 0;
         int tupleCount = frame.getTupleCount();
-        for(int i = 1; i < tupleCount; i++) {        	        	
-        	prevTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i - 1);
-        	tuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i);
-        	        	
-            //System.out.println("BEFORE RECORD: " + i + " " + rec.recSlotOff + " " + rec.recOff);
-            //kp.print();
-            
-            int prefixFieldsMatch = 0; 
-            for(int j = 0; j < maxCmps; j++) {                
-            	            	
-            	if(cmps[j].compare(pageArray, prevTuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j), pageArray, tuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j)) == 0) {
+        for (int i = 1; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            prevTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i - 1);
+            tuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, i);
+
+            // System.out.println("BEFORE RECORD: " + i + " " + rec.recSlotOff +
+            // " " + rec.recOff);
+            // kp.print();
+
+            int prefixFieldsMatch = 0;
+            for (int j = 0; j < maxCmps; j++) {
+
+                if (cmps[j].compare(pageArray, prevTuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j), pageArray,
+                        tuple.getFieldStart(j), prevTuple.getFieldLength(j)) == 0) {
                     prefixFieldsMatch++;
-                    kp.pmi[j].matches++;                    
-                    
+                    kp.pmi[j].matches++;
+
                     int prefixBytes = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, 0, prefixFieldsMatch);
-                    int spaceBenefit = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple) - tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, prefixFieldsMatch, tuple.getFieldCount() - prefixFieldsMatch);
-                                        
-                    if(kp.pmi[j].matches == occurrenceThreshold) {
-                        // if we compress this prefix, we pay the cost of storing it once, plus the size for one prefix slot
+                    int spaceBenefit = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple)
+                            - tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, prefixFieldsMatch, tuple.getFieldCount()
+                                    - prefixFieldsMatch);
+
+                    if (kp.pmi[j].matches == occurrenceThreshold) {
+                        // if we compress this prefix, we pay the cost of
+                        // storing it once, plus the size for one prefix slot
                         kp.pmi[j].prefixBytes += prefixBytes;
                         kp.pmi[j].spaceCost += prefixBytes + slotManager.getSlotSize();
                         kp.pmi[j].prefixSlotsNeeded++;
-                        kp.pmi[j].spaceBenefit += occurrenceThreshold * spaceBenefit;                        
-                    }
-                    else if(kp.pmi[j].matches > occurrenceThreshold) {
-                        // we are beyond the occurrence threshold, every additional tuple with a matching prefix increases the benefit 
+                        kp.pmi[j].spaceBenefit += occurrenceThreshold * spaceBenefit;
+                    } else if (kp.pmi[j].matches > occurrenceThreshold) {
+                        // we are beyond the occurrence threshold, every
+                        // additional tuple with a matching prefix increases the
+                        // benefit
                         kp.pmi[j].spaceBenefit += spaceBenefit;
                     }
-                }
-                else {
+                } else {
                     kp.pmi[j].matches = 1;
                     break;
-                }                              
+                }
             }
-            
-            //System.out.println();
-            //System.out.println("AFTER RECORD: " + i);
-            //kp.print();
-            //System.out.println("-----------------");
-                        
-            // this means not even the first field matched, so we start to consider a new "key partition"
-            if(maxCmps > 0 && prefixFieldsMatch == 0) {                
-            	//System.out.println("NEW KEY PARTITION");            	
-            	kp.lastTupleIndex = i-1;
-            	
+
+            // System.out.println();
+            // System.out.println("AFTER RECORD: " + i);
+            // kp.print();
+            // System.out.println("-----------------");
+
+            // this means not even the first field matched, so we start to
+            // consider a new "key partition"
+            if (maxCmps > 0 && prefixFieldsMatch == 0) {
+                // System.out.println("NEW KEY PARTITION");
+                kp.lastTupleIndex = i - 1;
+
                 // remove keyPartitions that don't have enough tuples
-                if((kp.lastTupleIndex - kp.firstTupleIndex) + 1 < occurrenceThreshold) keyPartitions.remove(keyPartitions.size() - 1);
-                                
-            	kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
+                if ((kp.lastTupleIndex - kp.firstTupleIndex) + 1 < occurrenceThreshold)
+                    keyPartitions.remove(keyPartitions.size() - 1);
+
+                kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
                 keyPartitions.add(kp);
                 kp.firstTupleIndex = i;
-            }         
-        }   
+            }
+        }
         kp.lastTupleIndex = tupleCount - 1;
         // remove keyPartitions that don't have enough tuples
-        if((kp.lastTupleIndex - kp.firstTupleIndex) + 1 < occurrenceThreshold) keyPartitions.remove(keyPartitions.size() - 1);
-        
+        if ((kp.lastTupleIndex - kp.firstTupleIndex) + 1 < occurrenceThreshold)
+            keyPartitions.remove(keyPartitions.size() - 1);
+
         return keyPartitions;
     }
-    
-        
+
     private class PrefixMatchInfo {
         public int matches = 1;
-        public int spaceCost = 0;      
+        public int spaceCost = 0;
         public int spaceBenefit = 0;
-        public int prefixSlotsNeeded = 0;     
+        public int prefixSlotsNeeded = 0;
         public int prefixBytes = 0;
     }
-    
-    private class KeyPartition {        
+
+    private class KeyPartition {
         public int firstTupleIndex;
         public int lastTupleIndex;
         public PrefixMatchInfo[] pmi;
-        
+
         public int maxBenefitMinusCost = 0;
-        public int maxPmiIndex = -1;        
+        public int maxPmiIndex = -1;
+
         // number of fields used for compression for this kp of current page
-        
+
         public KeyPartition(int numKeyFields) {
             pmi = new PrefixMatchInfo[numKeyFields];
-            for(int i = 0; i < numKeyFields; i++) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < numKeyFields; i++) {
                 pmi[i] = new PrefixMatchInfo();
             }
-        }        
-    }    
-    
-    private class SortByHeuristic implements Comparator<KeyPartition>{
-        @Override
-        public int compare(KeyPartition a, KeyPartition b) {
-            if(a.maxPmiIndex < 0) {
-                if(b.maxPmiIndex < 0) return 0;
-                return 1;
-            } else if(b.maxPmiIndex < 0) return -1;
-            
-            // non-negative maxPmiIndex, meaning a non-zero benefit exists
-            float thisHeuristicVal = (float)a.maxBenefitMinusCost / (float)a.pmi[a.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded; 
-            float otherHeuristicVal = (float)b.maxBenefitMinusCost / (float)b.pmi[b.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
-            if(thisHeuristicVal < otherHeuristicVal) return 1;
-            else if(thisHeuristicVal > otherHeuristicVal) return -1;
-            else return 0;
         }
     }
-    
-    private class SortByOriginalRank implements Comparator<KeyPartition>{            
+
+    private class SortByHeuristic implements Comparator<KeyPartition> {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(KeyPartition a, KeyPartition b) {
+            if (a.maxPmiIndex < 0) {
+                if (b.maxPmiIndex < 0)
+                    return 0;
+                return 1;
+            } else if (b.maxPmiIndex < 0)
+                return -1;
+
+            // non-negative maxPmiIndex, meaning a non-zero benefit exists
+            float thisHeuristicVal = (float) a.maxBenefitMinusCost / (float) a.pmi[a.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
+            float otherHeuristicVal = (float) b.maxBenefitMinusCost / (float) b.pmi[b.maxPmiIndex].prefixSlotsNeeded;
+            if (thisHeuristicVal < otherHeuristicVal)
+                return 1;
+            else if (thisHeuristicVal > otherHeuristicVal)
+                return -1;
+            else
+                return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class SortByOriginalRank implements Comparator<KeyPartition> {
         @Override
         public int compare(KeyPartition a, KeyPartition b) {
             return a.firstTupleIndex - b.firstTupleIndex;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor.java
index f26a5dc..35e6951 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@
     protected final ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
 
     public AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, int inputArity, int outputArity,
-            RecordDescriptor recDesc, IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-            IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
-            IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories) {
+            RecordDescriptor recDesc, IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
+            IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider,
+            IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory, IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories) {
         super(spec, inputArity, outputArity);
         this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvider;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
index d5bfd4d..6b64b03 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -28,31 +28,26 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 public class BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private final int[] fieldPermutation;	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final int[] fieldPermutation;
     private final float fillFactor;
-        
-	public BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec,			
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
-			IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, 
-			IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,			
-			int[] fieldPermutation, float fillFactor) {
-		super(spec, 1, 0, null, storageManager,
-				btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
-				leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
-		this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
-		this.fillFactor = fillFactor;
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) {		
-		return new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, fieldPermutation, fillFactor, recordDescProvider);
-	}	
+
+    public BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
+            IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider,
+            IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory, IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] fieldPermutation, float fillFactor) {
+        super(spec, 1, 0, null, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory, leafFactory,
+                typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+        this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
+        this.fillFactor = fillFactor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+        return new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, fieldPermutation, fillFactor,
+                recordDescProvider);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
index a45c118..1a868e7 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
     private final BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;
     private FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
     private BTree.BulkLoadContext bulkLoadCtx;
-    
+
     private IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider;
 
     private PermutingFrameTupleReference tuple = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
-    
+
     public BTreeBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx,
             int partition, int[] fieldPermutation, float fillFactor, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider) {
         btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.CREATE_BTREE);
@@ -43,38 +43,38 @@
         this.recordDescProvider = recordDescProvider;
         tuple.setFieldPermutation(fieldPermutation);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
         AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor();
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);        
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext(), recDesc);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = new MetaDataFrame();        
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = new MetaDataFrame();
         btreeOpHelper.init();
-        btreeOpHelper.getBTree().open(btreeOpHelper.getBTreeFileId());        
-        bulkLoadCtx = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().beginBulkLoad(fillFactor, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(), btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), metaFrame);		
+        btreeOpHelper.getBTree().open(btreeOpHelper.getBTreeFileId());
+        bulkLoadCtx = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().beginBulkLoad(fillFactor, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(),
+                btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), metaFrame);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
         accessor.reset(buffer);
         int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
             tuple.reset(accessor, i);
-            btreeOpHelper.getBTree().bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);            
+            btreeOpHelper.getBTree().bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	try {
-    		btreeOpHelper.getBTree().endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
-    	}
-    	finally {
-    		btreeOpHelper.deinit();
-    	}    	
+        try {
+            btreeOpHelper.getBTree().endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
+        } finally {
+            btreeOpHelper.deinit();
+        }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
index 8d1c0dd..ddc7c39 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -28,26 +28,20 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 public class BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	public BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec,
-			RecordDescriptor recDesc,
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
-			IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, 
-			ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		super(spec, 0, 1, recDesc, storageManager,
-				btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
-				leafFactory, typeTraits, null);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) {
-		return new BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition);
-	}	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
+            IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
+            IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        super(spec, 0, 1, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
+                leafFactory, typeTraits, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+        return new BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable.java
index 38b15bb..c3a0df2 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -33,33 +33,34 @@
 public class BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable {
     private final BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;
 
-    public BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx, int partition) {
+    public BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx,
+            int partition) {
         btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.OPEN_BTREE);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	
+
         IBTreeLeafFrame cursorFrame = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor().getLeafFactory().getFrame();
         DiskOrderScanCursor cursor = new DiskOrderScanCursor(cursorFrame);
         IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = new MetaDataFrame();
-                
+
         btreeOpHelper.init();
         btreeOpHelper.getBTree().diskOrderScan(cursor, cursorFrame, metaFrame);
-        
+
         MultiComparator cmp = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().getMultiComparator();
         ByteBuffer frame = btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext().getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
         FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext());
         appender.reset(frame, true);
         ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
         DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-        
+
         try {
             while (cursor.hasNext()) {
                 tb.reset();
                 cursor.next();
 
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = cursor.getTuple();                
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = cursor.getTuple();
                 for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
                     dos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i), frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
                     tb.addFieldEndOffset();
@@ -77,17 +78,17 @@
             if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
                 FrameUtils.flushFrame(frame, writer);
             }
-            
+
             cursor.close();
             writer.close();
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
-        }                              
+        }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	btreeOpHelper.deinit();
+        btreeOpHelper.deinit();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor.java
index 20c8a22..5a04d79 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -25,28 +25,24 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 public class BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager;	
-	private IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider;
-	private IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider;
-	
-	public BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec,			
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider) {
-		super(spec, 0, 0);		
-		this.storageManager = storageManager;
-		this.btreeRegistryProvider = btreeRegistryProvider;
-		this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvider;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) {
-		return new BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable(storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, partition);
-	}	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager;
+    private IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider;
+    private IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider;
+
+    public BTreeDropOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
+            IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider) {
+        super(spec, 0, 0);
+        this.storageManager = storageManager;
+        this.btreeRegistryProvider = btreeRegistryProvider;
+        this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvider;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+        return new BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable(storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, partition);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable.java
index c365b86..3745fad 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -12,12 +27,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractOperatorNodePushable {
-	
+
     private IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider;
-    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager;    
+    private IStorageManagerInterface storageManager;
     private IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider;
     private int partition;
-    
+
     public BTreeDropOperatorNodePushable(IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
             IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, int partition) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
@@ -27,7 +42,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {    	
+    public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -45,30 +60,31 @@
 
         BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry = btreeRegistryProvider.getBTreeRegistry();
         IBufferCache bufferCache = storageManager.getBufferCache();
-        IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider = storageManager.getFileMapProvider(); 
-                        
-        File f = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile();        
-        String fileName = f.getAbsolutePath();            
-                
+        IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider = storageManager.getFileMapProvider();
+
+        File f = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile();
+        String fileName = f.getAbsolutePath();
+
         boolean fileIsMapped = fileMapProvider.isMapped(fileName);
-        if(!fileIsMapped) {
-        	throw new HyracksDataException("Cannot drop B-Tree with name " + fileName + ". No file mapping exists.");
+        if (!fileIsMapped) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Cannot drop B-Tree with name " + fileName + ". No file mapping exists.");
         }
-        
+
         int btreeFileId = fileMapProvider.lookupFileId(fileName);
-                
-        // unregister btree instance            
+
+        // unregister btree instance
         btreeRegistry.lock();
         try {
             btreeRegistry.unregister(btreeFileId);
         } finally {
             btreeRegistry.unlock();
         }
-        
+
         // remove name to id mapping
         bufferCache.deleteFile(btreeFileId);
-        
-        // TODO: should this be handled through the BufferCache or FileMapProvider?
+
+        // TODO: should this be handled through the BufferCache or
+        // FileMapProvider?
         if (f.exists()) {
             f.delete();
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor.java
index c68258a..d66e7c0 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksContext;
@@ -21,27 +36,20 @@
 
 public class BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor {
 
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	public BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec,
-			RecordDescriptor recDesc,
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider,
-			IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
-			IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits,
-			IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories) {
-		super(spec, 0, 0, recDesc, storageManager,
-				btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider,
-				interiorFactory, leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int partitions) throws HyracksDataException {
-		return new BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition);
-	}
-	
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
+            IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
+            IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories) {
+        super(spec, 0, 0, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
+                leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int partitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable.java
index 6cad109..3e48a01 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
@@ -7,35 +22,35 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractOperatorNodePushable;
 
 public class BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractOperatorNodePushable {
-	
-	private final BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;
-	
-	public BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx, int partition) {
-		btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.ENLIST_BTREE);
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-	}
+    private final BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;
 
-	@Override
-	public int getInputArity() {		
-		return 0;
-	}
+    public BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx,
+            int partition) {
+        btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.ENLIST_BTREE);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public IFrameWriter getInputFrameWriter(int index) {
-		return null;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void deinitialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-		btreeOpHelper.init();
-		btreeOpHelper.deinit();
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int getInputArity() {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public void setOutputFrameWriter(int index, IFrameWriter writer,
-			RecordDescriptor recordDesc) {	
-	}	
+    @Override
+    public IFrameWriter getInputFrameWriter(int index) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+        btreeOpHelper.init();
+        btreeOpHelper.deinit();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setOutputFrameWriter(int index, IFrameWriter writer, RecordDescriptor recordDesc) {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
index acb09fe..71e1a16 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -30,34 +30,28 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 public class BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private final int[] fieldPermutation;
-	
-	private BTreeOp op;
-	
-	public BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec,
-			RecordDescriptor recDesc,
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager,
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, 
-			IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
-			IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, 
-			IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,			
-			int[] fieldPermutation, BTreeOp op) {
-		super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager,
-				btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
-				leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
-		this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;		
-		this.op = op;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) {
-		return new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, fieldPermutation, recordDescProvider, op);
-	}	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final int[] fieldPermutation;
+
+    private BTreeOp op;
+
+    public BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
+            IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
+            IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] fieldPermutation, BTreeOp op) {
+        super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
+                leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+        this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
+        this.op = op;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+        return new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, fieldPermutation,
+                recordDescProvider, op);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
index d5846b0..a4296cb 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -36,73 +36,74 @@
     private final PermutingFrameTupleReference tuple = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
     private ByteBuffer writeBuffer;
     private BTreeOpContext opCtx;
-    
+
     public BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx,
-    		int partition, int[] fieldPermutation, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, BTreeOp op) {
+            int partition, int[] fieldPermutation, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, BTreeOp op) {
         btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.OPEN_BTREE);
         this.recordDescProvider = recordDescProvider;
         this.op = op;
         tuple.setFieldPermutation(fieldPermutation);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor();
-    	RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
-    	accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext(), inputRecDesc);
-    	writeBuffer = btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext().getResourceManager().allocateFrame();        
-    	btreeOpHelper.init();
-    	btreeOpHelper.getBTree().open(btreeOpHelper.getBTreeFileId());
-    	opCtx = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().createOpContext(op, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(), btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), new MetaDataFrame());
+        AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor();
+        RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext(), inputRecDesc);
+        writeBuffer = btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext().getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        btreeOpHelper.init();
+        btreeOpHelper.getBTree().open(btreeOpHelper.getBTreeFileId());
+        opCtx = btreeOpHelper.getBTree().createOpContext(op, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(),
+                btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), new MetaDataFrame());
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
-        final BTree btree = btreeOpHelper.getBTree();       
+        final BTree btree = btreeOpHelper.getBTree();
         accessor.reset(buffer);
-        
+
         int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, i);
-        	try {
-        		switch (op) {
+            tuple.reset(accessor, i);
+            try {
+                switch (op) {
 
-        		case BTO_INSERT: {
-        			btree.insert(tuple, opCtx);
-        		}
-        		break;
+                    case BTO_INSERT: {
+                        btree.insert(tuple, opCtx);
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-        		case BTO_DELETE: {
-        			btree.delete(tuple, opCtx);
-        		}
-        		break;
+                    case BTO_DELETE: {
+                        btree.delete(tuple, opCtx);
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-        		default: {
-        			throw new HyracksDataException("Unsupported operation " + op + " in BTree InsertUpdateDelete operator");
-        		}
+                    default: {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException("Unsupported operation " + op
+                                + " in BTree InsertUpdateDelete operator");
+                    }
 
-        		}
+                }
 
-        	} catch (Exception e) {
-        		e.printStackTrace();
-        	}
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
         }
 
         // pass a copy of the frame to next op
         System.arraycopy(buffer.array(), 0, writeBuffer.array(), 0, buffer.capacity());
         FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	try {
-    		writer.close();
-    	}
-    	finally {
-    		btreeOpHelper.deinit();
-    	}    	    	
+        try {
+            writer.close();
+        } finally {
+            btreeOpHelper.deinit();
+        }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
index 67d3ef8..45d1b13 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
@@ -29,110 +29,112 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 final class BTreeOpHelper {
-    
-	public enum BTreeMode {
-		OPEN_BTREE,
-		CREATE_BTREE,
-		ENLIST_BTREE
-	}
-	
-	private IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
+
+    public enum BTreeMode {
+        OPEN_BTREE, CREATE_BTREE, ENLIST_BTREE
+    }
+
+    private IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
     private IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
 
     private BTree btree;
     private int btreeFileId = -1;
     private int partition;
-    
+
     private AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc;
     private IHyracksContext ctx;
 
     private BTreeMode mode;
-    
+
     BTreeOpHelper(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, final IHyracksContext ctx, int partition, BTreeMode mode) {
         this.opDesc = opDesc;
         this.ctx = ctx;
         this.mode = mode;
         this.partition = partition;
-    }  
-    
+    }
+
     void init() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache();
+
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache();
         IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider = opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider();
-    	IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider = opDesc.getFileSplitProvider();
-        
-        File f = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile();                
-        String fileName = f.getAbsolutePath();        
-        boolean fileIsMapped = fileMapProvider.isMapped(fileName); 
-        
-        switch(mode) {
-    	
-    	case OPEN_BTREE: {    		
-    		if(!fileIsMapped) {
-    			bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
-    			//throw new HyracksDataException("Trying to open btree from unmapped file " + fileName);
-    		}    		
-    	} break;
-        
-    	case CREATE_BTREE: 
-    	case ENLIST_BTREE: {    		
-    		if(!fileIsMapped) {
-    			bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
-    		}    		    	
-    	} break;
-            	
+        IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider = opDesc.getFileSplitProvider();
+
+        File f = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile();
+        String fileName = f.getAbsolutePath();
+        boolean fileIsMapped = fileMapProvider.isMapped(fileName);
+
+        switch (mode) {
+
+            case OPEN_BTREE: {
+                if (!fileIsMapped) {
+                    bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+                    // throw new
+                    // HyracksDataException("Trying to open btree from unmapped file "
+                    // + fileName);
+                }
+            }
+                break;
+
+            case CREATE_BTREE:
+            case ENLIST_BTREE: {
+                if (!fileIsMapped) {
+                    bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+                }
+            }
+                break;
+
         }
-    	
+
         btreeFileId = fileMapProvider.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
-    	
+        bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
+
         interiorFrame = opDesc.getInteriorFactory().getFrame();
         leafFrame = opDesc.getLeafFactory().getFrame();
-        
+
         BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry = opDesc.getBtreeRegistryProvider().getBTreeRegistry();
         btree = btreeRegistry.get(btreeFileId);
         if (btree == null) {
-        	
-            // create new btree and register it            
+
+            // create new btree and register it
             btreeRegistry.lock();
             try {
                 // check if btree has already been registered by another thread
                 btree = btreeRegistry.get(btreeFileId);
                 if (btree == null) {
                     // this thread should create and register the btree
-                	                   
+
                     IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[opDesc.getComparatorFactories().length];
                     for (int i = 0; i < opDesc.getComparatorFactories().length; i++) {
                         comparators[i] = opDesc.getComparatorFactories()[i].createBinaryComparator();
                     }
-                    
+
                     MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(opDesc.getTypeTraits(), comparators);
-                    
+
                     btree = new BTree(bufferCache, opDesc.getInteriorFactory(), opDesc.getLeafFactory(), cmp);
                     if (mode == BTreeMode.CREATE_BTREE) {
                         MetaDataFrame metaFrame = new MetaDataFrame();
                         try {
-							btree.create(btreeFileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-							btree.open(btreeFileId);
-						} catch (Exception e) {
-							throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-						}
-                    }                    
+                            btree.create(btreeFileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+                            btree.open(btreeFileId);
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                        }
+                    }
                     btreeRegistry.register(btreeFileId, btree);
                 }
             } finally {
                 btreeRegistry.unlock();
             }
-        }        
+        }
     }
-    
+
     public void deinit() throws HyracksDataException {
-    	if(btreeFileId != -1) {
-    		IBufferCache bufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache();
-    		bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
-    	}
+        if (btreeFileId != -1) {
+            IBufferCache bufferCache = opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache();
+            bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
+        }
     }
-    
+
     public BTree getBTree() {
         return btree;
     }
@@ -152,8 +154,8 @@
     public IBTreeInteriorFrame getInteriorFrame() {
         return interiorFrame;
     }
-    
+
     public int getBTreeFileId() {
-    	return btreeFileId;
+        return btreeFileId;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistry.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistry.java
index 61491b1..9b90e22 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistry.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistry.java
@@ -22,36 +22,35 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 
 public class BTreeRegistry {
-    
+
     private HashMap<Integer, BTree> map = new HashMap<Integer, BTree>();
     private Lock registryLock = new ReentrantLock();
-    
+
     public BTree get(int fileId) {
-        return map.get(fileId);        
+        return map.get(fileId);
     }
-    
-    // TODO: not very high concurrency, but good enough for now    
-    public void lock() {        
-    	registryLock.lock();
+
+    // TODO: not very high concurrency, but good enough for now
+    public void lock() {
+        registryLock.lock();
     }
-    
+
     public void unlock() {
         registryLock.unlock();
     }
-    
+
     public void register(int fileId, BTree btree) {
         map.put(fileId, btree);
     }
-    
+
     public void unregister(int fileId) {
         try {
-        	map.remove(fileId);
-        } 
-        catch (Exception e) {        	
+            map.remove(fileId);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
         }
-    }        
-    
+    }
+
     public int size() {
-    	return map.size();
+        return map.size();
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
index 677d4d4..ef4e85c 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 public class BTreeRegistryProvider implements IBTreeRegistryProvider {
-		
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private static BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry = null;
-	
-	@Override
-	public synchronized BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry() {
-		if(btreeRegistry == null) {
-			btreeRegistry = new BTreeRegistry();
-		}		
-		return btreeRegistry;
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry = null;
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry() {
+        if (btreeRegistry == null) {
+            btreeRegistry = new BTreeRegistry();
+        }
+        return btreeRegistry;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
index de41eb8..dd67762 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -30,37 +30,34 @@
 
 public class BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor {
 
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	private boolean isForward;	
-	private int[] lowKeyFields; // fields in input tuple to be used as low keys
-	private int[] highKeyFields; // fields in input tuple to be used as high keys
-	private boolean lowKeyInclusive;
-	private boolean highKeyInclusive;
+    private boolean isForward;
+    private int[] lowKeyFields; // fields in input tuple to be used as low keys
+    private int[] highKeyFields; // fields in input tuple to be used as high
+    // keys
+    private boolean lowKeyInclusive;
+    private boolean highKeyInclusive;
 
-	public BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, 
-			RecordDescriptor recDesc, 
-			IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, 
-			IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider, 
-			IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, 
-			IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory, 
-			IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, 
-			ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, 
-			IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, 
-			boolean isForward, 
-			int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields, 
-			boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {		
-		super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory, leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
-		this.isForward = isForward;
-		this.lowKeyFields = lowKeyFields;
-		this.highKeyFields = highKeyFields;
-		this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
-		this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
-	}
+    public BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider,
+            IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFactory,
+            IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFactory, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits,
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, boolean isForward, int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields,
+            boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
+        super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, interiorFactory,
+                leafFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+        this.isForward = isForward;
+        this.lowKeyFields = lowKeyFields;
+        this.highKeyFields = highKeyFields;
+        this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
+        this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksContext ctx, final IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
-		return new BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, recordDescProvider, isForward, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive);
-	}
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksContext ctx, final IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
+        return new BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable(this, ctx, partition, recordDescProvider, isForward, lowKeyFields,
+                highKeyFields, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive);
+    }
 }
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 286bfad..d06e2ce 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
@@ -38,158 +38,164 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangeSearchCursor;
 
 public class BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable {
-	private BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;    
-	private FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
-        
+    private BTreeOpHelper btreeOpHelper;
+    private FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
+
     private ByteBuffer writeBuffer;
     private FrameTupleAppender appender;
     private ArrayTupleBuilder tb;
     private DataOutput dos;
-    
-    private BTree btree;    
+
+    private BTree btree;
     private boolean isForward;
-    private PermutingFrameTupleReference lowKey; 
-    private PermutingFrameTupleReference highKey;    
+    private PermutingFrameTupleReference lowKey;
+    private PermutingFrameTupleReference highKey;
     private boolean lowKeyInclusive;
     private boolean highKeyInclusive;
     private RangePredicate rangePred;
     private MultiComparator lowKeySearchCmp;
     private MultiComparator highKeySearchCmp;
-    private IBTreeCursor cursor;    
-    private IBTreeLeafFrame cursorFrame;    
+    private IBTreeCursor cursor;
+    private IBTreeLeafFrame cursorFrame;
     private BTreeOpContext opCtx;
-    
-    private RecordDescriptor recDesc;       
-        
-    public BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx, int partition, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, boolean isForward, int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
+
+    private RecordDescriptor recDesc;
+
+    public BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable(AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksContext ctx, int partition,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, boolean isForward, int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields,
+            boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
         btreeOpHelper = new BTreeOpHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition, BTreeOpHelper.BTreeMode.OPEN_BTREE);
         this.isForward = isForward;
         this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
         this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
-        this.recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);        
-        if(lowKeyFields != null && lowKeyFields.length > 0) {
-        	lowKey = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
-        	lowKey.setFieldPermutation(lowKeyFields);
+        this.recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        if (lowKeyFields != null && lowKeyFields.length > 0) {
+            lowKey = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
+            lowKey.setFieldPermutation(lowKeyFields);
         }
-        if(highKeyFields != null && highKeyFields.length > 0) {
-        	highKey = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
-        	highKey.setFieldPermutation(highKeyFields);
+        if (highKeyFields != null && highKeyFields.length > 0) {
+            highKey = new PermutingFrameTupleReference();
+            highKey.setFieldPermutation(highKeyFields);
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-	public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-		AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor();          
+    public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+        AbstractBTreeOperatorDescriptor opDesc = btreeOpHelper.getOperatorDescriptor();
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext(), recDesc);
-        
+
         cursorFrame = opDesc.getLeafFactory().getFrame();
         cursor = new RangeSearchCursor(cursorFrame);
-        
-        btreeOpHelper.init();		
+
+        btreeOpHelper.init();
         btree = btreeOpHelper.getBTree();
-        
+
         // construct range predicate
-        
+
         int lowKeySearchFields = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators().length;
         int highKeySearchFields = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators().length;
-        if(lowKey != null) lowKeySearchFields = lowKey.getFieldCount();
-        if(highKey != null) highKeySearchFields = highKey.getFieldCount();
-        
+        if (lowKey != null)
+            lowKeySearchFields = lowKey.getFieldCount();
+        if (highKey != null)
+            highKeySearchFields = highKey.getFieldCount();
+
         IBinaryComparator[] lowKeySearchComparators = new IBinaryComparator[lowKeySearchFields];
         for (int i = 0; i < lowKeySearchFields; i++) {
-        	lowKeySearchComparators[i] = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators()[i];
+            lowKeySearchComparators[i] = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators()[i];
         }
         lowKeySearchCmp = new MultiComparator(btree.getMultiComparator().getTypeTraits(), lowKeySearchComparators);
-        
-        if(lowKeySearchFields == highKeySearchFields) {        
-            highKeySearchCmp = lowKeySearchCmp;            
-        }
-        else {
-        	IBinaryComparator[] highKeySearchComparators = new IBinaryComparator[highKeySearchFields];
+
+        if (lowKeySearchFields == highKeySearchFields) {
+            highKeySearchCmp = lowKeySearchCmp;
+        } else {
+            IBinaryComparator[] highKeySearchComparators = new IBinaryComparator[highKeySearchFields];
             for (int i = 0; i < highKeySearchFields; i++) {
-            	highKeySearchComparators[i] = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators()[i];
+                highKeySearchComparators[i] = btree.getMultiComparator().getComparators()[i];
             }
             highKeySearchCmp = new MultiComparator(btree.getMultiComparator().getTypeTraits(), highKeySearchComparators);
-        	
+
         }
-        
-        rangePred = new RangePredicate(isForward, null, null, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, lowKeySearchCmp, highKeySearchCmp);
-                
+
+        rangePred = new RangePredicate(isForward, null, null, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, lowKeySearchCmp,
+                highKeySearchCmp);
+
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext(), recDesc);
-        
+
         writeBuffer = btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext().getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
         tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(btree.getMultiComparator().getFieldCount());
         dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-        appender = new FrameTupleAppender(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext());    
+        appender = new FrameTupleAppender(btreeOpHelper.getHyracksContext());
         appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
-        
-        opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(), btreeOpHelper.getInteriorFrame(), null);
+
+        opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, btreeOpHelper.getLeafFrame(), btreeOpHelper
+                .getInteriorFrame(), null);
     }
-    	
+
     private void writeSearchResults() throws Exception {
-    	while (cursor.hasNext()) {
-    		tb.reset();
-    		cursor.next();
+        while (cursor.hasNext()) {
+            tb.reset();
+            cursor.next();
 
-    		ITupleReference frameTuple = cursor.getTuple();
-    		for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-    			dos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i), frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
-    			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    		}
+            ITupleReference frameTuple = cursor.getTuple();
+            for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                dos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i), frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            }
 
-    		if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
-    			FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-    			appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
-    			if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
-    				throw new IllegalStateException();
-    			}
-    		}             
-    	}    	
+            if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
+                FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+                appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
+                if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-    
-	@Override
-	public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
-		accessor.reset(buffer);
-		
-        int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();        
-        try {        	
-        	for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
-                if(lowKey != null) lowKey.reset(accessor, i);
-                if(highKey != null) highKey.reset(accessor, i);
+
+    @Override
+    public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        accessor.reset(buffer);
+
+        int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
+        try {
+            for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+                if (lowKey != null)
+                    lowKey.reset(accessor, i);
+                if (highKey != null)
+                    highKey.reset(accessor, i);
                 rangePred.setLowKey(lowKey, lowKeyInclusive);
                 rangePred.setHighKey(highKey, highKeyInclusive);
-                
-                cursor.reset();
-                btree.search(cursor, rangePred, opCtx);                
-                writeSearchResults();    
-            }       	        	
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-        	throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-        }
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-		try {
-			if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
-				FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-			}		
-			writer.close();
-			try {
-				cursor.close();
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-			}		
-		}
-		finally {
-			btreeOpHelper.deinit();
-		}
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {	
-		if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
-			FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-		}
-	}	
+                cursor.reset();
+                btree.search(cursor, rangePred, opCtx);
+                writeSearchResults();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
+                FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+            }
+            writer.close();
+            try {
+                cursor.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            btreeOpHelper.deinit();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
+            FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor.java
index 9ef860b..10a3252 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksContext;
@@ -10,27 +24,26 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
 
 public class ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private int[] fieldSlots;
-	private byte[] tupleData;	
-	private int tupleSize;
-	
-	public ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc, int[] fieldSlots, byte[] tupleData, int tupleSize) {
-		super(spec, 0, 1);
-		this.tupleData = tupleData;
-		this.fieldSlots = fieldSlots;
-		this.tupleSize = tupleSize;
-		recordDescriptors[0] = recDesc;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
-		return new ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable(ctx, fieldSlots, tupleData, tupleSize);
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private int[] fieldSlots;
+    private byte[] tupleData;
+    private int tupleSize;
+
+    public ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc, int[] fieldSlots,
+            byte[] tupleData, int tupleSize) {
+        super(spec, 0, 1);
+        this.tupleData = tupleData;
+        this.fieldSlots = fieldSlots;
+        this.tupleSize = tupleSize;
+        recordDescriptors[0] = recDesc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable(ctx, fieldSlots, tupleData, tupleSize);
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
index e02a37c..775c9aa 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -9,30 +24,30 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable;
 
 public class ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable {
-	
-	private IHyracksContext ctx;
-	
-	private int[] fieldSlots;
-	private byte[] tupleData;	
-	private int tupleSize;	
-	
-	
-	public ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable(IHyracksContext ctx, int[] fieldSlots, byte[] tupleData, int tupleSize) {
-		super();
-		this.fieldSlots = fieldSlots;
-		this.tupleData = tupleData;		
-		this.tupleSize = tupleSize;
-		this.ctx = ctx;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-    public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {		
-		ByteBuffer writeBuffer = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
-		appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
-		if(fieldSlots != null && tupleData != null && tupleSize > 0)
-			appender.append(fieldSlots, tupleData, 0, tupleSize);
-		FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-		writer.close();
-	}
+
+    private IHyracksContext ctx;
+
+    private int[] fieldSlots;
+    private byte[] tupleData;
+    private int tupleSize;
+
+    public ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable(IHyracksContext ctx, int[] fieldSlots, byte[] tupleData,
+            int tupleSize) {
+        super();
+        this.fieldSlots = fieldSlots;
+        this.tupleData = tupleData;
+        this.tupleSize = tupleSize;
+        this.ctx = ctx;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+        ByteBuffer writeBuffer = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
+        if (fieldSlots != null && tupleData != null && tupleSize > 0)
+            appender.append(fieldSlots, tupleData, 0, tupleSize);
+        FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+        writer.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface.java
index 4b74fd4..12538d2 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -15,25 +30,25 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface implements IStorageManagerInterface {
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	private static transient IBufferCache bufferCache = null;
+    private static transient IBufferCache bufferCache = null;
     private static transient IFileMapManager fmManager;
-	private int PAGE_SIZE = 8192;
-    private int NUM_PAGES = 40;    
-        
+    private int PAGE_SIZE = 8192;
+    private int NUM_PAGES = 40;
+
     public HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface() {
-    	init();
+        init();
     }
-    
+
     public HyracksSimpleStorageManagerInterface(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-    	PAGE_SIZE = pageSize;
-    	NUM_PAGES = numPages;
-    	init();
+        PAGE_SIZE = pageSize;
+        NUM_PAGES = numPages;
+        init();
     }
-    
+
     private void init() {
-    	ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
+        ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
         IPageReplacementStrategy prs = new ClockPageReplacementStrategy();
         fmManager = new IFileMapManager() {
             private Map<Integer, String> id2nameMap = new HashMap<Integer, String>();
@@ -83,13 +98,13 @@
         };
         bufferCache = new BufferCache(allocator, prs, fmManager, PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
     }
-    
+
     public IFileMapProvider getFileMapProvider() {
         return fmManager;
     }
 
-	@Override
-	public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
-		return bufferCache;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public IBufferCache getBufferCache() {
+        return bufferCache;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/IBTreeRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/IBTreeRegistryProvider.java
index 128af09..1f0f1ef 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/IBTreeRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/IBTreeRegistryProvider.java
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public interface IBTreeRegistryProvider extends Serializable {
-	public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry();
+    public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/PermutingFrameTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/PermutingFrameTupleReference.java
index db74a9c..a3f343a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/PermutingFrameTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/PermutingFrameTupleReference.java
@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 public class PermutingFrameTupleReference implements IFrameTupleReference {
-	private IFrameTupleAccessor fta;
+    private IFrameTupleAccessor fta;
     private int tIndex;
     private int[] fieldPermutation;
-    
+
     public void setFieldPermutation(int[] fieldPermutation) {
-    	this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
+        this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
     }
-    
+
     public void reset(IFrameTupleAccessor fta, int tIndex) {
         this.fta = fta;
         this.tIndex = tIndex;
@@ -38,8 +53,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {    	    	
-    	return fta.getTupleStartOffset(tIndex) + fta.getFieldSlotsLength() + fta.getFieldStartOffset(tIndex, fieldPermutation[fIdx]);
+    public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {
+        return fta.getTupleStartOffset(tIndex) + fta.getFieldSlotsLength()
+                + fta.getFieldStartOffset(tIndex, fieldPermutation[fIdx]);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
index 7437111..6eeb5e1 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -50,65 +50,66 @@
 // WARNING: only works when tupleWriter is an instance of TypeAwareTupleWriter
 
 public class FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame implements IBTreeLeafFrame {
-	
-    protected static final int pageLsnOff = 0;                              // 0
-    protected static final int tupleCountOff = pageLsnOff + 4;              // 4    
-    protected static final int freeSpaceOff = tupleCountOff + 4;      		// 8
-    protected static final int totalFreeSpaceOff = freeSpaceOff + 4;        // 12	
-	protected static final int levelOff = totalFreeSpaceOff + 4;         	// 16
-	protected static final int smFlagOff = levelOff + 1;                   	// 17
-	protected static final int uncompressedTupleCountOff = smFlagOff + 1;				// 18
-	protected static final int prefixTupleCountOff = uncompressedTupleCountOff + 4; 		// 21
-	
-	protected static final int prevLeafOff = prefixTupleCountOff + 4;		// 22
-	protected static final int nextLeafOff = prevLeafOff + 4;				// 26
-	
-	protected ICachedPage page = null;
+
+    protected static final int pageLsnOff = 0; // 0
+    protected static final int tupleCountOff = pageLsnOff + 4; // 4
+    protected static final int freeSpaceOff = tupleCountOff + 4; // 8
+    protected static final int totalFreeSpaceOff = freeSpaceOff + 4; // 12
+    protected static final int levelOff = totalFreeSpaceOff + 4; // 16
+    protected static final int smFlagOff = levelOff + 1; // 17
+    protected static final int uncompressedTupleCountOff = smFlagOff + 1; // 18
+    protected static final int prefixTupleCountOff = uncompressedTupleCountOff + 4; // 21
+
+    protected static final int prevLeafOff = prefixTupleCountOff + 4; // 22
+    protected static final int nextLeafOff = prevLeafOff + 4; // 26
+
+    protected ICachedPage page = null;
     protected ByteBuffer buf = null;
     public IFrameCompressor compressor;
-    public IPrefixSlotManager slotManager; // TODO: should be protected, but will trigger some refactoring
-    
+    public IPrefixSlotManager slotManager; // TODO: should be protected, but
+    // will trigger some refactoring
+
     private IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter;
-    
-    private FieldPrefixTupleReference frameTuple;            
+
+    private FieldPrefixTupleReference frameTuple;
     private FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference framePrefixTuple;
-    
+
     public FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
-    	this.tupleWriter = tupleWriter;
-    	this.frameTuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());    	
-    	ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = ((TypeAwareTupleWriter)tupleWriter).getTypeTraits();
-    	this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits); 
-    	this.slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
-        this.compressor = new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2);        
+        this.tupleWriter = tupleWriter;
+        this.frameTuple = new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = ((TypeAwareTupleWriter) tupleWriter).getTypeTraits();
+        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        this.slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
+        this.compressor = new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void setPage(ICachedPage page) {
         this.page = page;
         this.buf = page.getBuffer();
         slotManager.setFrame(this);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
         return page.getBuffer();
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public ICachedPage getPage() {
         return page;
     }
-        
+
     @Override
     public boolean compress(MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {
         try {
-			return compressor.compress(this, cmp);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-		}
+            return compressor.compress(this, cmp);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
     }
-    
-    // assumptions: 
+
+    // assumptions:
     // 1. prefix tuple are stored contiguously
     // 2. prefix tuple are located before tuples (physically on the page)
     // 3. prefix tuple are sorted (last prefix tuple is at highest offset)
@@ -116,511 +117,545 @@
     @Override
     public void compact(MultiComparator cmp) {
         resetSpaceParams();
-        
+
         frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-        
+
         int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-        
-        // determine start of target free space (depends on assumptions stated above)
-        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);        
+
+        // determine start of target free space (depends on assumptions stated
+        // above)
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
         int prefixTupleCount = buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff);
-        if(prefixTupleCount > 0) {        	
-        	
-        	// debug
-        	int max = 0;
-        	for(int i = 0; i < prefixTupleCount; i++) {
-        		framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);
-        		int end = framePrefixTuple.getFieldStart(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + framePrefixTuple.getFieldLength(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()-1);
-        		if(end > max) max = end;
-        	}
-        	        	
-        	framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, prefixTupleCount - 1);
-        	freeSpace = framePrefixTuple.getFieldStart(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + framePrefixTuple.getFieldLength(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()-1);        	
+        if (prefixTupleCount > 0) {
+
+            // debug
+            int max = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < prefixTupleCount; i++) {
+                framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);
+                int end = framePrefixTuple.getFieldStart(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                        + framePrefixTuple.getFieldLength(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount() - 1);
+                if (end > max)
+                    max = end;
+            }
+
+            framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, prefixTupleCount - 1);
+            freeSpace = framePrefixTuple.getFieldStart(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                    + framePrefixTuple.getFieldLength(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount() - 1);
         }
 
         ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff> sortedTupleOffs = new ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff>();
         sortedTupleOffs.ensureCapacity(tupleCount);
-        for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {           
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
             int tupleSlotOff = slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(i);
             int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
             int tupleOff = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);
-            sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, tupleSlotOff, tupleOff));                        
-            
+            sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, tupleSlotOff, tupleOff));
+
         }
         Collections.sort(sortedTupleOffs);
-               
-        for(int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {        	
-        	int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
-        	int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff);
-            int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);            
-            
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {
+            int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
+            int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff);
+            int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);
+
             frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleIndex);
-            int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1);
+            int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                    + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1);
             int tupleLength = tupleEndOff - tupleOff;
             System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff, buf.array(), freeSpace, tupleLength);
-            
+
             slotManager.setSlot(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff, slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixSlotNum, freeSpace));
             freeSpace += tupleLength;
         }
-        
+
         buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
-        int totalFreeSpace = buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) - ((buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)) * slotManager.getSlotSize());        
+        int totalFreeSpace = buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff)
+                - ((buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)) * slotManager.getSlotSize());
         buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, totalFreeSpace);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {        
-        int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {
+        int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
         int tupleIndex = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
-        if(tupleIndex == FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT) {
-            throw new BTreeException("Key to be deleted does not exist.");   
-        }
-        else {
-            int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(slot);            
+        if (tupleIndex == FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT) {
+            throw new BTreeException("Key to be deleted does not exist.");
+        } else {
+            int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(slot);
             int tupleSlotOff = slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-            
-            if(exactDelete) {                
+
+            if (exactDelete) {
                 frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
                 frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleIndex);
-                
-                int comparison = cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, frameTuple, cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1, cmp.getFieldCount() - cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-                if(comparison != 0) {
-                	throw new BTreeException("Cannot delete tuple. Byte-by-byte comparison failed to prove equality.");
-                }                                  
+
+                int comparison = cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, frameTuple, cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1, cmp
+                        .getFieldCount()
+                        - cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+                if (comparison != 0) {
+                    throw new BTreeException("Cannot delete tuple. Byte-by-byte comparison failed to prove equality.");
+                }
             }
-            
+
             // perform deletion (we just do a memcpy to overwrite the slot)
             int slotEndOff = slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff();
             int length = tupleSlotOff - slotEndOff;
             System.arraycopy(buf.array(), slotEndOff, buf.array(), slotEndOff + slotManager.getSlotSize(), length);
-            
-            // maintain space information, get size of tuple suffix (suffix could be entire tuple)
-            int tupleSize = 0;                        
+
+            // maintain space information, get size of tuple suffix (suffix
+            // could be entire tuple)
+            int tupleSize = 0;
             int suffixFieldStart = 0;
-            if(prefixSlotNum == FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+            if (prefixSlotNum == FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
                 suffixFieldStart = 0;
                 buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff) - 1);
-            }
-            else {                
+            } else {
                 int prefixSlot = buf.getInt(slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum));
-                suffixFieldStart = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot); 
+                suffixFieldStart = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);
             }
-            
+
             frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleIndex);
-            tupleSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, suffixFieldStart, frameTuple.getFieldCount() - suffixFieldStart);
-            
+            tupleSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, suffixFieldStart, frameTuple.getFieldCount()
+                    - suffixFieldStart);
+
             buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
-            buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + tupleSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());            
-        }    
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {                    	
-    	int freeContiguous = buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) - ((buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)) * slotManager.getSlotSize());     	    	                        
-        
-    	int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple);
-    	
-        // see if the tuple would fit uncompressed
-        if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= freeContiguous) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
-        
-        // see if tuple would fit into remaining space after compaction
-        if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff)) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-        
-        // see if the tuple matches a prefix and will fit after truncating the prefix
-        int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.findPrefix(tuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp);
-        if(prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
-        	int prefixSlotOff = slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
-        	int prefixSlot = buf.getInt(prefixSlotOff);
-        	int numPrefixFields = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);
-        	
-        	int compressedSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, numPrefixFields, tuple.getFieldCount() - numPrefixFields);        	        	
-        	if(compressedSize + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= freeContiguous) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;        	
+            buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + tupleSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());
         }
-        
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
+        int freeContiguous = buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff)
+                - ((buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)) * slotManager.getSlotSize());
+
+        int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple);
+
+        // see if the tuple would fit uncompressed
+        if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= freeContiguous)
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
+
+        // see if tuple would fit into remaining space after compaction
+        if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff))
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+
+        // see if the tuple matches a prefix and will fit after truncating the
+        // prefix
+        int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.findPrefix(tuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp);
+        if (prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+            int prefixSlotOff = slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
+            int prefixSlot = buf.getInt(prefixSlotOff);
+            int numPrefixFields = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);
+
+            int compressedSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, numPrefixFields, tuple.getFieldCount()
+                    - numPrefixFields);
+            if (compressedSize + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= freeContiguous)
+                return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
+        }
+
         return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
     }
-        
+
     @Override
     public SpaceStatus hasSpaceUpdate(int rid, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
     }
 
-    protected void resetSpaceParams() {    	
-    	buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, getOrigFreeSpaceOff());
+    protected void resetSpaceParams() {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, getOrigFreeSpaceOff());
         buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, getOrigTotalFreeSpace());
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public void initBuffer(byte level) {        
-        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, 0); // TODO: might to set to a different lsn during creation
-        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, 0);   
+    public void initBuffer(byte level) {
+        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, 0); // TODO: might to set to a different lsn
+        // during creation
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, 0);
         resetSpaceParams();
         buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, 0);
         buf.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, 0);
         buf.put(levelOff, level);
-        buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)0);
+        buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 0);
         buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, -1);
-		buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, -1);
+        buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, -1);
     }
-    
+
     public void setTotalFreeSpace(int totalFreeSpace) {
         buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, totalFreeSpace);
     }
-    
+
     public int getOrigTotalFreeSpace() {
         return buf.capacity() - (nextLeafOff + 4);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {    	
-    	int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);        
-        
-    	slot = slotManager.insertSlot(slot, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));                
-        
-        int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(slot);        
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
+        int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+
+        slot = slotManager.insertSlot(slot, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
+
+        int prefixSlotNum = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(slot);
         int numPrefixFields = 0;
-        if(prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {        	        	
-            int prefixSlotOff = slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);            
+        if (prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+            int prefixSlotOff = slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
             int prefixSlot = buf.getInt(prefixSlotOff);
-            numPrefixFields = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);                                                                 
+            numPrefixFields = slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);
+        } else {
+            buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff) + 1);
         }
-        else {
-        	buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff) + 1);
-        }
-        
+
         int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, numPrefixFields, tuple.getFieldCount() - numPrefixFields, buf, freeSpace);
-        
+        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, numPrefixFields,
+                tuple.getFieldCount() - numPrefixFields, buf, freeSpace);
+
         buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
         buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
-        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());       
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void update(int rid, ITupleReference tuple) throws Exception {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }   
-    
+
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void printHeader() {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
-    }       
-        
+
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getTupleCount() {
         return buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
     }
-    
+
     public ISlotManager getSlotManager() {
         return null;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {   
-    	StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();		
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(fields.length);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {						
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);												
-			for(int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {								
-				ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple.getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
-				DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-				Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
-				strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");				
-			}
-			strBuilder.append(" | ");				
-		}
-		strBuilder.append("\n");
-		return strBuilder.toString();
+    public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(fields.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);
+            for (int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {
+                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple
+                        .getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
+                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
+                strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");
+            }
+            strBuilder.append(" | ");
+        }
+        strBuilder.append("\n");
+        return strBuilder.toString();
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum) {        
-    	int tupleSlotOff = slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(slotNum);
-    	int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
-    	return slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);    	
+    public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum) {
+        int tupleSlotOff = slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(slotNum);
+        int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
+        return slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public int getPageLsn() {
-        return buf.getInt(pageLsnOff);      
+        return buf.getInt(pageLsnOff);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setPageLsn(int pageLsn) {
-        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, pageLsn);        
+        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, pageLsn);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int getTotalFreeSpace() {
         return buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff);
     }
-    
-	@Override
-	public boolean isLeaf() {
-		return buf.get(levelOff) == 0;
-	}
-			
-	@Override
-	public byte getLevel() {		
-		return buf.get(levelOff);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setLevel(byte level) {
-		buf.put(levelOff, level);				
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public boolean getSmFlag() {
-		return buf.get(smFlagOff) != 0;
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag) {
-		if(smFlag)			
-			buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)1);		
-		else
-			buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)0);			
-	}		
-	
-	public int getPrefixTupleCount() {
-		return buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff);
-	}
-	
-	public void setPrefixTupleCount(int prefixTupleCount) {
-		buf.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixTupleCount);
-	}
-	
     @Override
-    public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {    	
-    	int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);				
-		int fieldsToTruncate = 0;
-		
-		// check if tuple matches last prefix tuple
-		if(buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff) > 0) {
-			framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)-1);						
-			if(cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()) == 0) {
-				fieldsToTruncate = framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount();													
-			}			
-		}
-		
-        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, fieldsToTruncate, tuple.getFieldCount() - fieldsToTruncate, buf, freeSpace);
-                
-		// insert slot
-		int prefixSlotNum = FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
-		if(fieldsToTruncate > 0) prefixSlotNum = buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff)-1;					
-		else buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff) + 1);					
-		int insSlot = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixSlotNum, FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT);				
-		slotManager.insertSlot(insSlot, freeSpace);
-		
-		// update page metadata
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());		
+    public boolean isLeaf() {
+        return buf.get(levelOff) == 0;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey) throws Exception {
-    	
-    	FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame rf = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame)rightFrame;
-    	
-    	frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    	
-    	// before doing anything check if key already exists
-		int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int tupleSlotNum = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(slot);		
-		if(tupleSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT) {				
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleSlotNum);
-			if(cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {			
-				throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key into unique index");
-			}
-		}
-		
-		ByteBuffer right = rf.getBuffer();
-		int tupleCount = getTupleCount();
-		int prefixTupleCount = getPrefixTupleCount();
-		
-		int tuplesToLeft;
-		int midSlotNum = tupleCount / 2;
-		IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;		
-		frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, midSlotNum);
-		int comparison = cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple);		
-		if (comparison >= 0) {
-			tuplesToLeft = midSlotNum + (tupleCount % 2);
-			targetFrame = rf;
-		} else {
-			tuplesToLeft = midSlotNum;
-			targetFrame = this;
-		}
-		int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;
-				
-		// copy entire page
-		System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
-				
-		// determine how many slots go on left and right page
-		int prefixesToLeft = prefixTupleCount;		
-		for(int i = tuplesToLeft; i < tupleCount; i++) {			
-			int tupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(i);						
-			int tupleSlot = right.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
-			int prefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);			
-			if(prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
-				prefixesToLeft = prefixSlotNum;			
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// if we are splitting in the middle of a prefix both pages need to have the prefix slot and tuple
-		int boundaryTupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(tuplesToLeft-1);
-		int boundaryTupleSlot = buf.getInt(boundaryTupleSlotOff);
-		int boundaryPrefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(boundaryTupleSlot);
-		int prefixesToRight = prefixTupleCount - prefixesToLeft;
-		if(boundaryPrefixSlotNum == prefixesToLeft && boundaryPrefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
-			prefixesToLeft++; // tuples on both pages share one prefix 
-		}			
-								
-		// move prefix tuples on right page to beginning of page and adjust prefix slots
-		if(prefixesToRight > 0 && prefixesToLeft > 0 && prefixTupleCount > 1) {			
-			
-			int freeSpace = rf.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();
-			int lastPrefixSlotNum = -1;
-			
-			for(int i = tuplesToLeft; i < tupleCount; i++) {			
-				int tupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(i);						
-				int tupleSlot = right.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
-				int prefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);			
-				if(prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
-					framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, prefixSlotNum);
-					
-					int bytesWritten = 0;
-					if(lastPrefixSlotNum != prefixSlotNum) {
-						bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(framePrefixTuple, right, freeSpace);												
-						int newPrefixSlot = rf.slotManager.encodeSlotFields(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount(), freeSpace);
-						int prefixSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
-						right.putInt(prefixSlotOff, newPrefixSlot);						
-						lastPrefixSlotNum = prefixSlotNum;
-					}					
-					
-					int tupleOff = rf.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);
-					int newTupleSlot = rf.slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixSlotNum - (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight), tupleOff);
-					right.putInt(tupleSlotOff, newTupleSlot);		
-					freeSpace += bytesWritten;
-				}
-			}			
-		}
-				
-		// move the modified prefix slots on the right page
-		int prefixSrc = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotEndOff();
-		int prefixDest = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotEndOff() + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight) * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize();
-		int prefixLength = rf.slotManager.getSlotSize() * prefixesToRight;
-		System.arraycopy(right.array(), prefixSrc, right.array(), prefixDest, prefixLength);
-		
-		// on right page we need to copy rightmost tuple slots to left
-		int src = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff();
-		int dest = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize() + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight) * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize();
-		int length = rf.slotManager.getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight;				
-		System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);
-		
-		right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
-		right.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixesToRight);
-		
-		// on left page move slots to reflect possibly removed prefixes
-		src = slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToRight * slotManager.getSlotSize();
-		dest = slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToRight * slotManager.getSlotSize() + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToLeft) * slotManager.getSlotSize();
-		length = slotManager.getSlotSize() * tuplesToLeft;				
-		System.arraycopy(buf.array(), src, buf.array(), dest, length);
-		
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);
-		buf.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixesToLeft);		
-				
-		// compact both pages		
-		compact(cmp);		
-		rightFrame.compact(cmp);
-				
-		// insert last key
-		targetFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
-				
-		// set split key to be highest value in left page		
-		frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, getTupleCount()-1);
-		
-		int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);		
-		tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
-		splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);	
-		
-		return 0;
+    public byte getLevel() {
+        return buf.get(levelOff);
     }
-    
-	@Override
-	public int getFreeSpaceOff() {
-		return buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-	}
-	
-	public int getOrigFreeSpaceOff() {
-		return nextLeafOff + 4;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace) {
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setNextLeaf(int page) {
-		buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, page);
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setPrevLeaf(int page) {
-		buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, page);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getNextLeaf() {
-		return buf.getInt(nextLeafOff);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getPrevLeaf() {
-		return buf.getInt(prevLeafOff);
-	}
-	
-	public int getUncompressedTupleCount() {
-		return buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff);
-	}
-	
-	public void setUncompressedTupleCount(int uncompressedTupleCount) {
-		buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, uncompressedTupleCount);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getSlotSize() {
-		return slotManager.getSlotSize();
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-	}	
-	
-	public IBTreeTupleWriter getTupleWriter() {
-    	return tupleWriter;
+    @Override
+    public void setLevel(byte level) {
+        buf.put(levelOff, level);
     }
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-		return new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp, FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp) {
-		int slot = slotManager.findSlot(searchKey, pageTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, ftm, ftp);
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
-		if(tupleIndex == FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT) return -1;
-		else return tupleIndex;		
-	}
-		
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getSmFlag() {
+        return buf.get(smFlagOff) != 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag) {
+        if (smFlag)
+            buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 1);
+        else
+            buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 0);
+    }
+
+    public int getPrefixTupleCount() {
+        return buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff);
+    }
+
+    public void setPrefixTupleCount(int prefixTupleCount) {
+        buf.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixTupleCount);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+        int fieldsToTruncate = 0;
+
+        // check if tuple matches last prefix tuple
+        if (buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff) > 0) {
+            framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff) - 1);
+            if (cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount()) == 0) {
+                fieldsToTruncate = framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount();
+            }
+        }
+
+        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, fieldsToTruncate, tuple.getFieldCount()
+                - fieldsToTruncate, buf, freeSpace);
+
+        // insert slot
+        int prefixSlotNum = FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
+        if (fieldsToTruncate > 0)
+            prefixSlotNum = buf.getInt(prefixTupleCountOff) - 1;
+        else
+            buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff) + 1);
+        int insSlot = slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixSlotNum, FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT);
+        slotManager.insertSlot(insSlot, freeSpace);
+
+        // update page metadata
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey)
+            throws Exception {
+
+        FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame rf = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame) rightFrame;
+
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+
+        // before doing anything check if key already exists
+        int slot = slotManager.findSlot(tuple, frameTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int tupleSlotNum = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
+        if (tupleSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT) {
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleSlotNum);
+            if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {
+                throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key into unique index");
+            }
+        }
+
+        ByteBuffer right = rf.getBuffer();
+        int tupleCount = getTupleCount();
+        int prefixTupleCount = getPrefixTupleCount();
+
+        int tuplesToLeft;
+        int midSlotNum = tupleCount / 2;
+        IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;
+        frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, midSlotNum);
+        int comparison = cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple);
+        if (comparison >= 0) {
+            tuplesToLeft = midSlotNum + (tupleCount % 2);
+            targetFrame = rf;
+        } else {
+            tuplesToLeft = midSlotNum;
+            targetFrame = this;
+        }
+        int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;
+
+        // copy entire page
+        System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
+
+        // determine how many slots go on left and right page
+        int prefixesToLeft = prefixTupleCount;
+        for (int i = tuplesToLeft; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            int tupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(i);
+            int tupleSlot = right.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
+            int prefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);
+            if (prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+                prefixesToLeft = prefixSlotNum;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if we are splitting in the middle of a prefix both pages need to have
+        // the prefix slot and tuple
+        int boundaryTupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(tuplesToLeft - 1);
+        int boundaryTupleSlot = buf.getInt(boundaryTupleSlotOff);
+        int boundaryPrefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(boundaryTupleSlot);
+        int prefixesToRight = prefixTupleCount - prefixesToLeft;
+        if (boundaryPrefixSlotNum == prefixesToLeft
+                && boundaryPrefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+            prefixesToLeft++; // tuples on both pages share one prefix
+        }
+
+        // move prefix tuples on right page to beginning of page and adjust
+        // prefix slots
+        if (prefixesToRight > 0 && prefixesToLeft > 0 && prefixTupleCount > 1) {
+
+            int freeSpace = rf.getOrigFreeSpaceOff();
+            int lastPrefixSlotNum = -1;
+
+            for (int i = tuplesToLeft; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+                int tupleSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(i);
+                int tupleSlot = right.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
+                int prefixSlotNum = rf.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);
+                if (prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+                    framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, prefixSlotNum);
+
+                    int bytesWritten = 0;
+                    if (lastPrefixSlotNum != prefixSlotNum) {
+                        bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(framePrefixTuple, right, freeSpace);
+                        int newPrefixSlot = rf.slotManager
+                                .encodeSlotFields(framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount(), freeSpace);
+                        int prefixSlotOff = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
+                        right.putInt(prefixSlotOff, newPrefixSlot);
+                        lastPrefixSlotNum = prefixSlotNum;
+                    }
+
+                    int tupleOff = rf.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);
+                    int newTupleSlot = rf.slotManager.encodeSlotFields(prefixSlotNum
+                            - (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight), tupleOff);
+                    right.putInt(tupleSlotOff, newTupleSlot);
+                    freeSpace += bytesWritten;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // move the modified prefix slots on the right page
+        int prefixSrc = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotEndOff();
+        int prefixDest = rf.slotManager.getPrefixSlotEndOff() + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight)
+                * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        int prefixLength = rf.slotManager.getSlotSize() * prefixesToRight;
+        System.arraycopy(right.array(), prefixSrc, right.array(), prefixDest, prefixLength);
+
+        // on right page we need to copy rightmost tuple slots to left
+        int src = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff();
+        int dest = rf.slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize()
+                + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToRight) * rf.slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        int length = rf.slotManager.getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight;
+        System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);
+
+        right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
+        right.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixesToRight);
+
+        // on left page move slots to reflect possibly removed prefixes
+        src = slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToRight * slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        dest = slotManager.getTupleSlotEndOff() + tuplesToRight * slotManager.getSlotSize()
+                + (prefixTupleCount - prefixesToLeft) * slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        length = slotManager.getSlotSize() * tuplesToLeft;
+        System.arraycopy(buf.array(), src, buf.array(), dest, length);
+
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);
+        buf.putInt(prefixTupleCountOff, prefixesToLeft);
+
+        // compact both pages
+        compact(cmp);
+        rightFrame.compact(cmp);
+
+        // insert last key
+        targetFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+
+        // set split key to be highest value in left page
+        frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, getTupleCount() - 1);
+
+        int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
+        tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+        splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFreeSpaceOff() {
+        return buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+    }
+
+    public int getOrigFreeSpaceOff() {
+        return nextLeafOff + 4;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace) {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setNextLeaf(int page) {
+        buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, page);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPrevLeaf(int page) {
+        buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, page);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getNextLeaf() {
+        return buf.getInt(nextLeafOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPrevLeaf() {
+        return buf.getInt(prevLeafOff);
+    }
+
+    public int getUncompressedTupleCount() {
+        return buf.getInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff);
+    }
+
+    public void setUncompressedTupleCount(int uncompressedTupleCount) {
+        buf.putInt(uncompressedTupleCountOff, uncompressedTupleCount);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getSlotSize() {
+        return slotManager.getSlotSize();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+    }
+
+    public IBTreeTupleWriter getTupleWriter() {
+        return tupleWriter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
+        return new FieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp,
+            FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp) {
+        int slot = slotManager.findSlot(searchKey, pageTuple, framePrefixTuple, cmp, ftm, ftp);
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
+        if (tupleIndex == FieldPrefixSlotManager.GREATEST_SLOT)
+            return -1;
+        else
+            return tupleIndex;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory.java
index 21cfbcb..a3084ab 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory.java
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory implements IBTreeLeafFrameFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
-	
-	public FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
-		this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
-	}
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame() {		
-		return new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
+
+    public FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
+        this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame() {
+        return new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrame.java
index 9c8fa3f..a219dd6 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrame.java
@@ -26,46 +26,45 @@
 // other meta pages (i.e., with level -2) have junk in the max page field
 
 public class MetaDataFrame implements IBTreeMetaDataFrame {
-        
-    protected static final int tupleCountOff = 0;             
+
+    protected static final int tupleCountOff = 0;
     protected static final int freeSpaceOff = tupleCountOff + 4;
     protected static final int maxPageOff = freeSpaceOff + 4;
     protected static final byte levelOff = maxPageOff + 1;
     protected static final byte nextPageOff = maxPageOff + 8;
-    
+
     protected ICachedPage page = null;
-    protected ByteBuffer buf = null;    
-    
+    protected ByteBuffer buf = null;
+
     public int getMaxPage() {
         return buf.getInt(maxPageOff);
     }
-    
+
     public void setMaxPage(int maxPage) {
         buf.putInt(maxPageOff, maxPage);
     }
-        
-    public int getFreePage() {                
-        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff); 
-        if(tupleCount > 0) {
+
+    public int getFreePage() {
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        if (tupleCount > 0) {
             // return the last page from the linked list of free pages
             // TODO: this is a dumb policy, but good enough for now
             int lastPageOff = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) - 4;
             buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, lastPageOff);
             buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tupleCount - 1);
             return buf.getInt(lastPageOff);
-        }
-        else {
+        } else {
             return -1;
-        }                                    
+        }
     }
-    
-    
+
     // must be checked before adding free page
-    // user of this class is responsible for getting a free page as a new meta page, latching it, etc. if there is no space on this page
+    // user of this class is responsible for getting a free page as a new meta
+    // page, latching it, etc. if there is no space on this page
     public boolean hasSpace() {
         return buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + 4 < buf.capacity();
     }
-    
+
     // on bounds checking is done, there must be free space
     public void addFreePage(int freePage) {
         int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
@@ -75,24 +74,24 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public byte getLevel() {        
+    public byte getLevel() {
         return buf.get(levelOff);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void setLevel(byte level) {
-        buf.put(levelOff, level);           
+        buf.put(levelOff, level);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public ICachedPage getPage() {
         return page;
-    }   
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void setPage(ICachedPage page) {
         this.page = page;
-        this.buf = page.getBuffer();        
+        this.buf = page.getBuffer();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
         buf.putInt(levelOff, level);
         buf.putInt(nextPageOff, -1);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public int getNextPage() {
         return buf.getInt(nextPageOff);
@@ -111,5 +110,5 @@
     @Override
     public void setNextPage(int nextPage) {
         buf.putInt(nextPageOff, nextPage);
-    }        
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrameFactory.java
index d11a920..9896bf9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/MetaDataFrameFactory.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 public class MetaDataFrameFactory implements IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory {
     @Override
-    public IBTreeMetaDataFrame getFrame() {     
+    public IBTreeMetaDataFrame getFrame() {
         return new MetaDataFrame();
-    }   
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
index 01d24ce..2324eab 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMFrame.java
@@ -39,264 +39,277 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 
 public abstract class NSMFrame implements IBTreeFrame {
-	
-	protected static final int pageLsnOff = 0;								// 0
-	protected static final int tupleCountOff = pageLsnOff + 4;				// 4
-	protected static final int freeSpaceOff = tupleCountOff + 4;			// 8
-	protected static final int totalFreeSpaceOff = freeSpaceOff + 4;		// 16
-	protected static final byte levelOff = totalFreeSpaceOff + 4; 	
-	protected static final byte smFlagOff = levelOff + 1;	
-	
-	protected ICachedPage page = null;
-	protected ByteBuffer buf = null;
-	protected ISlotManager slotManager;
-		
-	protected IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter;
-	protected IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple;
-	
-	public NSMFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
-		this.tupleWriter = tupleWriter;
-		this.frameTuple = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
-		this.slotManager = new OrderedSlotManager();		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void initBuffer(byte level) {
-		buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, 0); // TODO: might to set to a different lsn during creation
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, 0);	
-		resetSpaceParams();
-		buf.put(levelOff, level);
-		buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)0);
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public boolean isLeaf() {
-		return buf.get(levelOff) == 0;
-	}
-			
-	@Override
-	public byte getLevel() {		
-		return buf.get(levelOff);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setLevel(byte level) {
-		buf.put(levelOff, level);				
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public boolean getSmFlag() {
-		return buf.get(smFlagOff) != 0;
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag) {
-		if(smFlag)buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)1);		
-		else buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte)0);			
-	}		
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getFreeSpaceOff() {
-		return buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-	}
+    protected static final int pageLsnOff = 0; // 0
+    protected static final int tupleCountOff = pageLsnOff + 4; // 4
+    protected static final int freeSpaceOff = tupleCountOff + 4; // 8
+    protected static final int totalFreeSpaceOff = freeSpaceOff + 4; // 16
+    protected static final byte levelOff = totalFreeSpaceOff + 4;
+    protected static final byte smFlagOff = levelOff + 1;
 
-	@Override
-	public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace) {
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);		
-	}		
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setPage(ICachedPage page) {
-		this.page = page;
-		this.buf = page.getBuffer();
-		slotManager.setFrame(this);		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
-		return page.getBuffer();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public ICachedPage getPage() {
-		return page;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void compact(MultiComparator cmp) {		
-		resetSpaceParams();
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());	
-		
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);		
-		
-		ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff> sortedTupleOffs = new ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff>();
-		sortedTupleOffs.ensureCapacity(tupleCount);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {			
-			int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(i);
-			int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-			sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, slotOff, tupleOff));
-		}
-		Collections.sort(sortedTupleOffs);
-		
-		for(int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {
-			int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-			
-            int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1);
+    protected ICachedPage page = null;
+    protected ByteBuffer buf = null;
+    protected ISlotManager slotManager;
+
+    protected IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter;
+    protected IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple;
+
+    public NSMFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
+        this.tupleWriter = tupleWriter;
+        this.frameTuple = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
+        this.slotManager = new OrderedSlotManager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initBuffer(byte level) {
+        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, 0); // TODO: might to set to a different lsn
+        // during creation
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, 0);
+        resetSpaceParams();
+        buf.put(levelOff, level);
+        buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLeaf() {
+        return buf.get(levelOff) == 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte getLevel() {
+        return buf.get(levelOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setLevel(byte level) {
+        buf.put(levelOff, level);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean getSmFlag() {
+        return buf.get(smFlagOff) != 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setSmFlag(boolean smFlag) {
+        if (smFlag)
+            buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 1);
+        else
+            buf.put(smFlagOff, (byte) 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFreeSpaceOff() {
+        return buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFreeSpaceOff(int freeSpace) {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPage(ICachedPage page) {
+        this.page = page;
+        this.buf = page.getBuffer();
+        slotManager.setFrame(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
+        return page.getBuffer();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ICachedPage getPage() {
+        return page;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void compact(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        resetSpaceParams();
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+
+        ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff> sortedTupleOffs = new ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff>();
+        sortedTupleOffs.ensureCapacity(tupleCount);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(i);
+            int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+            sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, slotOff, tupleOff));
+        }
+        Collections.sort(sortedTupleOffs);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {
+            int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+
+            int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                    + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1);
             int tupleLength = tupleEndOff - tupleOff;
             System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff, buf.array(), freeSpace, tupleLength);
-						
-			slotManager.setSlot(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff, freeSpace);
-			freeSpace += tupleLength;
-		}
-		
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - freeSpace - tupleCount * slotManager.getSlotSize());				
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		if(tupleIndex < 0) {
-			throw new BTreeException("Key to be deleted does not exist.");
-		}
-		else {
-			if(exactDelete) {
-				// check the non-key columns for equality by byte-by-byte comparison
-				int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-				frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-				
-				int comparison = cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, frameTuple, cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1, cmp.getFieldCount() - cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-                if(comparison != 0) {
-                	throw new BTreeException("Cannot delete tuple. Byte-by-byte comparison failed to prove equality.");
-                }										
-			}
-			
-			int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-			int tupleSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple);
-			
-			// perform deletion (we just do a memcpy to overwrite the slot)
-			int slotStartOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
-			int length = slotOff - slotStartOff;
-			System.arraycopy(buf.array(), slotStartOff, buf.array(), slotStartOff + slotManager.getSlotSize(), length);
-						
-			// maintain space information
-			buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
-			buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + tupleSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());			
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {				
-		int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple);
-		if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) - (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) * slotManager.getSlotSize()) ) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
-		else if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff)) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-		else return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public SpaceStatus hasSpaceUpdate(int rid, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-	}
+            slotManager.setSlot(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff, freeSpace);
+            freeSpace += tupleLength;
+        }
 
-	protected void resetSpaceParams() {
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, totalFreeSpaceOff + 4);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (totalFreeSpaceOff + 4));
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));				
-		int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
-		
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());				
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public void update(int rid, ITupleReference tuple) throws Exception {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		
-	}	
-	
-	@Override
-	public void printHeader() {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		
-	}		
-		
-	@Override
-	public int getTupleCount() {
-		return buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-	}
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - freeSpace - tupleCount * slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
 
-	public ISlotManager getSlotManager() {
-		return slotManager;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {		
-		StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();		
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(fields.length);	
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {						
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);												
-			for(int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {				
-				ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple.getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
-				DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-				Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
-				strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");				
-			}
-			strBuilder.append(" | ");				
-		}
-		strBuilder.append("\n");
-		return strBuilder.toString();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum) {
-		return slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotStartOff() - slotNum * slotManager.getSlotSize());
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        if (tupleIndex < 0) {
+            throw new BTreeException("Key to be deleted does not exist.");
+        } else {
+            if (exactDelete) {
+                // check the non-key columns for equality by byte-by-byte
+                // comparison
+                int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+                frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
 
-	@Override
-	public int getPageLsn() {
-		return buf.getInt(pageLsnOff);		
-	}
+                int comparison = cmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, frameTuple, cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1, cmp
+                        .getFieldCount()
+                        - cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+                if (comparison != 0) {
+                    throw new BTreeException("Cannot delete tuple. Byte-by-byte comparison failed to prove equality.");
+                }
+            }
 
-	@Override
-	public void setPageLsn(int pageLsn) {
-		buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, pageLsn);		
-	}
+            int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+            int tupleSize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple);
 
-	@Override
-	public int getTotalFreeSpace() {
-		return buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff);
-	}
-	
+            // perform deletion (we just do a memcpy to overwrite the slot)
+            int slotStartOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
+            int length = slotOff - slotStartOff;
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), slotStartOff, buf.array(), slotStartOff + slotManager.getSlotSize(), length);
+
+            // maintain space information
+            buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
+            buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + tupleSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
+        int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple);
+        if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff)
+                - (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) * slotManager.getSlotSize()))
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
+        else if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff))
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+        else
+            return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceUpdate(int rid, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+    }
+
+    protected void resetSpaceParams() {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, totalFreeSpaceOff + 4);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (totalFreeSpaceOff + 4));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
+        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
+
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void update(int rid, ITupleReference tuple) throws Exception {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void printHeader() {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTupleCount() {
+        return buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+    }
+
+    public ISlotManager getSlotManager() {
+        return slotManager;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(fields.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);
+            for (int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {
+                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple
+                        .getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
+                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
+                strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");
+            }
+            strBuilder.append(" | ");
+        }
+        strBuilder.append("\n");
+        return strBuilder.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTupleOffset(int slotNum) {
+        return slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotStartOff() - slotNum * slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPageLsn() {
+        return buf.getInt(pageLsnOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPageLsn(int pageLsn) {
+        buf.putInt(pageLsnOff, pageLsn);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTotalFreeSpace() {
+        return buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean compress(MultiComparator cmp) {
         return false;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public int getSlotSize() {
-    	return slotManager.getSlotSize();
+        return slotManager.getSlotSize();
     }
-        
+
     @Override
-	public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-	}
-    
+    public void setPageTupleFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+    }
+
     public IBTreeTupleWriter getTupleWriter() {
-    	return tupleWriter;
+        return tupleWriter;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
index f388fd8..90d400d 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrame.java
@@ -39,380 +39,412 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.SplitKey;
 
 public class NSMInteriorFrame extends NSMFrame implements IBTreeInteriorFrame {
-		
-	private static final int rightLeafOff = smFlagOff + 1;
-	
-	private static final int childPtrSize = 4;
-	
-	//private SimpleTupleReference cmpFrameTuple = new SimpleTupleReference();
-	private IBTreeTupleReference cmpFrameTuple;
-	
-	public NSMInteriorFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
-		super(tupleWriter);
-		cmpFrameTuple = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
-		
-	}
-	
-	private int getLeftChildPageOff(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {		
-		return tuple.getFieldStart(cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1) + tuple.getFieldLength(cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1);		
-	}	
-	
-	@Override
-	public void initBuffer(byte level) {
-		super.initBuffer(level);
-		buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, -1);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {				
-		int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple) + 8; // for the two childpointers
-		if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) - (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) * slotManager.getSlotSize()) ) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
-		else if(bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff)) return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-		else return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());		
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		boolean isDuplicate = true;				
-		
-		if(tupleIndex < 0) isDuplicate = false; // greater than all existing keys
-		else {
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
-			if(cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) != 0) isDuplicate = false;
-		}
-				
-		if(isDuplicate) {			
-			throw new BTreeException("Trying to insert duplicate value into interior node.");
-		}
-		else {			
-			slotOff = slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
-			
-			int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);			
-			int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), buf, freeSpace);
-			System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp), buf.array(), freeSpace + bytesWritten, childPtrSize);								
-			int tupleSize = bytesWritten + childPtrSize;	
-			
-			buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-			buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + tupleSize);
-			buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - tupleSize - slotManager.getSlotSize());
-			
-			// did insert into the rightmost slot?
-			if(slotOff == slotManager.getSlotEndOff()) { 
-				System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp) + childPtrSize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
-			}
-			else {
-				// if slotOff has a right (slot-)neighbor then update its child pointer
-				// the only time when this is NOT the case, is when this is the first tuple 
-				// (or when the splitkey goes into the rightmost slot but that case was handled in the if above)				
-				if(buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) > 1) {					
-					int rightNeighborOff = slotOff - slotManager.getSlotSize();					
-					frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(rightNeighborOff));
-					System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(0), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp) + childPtrSize, buf.array(), getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp), childPtrSize);
-				}				
-			}			
-		}				
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {
-		int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-		slotManager.insertSlot(-1, freeSpace);
-		int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), buf, freeSpace);
-		System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount()-1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp), buf.array(), freeSpace + bytesWritten, childPtrSize);
-		int tupleSize = bytesWritten + childPtrSize;
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + tupleSize);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - tupleSize - slotManager.getSlotSize());
-		System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(0), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp) + childPtrSize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey) throws Exception {		
-		// before doing anything check if key already exists
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		if(tupleIndex >= 0) {			
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));			
-			if(cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {				
-				throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key in interior node during split");				
-			}
-		}
-		
-		ByteBuffer right = rightFrame.getBuffer();
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		
-		int tuplesToLeft = (tupleCount / 2) + (tupleCount % 2);
-		IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, getTupleOffset(tuplesToLeft-1));
-		if(cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) <= 0) {
-			targetFrame = this;
-		}
-		else {
-			targetFrame = rightFrame;
-		}			
-		int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;		
-				
-		// copy entire page
-		System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
-		
-		// on right page we need to copy rightmost slots to left		
-		int src = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff();
-		int dest = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft * rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize();
-		int length = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight;
-		System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);				
-		right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
-				
-		// on left page, remove highest key and make its childpointer the rightmost childpointer
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);
-				
-		// copy data to be inserted, we need this because creating the splitkey will overwrite the data param (data points to same memory as splitKey.getData())
-		SplitKey savedSplitKey = splitKey.duplicate(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
-		
-		// set split key to be highest value in left page	
-		int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-		int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
-		tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);			
-		splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
-		
-		int deleteTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, deleteTupleOff);
-		buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, buf.getInt(getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp)));
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft - 1);
-		
-		// compact both pages
-		rightFrame.compact(cmp);
-		compact(cmp);
-		
-		// insert key
-		targetFrame.insert(savedSplitKey.getTuple(), cmp);
-		
-		return 0;
-	}	
-	
-	@Override
-	public void compact(MultiComparator cmp) {		
-		resetSpaceParams();
-		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-		
-		ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff> sortedTupleOffs = new ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff>();
-		sortedTupleOffs.ensureCapacity(tupleCount);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {			
-			int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(i);
-			int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-			sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, slotOff, tupleOff));
-		}
-		Collections.sort(sortedTupleOffs);
-		
-		for(int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {
-			int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-			
-			int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1);
-			int tupleLength = tupleEndOff - tupleOff + childPtrSize;
-			System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff, buf.array(), freeSpace, tupleLength);
-						
-			slotManager.setSlot(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff, freeSpace);
-			freeSpace += tupleLength;						
-		}
-		
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - freeSpace - tupleCount * slotManager.getSlotSize());
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public int getChildPageId(RangePredicate pred, MultiComparator srcCmp) {				
-		// check for trivial case where there is only a child pointer (and no key)
-		if(buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) == 0) {			
-			return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
-		}
-				
-		cmpFrameTuple.setFieldCount(srcCmp.getKeyFieldCount());		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(srcCmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		
-		// check for trivial cases where no low key or high key exists (e.g. during an index scan)
-		ITupleReference tuple = null;
-		FindTupleMode fsm = null;
-		MultiComparator targetCmp = null;
-		if(pred.isForward()) {						
-			tuple = pred.getLowKey();
-			if(tuple == null) {
-				return getLeftmostChildPageId(srcCmp);
-			}
-			if(pred.isLowKeyInclusive()) fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE;
-			else fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
-			targetCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();	
-		}
-		else {
-			tuple = pred.getHighKey();
-			if(tuple == null) {
-				return getRightmostChildPageId(srcCmp);				
-			}
-			if(pred.isHighKeyInclusive()) fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
-			else fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE;
-			targetCmp = pred.getHighKeyComparator();
-		}
-						
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, targetCmp, fsm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);				
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		if(tupleIndex < 0) {			
-			return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
-		}
-		else {
-			int origTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-			cmpFrameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, origTupleOff);
-			int cmpTupleOff = origTupleOff;
-			if(pred.isForward()) {
-				int maxSlotOff = buf.capacity();
-				slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();		
-				while(slotOff < maxSlotOff) {
-					cmpTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-					frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, cmpTupleOff);
-					if(targetCmp.compare(cmpFrameTuple, frameTuple) != 0) break;					
-					slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();	
-				}				
-				slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
-			}
-			else {				
-				int minSlotOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff() - slotManager.getSlotSize();
-				slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
-				while(slotOff > minSlotOff) {
-					cmpTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-					frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, cmpTupleOff);
-					if(targetCmp.compare(cmpFrameTuple, frameTuple) != 0) break;
-					slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();										
-				}												
-				slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();
-			}
-			
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
-			int childPageOff = getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, srcCmp);			
-			return buf.getInt(childPageOff);
-		}				
-	}	
-	
-	@Override
-	public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		int tupleOff;
-		int keySize;
-		
-		if(tupleIndex < 0) {						
-			tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);			
-			keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-			
-			// copy new rightmost pointer
-			System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff + keySize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);						
-		}
-		else {						
-			tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-			keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());	
-			// perform deletion (we just do a memcpy to overwrite the slot)
-			int slotStartOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
-			int length = slotOff - slotStartOff;
-			System.arraycopy(buf.array(), slotStartOff, buf.array(), slotStartOff + slotManager.getSlotSize(), length);						
-		}
-		
-		// maintain space information
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + keySize + childPtrSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	protected void resetSpaceParams() {
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, rightLeafOff + childPtrSize);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (rightLeafOff + childPtrSize));
-	}
-		
-	@Override
-	public int getLeftmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp) {						
-		int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotStartOff());		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-		int childPageOff = getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp);
-		return buf.getInt(childPageOff);
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int getRightmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp) {
-		return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
-	}
+    private static final int rightLeafOff = smFlagOff + 1;
 
-	@Override
-	public void setRightmostChildPageId(int pageId) {
-		buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, pageId);
-	}		
-	
-	// for debugging
-	public ArrayList<Integer> getChildren(MultiComparator cmp) {				
-		ArrayList<Integer> ret = new ArrayList<Integer>();		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
-			int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotOff(i));
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-			int intVal = getInt(buf.array(), frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1) + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount()-1));
-			ret.add(intVal);
-		}
-		if(!isLeaf()) {			
-			int rightLeaf = buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);			
-			if(rightLeaf > 0) ret.add(buf.getInt(rightLeafOff));
-		}
-		return ret;
-	}
+    private static final int childPtrSize = 4;
 
-	@Override
-	public void deleteGreatest(MultiComparator cmp) {
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
-		int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-		int keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());		 
-		System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff + keySize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
-		
-		// maintain space information
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + keySize + childPtrSize + slotManager.getSlotSize());
-		
-		int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-		if(freeSpace == tupleOff + keySize + childPtrSize) {
-			buf.putInt(freeSpace, freeSpace - (keySize + childPtrSize));
-		}		
-	}		
-	
-	private int getInt(byte[] bytes, int offset) {
-		return ((bytes[offset] & 0xff) << 24) + ((bytes[offset + 1] & 0xff) << 16) + ((bytes[offset + 2] & 0xff) << 8) + ((bytes[offset + 3] & 0xff) << 0);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {		
-		StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();		
-		int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());	
-		for(int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {						
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);												
-			for(int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {				
-				ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple.getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
-				DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-				Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
-				strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");				
-			}
-			strBuilder.append(" | ");				
-		}
-		strBuilder.append("\n");
-		return strBuilder.toString();
-	}
+    // private SimpleTupleReference cmpFrameTuple = new SimpleTupleReference();
+    private IBTreeTupleReference cmpFrameTuple;
+
+    public NSMInteriorFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
+        super(tupleWriter);
+        cmpFrameTuple = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
+
+    }
+
+    private int getLeftChildPageOff(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
+        return tuple.getFieldStart(cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1) + tuple.getFieldLength(cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initBuffer(byte level) {
+        super.initBuffer(level);
+        buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, -1);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpaceStatus hasSpaceInsert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) {
+        int bytesRequired = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple) + 8; // for the two
+        // childpointers
+        if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.capacity() - buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff)
+                - (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) * slotManager.getSlotSize()))
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE;
+        else if (bytesRequired + slotManager.getSlotSize() <= buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff))
+            return SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+        else
+            return SpaceStatus.INSUFFICIENT_SPACE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        boolean isDuplicate = true;
+
+        if (tupleIndex < 0)
+            isDuplicate = false; // greater than all existing keys
+        else {
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
+            if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) != 0)
+                isDuplicate = false;
+        }
+
+        if (isDuplicate) {
+            throw new BTreeException("Trying to insert duplicate value into interior node.");
+        } else {
+            slotOff = slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
+
+            int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+            int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), buf, freeSpace);
+            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp), buf
+                    .array(), freeSpace + bytesWritten, childPtrSize);
+            int tupleSize = bytesWritten + childPtrSize;
+
+            buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+            buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + tupleSize);
+            buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - tupleSize - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+
+            // did insert into the rightmost slot?
+            if (slotOff == slotManager.getSlotEndOff()) {
+                System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp)
+                        + childPtrSize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
+            } else {
+                // if slotOff has a right (slot-)neighbor then update its child
+                // pointer
+                // the only time when this is NOT the case, is when this is the
+                // first tuple
+                // (or when the splitkey goes into the rightmost slot but that
+                // case was handled in the if above)
+                if (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) > 1) {
+                    int rightNeighborOff = slotOff - slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                    frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(rightNeighborOff));
+                    System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(0), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp) + childPtrSize,
+                            buf.array(), getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp), childPtrSize);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+        slotManager.insertSlot(-1, freeSpace);
+        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), buf, freeSpace);
+        System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(cmp.getKeyFieldCount() - 1), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp), buf.array(),
+                freeSpace + bytesWritten, childPtrSize);
+        int tupleSize = bytesWritten + childPtrSize;
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + tupleSize);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - tupleSize - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+        System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(0), getLeftChildPageOff(tuple, cmp) + childPtrSize, buf.array(),
+                rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey)
+            throws Exception {
+        // before doing anything check if key already exists
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        if (tupleIndex >= 0) {
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
+            if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {
+                throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key in interior node during split");
+            }
+        }
+
+        ByteBuffer right = rightFrame.getBuffer();
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+
+        int tuplesToLeft = (tupleCount / 2) + (tupleCount % 2);
+        IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, getTupleOffset(tuplesToLeft - 1));
+        if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) <= 0) {
+            targetFrame = this;
+        } else {
+            targetFrame = rightFrame;
+        }
+        int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;
+
+        // copy entire page
+        System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
+
+        // on right page we need to copy rightmost slots to left
+        int src = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff();
+        int dest = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft
+                * rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize();
+        int length = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight;
+        System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);
+        right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
+
+        // on left page, remove highest key and make its childpointer the
+        // rightmost childpointer
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);
+
+        // copy data to be inserted, we need this because creating the splitkey
+        // will overwrite the data param (data points to same memory as
+        // splitKey.getData())
+        SplitKey savedSplitKey = splitKey.duplicate(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
+
+        // set split key to be highest value in left page
+        int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+        int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
+        tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+        splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+
+        int deleteTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, deleteTupleOff);
+        buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, buf.getInt(getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp)));
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft - 1);
+
+        // compact both pages
+        rightFrame.compact(cmp);
+        compact(cmp);
+
+        // insert key
+        targetFrame.insert(savedSplitKey.getTuple(), cmp);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void compact(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        resetSpaceParams();
+
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+
+        ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff> sortedTupleOffs = new ArrayList<SlotOffTupleOff>();
+        sortedTupleOffs.ensureCapacity(tupleCount);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(i);
+            int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+            sortedTupleOffs.add(new SlotOffTupleOff(i, slotOff, tupleOff));
+        }
+        Collections.sort(sortedTupleOffs);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < sortedTupleOffs.size(); i++) {
+            int tupleOff = sortedTupleOffs.get(i).tupleOff;
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+
+            int tupleEndOff = frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                    + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1);
+            int tupleLength = tupleEndOff - tupleOff + childPtrSize;
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff, buf.array(), freeSpace, tupleLength);
+
+            slotManager.setSlot(sortedTupleOffs.get(i).slotOff, freeSpace);
+            freeSpace += tupleLength;
+        }
+
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, freeSpace);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - freeSpace - tupleCount * slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getChildPageId(RangePredicate pred, MultiComparator srcCmp) {
+        // check for trivial case where there is only a child pointer (and no
+        // key)
+        if (buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) == 0) {
+            return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
+        }
+
+        cmpFrameTuple.setFieldCount(srcCmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(srcCmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+
+        // check for trivial cases where no low key or high key exists (e.g.
+        // during an index scan)
+        ITupleReference tuple = null;
+        FindTupleMode fsm = null;
+        MultiComparator targetCmp = null;
+        if (pred.isForward()) {
+            tuple = pred.getLowKey();
+            if (tuple == null) {
+                return getLeftmostChildPageId(srcCmp);
+            }
+            if (pred.isLowKeyInclusive())
+                fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE;
+            else
+                fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
+            targetCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();
+        } else {
+            tuple = pred.getHighKey();
+            if (tuple == null) {
+                return getRightmostChildPageId(srcCmp);
+            }
+            if (pred.isHighKeyInclusive())
+                fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
+            else
+                fsm = FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE;
+            targetCmp = pred.getHighKeyComparator();
+        }
+
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, targetCmp, fsm,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        if (tupleIndex < 0) {
+            return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
+        } else {
+            int origTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+            cmpFrameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, origTupleOff);
+            int cmpTupleOff = origTupleOff;
+            if (pred.isForward()) {
+                int maxSlotOff = buf.capacity();
+                slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                while (slotOff < maxSlotOff) {
+                    cmpTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+                    frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, cmpTupleOff);
+                    if (targetCmp.compare(cmpFrameTuple, frameTuple) != 0)
+                        break;
+                    slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                }
+                slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
+            } else {
+                int minSlotOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff() - slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                while (slotOff > minSlotOff) {
+                    cmpTupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+                    frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, cmpTupleOff);
+                    if (targetCmp.compare(cmpFrameTuple, frameTuple) != 0)
+                        break;
+                    slotOff -= slotManager.getSlotSize();
+                }
+                slotOff += slotManager.getSlotSize();
+            }
+
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
+            int childPageOff = getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, srcCmp);
+            return buf.getInt(childPageOff);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, boolean exactDelete) throws Exception {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        int tupleOff;
+        int keySize;
+
+        if (tupleIndex < 0) {
+            tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+            keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+
+            // copy new rightmost pointer
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff + keySize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
+        } else {
+            tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+            keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+            // perform deletion (we just do a memcpy to overwrite the slot)
+            int slotStartOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
+            int length = slotOff - slotStartOff;
+            System.arraycopy(buf.array(), slotStartOff, buf.array(), slotStartOff + slotManager.getSlotSize(), length);
+        }
+
+        // maintain space information
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + keySize + childPtrSize
+                + slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void resetSpaceParams() {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, rightLeafOff + childPtrSize);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (rightLeafOff + childPtrSize));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getLeftmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotStartOff());
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+        int childPageOff = getLeftChildPageOff(frameTuple, cmp);
+        return buf.getInt(childPageOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getRightmostChildPageId(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        return buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setRightmostChildPageId(int pageId) {
+        buf.putInt(rightLeafOff, pageId);
+    }
+
+    // for debugging
+    public ArrayList<Integer> getChildren(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        ArrayList<Integer> ret = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotOff(i));
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+            int intVal = getInt(buf.array(), frameTuple.getFieldStart(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1)
+                    + frameTuple.getFieldLength(frameTuple.getFieldCount() - 1));
+            ret.add(intVal);
+        }
+        if (!isLeaf()) {
+            int rightLeaf = buf.getInt(rightLeafOff);
+            if (rightLeaf > 0)
+                ret.add(buf.getInt(rightLeafOff));
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deleteGreatest(MultiComparator cmp) {
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotEndOff();
+        int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff);
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+        int keySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        System.arraycopy(buf.array(), tupleOff + keySize, buf.array(), rightLeafOff, childPtrSize);
+
+        // maintain space information
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) - 1);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) + keySize + childPtrSize
+                + slotManager.getSlotSize());
+
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+        if (freeSpace == tupleOff + keySize + childPtrSize) {
+            buf.putInt(freeSpace, freeSpace - (keySize + childPtrSize));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int getInt(byte[] bytes, int offset) {
+        return ((bytes[offset] & 0xff) << 24) + ((bytes[offset + 1] & 0xff) << 16) + ((bytes[offset + 2] & 0xff) << 8)
+                + ((bytes[offset + 3] & 0xff) << 0);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String printKeys(MultiComparator cmp, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        int tupleCount = buf.getInt(tupleCountOff);
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, i);
+            for (int j = 0; j < cmp.getKeyFieldCount(); j++) {
+                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(j), frameTuple
+                        .getFieldStart(j), frameTuple.getFieldLength(j));
+                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                Object o = fields[j].deserialize(dataIn);
+                strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");
+            }
+            strBuilder.append(" | ");
+        }
+        strBuilder.append("\n");
+        return strBuilder.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrameFactory.java
index 8dd7175..86fa94f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMInteriorFrameFactory.java
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class NSMInteriorFrameFactory implements IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;	
-	private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
-	
-	public NSMInteriorFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
-		this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeInteriorFrame getFrame() {		
-		return new NSMInteriorFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
-	}	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
+
+    public NSMInteriorFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
+        this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeInteriorFrame getFrame() {
+        return new NSMInteriorFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
index b1cdcf3..fd8f826 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -29,155 +29,161 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.SplitKey;
 
-public class NSMLeafFrame extends NSMFrame implements IBTreeLeafFrame {    
-	protected static final int prevLeafOff = smFlagOff + 1;
-	protected static final int nextLeafOff = prevLeafOff + 4;
-	
-	public NSMLeafFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
-		super(tupleWriter);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void initBuffer(byte level) {
-		super.initBuffer(level);
-		buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, -1);
-		buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, -1);
-	}
+public class NSMLeafFrame extends NSMFrame implements IBTreeLeafFrame {
+    protected static final int prevLeafOff = smFlagOff + 1;
+    protected static final int nextLeafOff = prevLeafOff + 4;
 
-	@Override
-	public void setNextLeaf(int page) {
-		buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, page);
-	}
+    public NSMLeafFrame(IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter) {
+        super(tupleWriter);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public void setPrevLeaf(int page) {
-		buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, page);
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void initBuffer(byte level) {
+        super.initBuffer(level);
+        buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, -1);
+        buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, -1);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int getNextLeaf() {
-		return buf.getInt(nextLeafOff);
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void setNextLeaf(int page) {
+        buf.putInt(nextLeafOff, page);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int getPrevLeaf() {
-		return buf.getInt(prevLeafOff);
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void setPrevLeaf(int page) {
+        buf.putInt(prevLeafOff, page);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		boolean isDuplicate = true;
-		
-		if (tupleIndex < 0) isDuplicate = false; // greater than all existing keys
-		else {
-			frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));				
-			if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) != 0) isDuplicate = false;
-		}
-				
-		if (isDuplicate) {
-			throw new BTreeException("Trying to insert duplicate value into leaf of unique index");
-		} 
-		else {
-			slotOff = slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
-			
-			int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);			
-			int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, freeSpace);			
-			
-			buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-			buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
-			buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());			
-		}	
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {		
-		int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
-		slotManager.insertSlot(-1, freeSpace);		
-		int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, freeSpace);	
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey) throws Exception {
-				
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		
-		// before doing anything check if key already exists
-		int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
-		if (tupleIndex >= 0) {						
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleIndex);		
-			if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {
-				throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key into unique index");
-			}
-		}
-		
-		ByteBuffer right = rightFrame.getBuffer();
-		int tupleCount = getTupleCount();
+    @Override
+    public int getNextLeaf() {
+        return buf.getInt(nextLeafOff);
+    }
 
-		int tuplesToLeft;
-		int mid = tupleCount / 2;
-		IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;
-		int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff() + slotManager.getSlotSize() * mid);
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);	
-		if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) >= 0) {
-			tuplesToLeft = mid + (tupleCount % 2);
-			targetFrame = rightFrame;
-		} else {
-			tuplesToLeft = mid;
-			targetFrame = this;
-		}
-		int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;
-				
-		// copy entire page
-		System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
-		
-		// on right page we need to copy rightmost slots to left
-		int src = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff();
-		int dest = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft * rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize();
-		int length = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight; 
-		System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);
-		right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
-		
-		// on left page only change the tupleCount indicator
-		buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);				
-			
-		// compact both pages
-		rightFrame.compact(cmp);		
-		compact(cmp);		
-						
-		// insert last key
-		targetFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);	
-		
-		// set split key to be highest value in left page
-		tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
-		frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
-		
-		int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);				
-		tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);		
-		splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
-		
-		return 0;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int getPrevLeaf() {
+        return buf.getInt(prevLeafOff);
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	protected void resetSpaceParams() {
-		buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, nextLeafOff + 4);
-		buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (nextLeafOff + 4));
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-		return tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp, FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp) {		
-		return slotManager.findTupleIndex(searchKey, pageTuple, cmp, ftm, ftp);
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws Exception {
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_INCLUSIVE,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        int slotOff = slotManager.getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        boolean isDuplicate = true;
+
+        if (tupleIndex < 0)
+            isDuplicate = false; // greater than all existing keys
+        else {
+            frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, slotManager.getTupleOff(slotOff));
+            if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) != 0)
+                isDuplicate = false;
+        }
+
+        if (isDuplicate) {
+            throw new BTreeException("Trying to insert duplicate value into leaf of unique index");
+        } else {
+            slotOff = slotManager.insertSlot(tupleIndex, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff));
+
+            int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+            int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, freeSpace);
+
+            buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+            buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
+            buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void insertSorted(ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp) throws HyracksDataException {
+        int freeSpace = buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff);
+        slotManager.insertSlot(-1, freeSpace);
+        int bytesWritten = tupleWriter.writeTuple(tuple, buf, freeSpace);
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, buf.getInt(tupleCountOff) + 1);
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(freeSpaceOff) + bytesWritten);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.getInt(totalFreeSpaceOff) - bytesWritten - slotManager.getSlotSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int split(IBTreeFrame rightFrame, ITupleReference tuple, MultiComparator cmp, SplitKey splitKey)
+            throws Exception {
+
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+
+        // before doing anything check if key already exists
+        int tupleIndex = slotManager.findTupleIndex(tuple, frameTuple, cmp, FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT,
+                FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY);
+        if (tupleIndex >= 0) {
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(this, tupleIndex);
+            if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) == 0) {
+                throw new BTreeException("Inserting duplicate key into unique index");
+            }
+        }
+
+        ByteBuffer right = rightFrame.getBuffer();
+        int tupleCount = getTupleCount();
+
+        int tuplesToLeft;
+        int mid = tupleCount / 2;
+        IBTreeFrame targetFrame = null;
+        int tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff() + slotManager.getSlotSize() * mid);
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+        if (cmp.compare(tuple, frameTuple) >= 0) {
+            tuplesToLeft = mid + (tupleCount % 2);
+            targetFrame = rightFrame;
+        } else {
+            tuplesToLeft = mid;
+            targetFrame = this;
+        }
+        int tuplesToRight = tupleCount - tuplesToLeft;
+
+        // copy entire page
+        System.arraycopy(buf.array(), 0, right.array(), 0, buf.capacity());
+
+        // on right page we need to copy rightmost slots to left
+        int src = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff();
+        int dest = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotEndOff() + tuplesToLeft
+                * rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize();
+        int length = rightFrame.getSlotManager().getSlotSize() * tuplesToRight;
+        System.arraycopy(right.array(), src, right.array(), dest, length);
+        right.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToRight);
+
+        // on left page only change the tupleCount indicator
+        buf.putInt(tupleCountOff, tuplesToLeft);
+
+        // compact both pages
+        rightFrame.compact(cmp);
+        compact(cmp);
+
+        // insert last key
+        targetFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+
+        // set split key to be highest value in left page
+        tupleOff = slotManager.getTupleOff(slotManager.getSlotEndOff());
+        frameTuple.resetByOffset(buf, tupleOff);
+
+        int splitKeySize = tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
+        tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frameTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+        splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void resetSpaceParams() {
+        buf.putInt(freeSpaceOff, nextLeafOff + 4);
+        buf.putInt(totalFreeSpaceOff, buf.capacity() - (nextLeafOff + 4));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
+        return tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference pageTuple, MultiComparator cmp,
+            FindTupleMode ftm, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy ftp) {
+        return slotManager.findTupleIndex(searchKey, pageTuple, cmp, ftm, ftp);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrameFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrameFactory.java
index 33316a9..202f31a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrameFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/NSMLeafFrameFactory.java
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class NSMLeafFrameFactory implements IBTreeLeafFrameFactory {
-			
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
-	
-	public NSMLeafFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
-		this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame() {		
-		return new NSMLeafFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory;
+
+    public NSMLeafFrameFactory(IBTreeTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory) {
+        this.tupleWriterFactory = tupleWriterFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeLeafFrame getFrame() {
+        return new NSMLeafFrame(tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
index 3e77b86..0c47e12 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTree.java
@@ -36,24 +36,25 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.FileHandle;
 
 public class BTree {
-	
+
     private final static int RESTART_OP = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
     private final static int MAX_RESTARTS = 10;
-    
-    private final int metaDataPage = 0; // page containing meta data, e.g., maxPage
+
+    private final int metaDataPage = 0; // page containing meta data, e.g.,
+    // maxPage
     private final int rootPage = 1; // the root page never changes
-    
+
     private boolean created = false;
     private boolean loaded = false;
-    
+
     private final IBufferCache bufferCache;
     private int fileId;
     private final IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory;
-    private final IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory;    
+    private final IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory;
     private final MultiComparator cmp;
-    private final ReadWriteLock treeLatch;    
+    private final ReadWriteLock treeLatch;
     private final RangePredicate diskOrderScanPredicate;
-    
+
     public int rootSplits = 0;
     public int[] splitsByLevel = new int[500];
     public long readLatchesAcquired = 0;
@@ -70,12 +71,11 @@
 
     public int usefulCompression = 0;
     public int uselessCompression = 0;
-        
-    
+
     public void treeLatchStatus() {
-    	System.out.println(treeLatch.writeLock().toString());
+        System.out.println(treeLatch.writeLock().toString());
     }
-    
+
     public String printStats() {
         StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
         strBuilder.append("\n");
@@ -94,61 +94,62 @@
             IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory, MultiComparator cmp) {
         this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
         this.interiorFrameFactory = interiorFrameFactory;
-        this.leafFrameFactory = leafFrameFactory;       
+        this.leafFrameFactory = leafFrameFactory;
         this.cmp = cmp;
         this.treeLatch = new ReentrantReadWriteLock(true);
-        this.diskOrderScanPredicate = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, cmp, cmp);             
+        this.diskOrderScanPredicate = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, cmp, cmp);
     }
-    
+
     public void create(int fileId, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws Exception {
 
-    	if(created) return;
-    	
-    	treeLatch.writeLock().lock();	
-    	try {
-    	
-    		// check if another thread beat us to it
-    		if(created) return;    		    		
-    		
-    		// initialize meta data page
-    		ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
-    		pins++;
-    		
-    		metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
-    		writeLatchesAcquired++;
-    		try {
-    			metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
-    			metaFrame.initBuffer((byte) -1);
-    			metaFrame.setMaxPage(rootPage);
-    		} finally {
-    			metaNode.releaseWriteLatch();
-    			writeLatchesReleased++;
-    			bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
-    			unpins++;
-    		}
+        if (created)
+            return;
 
-    		// initialize root page
-    		ICachedPage rootNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rootPage), true);
-    		pins++;
+        treeLatch.writeLock().lock();
+        try {
 
-    		rootNode.acquireWriteLatch();
-    		writeLatchesAcquired++;
-    		try {
-    			leafFrame.setPage(rootNode);
-    			leafFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
-    		} finally {
-    			rootNode.releaseWriteLatch();
-    			writeLatchesReleased++;            
-    			bufferCache.unpin(rootNode);
-    			unpins++;
-    		}
-    		currentLevel = 0;
-    		
-    		created = true;
-    	}
-    	finally {
-    		treeLatch.writeLock().unlock();
-    	}
+            // check if another thread beat us to it
+            if (created)
+                return;
+
+            // initialize meta data page
+            ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
+            pins++;
+
+            metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
+            writeLatchesAcquired++;
+            try {
+                metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
+                metaFrame.initBuffer((byte) -1);
+                metaFrame.setMaxPage(rootPage);
+            } finally {
+                metaNode.releaseWriteLatch();
+                writeLatchesReleased++;
+                bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
+                unpins++;
+            }
+
+            // initialize root page
+            ICachedPage rootNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rootPage), true);
+            pins++;
+
+            rootNode.acquireWriteLatch();
+            writeLatchesAcquired++;
+            try {
+                leafFrame.setPage(rootNode);
+                leafFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
+            } finally {
+                rootNode.releaseWriteLatch();
+                writeLatchesReleased++;
+                bufferCache.unpin(rootNode);
+                unpins++;
+            }
+            currentLevel = 0;
+
+            created = true;
+        } finally {
+            treeLatch.writeLock().unlock();
+        }
     }
 
     public void open(int fileId) {
@@ -162,10 +163,10 @@
     private int getFreePage(IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
         ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
         pins++;
-        
+
         metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
         writeLatchesAcquired++;
-        
+
         int freePage = -1;
         try {
             metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
                 if (nextPage > 0) { // sibling may have free pages
                     ICachedPage nextNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, nextPage), false);
                     pins++;
-                    
+
                     nextNode.acquireWriteLatch();
                     writeLatchesAcquired++;
                     // we copy over the free space entries of nextpage into the
@@ -189,8 +190,9 @@
                         // copy entire page (including sibling pointer, free
                         // page entries, and all other info)
                         // after this copy nextPage is considered a free page
-                        System.arraycopy(nextNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, metaNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, nextNode.getBuffer().capacity());
-                        
+                        System.arraycopy(nextNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, metaNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, nextNode
+                                .getBuffer().capacity());
+
                         // reset unchanged entry
                         metaFrame.setMaxPage(maxPage);
 
@@ -223,9 +225,9 @@
 
         return freePage;
     }
-    
+
     private void addFreePages(BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
-        for(int i = 0; i < ctx.freePages.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ctx.freePages.size(); i++) {
             addFreePage(ctx.metaFrame, ctx.freePages.get(i));
         }
         ctx.freePages.clear();
@@ -233,166 +235,167 @@
 
     private void addFreePage(IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame, int freePage) throws Exception {
         // root page is special, don't add it to free pages
-        if (freePage == rootPage) return;
-        
+        if (freePage == rootPage)
+            return;
+
         ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
         pins++;
-        
+
         metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
         writeLatchesAcquired++;
-        
+
         metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
 
         try {
-            if(metaFrame.hasSpace()) {
-                metaFrame.addFreePage(freePage);                
-            }
-            else {                
+            if (metaFrame.hasSpace()) {
+                metaFrame.addFreePage(freePage);
+            } else {
                 // allocate a new page in the chain of meta pages
                 int newPage = metaFrame.getFreePage();
-                if(newPage < 0) {
+                if (newPage < 0) {
                     throw new Exception("Inconsistent Meta Page State. It has no space, but it also has no entries.");
                 }
-                
+
                 ICachedPage newNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, newPage), false);
                 pins++;
-                
+
                 newNode.acquireWriteLatch();
                 writeLatchesAcquired++;
-                
-                
-                try {                
+
+                try {
                     int metaMaxPage = metaFrame.getMaxPage();
 
                     // copy metaDataPage to newNode
-                    System.arraycopy(metaNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, newNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, metaNode.getBuffer().capacity());
-                    
+                    System.arraycopy(metaNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, newNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, metaNode
+                            .getBuffer().capacity());
+
                     metaFrame.initBuffer(-1);
                     metaFrame.setNextPage(newPage);
                     metaFrame.setMaxPage(metaMaxPage);
-                    metaFrame.addFreePage(freePage);              
+                    metaFrame.addFreePage(freePage);
                 } finally {
                     newNode.releaseWriteLatch();
                     writeLatchesReleased++;
-                    
+
                     bufferCache.unpin(newNode);
                     unpins++;
                 }
-            }                                   
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             metaNode.releaseWriteLatch();
             writeLatchesReleased++;
-            
+
             bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
             unpins++;
         }
     }
-    
+
     public int getMaxPage(IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
-    	ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
-		pins++;
-		
-		metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
-		writeLatchesAcquired++;
-		int maxPage = -1;
-		try {
-			metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);			
-			maxPage = metaFrame.getMaxPage();
-		} finally {
-			metaNode.releaseWriteLatch();
-			writeLatchesReleased++;
-			bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
-			unpins++;
-		}
-		
-		return maxPage;
+        ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
+        pins++;
+
+        metaNode.acquireWriteLatch();
+        writeLatchesAcquired++;
+        int maxPage = -1;
+        try {
+            metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
+            maxPage = metaFrame.getMaxPage();
+        } finally {
+            metaNode.releaseWriteLatch();
+            writeLatchesReleased++;
+            bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
+            unpins++;
+        }
+
+        return maxPage;
     }
-    
-    public void printTree(IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws Exception {
+
+    public void printTree(IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields)
+            throws Exception {
         printTree(rootPage, null, false, leafFrame, interiorFrame, fields);
     }
 
     public void printTree(int pageId, ICachedPage parent, boolean unpin, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame,
             IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws Exception {
-        
+
         ICachedPage node = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
         pins++;
         node.acquireReadLatch();
         readLatchesAcquired++;
-        
+
         try {
             if (parent != null && unpin == true) {
                 parent.releaseReadLatch();
                 readLatchesReleased++;
-                
+
                 bufferCache.unpin(parent);
                 unpins++;
             }
 
             interiorFrame.setPage(node);
             int level = interiorFrame.getLevel();
-            
+
             System.out.format("%1d ", level);
             System.out.format("%3d ", pageId);
             for (int i = 0; i < currentLevel - level; i++)
-            	System.out.format("    ");
+                System.out.format("    ");
 
             String keyString;
-            if(interiorFrame.isLeaf()) {
-            	leafFrame.setPage(node);
-            	keyString = leafFrame.printKeys(cmp, fields);
+            if (interiorFrame.isLeaf()) {
+                leafFrame.setPage(node);
+                keyString = leafFrame.printKeys(cmp, fields);
+            } else {
+                keyString = interiorFrame.printKeys(cmp, fields);
             }
-            else {
-            	keyString = interiorFrame.printKeys(cmp, fields);
-            }
-            
+
             System.out.format(keyString);
             if (!interiorFrame.isLeaf()) {
-            	ArrayList<Integer> children = ((NSMInteriorFrame) (interiorFrame)).getChildren(cmp);
-            	            	
+                ArrayList<Integer> children = ((NSMInteriorFrame) (interiorFrame)).getChildren(cmp);
+
                 for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
                     printTree(children.get(i), node, i == children.size() - 1, leafFrame, interiorFrame, fields);
                 }
             } else {
                 node.releaseReadLatch();
                 readLatchesReleased++;
-                
+
                 bufferCache.unpin(node);
                 unpins++;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             node.releaseReadLatch();
             readLatchesReleased++;
-            
+
             bufferCache.unpin(node);
             unpins++;
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
-    public void diskOrderScan(DiskOrderScanCursor cursor, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void diskOrderScan(DiskOrderScanCursor cursor, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         int currentPageId = rootPage + 1;
         int maxPageId = -1;
-        
+
         ICachedPage metaNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, metaDataPage), false);
         pins++;
-        
+
         metaNode.acquireReadLatch();
         readLatchesAcquired++;
-        
+
         try {
             metaFrame.setPage(metaNode);
             maxPageId = metaFrame.getMaxPage();
         } finally {
             metaNode.releaseReadLatch();
             readLatchesAcquired++;
-            
+
             bufferCache.unpin(metaNode);
             unpins++;
         }
-        
+
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, currentPageId), false);
         page.acquireReadLatch();
         cursor.setBufferCache(bufferCache);
@@ -401,17 +404,17 @@
         cursor.setMaxPageId(maxPageId);
         cursor.open(page, diskOrderScanPredicate);
     }
-    
-    public void search(IBTreeCursor cursor, RangePredicate pred, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {        
-    	ctx.reset();
-    	ctx.pred = pred;
-        ctx.cursor = cursor;       
+
+    public void search(IBTreeCursor cursor, RangePredicate pred, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        ctx.reset();
+        ctx.pred = pred;
+        ctx.cursor = cursor;
         // simple index scan
         if (ctx.pred.getLowKeyComparator() == null)
             ctx.pred.setLowKeyComparator(cmp);
         if (ctx.pred.getHighKeyComparator() == null)
             ctx.pred.setHighKeyComparator(cmp);
-        
+
         boolean repeatOp = true;
         // we use this loop to deal with possibly multiple operation restarts
         // due to ongoing structure modifications during the descent
@@ -434,11 +437,12 @@
 
     private void unsetSmPages(BTreeOpContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         ICachedPage originalPage = ctx.interiorFrame.getPage();
-        for(int i = 0; i < ctx.smPages.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < ctx.smPages.size(); i++) {
             int pageId = ctx.smPages.get(i);
-        	ICachedPage smPage = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
+            ICachedPage smPage = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
             pins++;
-            smPage.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: would like to set page dirty without latching
+            smPage.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: would like to set page dirty
+            // without latching
             writeLatchesAcquired++;
             try {
                 ctx.interiorFrame.setPage(smPage);
@@ -466,18 +470,23 @@
         // make sure the root is always at the same level
         ICachedPage leftNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, ctx.splitKey.getLeftPage()), false);
         pins++;
-        leftNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether latching is really required        
+        leftNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether latching is
+        // really required
         writeLatchesAcquired++;
         try {
-            ICachedPage rightNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, ctx.splitKey.getRightPage()), false);
+            ICachedPage rightNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, ctx.splitKey.getRightPage()),
+                    false);
             pins++;
-            rightNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether latching is really required
+            rightNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether latching
+            // is really required
             writeLatchesAcquired++;
             try {
                 int newLeftId = getFreePage(ctx.metaFrame);
                 ICachedPage newLeftNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, newLeftId), true);
                 pins++;
-                newLeftNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether latching is really required
+                newLeftNode.acquireWriteLatch(); // TODO: think about whether
+                // latching is really
+                // required
                 writeLatchesAcquired++;
                 try {
                     // copy left child to new left child
@@ -519,15 +528,15 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {       
-    	ctx.reset();
-    	ctx.pred.setLowKeyComparator(cmp);
-    	ctx.pred.setHighKeyComparator(cmp);
+    public void insert(ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        ctx.reset();
+        ctx.pred.setLowKeyComparator(cmp);
+        ctx.pred.setHighKeyComparator(cmp);
         ctx.pred.setLowKey(tuple, true);
         ctx.pred.setHighKey(tuple, true);
         ctx.splitKey.reset();
         ctx.splitKey.getTuple().setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-        
+
         boolean repeatOp = true;
         // we use this loop to deal with possibly multiple operation restarts
         // due to ongoing structure modifications during the descent
@@ -551,142 +560,148 @@
             repeatOp = false;
         }
     }
-    
+
     public long uselessCompressionTime = 0;
-    
+
     private void insertLeaf(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
-    	ctx.leafFrame.setPage(node);
-    	ctx.leafFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    	SpaceStatus spaceStatus = ctx.leafFrame.hasSpaceInsert(tuple, cmp);
-    	switch (spaceStatus) {
-    	
-    	case SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE: {
-    		//System.out.println("SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE");
-    		ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
-    		ctx.splitKey.reset();
-    	} break;
+        ctx.leafFrame.setPage(node);
+        ctx.leafFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        SpaceStatus spaceStatus = ctx.leafFrame.hasSpaceInsert(tuple, cmp);
+        switch (spaceStatus) {
 
-    	case SUFFICIENT_SPACE: {
-    		//System.out.println("SUFFICIENT_SPACE");
-    		ctx.leafFrame.compact(cmp);
-    		ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
-    		ctx.splitKey.reset();
-    	} break;
+            case SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE: {
+                // System.out.println("SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE");
+                ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+                ctx.splitKey.reset();
+            }
+                break;
 
-    	case INSUFFICIENT_SPACE: {
-    		//System.out.println("INSUFFICIENT_SPACE");
-    		
-    		// try compressing the page first and see if there is space available    		
-    		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    		boolean reCompressed = ctx.leafFrame.compress(cmp);
-    		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    		if(reCompressed) spaceStatus = ctx.leafFrame.hasSpaceInsert(tuple, cmp);
-    		
-    		if(spaceStatus == SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE) {    		
-    			ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
-    			ctx.splitKey.reset();    			    			
-    			
-    			usefulCompression++;    			
-    		}
-    		else {
-    			
-    			uselessCompressionTime += (end - start);    			    			    			
-    			uselessCompression++;
-    			
-    			// perform split
-    			splitsByLevel[0]++; // debug
-    			int rightSiblingPageId = ctx.leafFrame.getNextLeaf();
-    			ICachedPage rightSibling = null;
-    			if (rightSiblingPageId > 0) {
-    				rightSibling = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rightSiblingPageId), false);
-    				pins++;
-    			}
+            case SUFFICIENT_SPACE: {
+                // System.out.println("SUFFICIENT_SPACE");
+                ctx.leafFrame.compact(cmp);
+                ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+                ctx.splitKey.reset();
+            }
+                break;
 
-    			treeLatch.writeLock().lock(); // lock is released in
-    			// unsetSmPages(), after sm has
-    			// fully completed
-    			treeLatchesAcquired++;
-    			try {
+            case INSUFFICIENT_SPACE: {
+                // System.out.println("INSUFFICIENT_SPACE");
 
-    				int rightPageId = getFreePage(ctx.metaFrame);
-    				ICachedPage rightNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rightPageId), true);
-    				pins++;
-    				rightNode.acquireWriteLatch();
-    				writeLatchesAcquired++;
-    				try {
-    					IBTreeLeafFrame rightFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-    					rightFrame.setPage(rightNode);
-    					rightFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
-    					rightFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    					
-    					int ret = ctx.leafFrame.split(rightFrame, tuple, cmp, ctx.splitKey);
+                // try compressing the page first and see if there is space
+                // available
+                long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                boolean reCompressed = ctx.leafFrame.compress(cmp);
+                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                if (reCompressed)
+                    spaceStatus = ctx.leafFrame.hasSpaceInsert(tuple, cmp);
 
-    					ctx.smPages.add(pageId);
-    					ctx.smPages.add(rightPageId);
-    					ctx.leafFrame.setSmFlag(true);
-    					rightFrame.setSmFlag(true);
+                if (spaceStatus == SpaceStatus.SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE) {
+                    ctx.leafFrame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+                    ctx.splitKey.reset();
 
-    					rightFrame.setNextLeaf(ctx.leafFrame.getNextLeaf());
-    					rightFrame.setPrevLeaf(pageId);
-    					ctx.leafFrame.setNextLeaf(rightPageId);
+                    usefulCompression++;
+                } else {
 
-    					// TODO: we just use increasing numbers as pageLsn, we
-    					// should tie this together with the LogManager and
-    					// TransactionManager
-    					rightFrame.setPageLsn(rightFrame.getPageLsn() + 1);
-    					ctx.leafFrame.setPageLsn(ctx.leafFrame.getPageLsn() + 1);
+                    uselessCompressionTime += (end - start);
+                    uselessCompression++;
 
-    					if (ret != 0) {
-    						ctx.splitKey.reset();
-    					} else {
-    						// System.out.print("LEAF SPLITKEY: ");
-    						// cmp.printKey(splitKey.getData(), 0);
-    						// System.out.println("");
+                    // perform split
+                    splitsByLevel[0]++; // debug
+                    int rightSiblingPageId = ctx.leafFrame.getNextLeaf();
+                    ICachedPage rightSibling = null;
+                    if (rightSiblingPageId > 0) {
+                        rightSibling = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rightSiblingPageId), false);
+                        pins++;
+                    }
 
-    						ctx.splitKey.setPages(pageId, rightPageId);
-    					}
-    					if (rightSibling != null) {
-    						rightSibling.acquireWriteLatch();
-    						writeLatchesAcquired++;
-    						try {
-    							rightFrame.setPage(rightSibling); // reuse
-    							// rightFrame
-    							// for
-    							// modification
-    							rightFrame.setPrevLeaf(rightPageId);
-    						} finally {
-    							rightSibling.releaseWriteLatch();
-    							writeLatchesReleased++;
-    						}
-    					}
-    				} finally {
-    					rightNode.releaseWriteLatch();
-    					writeLatchesReleased++;
-    					bufferCache.unpin(rightNode);
-    					unpins++;
-    				}
-    			} catch (Exception e) {
-    				treeLatch.writeLock().unlock();
-    				treeLatchesReleased++;
-    				throw e;
-    			} finally {
-    				if (rightSibling != null) {
-    					bufferCache.unpin(rightSibling);
-    					unpins++;
-    				}
-    			}    	
-    		}
-    	} break;   
-    	
-    	}
+                    treeLatch.writeLock().lock(); // lock is released in
+                    // unsetSmPages(), after sm has
+                    // fully completed
+                    treeLatchesAcquired++;
+                    try {
 
-    	node.releaseWriteLatch();
-    	writeLatchesReleased++;
-    	bufferCache.unpin(node);
-    	unpins++;
+                        int rightPageId = getFreePage(ctx.metaFrame);
+                        ICachedPage rightNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rightPageId), true);
+                        pins++;
+                        rightNode.acquireWriteLatch();
+                        writeLatchesAcquired++;
+                        try {
+                            IBTreeLeafFrame rightFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+                            rightFrame.setPage(rightNode);
+                            rightFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
+                            rightFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
+
+                            int ret = ctx.leafFrame.split(rightFrame, tuple, cmp, ctx.splitKey);
+
+                            ctx.smPages.add(pageId);
+                            ctx.smPages.add(rightPageId);
+                            ctx.leafFrame.setSmFlag(true);
+                            rightFrame.setSmFlag(true);
+
+                            rightFrame.setNextLeaf(ctx.leafFrame.getNextLeaf());
+                            rightFrame.setPrevLeaf(pageId);
+                            ctx.leafFrame.setNextLeaf(rightPageId);
+
+                            // TODO: we just use increasing numbers as pageLsn,
+                            // we
+                            // should tie this together with the LogManager and
+                            // TransactionManager
+                            rightFrame.setPageLsn(rightFrame.getPageLsn() + 1);
+                            ctx.leafFrame.setPageLsn(ctx.leafFrame.getPageLsn() + 1);
+
+                            if (ret != 0) {
+                                ctx.splitKey.reset();
+                            } else {
+                                // System.out.print("LEAF SPLITKEY: ");
+                                // cmp.printKey(splitKey.getData(), 0);
+                                // System.out.println("");
+
+                                ctx.splitKey.setPages(pageId, rightPageId);
+                            }
+                            if (rightSibling != null) {
+                                rightSibling.acquireWriteLatch();
+                                writeLatchesAcquired++;
+                                try {
+                                    rightFrame.setPage(rightSibling); // reuse
+                                    // rightFrame
+                                    // for
+                                    // modification
+                                    rightFrame.setPrevLeaf(rightPageId);
+                                } finally {
+                                    rightSibling.releaseWriteLatch();
+                                    writeLatchesReleased++;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        } finally {
+                            rightNode.releaseWriteLatch();
+                            writeLatchesReleased++;
+                            bufferCache.unpin(rightNode);
+                            unpins++;
+                        }
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        treeLatch.writeLock().unlock();
+                        treeLatchesReleased++;
+                        throw e;
+                    } finally {
+                        if (rightSibling != null) {
+                            bufferCache.unpin(rightSibling);
+                            unpins++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+                break;
+
+        }
+
+        node.releaseWriteLatch();
+        writeLatchesReleased++;
+        bufferCache.unpin(node);
+        unpins++;
     }
 
-    private void insertInterior(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
+    private void insertInterior(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx)
+            throws Exception {
         ctx.interiorFrame.setPage(node);
         ctx.interiorFrame.setPageTupleFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
         SpaceStatus spaceStatus = ctx.interiorFrame.hasSpaceInsert(tuple, cmp);
@@ -752,16 +767,16 @@
 
         }
     }
-    
-    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {       
-    	ctx.reset();
-    	ctx.pred.setLowKeyComparator(cmp);
-    	ctx.pred.setHighKeyComparator(cmp);
+
+    public void delete(ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
+        ctx.reset();
+        ctx.pred.setLowKeyComparator(cmp);
+        ctx.pred.setHighKeyComparator(cmp);
         ctx.pred.setLowKey(tuple, true);
-        ctx.pred.setHighKey(tuple, true);        
+        ctx.pred.setHighKey(tuple, true);
         ctx.splitKey.reset();
-        ctx.splitKey.getTuple().setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());        
-        
+        ctx.splitKey.getTuple().setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+
         boolean repeatOp = true;
         // we use this loop to deal with possibly multiple operation restarts
         // due to ongoing structure modifications during the descent
@@ -804,11 +819,11 @@
     // TODO: to avoid latch deadlock, must modify cursor to detect empty leaves
     private void deleteLeaf(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
         ctx.leafFrame.setPage(node);
-        
+
         // will this leaf become empty?
         if (ctx.leafFrame.getTupleCount() == 1) {
             IBTreeLeafFrame siblingFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-            
+
             ICachedPage leftNode = null;
             ICachedPage rightNode = null;
             int nextLeaf = ctx.leafFrame.getNextLeaf();
@@ -827,7 +842,7 @@
                     treeLatchesAcquired++;
 
                     try {
-                        ctx.leafFrame.delete(tuple, cmp, true);                        
+                        ctx.leafFrame.delete(tuple, cmp, true);
                         // to propagate the deletion we only need to make the
                         // splitKey != null
                         // we can reuse data to identify which key to delete in
@@ -910,7 +925,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void deleteInterior(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
+    private void deleteInterior(ICachedPage node, int pageId, ITupleReference tuple, BTreeOpContext ctx)
+            throws Exception {
         ctx.interiorFrame.setPage(node);
 
         // this means there is only a child pointer but no key, this case
@@ -978,7 +994,7 @@
     }
 
     private void performOp(int pageId, ICachedPage parent, BTreeOpContext ctx) throws Exception {
-    	ICachedPage node = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);        
+        ICachedPage node = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
         pins++;
 
         ctx.interiorFrame.setPage(node);
@@ -989,7 +1005,7 @@
         // remember trail of pageLsns, to unwind recursion in case of an ongoing
         // structure modification
         ctx.pageLsns.add(ctx.interiorFrame.getPageLsn());
-        
+
         try {
 
             // latch coupling, note: parent should never be write latched,
@@ -1012,14 +1028,16 @@
                         performOp(childPageId, node, ctx);
 
                         if (!ctx.pageLsns.isEmpty() && ctx.pageLsns.getLast() == RESTART_OP) {
-                            ctx.pageLsns.removeLast(); // pop the restart op indicator
+                            ctx.pageLsns.removeLast(); // pop the restart op
+                            // indicator
                             if (isConsistent(pageId, ctx)) {
                                 node = null; // to avoid unpinning and
                                 // unlatching node again in
                                 // recursive call
                                 continue; // descend the tree again
                             } else {
-                                ctx.pageLsns.removeLast(); // pop pageLsn of this page
+                                ctx.pageLsns.removeLast(); // pop pageLsn of
+                                // this page
                                 // (version seen by this op
                                 // during descent)
                                 ctx.pageLsns.add(RESTART_OP); // this node is
@@ -1056,7 +1074,7 @@
                                 break;
 
                             case BTO_DELETE: {
-                            	if (ctx.splitKey.getBuffer() != null) {
+                                if (ctx.splitKey.getBuffer() != null) {
                                     node = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
                                     pins++;
                                     node.acquireWriteLatch();
@@ -1087,11 +1105,12 @@
                     } // end while
                 } else { // smFlag
                     ctx.opRestarts++;
-                    System.out.println("ONGOING SM ON PAGE " + pageId + " AT LEVEL " + ctx.interiorFrame.getLevel() + ", RESTARTS: " + ctx.opRestarts);                    
+                    System.out.println("ONGOING SM ON PAGE " + pageId + " AT LEVEL " + ctx.interiorFrame.getLevel()
+                            + ", RESTARTS: " + ctx.opRestarts);
                     releaseLatch(node, ctx.op, isLeaf);
                     bufferCache.unpin(node);
                     unpins++;
-                    
+
                     // TODO: this should be an instant duration lock, how to do
                     // this in java?
                     // instead we just immediately release the lock. this is
@@ -1109,23 +1128,26 @@
                 }
             } else { // isLeaf and !smFlag
                 switch (ctx.op) {
-                    case BTO_INSERT: {                    	
-                    	insertLeaf(node, pageId, ctx.pred.getLowKey(), ctx);
-                    } break;
+                    case BTO_INSERT: {
+                        insertLeaf(node, pageId, ctx.pred.getLowKey(), ctx);
+                    }
+                        break;
 
                     case BTO_DELETE: {
                         deleteLeaf(node, pageId, ctx.pred.getLowKey(), ctx);
-                    } break;
+                    }
+                        break;
 
                     case BTO_SEARCH: {
                         ctx.cursor.open(node, ctx.pred);
-                    } break;
+                    }
+                        break;
                 }
             }
         } catch (BTreeException e) {
-            //System.out.println("BTREE EXCEPTION");
-            //System.out.println(e.getMessage());
-            //e.printStackTrace();
+            // System.out.println("BTREE EXCEPTION");
+            // System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            // e.printStackTrace();
             if (!e.getHandled()) {
                 releaseLatch(node, ctx.op, isLeaf);
                 bufferCache.unpin(node);
@@ -1148,29 +1170,29 @@
             throw propException;
         }
     }
-    
+
     private boolean bulkNewPage = false;
 
-    public final class BulkLoadContext {               
+    public final class BulkLoadContext {
         public final int slotSize;
         public final int leafMaxBytes;
         public final int interiorMaxBytes;
         public final SplitKey splitKey;
         // we maintain a frontier of nodes for each level
-        private final ArrayList<NodeFrontier> nodeFrontiers = new ArrayList<NodeFrontier>();         
+        private final ArrayList<NodeFrontier> nodeFrontiers = new ArrayList<NodeFrontier>();
         private final IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
         private final IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
         private final IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame;
-        
+
         private final IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter;
-        
+
         public BulkLoadContext(float fillFactor, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame,
                 IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
 
-        	splitKey = new SplitKey(leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
-        	tupleWriter = leafFrame.getTupleWriter();
-        	        	
-        	NodeFrontier leafFrontier = new NodeFrontier(leafFrame.createTupleReference());
+            splitKey = new SplitKey(leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
+            tupleWriter = leafFrame.getTupleWriter();
+
+            NodeFrontier leafFrontier = new NodeFrontier(leafFrame.createTupleReference());
             leafFrontier.pageId = getFreePage(metaFrame);
             leafFrontier.page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, leafFrontier.pageId), bulkNewPage);
             leafFrontier.page.acquireWriteLatch();
@@ -1178,11 +1200,11 @@
             interiorFrame.setPage(leafFrontier.page);
             interiorFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
             interiorMaxBytes = (int) ((float) interiorFrame.getBuffer().capacity() * fillFactor);
-            
+
             leafFrame.setPage(leafFrontier.page);
             leafFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
             leafMaxBytes = (int) ((float) leafFrame.getBuffer().capacity() * fillFactor);
-            
+
             slotSize = leafFrame.getSlotSize();
 
             this.leafFrame = leafFrame;
@@ -1208,34 +1230,36 @@
 
         if (ctx.splitKey.getBuffer() == null)
             return;
-        
+
         if (level >= ctx.nodeFrontiers.size())
             ctx.addLevel();
-        
+
         NodeFrontier frontier = ctx.nodeFrontiers.get(level);
         ctx.interiorFrame.setPage(frontier.page);
-        
-        ITupleReference tuple = ctx.splitKey.getTuple();   
-        int spaceNeeded = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount()) + ctx.slotSize + 4;                
+
+        ITupleReference tuple = ctx.splitKey.getTuple();
+        int spaceNeeded = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount()) + ctx.slotSize + 4;
         int spaceUsed = ctx.interiorFrame.getBuffer().capacity() - ctx.interiorFrame.getTotalFreeSpace();
         if (spaceUsed + spaceNeeded > ctx.interiorMaxBytes) {
-        	
-        	SplitKey copyKey = ctx.splitKey.duplicate(ctx.leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
-        	tuple = copyKey.getTuple();
-        	
-            frontier.lastTuple.resetByOffset(frontier.page.getBuffer(), ctx.interiorFrame.getTupleOffset(ctx.interiorFrame.getTupleCount()-1));            
+
+            SplitKey copyKey = ctx.splitKey.duplicate(ctx.leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
+            tuple = copyKey.getTuple();
+
+            frontier.lastTuple.resetByOffset(frontier.page.getBuffer(), ctx.interiorFrame
+                    .getTupleOffset(ctx.interiorFrame.getTupleCount() - 1));
             int splitKeySize = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(frontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
             ctx.splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
-            ctx.tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(frontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), ctx.splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+            ctx.tupleWriter
+                    .writeTupleFields(frontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), ctx.splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
             ctx.splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(ctx.splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
             ctx.splitKey.setLeftPage(frontier.pageId);
-            
+
             ctx.interiorFrame.deleteGreatest(cmp);
-            
+
             frontier.page.releaseWriteLatch();
             bufferCache.unpin(frontier.page);
             frontier.pageId = getFreePage(ctx.metaFrame);
-            
+
             ctx.splitKey.setRightPage(frontier.pageId);
             propagateBulk(ctx, level + 1);
 
@@ -1245,78 +1269,86 @@
             ctx.interiorFrame.initBuffer((byte) level);
         }
         ctx.interiorFrame.insertSorted(tuple, cmp);
-        
+
         // debug print
-        //ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        //String s = ctx.interiorFrame.printKeys(cmp, btreeSerde);
-        //System.out.println(s);
+        // ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = {
+        // UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+        // IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        // String s = ctx.interiorFrame.printKeys(cmp, btreeSerde);
+        // System.out.println(s);
     }
-    
+
     // assumes btree has been created and opened
-    public BulkLoadContext beginBulkLoad(float fillFactor, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
-        
-    	if(loaded) throw new HyracksDataException("Trying to bulk-load BTree but has BTree already been loaded.");
-    	
-    	BulkLoadContext ctx = new BulkLoadContext(fillFactor, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+    public BulkLoadContext beginBulkLoad(float fillFactor, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame,
+            IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
+
+        if (loaded)
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Trying to bulk-load BTree but has BTree already been loaded.");
+
+        BulkLoadContext ctx = new BulkLoadContext(fillFactor, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
         ctx.nodeFrontiers.get(0).lastTuple.setFieldCount(cmp.getFieldCount());
         ctx.splitKey.getTuple().setFieldCount(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
         return ctx;
     }
-    
-    public void bulkLoadAddTuple(BulkLoadContext ctx, ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException {                        
+
+    public void bulkLoadAddTuple(BulkLoadContext ctx, ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException {
         NodeFrontier leafFrontier = ctx.nodeFrontiers.get(0);
         IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = ctx.leafFrame;
-        
-        int spaceNeeded =  ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple) + ctx.slotSize;
+
+        int spaceNeeded = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(tuple) + ctx.slotSize;
         int spaceUsed = leafFrame.getBuffer().capacity() - leafFrame.getTotalFreeSpace();
-        
+
         // try to free space by compression
-        if (spaceUsed + spaceNeeded > ctx.leafMaxBytes) {        	
-        	leafFrame.compress(cmp);
-        	spaceUsed = leafFrame.getBuffer().capacity() - leafFrame.getTotalFreeSpace();
+        if (spaceUsed + spaceNeeded > ctx.leafMaxBytes) {
+            leafFrame.compress(cmp);
+            spaceUsed = leafFrame.getBuffer().capacity() - leafFrame.getTotalFreeSpace();
         }
-        
-        if (spaceUsed + spaceNeeded > ctx.leafMaxBytes) {        	        	
-        	leafFrontier.lastTuple.resetByTupleIndex(leafFrame, leafFrame.getTupleCount()-1);        	
-        	int splitKeySize = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(leafFrontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());        	
+
+        if (spaceUsed + spaceNeeded > ctx.leafMaxBytes) {
+            leafFrontier.lastTuple.resetByTupleIndex(leafFrame, leafFrame.getTupleCount() - 1);
+            int splitKeySize = ctx.tupleWriter.bytesRequired(leafFrontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
             ctx.splitKey.initData(splitKeySize);
-            ctx.tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(leafFrontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), ctx.splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
+            ctx.tupleWriter.writeTupleFields(leafFrontier.lastTuple, 0, cmp.getKeyFieldCount(), ctx.splitKey
+                    .getBuffer(), 0);
             ctx.splitKey.getTuple().resetByOffset(ctx.splitKey.getBuffer(), 0);
             ctx.splitKey.setLeftPage(leafFrontier.pageId);
             int prevPageId = leafFrontier.pageId;
             leafFrontier.pageId = getFreePage(ctx.metaFrame);
-                        
+
             leafFrame.setNextLeaf(leafFrontier.pageId);
             leafFrontier.page.releaseWriteLatch();
             bufferCache.unpin(leafFrontier.page);
-                       
+
             ctx.splitKey.setRightPage(leafFrontier.pageId);
             propagateBulk(ctx, 1);
-                       
+
             leafFrontier.page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, leafFrontier.pageId), bulkNewPage);
             leafFrontier.page.acquireWriteLatch();
             leafFrame.setPage(leafFrontier.page);
             leafFrame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
             leafFrame.setPrevLeaf(prevPageId);
         }
-        
+
         leafFrame.setPage(leafFrontier.page);
         leafFrame.insertSorted(tuple, cmp);
-        
+
         // debug print
-        //ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        //String s = leafFrame.printKeys(cmp, btreeSerde);
-        //System.out.println(s);        
+        // ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = {
+        // UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+        // IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        // String s = leafFrame.printKeys(cmp, btreeSerde);
+        // System.out.println(s);
     }
-    
-    public void endBulkLoad(BulkLoadContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {                
+
+    public void endBulkLoad(BulkLoadContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         // copy root
         ICachedPage rootNode = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, rootPage), bulkNewPage);
         rootNode.acquireWriteLatch();
-        try {        
+        try {
             ICachedPage toBeRoot = ctx.nodeFrontiers.get(ctx.nodeFrontiers.size() - 1).page;
-            System.arraycopy(toBeRoot.getBuffer().array(), 0, rootNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, toBeRoot.getBuffer().capacity());        
-        } finally {        
+            System.arraycopy(toBeRoot.getBuffer().array(), 0, rootNode.getBuffer().array(), 0, toBeRoot.getBuffer()
+                    .capacity());
+        } finally {
             rootNode.releaseWriteLatch();
             bufferCache.unpin(rootNode);
 
@@ -1328,16 +1360,16 @@
         }
         // debug
         currentLevel = (byte) ctx.nodeFrontiers.size();
-        
+
         loaded = true;
     }
-        
+
     public BTreeOpContext createOpContext(BTreeOp op, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame,
-            IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) {    	
-    	// TODO: figure out better tree-height hint
-    	return new BTreeOpContext(op, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame, 6);    	
+            IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame) {
+        // TODO: figure out better tree-height hint
+        return new BTreeOpContext(op, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame, 6);
     }
-        
+
     public IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory getInteriorFrameFactory() {
         return interiorFrameFactory;
     }
@@ -1345,7 +1377,7 @@
     public IBTreeLeafFrameFactory getLeafFrameFactory() {
         return leafFrameFactory;
     }
-    
+
     public MultiComparator getMultiComparator() {
         return cmp;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
index e5a5393..7ec61ed 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeException.java
@@ -16,23 +16,23 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public class BTreeException extends Exception {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private boolean handled = false;
-		
-	public BTreeException(Exception e) {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private boolean handled = false;
+
+    public BTreeException(Exception e) {
         super(e);
     }
-	
-	public BTreeException(String message) {
+
+    public BTreeException(String message) {
         super(message);
     }
-	
-	public void setHandled(boolean handled) {
-		this.handled = handled;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean getHandled() {
-		return handled;
-	}	
+
+    public void setHandled(boolean handled) {
+        this.handled = handled;
+    }
+
+    public boolean getHandled() {
+        return handled;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOp.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOp.java
index 4c0ef81..d698c8a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOp.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOp.java
@@ -16,8 +16,5 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public enum BTreeOp {
-	BTO_INSERT,
-	BTO_DELETE,
-	BTO_UPDATE,
-	BTO_SEARCH
+    BTO_INSERT, BTO_DELETE, BTO_UPDATE, BTO_SEARCH
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOpContext.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOpContext.java
index f15ded3..84c11a2 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOpContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/BTreeOpContext.java
@@ -21,43 +21,45 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrame;
 
 public final class BTreeOpContext {
-	public final BTreeOp op;
-	public final IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
-	public final IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
-	public final IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame;
-	public IBTreeCursor cursor;
-	public RangePredicate pred;	
-	public final SplitKey splitKey;
-	public int opRestarts = 0;
-	public final IntArrayList pageLsns; // used like a stack
-	public final IntArrayList smPages;	
-	public final IntArrayList freePages;
+    public final BTreeOp op;
+    public final IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
+    public final IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
+    public final IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame;
+    public IBTreeCursor cursor;
+    public RangePredicate pred;
+    public final SplitKey splitKey;
+    public int opRestarts = 0;
+    public final IntArrayList pageLsns; // used like a stack
+    public final IntArrayList smPages;
+    public final IntArrayList freePages;
 
-	public BTreeOpContext(BTreeOp op, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame,
-			IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame, int treeHeightHint) {
-		this.op = op;
-		this.leafFrame = leafFrame;
-		this.interiorFrame = interiorFrame;
-		this.metaFrame = metaFrame;
-		
-		pageLsns = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);	
-		if(op != BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH) {			
-			smPages = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);
-			freePages = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);
-			pred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
-			splitKey = new SplitKey(leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
-		}
-		else {			
-			smPages = null;
-			freePages = null;	
-			splitKey = null;
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	public void reset() {
-		if(pageLsns != null) pageLsns.clear();
-		if(freePages != null) freePages.clear();
-		if(smPages != null) smPages.clear();
-		opRestarts = 0;
-	}
+    public BTreeOpContext(BTreeOp op, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame,
+            IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame, int treeHeightHint) {
+        this.op = op;
+        this.leafFrame = leafFrame;
+        this.interiorFrame = interiorFrame;
+        this.metaFrame = metaFrame;
+
+        pageLsns = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);
+        if (op != BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH) {
+            smPages = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);
+            freePages = new IntArrayList(treeHeightHint, treeHeightHint);
+            pred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+            splitKey = new SplitKey(leafFrame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference());
+        } else {
+            smPages = null;
+            freePages = null;
+            splitKey = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void reset() {
+        if (pageLsns != null)
+            pageLsns.clear();
+        if (freePages != null)
+            freePages.clear();
+        if (smPages != null)
+            smPages.clear();
+        opRestarts = 0;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/DiskOrderScanCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/DiskOrderScanCursor.java
index f49e2f9..e213023 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/DiskOrderScanCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/DiskOrderScanCursor.java
@@ -25,124 +25,128 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.FileHandle;
 
 public class DiskOrderScanCursor implements IBTreeCursor {
-    
-    // TODO: might want to return tuples in physical order, not logical order to speed up access
-    
+
+    // TODO: might want to return tuples in physical order, not logical order to
+    // speed up access
+
     private int tupleIndex = 0;
-    private int fileId = -1;    
+    private int fileId = -1;
     int currentPageId = -1;
-    int maxPageId = -1; // TODO: figure out how to scan to the end of file, this is dirty and may not with concurrent updates
+    int maxPageId = -1; // TODO: figure out how to scan to the end of file, this
+    // is dirty and may not with concurrent updates
     private ICachedPage page = null;
     private IBTreeLeafFrame frame = null;
     private IBufferCache bufferCache = null;
-    
+
     private IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple;
-    
+
     public DiskOrderScanCursor(IBTreeLeafFrame frame) {
-    	this.frame = frame;
-		this.frameTuple = frame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference();
+        this.frame = frame;
+        this.frameTuple = frame.getTupleWriter().createTupleReference();
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void close() throws Exception {
         page.releaseReadLatch();
         bufferCache.unpin(page);
         page = null;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public IBTreeTupleReference getTuple() {		
-		return frameTuple;
-	}
-    
+    public IBTreeTupleReference getTuple() {
+        return frameTuple;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ICachedPage getPage() {
         return page;
     }
-    
+
     private boolean positionToNextLeaf(boolean skipCurrent) throws HyracksDataException {
-        while( (frame.getLevel() != 0 || skipCurrent) && (currentPageId <= maxPageId) || (frame.getTupleCount() == 0) ) {            
+        while ((frame.getLevel() != 0 || skipCurrent) && (currentPageId <= maxPageId) || (frame.getTupleCount() == 0)) {
             currentPageId++;
-            
+
             ICachedPage nextPage = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, currentPageId), false);
             nextPage.acquireReadLatch();
-            
+
             page.releaseReadLatch();
             bufferCache.unpin(page);
-            
+
             page = nextPage;
             frame.setPage(page);
             tupleIndex = 0;
             skipCurrent = false;
-        }   
-        if(currentPageId <= maxPageId) return true;
-        else return false;
+        }
+        if (currentPageId <= maxPageId)
+            return true;
+        else
+            return false;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public boolean hasNext() throws Exception {            	
-    	if(tupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount()) {
+    public boolean hasNext() throws Exception {
+        if (tupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount()) {
             boolean nextLeafExists = positionToNextLeaf(true);
-            if(nextLeafExists) {
-            	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
+            if (nextLeafExists) {
+                frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
                 return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
             }
-            else {
-                return false;                               
-            }
-        }        
-        
-        frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex); 
+        }
+
+        frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
         return true;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void next() throws Exception {       
-    	tupleIndex++;
+    public void next() throws Exception {
+        tupleIndex++;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
-    public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws HyracksDataException {       
+    public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws HyracksDataException {
         // in case open is called multiple times without closing
-        if(this.page != null) {
+        if (this.page != null) {
             this.page.releaseReadLatch();
             bufferCache.unpin(this.page);
         }
-        
+
         this.page = page;
         tupleIndex = 0;
         frame.setPage(page);
-        RangePredicate pred = (RangePredicate)searchPred;
-		MultiComparator lowKeyCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(lowKeyCmp.getFieldCount());
+        RangePredicate pred = (RangePredicate) searchPred;
+        MultiComparator lowKeyCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(lowKeyCmp.getFieldCount());
         boolean leafExists = positionToNextLeaf(false);
-        if(!leafExists) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException("Failed to open disk-order scan cursor for B-tree. Traget B-tree has no leaves.");
+        if (!leafExists) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(
+                    "Failed to open disk-order scan cursor for B-tree. Traget B-tree has no leaves.");
         }
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public void reset() {
         tupleIndex = 0;
         currentPageId = -1;
         maxPageId = -1;
-        page = null;     
+        page = null;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setBufferCache(IBufferCache bufferCache) {
-        this.bufferCache = bufferCache;        
+        this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setFileId(int fileId) {
         this.fileId = fileId;
-    }   
-    
+    }
+
     public void setCurrentPageId(int currentPageId) {
         this.currentPageId = currentPageId;
     }
-    
+
     public void setMaxPageId(int maxPageId) {
         this.maxPageId = maxPageId;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
index 320025c..8711a17 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
@@ -6,20 +21,20 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 
 public class FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference {
-	
-	public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		super(typeTraits);
-	}
-	
-	// assumes tuple index refers to prefix tuples
-	@Override
-	public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
-		FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame concreteFrame = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame)frame;		
-		int prefixSlotOff = concreteFrame.slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		int prefixSlot = concreteFrame.getBuffer().getInt(prefixSlotOff);
-		setFieldCount(concreteFrame.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot));		
-		tupleStartOff = concreteFrame.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(prefixSlot);
-		buf = concreteFrame.getBuffer();
-		resetByOffset(buf, tupleStartOff);
-	}	
+
+    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits);
+    }
+
+    // assumes tuple index refers to prefix tuples
+    @Override
+    public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
+        FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame concreteFrame = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame) frame;
+        int prefixSlotOff = concreteFrame.slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        int prefixSlot = concreteFrame.getBuffer().getInt(prefixSlotOff);
+        setFieldCount(concreteFrame.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot));
+        tupleStartOff = concreteFrame.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(prefixSlot);
+        buf = concreteFrame.getBuffer();
+        resetByOffset(buf, tupleStartOff);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixSlotManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixSlotManager.java
index 44dde87..83a2d92 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixSlotManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixSlotManager.java
@@ -23,209 +23,229 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame;
 
 public class FieldPrefixSlotManager implements IPrefixSlotManager {
-	
-	private static final int slotSize = 4;		
-	public static final int TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED = 0xFF;
-	public static final int MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS = 0xFE;
-	public static final int GREATEST_SLOT = 0x00FFFFFF;
-	
-	private ByteBuffer buf;
-	private FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame;	
-	
-	public int decodeFirstSlotField(int slot) {
-		return (slot & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
-	}
-	
-	public int decodeSecondSlotField(int slot) {
-		return slot & 0x00FFFFFF;
-	}
-	
-	public int encodeSlotFields(int firstField, int secondField) {
-		return ((firstField & 0x000000FF) << 24) | (secondField & 0x00FFFFFF);
-	}
-	
-	// returns prefix slot number, or TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED of no match was found
-	public int findPrefix(ITupleReference tuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp) {
-		int prefixMid;
-	    int prefixBegin = 0;
-	    int prefixEnd = frame.getPrefixTupleCount() - 1;
-	    
-	    if(frame.getPrefixTupleCount() > 0) {
-	    	while(prefixBegin <= prefixEnd) {
-	    		prefixMid = (prefixBegin + prefixEnd) / 2;	    			    		
-	    		framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, prefixMid);
-	    		int cmp = multiCmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount());
-	    		if(cmp < 0) prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;				    		
-	    		else if(cmp > 0) prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;	    		
-	    		else return prefixMid;
-	    	}
-	    }
-	    
-	    return FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int findSlot(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy) {				
-		if(frame.getTupleCount() <= 0) encodeSlotFields(TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, GREATEST_SLOT);
-		
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(multiCmp.getFieldCount());
-		
-	    int prefixMid;
-	    int prefixBegin = 0;
-	    int prefixEnd = frame.getPrefixTupleCount() - 1;
-	    int prefixMatch = TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
-	    
-	    // bounds are inclusive on both ends
-	    int tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixBegin;
-	    int tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixEnd;
-	    
-	    // binary search on the prefix slots to determine upper and lower bounds for the prefixSlotNums in tuple slots 
-	    while(prefixBegin <= prefixEnd) {
-	    	prefixMid = (prefixBegin + prefixEnd) / 2;	    			    		
-	    	framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, prefixMid);	    		    	
-	    	int cmp = multiCmp.fieldRangeCompare(searchKey, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount());
-	    	if(cmp < 0) {	    			
-	    		prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;
-	    		tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixMid - 1;	    				    		
-	    	}
-	    	else if(cmp > 0) {	    			
-	    		prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;
-	    		tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixMid + 1;
-	    	}
-	    	else {
-	    		if(mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
-        			if(matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;
-        			else prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;
-        		}
-        		else {        			
-        			tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixMid;
-    	    		tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixMid;
-    	    		prefixMatch = prefixMid;
-        		}
-	    			    			
-	    		break;
-	    	}
-	    }
-	    
-	    //System.out.println("SLOTLBOUND: " + tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound);
-	    //System.out.println("SLOTUBOUND: " + tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound);
-	    
-	    int tupleMid = -1;
-	    int tupleBegin = 0;
-	    int tupleEnd = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
-	    
-	    // binary search on tuples, guided by the lower and upper bounds on prefixSlotNum
-	    while(tupleBegin <= tupleEnd) {
-            tupleMid = (tupleBegin + tupleEnd) / 2;      
+
+    private static final int slotSize = 4;
+    public static final int TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED = 0xFF;
+    public static final int MAX_PREFIX_SLOTS = 0xFE;
+    public static final int GREATEST_SLOT = 0x00FFFFFF;
+
+    private ByteBuffer buf;
+    private FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame;
+
+    public int decodeFirstSlotField(int slot) {
+        return (slot & 0xFF000000) >>> 24;
+    }
+
+    public int decodeSecondSlotField(int slot) {
+        return slot & 0x00FFFFFF;
+    }
+
+    public int encodeSlotFields(int firstField, int secondField) {
+        return ((firstField & 0x000000FF) << 24) | (secondField & 0x00FFFFFF);
+    }
+
+    // returns prefix slot number, or TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED of no match was found
+    public int findPrefix(ITupleReference tuple, IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp) {
+        int prefixMid;
+        int prefixBegin = 0;
+        int prefixEnd = frame.getPrefixTupleCount() - 1;
+
+        if (frame.getPrefixTupleCount() > 0) {
+            while (prefixBegin <= prefixEnd) {
+                prefixMid = (prefixBegin + prefixEnd) / 2;
+                framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, prefixMid);
+                int cmp = multiCmp.fieldRangeCompare(tuple, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount());
+                if (cmp < 0)
+                    prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;
+                else if (cmp > 0)
+                    prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;
+                else
+                    return prefixMid;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int findSlot(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple,
+            IBTreeTupleReference framePrefixTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode,
+            FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy) {
+        if (frame.getTupleCount() <= 0)
+            encodeSlotFields(TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED, GREATEST_SLOT);
+
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(multiCmp.getFieldCount());
+
+        int prefixMid;
+        int prefixBegin = 0;
+        int prefixEnd = frame.getPrefixTupleCount() - 1;
+        int prefixMatch = TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED;
+
+        // bounds are inclusive on both ends
+        int tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixBegin;
+        int tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixEnd;
+
+        // binary search on the prefix slots to determine upper and lower bounds
+        // for the prefixSlotNums in tuple slots
+        while (prefixBegin <= prefixEnd) {
+            prefixMid = (prefixBegin + prefixEnd) / 2;
+            framePrefixTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, prefixMid);
+            int cmp = multiCmp.fieldRangeCompare(searchKey, framePrefixTuple, 0, framePrefixTuple.getFieldCount());
+            if (cmp < 0) {
+                prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;
+                tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixMid - 1;
+            } else if (cmp > 0) {
+                prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;
+                tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixMid + 1;
+            } else {
+                if (mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
+                    if (matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY)
+                        prefixBegin = prefixMid + 1;
+                    else
+                        prefixEnd = prefixMid - 1;
+                } else {
+                    tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound = prefixMid;
+                    tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound = prefixMid;
+                    prefixMatch = prefixMid;
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // System.out.println("SLOTLBOUND: " + tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound);
+        // System.out.println("SLOTUBOUND: " + tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound);
+
+        int tupleMid = -1;
+        int tupleBegin = 0;
+        int tupleEnd = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
+
+        // binary search on tuples, guided by the lower and upper bounds on
+        // prefixSlotNum
+        while (tupleBegin <= tupleEnd) {
+            tupleMid = (tupleBegin + tupleEnd) / 2;
             int tupleSlotOff = getTupleSlotOff(tupleMid);
-            int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(tupleSlotOff);              
+            int tupleSlot = buf.getInt(tupleSlotOff);
             int prefixSlotNum = decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);
-            
-            //System.out.println("RECS: " + recBegin + " " + recMid + " " + recEnd);
-            int cmp = 0;            
-            if(prefixSlotNum == TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {            	            	
-            	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleMid);
-            	cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);      
+
+            // System.out.println("RECS: " + recBegin + " " + recMid + " " +
+            // recEnd);
+            int cmp = 0;
+            if (prefixSlotNum == TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+                frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleMid);
+                cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);
+            } else {
+                if (prefixSlotNum < tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound)
+                    cmp = 1;
+                else if (prefixSlotNum > tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound)
+                    cmp = -1;
+                else {
+                    frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleMid);
+                    cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);
+                }
             }
-            else {             	
-            	if(prefixSlotNum < tuplePrefixSlotNumLbound) cmp = 1;
-            	else if(prefixSlotNum > tuplePrefixSlotNumUbound) cmp = -1;
-            	else {
-            		frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleMid);
-            		cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);            	            	            	
-            	}
-            }    
-            
-            if(cmp < 0) tupleEnd = tupleMid - 1;
-            else if(cmp > 0) tupleBegin = tupleMid + 1;
+
+            if (cmp < 0)
+                tupleEnd = tupleMid - 1;
+            else if (cmp > 0)
+                tupleBegin = tupleMid + 1;
             else {
-            	if(mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
-        			if(matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) tupleBegin = tupleMid + 1;
-        			else tupleEnd = tupleMid - 1;
-        		}
-        		else {
-        			return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleMid);
-        		}            	
+                if (mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
+                    if (matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY)
+                        tupleBegin = tupleMid + 1;
+                    else
+                        tupleEnd = tupleMid - 1;
+                } else {
+                    return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleMid);
+                }
             }
         }
-	    
-	    //System.out.println("RECS: " + recBegin + " " + recMid + " " + recEnd);
-	    
-	    if(mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT) return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
-	    
-        // do final comparison to determine whether the search key is greater than all keys or in between some existing keys
-	    if(matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) {
-        	if(tupleBegin > frame.getTupleCount() - 1) return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
-        	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleBegin);
-        	if(multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) < 0) return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleBegin);
-            else return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
+
+        // System.out.println("RECS: " + recBegin + " " + recMid + " " +
+        // recEnd);
+
+        if (mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT)
+            return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
+
+        // do final comparison to determine whether the search key is greater
+        // than all keys or in between some existing keys
+        if (matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) {
+            if (tupleBegin > frame.getTupleCount() - 1)
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleBegin);
+            if (multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) < 0)
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleBegin);
+            else
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
+        } else {
+            if (tupleEnd < 0)
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleEnd);
+            if (multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) > 0)
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleEnd);
+            else
+                return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
         }
-        else {
-        	if(tupleEnd < 0) return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
-        	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleEnd);
-        	if(multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) > 0) return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, tupleEnd);
-            else return encodeSlotFields(prefixMatch, GREATEST_SLOT);
-        }	            
-	}	
-	
-	public int getPrefixSlotStartOff() {		
-	    return buf.capacity() - slotSize;	    
-	}
-	
-	public int getPrefixSlotEndOff() {
-	    return buf.capacity() - slotSize * frame.getPrefixTupleCount();
-	}
-	
-	public int getTupleSlotStartOff() {
-	    return getPrefixSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
-	}
-	
-	public int getTupleSlotEndOff() {		
-		return buf.capacity() - slotSize * (frame.getPrefixTupleCount() + frame.getTupleCount());	    
-	}	
-	
-	public int getSlotSize() {
-		return slotSize;
-	}
-	
-	public void setSlot(int offset, int value) {	
-		frame.getBuffer().putInt(offset, value);
-	}
-	
-	public int insertSlot(int slot, int tupleOff) {
-		int slotNum = decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
-		if(slotNum == GREATEST_SLOT) {			
-			int slotOff = getTupleSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
-			int newSlot = encodeSlotFields(decodeFirstSlotField(slot), tupleOff);
-			setSlot(slotOff, newSlot);			
-			return newSlot;
-		}
-		else {
-			int slotEndOff = getTupleSlotEndOff();
-			int slotOff = getTupleSlotOff(slotNum);
-			int length = (slotOff - slotEndOff) + slotSize;			
-			System.arraycopy(frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff, frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff - slotSize, length);			
-			
-			int newSlot = encodeSlotFields(decodeFirstSlotField(slot), tupleOff);
-			setSlot(slotOff, newSlot);
-			return newSlot;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public void setFrame(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame) {
-		this.frame = frame;
-		this.buf = frame.getBuffer();
-	}
-	
-	public int getPrefixSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
-		return getPrefixSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
-	}
-	
-	public int getTupleSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
-		return getTupleSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
-	}
-	
-	public void setPrefixSlot(int tupleIndex, int slot) {
-		buf.putInt(getPrefixSlotOff(tupleIndex), slot);
-	}
+    }
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotStartOff() {
+        return buf.capacity() - slotSize;
+    }
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotEndOff() {
+        return buf.capacity() - slotSize * frame.getPrefixTupleCount();
+    }
+
+    public int getTupleSlotStartOff() {
+        return getPrefixSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
+    }
+
+    public int getTupleSlotEndOff() {
+        return buf.capacity() - slotSize * (frame.getPrefixTupleCount() + frame.getTupleCount());
+    }
+
+    public int getSlotSize() {
+        return slotSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setSlot(int offset, int value) {
+        frame.getBuffer().putInt(offset, value);
+    }
+
+    public int insertSlot(int slot, int tupleOff) {
+        int slotNum = decodeSecondSlotField(slot);
+        if (slotNum == GREATEST_SLOT) {
+            int slotOff = getTupleSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
+            int newSlot = encodeSlotFields(decodeFirstSlotField(slot), tupleOff);
+            setSlot(slotOff, newSlot);
+            return newSlot;
+        } else {
+            int slotEndOff = getTupleSlotEndOff();
+            int slotOff = getTupleSlotOff(slotNum);
+            int length = (slotOff - slotEndOff) + slotSize;
+            System.arraycopy(frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff, frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff - slotSize,
+                    length);
+
+            int newSlot = encodeSlotFields(decodeFirstSlotField(slot), tupleOff);
+            setSlot(slotOff, newSlot);
+            return newSlot;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setFrame(FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame) {
+        this.frame = frame;
+        this.buf = frame.getBuffer();
+    }
+
+    public int getPrefixSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
+        return getPrefixSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
+    }
+
+    public int getTupleSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
+        return getTupleSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setPrefixSlot(int tupleIndex, int slot) {
+        buf.putInt(getPrefixSlotOff(tupleIndex), slot);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixTupleReference.java
index d818e0a..c131e3f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixTupleReference.java
@@ -7,90 +7,87 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame;
 
 public class FieldPrefixTupleReference implements IBTreeTupleReference {
-	
-	private FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame;
-	private int prefixTupleStartOff;
-	private int suffixTupleStartOff;
-	private int numPrefixFields;
-	private int fieldCount;
-	private IBTreeTupleReference helperTuple;
-	
-	public FieldPrefixTupleReference(IBTreeTupleReference helperTuple) {
-		this.helperTuple = helperTuple;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
-		this.frame = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame)frame;
-		
-		int tupleSlotOff = this.frame.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		int tupleSlot = this.frame.getBuffer().getInt(tupleSlotOff);
+
+    private FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame;
+    private int prefixTupleStartOff;
+    private int suffixTupleStartOff;
+    private int numPrefixFields;
+    private int fieldCount;
+    private IBTreeTupleReference helperTuple;
+
+    public FieldPrefixTupleReference(IBTreeTupleReference helperTuple) {
+        this.helperTuple = helperTuple;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
+        this.frame = (FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame) frame;
+
+        int tupleSlotOff = this.frame.slotManager.getTupleSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        int tupleSlot = this.frame.getBuffer().getInt(tupleSlotOff);
         int prefixSlotNum = this.frame.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(tupleSlot);
         suffixTupleStartOff = this.frame.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(tupleSlot);
-        
-        if(prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
+
+        if (prefixSlotNum != FieldPrefixSlotManager.TUPLE_UNCOMPRESSED) {
             int prefixSlotOff = this.frame.slotManager.getPrefixSlotOff(prefixSlotNum);
             int prefixSlot = this.frame.getBuffer().getInt(prefixSlotOff);
             numPrefixFields = this.frame.slotManager.decodeFirstSlotField(prefixSlot);
-            prefixTupleStartOff = this.frame.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(prefixSlot); 
+            prefixTupleStartOff = this.frame.slotManager.decodeSecondSlotField(prefixSlot);
+        } else {
+            numPrefixFields = 0;
+            prefixTupleStartOff = -1;
         }
-        else {
-        	numPrefixFields = 0;
-        	prefixTupleStartOff = -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
+        this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
+        // not implemented
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldCount() {
+        return fieldCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
+        return frame.getBuffer().array();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx < numPrefixFields) {
+            helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields);
+            helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), prefixTupleStartOff);
+            return helperTuple.getFieldLength(fIdx);
+        } else {
+            helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields, fieldCount - numPrefixFields);
+            helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), suffixTupleStartOff);
+            return helperTuple.getFieldLength(fIdx - numPrefixFields);
         }
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
-		this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
-	}
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
-		// not implemented
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldCount() {		
-		return fieldCount;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx < numPrefixFields) {
+            helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields);
+            helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), prefixTupleStartOff);
+            return helperTuple.getFieldStart(fIdx);
+        } else {
+            helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields, fieldCount - numPrefixFields);
+            helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), suffixTupleStartOff);
+            return helperTuple.getFieldStart(fIdx - numPrefixFields);
+        }
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
-		return frame.getBuffer().array();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {		
-		if(fIdx < numPrefixFields) {
-			helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields);			
-			helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), prefixTupleStartOff);
-			return helperTuple.getFieldLength(fIdx);
-		}
-		else {
-			helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields, fieldCount - numPrefixFields);
-			helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), suffixTupleStartOff);
-			return helperTuple.getFieldLength(fIdx - numPrefixFields);
-		}				
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {
-		if(fIdx < numPrefixFields) {
-			helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields);			
-			helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), prefixTupleStartOff);
-			return helperTuple.getFieldStart(fIdx);
-		}
-		else {
-			helperTuple.setFieldCount(numPrefixFields, fieldCount - numPrefixFields);
-			helperTuple.resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), suffixTupleStartOff);
-			return helperTuple.getFieldStart(fIdx - numPrefixFields);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	// unsupported operation
-	@Override
-	public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOffset) {
-		frame = null;		
-	}	
+    // unsupported operation
+    @Override
+    public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOffset) {
+        frame = null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleMode.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleMode.java
index 79dc343..9e2fa75 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleMode.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleMode.java
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public enum FindTupleMode {
-	FTM_INCLUSIVE,
-	FTM_EXCLUSIVE,
-	FTM_EXACT
+    FTM_INCLUSIVE, FTM_EXCLUSIVE, FTM_EXACT
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.java
index 45f2765..1bc6ea3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.java
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public enum FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy {
-	FTP_LOWER_KEY,
-	FTP_HIGHER_KEY
+    FTP_LOWER_KEY, FTP_HIGHER_KEY
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/IntArrayList.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/IntArrayList.java
index 124cccd..2d0b9df 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/IntArrayList.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/IntArrayList.java
@@ -1,48 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public class IntArrayList {
-	private int[] data;
-	private int size;
-	private final int growth;
-	
-	public IntArrayList(int initialCapacity, int growth) {
-		data = new int[initialCapacity];
-		size = 0;
-		this.growth = growth;		
-	}
-		
-	public int size() {
-		return size;
-	}
-	
-	public void add(int i) {
-		if(size == data.length) {
-			int[] newData = new int[data.length + growth];
-			System.arraycopy(data, 0, newData, 0, data.length);
-			data = newData;
-		}
-		
-		data[size++] = i;
-	}	
-	
-	public void removeLast() {
-		if(size > 0) size--;
-	}
-	
-	// WARNING: caller is responsible for checking size > 0
-	public int getLast() {
-		return data[size-1];
-	}
-	
-	public int get(int i) {
-		return data[i];
-	}
-	
-	public void clear() {
-		size = 0;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isEmpty() {
-		return size == 0;
-	}
+    private int[] data;
+    private int size;
+    private final int growth;
+
+    public IntArrayList(int initialCapacity, int growth) {
+        data = new int[initialCapacity];
+        size = 0;
+        this.growth = growth;
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    public void add(int i) {
+        if (size == data.length) {
+            int[] newData = new int[data.length + growth];
+            System.arraycopy(data, 0, newData, 0, data.length);
+            data = newData;
+        }
+
+        data[size++] = i;
+    }
+
+    public void removeLast() {
+        if (size > 0)
+            size--;
+    }
+
+    // WARNING: caller is responsible for checking size > 0
+    public int getLast() {
+        return data[size - 1];
+    }
+
+    public int get(int i) {
+        return data[i];
+    }
+
+    public void clear() {
+        size = 0;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return size == 0;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/MultiComparator.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/MultiComparator.java
index 486d732..e029af0 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/MultiComparator.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/MultiComparator.java
@@ -27,78 +27,74 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class MultiComparator {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private IBinaryComparator[] cmps = null;
-	private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
-	
-	public MultiComparator(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparator[] cmps) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-		this.cmps = cmps;
-	}
-		
-	public int compare(ITupleReference tupleA, ITupleReference tupleB) {			
-		for(int i = 0; i < cmps.length; i++) {						
-			int cmp = cmps[i].compare(tupleA.getFieldData(i), 
-					tupleA.getFieldStart(i), 
-					tupleA.getFieldLength(i),
-					tupleB.getFieldData(i), 
-					tupleB.getFieldStart(i), 
-					tupleB.getFieldLength(i));
-    		if(cmp < 0) return -1;
-    		else if(cmp > 0) return 1;    			
-    	}
-    	return 0;
-	}
-		
-	public int fieldRangeCompare(ITupleReference tupleA, ITupleReference tupleB, int startFieldIndex, int numFields) {
-		for(int i = startFieldIndex; i < startFieldIndex + numFields; i++) {						
-			int cmp = cmps[i].compare(
-					tupleA.getFieldData(i), 
-					tupleA.getFieldStart(i), 
-					tupleA.getFieldLength(i), 
-					tupleB.getFieldData(i), 
-					tupleB.getFieldStart(i), 
-					tupleB.getFieldLength(i));
-    		if(cmp < 0) return -1;
-    		else if(cmp > 0) return 1;
-    	}
-    	return 0;
-	}
-	
-	public String printTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {										
-		StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-			ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-			Object o = fields[i].deserialize(dataIn);
-			strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");
-		}
-		return strBuilder.toString();
-	}		
-	
-	public IBinaryComparator[] getComparators() {
-	    return cmps;
-	}
-	
-	public int getKeyFieldCount() {
-	    return cmps.length;
-	}
-	
-	public void setComparators(IBinaryComparator[] cmps) {
-		this.cmps = cmps;
-	}
-	
-	public int size() {
-		return cmps.length;
-	}
-	
-	public int getFieldCount() {
-		return typeTraits.length;
-	}
-	
-	public ITypeTrait[] getTypeTraits() {
-		return typeTraits;
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private IBinaryComparator[] cmps = null;
+    private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
+
+    public MultiComparator(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparator[] cmps) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.cmps = cmps;
+    }
+
+    public int compare(ITupleReference tupleA, ITupleReference tupleB) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < cmps.length; i++) {
+            int cmp = cmps[i].compare(tupleA.getFieldData(i), tupleA.getFieldStart(i), tupleA.getFieldLength(i), tupleB
+                    .getFieldData(i), tupleB.getFieldStart(i), tupleB.getFieldLength(i));
+            if (cmp < 0)
+                return -1;
+            else if (cmp > 0)
+                return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public int fieldRangeCompare(ITupleReference tupleA, ITupleReference tupleB, int startFieldIndex, int numFields) {
+        for (int i = startFieldIndex; i < startFieldIndex + numFields; i++) {
+            int cmp = cmps[i].compare(tupleA.getFieldData(i), tupleA.getFieldStart(i), tupleA.getFieldLength(i), tupleB
+                    .getFieldData(i), tupleB.getFieldStart(i), tupleB.getFieldLength(i));
+            if (cmp < 0)
+                return -1;
+            else if (cmp > 0)
+                return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public String printTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ISerializerDeserializer[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {
+        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i),
+                    tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+            Object o = fields[i].deserialize(dataIn);
+            strBuilder.append(o.toString() + " ");
+        }
+        return strBuilder.toString();
+    }
+
+    public IBinaryComparator[] getComparators() {
+        return cmps;
+    }
+
+    public int getKeyFieldCount() {
+        return cmps.length;
+    }
+
+    public void setComparators(IBinaryComparator[] cmps) {
+        this.cmps = cmps;
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return cmps.length;
+    }
+
+    public int getFieldCount() {
+        return typeTraits.length;
+    }
+
+    public ITypeTrait[] getTypeTraits() {
+        return typeTraits;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/NodeFrontier.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/NodeFrontier.java
index 138c1fa..83baa92 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/NodeFrontier.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/NodeFrontier.java
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 
 public class NodeFrontier {
-	public ICachedPage page;
-	public int pageId;
-	public IBTreeTupleReference lastTuple;
-	
-	public NodeFrontier(IBTreeTupleReference lastTuple) {
-		this.lastTuple = lastTuple;
-	}
-}
+    public ICachedPage page;
+    public int pageId;
+    public IBTreeTupleReference lastTuple;
 
+    public NodeFrontier(IBTreeTupleReference lastTuple) {
+        this.lastTuple = lastTuple;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/OrderedSlotManager.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/OrderedSlotManager.java
index 92c91d3..258161b 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/OrderedSlotManager.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/OrderedSlotManager.java
@@ -21,105 +21,112 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.ISlotManager;
 
 public class OrderedSlotManager implements ISlotManager {
-	
-	private static final int slotSize = 4;
-	private IBTreeFrame frame;
-	
-	@Override
-	public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp, FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy) {
-		if(frame.getTupleCount() <= 0) return -1;
-				
-		int mid;
-		int begin = 0;
-		int end = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
-		
-        while(begin <= end) {
-            mid = (begin + end) / 2;        	
-        	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, mid);
-        	
-        	int cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);
-        	if(cmp < 0) {
-        		end = mid - 1;
-        	}
-        	else if(cmp > 0) {
-        		begin = mid + 1;
-        	}
-        	else {
-        		if(mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
-        			if(matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) begin = mid + 1;
-        			else end = mid - 1;
-        		}
-        		else {        			
-        			return mid;
-        		}        		        		
-        	}
-        }
-                        
-        if(mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT) return -1;            
-        
-        if(matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) {
-        	if(begin > frame.getTupleCount() - 1) return -1;
-        	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, begin);
-        	if(multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) < 0) return begin;
-            else return -1;
-        }
-        else {
-        	if(end < 0) return -1;
-        	frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, end);
-        	if(multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) > 0) return end;
-            else return -1;
-        }               
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getTupleOff(int offset) {		
-		return frame.getBuffer().getInt(offset);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setSlot(int offset, int value) {	
-		frame.getBuffer().putInt(offset, value);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getSlotEndOff() {
-		return frame.getBuffer().capacity() - (frame.getTupleCount() * slotSize);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getSlotStartOff() {
-		return frame.getBuffer().capacity() - slotSize;
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int getSlotSize() {
-		return slotSize;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int insertSlot(int tupleIndex, int tupleOff) {				
-		int slotOff = getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
-		if(tupleIndex < 0) {
-			slotOff = getSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
-			setSlot(slotOff, tupleOff);
-			return slotOff;
-		}
-		else {
-			int slotEndOff = getSlotEndOff();
-			int length = (slotOff - slotEndOff) + slotSize;			
-			System.arraycopy(frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff, frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff - slotSize, length);
-			setSlot(slotOff, tupleOff);
-			return slotOff;
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFrame(IBTreeFrame frame) {
-		this.frame = frame;		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
-		return getSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
-	}	
+    private static final int slotSize = 4;
+    private IBTreeFrame frame;
+
+    @Override
+    public int findTupleIndex(ITupleReference searchKey, IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple, MultiComparator multiCmp,
+            FindTupleMode mode, FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy matchPolicy) {
+        if (frame.getTupleCount() <= 0)
+            return -1;
+
+        int mid;
+        int begin = 0;
+        int end = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
+
+        while (begin <= end) {
+            mid = (begin + end) / 2;
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, mid);
+
+            int cmp = multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple);
+            if (cmp < 0) {
+                end = mid - 1;
+            } else if (cmp > 0) {
+                begin = mid + 1;
+            } else {
+                if (mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE) {
+                    if (matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY)
+                        begin = mid + 1;
+                    else
+                        end = mid - 1;
+                } else {
+                    return mid;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (mode == FindTupleMode.FTM_EXACT)
+            return -1;
+
+        if (matchPolicy == FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY) {
+            if (begin > frame.getTupleCount() - 1)
+                return -1;
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, begin);
+            if (multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) < 0)
+                return begin;
+            else
+                return -1;
+        } else {
+            if (end < 0)
+                return -1;
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, end);
+            if (multiCmp.compare(searchKey, frameTuple) > 0)
+                return end;
+            else
+                return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTupleOff(int offset) {
+        return frame.getBuffer().getInt(offset);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setSlot(int offset, int value) {
+        frame.getBuffer().putInt(offset, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getSlotEndOff() {
+        return frame.getBuffer().capacity() - (frame.getTupleCount() * slotSize);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getSlotStartOff() {
+        return frame.getBuffer().capacity() - slotSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getSlotSize() {
+        return slotSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int insertSlot(int tupleIndex, int tupleOff) {
+        int slotOff = getSlotOff(tupleIndex);
+        if (tupleIndex < 0) {
+            slotOff = getSlotEndOff() - slotSize;
+            setSlot(slotOff, tupleOff);
+            return slotOff;
+        } else {
+            int slotEndOff = getSlotEndOff();
+            int length = (slotOff - slotEndOff) + slotSize;
+            System.arraycopy(frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff, frame.getBuffer().array(), slotEndOff - slotSize,
+                    length);
+            setSlot(slotOff, tupleOff);
+            return slotOff;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFrame(IBTreeFrame frame) {
+        this.frame = frame;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getSlotOff(int tupleIndex) {
+        return getSlotStartOff() - tupleIndex * slotSize;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangePredicate.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangePredicate.java
index 5b6dea8..697b9ab 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangePredicate.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangePredicate.java
@@ -19,76 +19,74 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.ISearchPredicate;
 
 public class RangePredicate implements ISearchPredicate {
-		
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	protected boolean isForward = true;
-	protected ITupleReference lowKey = null;
-	protected ITupleReference highKey = null;
-	protected boolean lowKeyInclusive = true;
-	protected boolean highKeyInclusive = true;
-	protected MultiComparator lowKeyCmp;
-	protected MultiComparator highKeyCmp;
-	
-	public RangePredicate() {
-	}
-	
-	public RangePredicate(boolean isForward, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, 
-			boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive, MultiComparator lowKeyCmp, MultiComparator highKeyCmp) {
-		this.isForward = isForward;
-		this.lowKey = lowKey;
-		this.highKey = highKey;
-		this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
-		this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
-		this.lowKeyCmp = lowKeyCmp;
-		this.highKeyCmp = highKeyCmp;
-	}
-	
-	public MultiComparator getLowKeyComparator() {
-		return lowKeyCmp;
-	}
-	
-	public MultiComparator getHighKeyComparator() {
-		return highKeyCmp;
-	}
-	
-	public void setLowKeyComparator(MultiComparator lowKeyCmp) {
-		this.lowKeyCmp = lowKeyCmp;
-	}
-	
-	public void setHighKeyComparator(MultiComparator highKeyCmp) {
-		this.highKeyCmp = highKeyCmp;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isForward() {
-		return isForward;
-	}	
-	
-	public ITupleReference getLowKey() {
-		return lowKey;
-	}
-	
-	public ITupleReference getHighKey() {
-		return highKey;
-	}
-	
-	public void setLowKey(ITupleReference lowKey, boolean lowKeyInclusive) {
-		this.lowKey = lowKey;
-		this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
-	}
-	
-	public void setHighKey(ITupleReference highKey, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
-		this.highKey = highKey;
-		this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isLowKeyInclusive() {
-		return lowKeyInclusive;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean isHighKeyInclusive() {
-		return highKeyInclusive;
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    protected boolean isForward = true;
+    protected ITupleReference lowKey = null;
+    protected ITupleReference highKey = null;
+    protected boolean lowKeyInclusive = true;
+    protected boolean highKeyInclusive = true;
+    protected MultiComparator lowKeyCmp;
+    protected MultiComparator highKeyCmp;
+
+    public RangePredicate() {
+    }
+
+    public RangePredicate(boolean isForward, ITupleReference lowKey, ITupleReference highKey, boolean lowKeyInclusive,
+            boolean highKeyInclusive, MultiComparator lowKeyCmp, MultiComparator highKeyCmp) {
+        this.isForward = isForward;
+        this.lowKey = lowKey;
+        this.highKey = highKey;
+        this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
+        this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
+        this.lowKeyCmp = lowKeyCmp;
+        this.highKeyCmp = highKeyCmp;
+    }
+
+    public MultiComparator getLowKeyComparator() {
+        return lowKeyCmp;
+    }
+
+    public MultiComparator getHighKeyComparator() {
+        return highKeyCmp;
+    }
+
+    public void setLowKeyComparator(MultiComparator lowKeyCmp) {
+        this.lowKeyCmp = lowKeyCmp;
+    }
+
+    public void setHighKeyComparator(MultiComparator highKeyCmp) {
+        this.highKeyCmp = highKeyCmp;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isForward() {
+        return isForward;
+    }
+
+    public ITupleReference getLowKey() {
+        return lowKey;
+    }
+
+    public ITupleReference getHighKey() {
+        return highKey;
+    }
+
+    public void setLowKey(ITupleReference lowKey, boolean lowKeyInclusive) {
+        this.lowKey = lowKey;
+        this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
+    }
+
+    public void setHighKey(ITupleReference highKey, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
+        this.highKey = highKey;
+        this.highKeyInclusive = highKeyInclusive;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isLowKeyInclusive() {
+        return lowKeyInclusive;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isHighKeyInclusive() {
+        return highKeyInclusive;
+    }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangeSearchCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangeSearchCursor.java
index 6272c21..3d3704c 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangeSearchCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/RangeSearchCursor.java
@@ -26,209 +26,209 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.FileHandle;
 
 public class RangeSearchCursor implements IBTreeCursor {
-	
-	private int fileId = -1;
-	private ICachedPage page = null;
-	private IBTreeLeafFrame frame = null;
-	private IBufferCache bufferCache = null;
-	
-	private int tupleIndex = 0;
-	private int stopTupleIndex;
-	private int tupleIndexInc = 0;
-	
-	private FindTupleMode lowKeyFtm;
-	private FindTupleMode highKeyFtm;
-	
-	private FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy lowKeyFtp;
-	private FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy highKeyFtp;		
-	
-	private IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple;
-					
-	private RangePredicate pred;
-	private MultiComparator lowKeyCmp;
-	private MultiComparator highKeyCmp;
-	private ITupleReference lowKey;
-	private ITupleReference highKey;
-	
-	public RangeSearchCursor(IBTreeLeafFrame frame) {
-		this.frame = frame;
-		this.frameTuple = frame.createTupleReference();		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-		if(page != null) {
-			page.releaseReadLatch();
-			bufferCache.unpin(page);
-			page = null;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public ITupleReference getTuple() {		
-		return frameTuple;		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public ICachedPage getPage() {
-		return page;
-	}	
-	
-	private void fetchNextLeafPage(int nextLeafPage) throws HyracksDataException {
-		ICachedPage nextLeaf = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, nextLeafPage), false);
-		nextLeaf.acquireReadLatch();
 
-		page.releaseReadLatch();
-		bufferCache.unpin(page);
-		
-		page = nextLeaf;
-		frame.setPage(page);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public boolean hasNext() throws Exception {
-				
-		if(pred.isForward()) {
-			if(tupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount()) {				
-				int nextLeafPage = frame.getNextLeaf();				
-				if(nextLeafPage >= 0) {								
-					fetchNextLeafPage(nextLeafPage);					
-					tupleIndex = 0;
-										
-					stopTupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
-					if(stopTupleIndex < 0) return false;		
-				}
-				else {
-					return false;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
-			if(highKey == null || tupleIndex <= stopTupleIndex) {				
-				return true;									
-			}
-			else return false;
-		}
-		else {
-			if(tupleIndex < 0) {				
-				int nextLeafPage = frame.getPrevLeaf();				
-				if(nextLeafPage >= 0) {								
-					fetchNextLeafPage(nextLeafPage);
-					tupleIndex = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
-					
-					stopTupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();										
-					if(stopTupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount()) return false;										
-				}
-				else {
-					return false;
-				}
-			}	
-			
-			frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
-			if(lowKey == null || tupleIndex >= stopTupleIndex) {				
-				return true;
-			}
-			else return false;
-		}		
-	}
+    private int fileId = -1;
+    private ICachedPage page = null;
+    private IBTreeLeafFrame frame = null;
+    private IBufferCache bufferCache = null;
 
-	@Override
-	public void next() throws Exception {		
-		tupleIndex += tupleIndexInc;				
-	}
-	
-	private int getLowKeyIndex() {
-		int index;
-		if(lowKey == null) index = 0;
-		else {
-			index = frame.findTupleIndex(lowKey, frameTuple, lowKeyCmp, lowKeyFtm, lowKeyFtp);
-			if(pred.lowKeyInclusive) {															
-				index++;
-			}
-			else {
-				if(index < 0) index = frame.getTupleCount();
-			}
-		}
-		return index;
-	}	
-	
-	private int getHighKeyIndex() {
-		int index;
-		if(highKey == null) index = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
-		else {				
-			index = frame.findTupleIndex(highKey, frameTuple, highKeyCmp, highKeyFtm, highKeyFtp);
-			if(pred.highKeyInclusive) {										
-				if(index < 0) index = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
-				else index--;
-			}
-		}
-		return index;
-	}
+    private int tupleIndex = 0;
+    private int stopTupleIndex;
+    private int tupleIndexInc = 0;
 
-	
-	@Override
-	public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws Exception {		
-		// in case open is called multiple times without closing
-		if(this.page != null) {
-			this.page.releaseReadLatch();
-			bufferCache.unpin(this.page);
-		}
-		
-		this.page = page;
-		frame.setPage(page);					
-		
-		pred = (RangePredicate)searchPred;
-		lowKeyCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();
-		highKeyCmp = pred.getHighKeyComparator();
-		
-		lowKey = pred.getLowKey();
-		highKey = pred.getHighKey();
-		
-		// field count must be identical for lowKeyCmp and highKeyCmp (key count may be different)
-		frameTuple.setFieldCount(lowKeyCmp.getFieldCount());
-		
-		// init
-		lowKeyFtm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
-		if(pred.lowKeyInclusive) {
-			lowKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_LOWER_KEY;
-		}
-		else {
-			lowKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY;
-		}
-		
-		highKeyFtm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
-		if(pred.highKeyInclusive) {
-			highKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY;
-		}
-		else {
-			highKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_LOWER_KEY;
-		}
-		
-		if(pred.isForward()) {						
-			tupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();
-			stopTupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
-			tupleIndexInc = 1;
-		}
-		else {			
-			tupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
-			stopTupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();
-			tupleIndexInc = -1;
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void reset() {
-		tupleIndex = 0;
-		page = null;	
-		pred = null;
-	}
+    private FindTupleMode lowKeyFtm;
+    private FindTupleMode highKeyFtm;
+
+    private FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy lowKeyFtp;
+    private FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy highKeyFtp;
+
+    private IBTreeTupleReference frameTuple;
+
+    private RangePredicate pred;
+    private MultiComparator lowKeyCmp;
+    private MultiComparator highKeyCmp;
+    private ITupleReference lowKey;
+    private ITupleReference highKey;
+
+    public RangeSearchCursor(IBTreeLeafFrame frame) {
+        this.frame = frame;
+        this.frameTuple = frame.createTupleReference();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception {
+        if (page != null) {
+            page.releaseReadLatch();
+            bufferCache.unpin(page);
+            page = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public ITupleReference getTuple() {
+        return frameTuple;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ICachedPage getPage() {
+        return page;
+    }
+
+    private void fetchNextLeafPage(int nextLeafPage) throws HyracksDataException {
+        ICachedPage nextLeaf = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, nextLeafPage), false);
+        nextLeaf.acquireReadLatch();
+
+        page.releaseReadLatch();
+        bufferCache.unpin(page);
+
+        page = nextLeaf;
+        frame.setPage(page);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() throws Exception {
+
+        if (pred.isForward()) {
+            if (tupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount()) {
+                int nextLeafPage = frame.getNextLeaf();
+                if (nextLeafPage >= 0) {
+                    fetchNextLeafPage(nextLeafPage);
+                    tupleIndex = 0;
+
+                    stopTupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
+                    if (stopTupleIndex < 0)
+                        return false;
+                } else {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
+            if (highKey == null || tupleIndex <= stopTupleIndex) {
+                return true;
+            } else
+                return false;
+        } else {
+            if (tupleIndex < 0) {
+                int nextLeafPage = frame.getPrevLeaf();
+                if (nextLeafPage >= 0) {
+                    fetchNextLeafPage(nextLeafPage);
+                    tupleIndex = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
+
+                    stopTupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();
+                    if (stopTupleIndex >= frame.getTupleCount())
+                        return false;
+                } else {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            frameTuple.resetByTupleIndex(frame, tupleIndex);
+            if (lowKey == null || tupleIndex >= stopTupleIndex) {
+                return true;
+            } else
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void next() throws Exception {
+        tupleIndex += tupleIndexInc;
+    }
+
+    private int getLowKeyIndex() {
+        int index;
+        if (lowKey == null)
+            index = 0;
+        else {
+            index = frame.findTupleIndex(lowKey, frameTuple, lowKeyCmp, lowKeyFtm, lowKeyFtp);
+            if (pred.lowKeyInclusive) {
+                index++;
+            } else {
+                if (index < 0)
+                    index = frame.getTupleCount();
+            }
+        }
+        return index;
+    }
+
+    private int getHighKeyIndex() {
+        int index;
+        if (highKey == null)
+            index = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
+        else {
+            index = frame.findTupleIndex(highKey, frameTuple, highKeyCmp, highKeyFtm, highKeyFtp);
+            if (pred.highKeyInclusive) {
+                if (index < 0)
+                    index = frame.getTupleCount() - 1;
+                else
+                    index--;
+            }
+        }
+        return index;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(ICachedPage page, ISearchPredicate searchPred) throws Exception {
+        // in case open is called multiple times without closing
+        if (this.page != null) {
+            this.page.releaseReadLatch();
+            bufferCache.unpin(this.page);
+        }
+
+        this.page = page;
+        frame.setPage(page);
+
+        pred = (RangePredicate) searchPred;
+        lowKeyCmp = pred.getLowKeyComparator();
+        highKeyCmp = pred.getHighKeyComparator();
+
+        lowKey = pred.getLowKey();
+        highKey = pred.getHighKey();
+
+        // field count must be identical for lowKeyCmp and highKeyCmp (key count
+        // may be different)
+        frameTuple.setFieldCount(lowKeyCmp.getFieldCount());
+
+        // init
+        lowKeyFtm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
+        if (pred.lowKeyInclusive) {
+            lowKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_LOWER_KEY;
+        } else {
+            lowKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY;
+        }
+
+        highKeyFtm = FindTupleMode.FTM_EXCLUSIVE;
+        if (pred.highKeyInclusive) {
+            highKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_HIGHER_KEY;
+        } else {
+            highKeyFtp = FindTupleNoExactMatchPolicy.FTP_LOWER_KEY;
+        }
+
+        if (pred.isForward()) {
+            tupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();
+            stopTupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
+            tupleIndexInc = 1;
+        } else {
+            tupleIndex = getHighKeyIndex();
+            stopTupleIndex = getLowKeyIndex();
+            tupleIndexInc = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset() {
+        tupleIndex = 0;
+        page = null;
+        pred = null;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void setBufferCache(IBufferCache bufferCache) {
-        this.bufferCache = bufferCache;        
+        this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void setFileId(int fileId) {
         this.fileId = fileId;
-    }	
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SlotOffTupleOff.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SlotOffTupleOff.java
index 24001ff..c074642 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SlotOffTupleOff.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SlotOffTupleOff.java
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public class SlotOffTupleOff implements Comparable<SlotOffTupleOff> {
-	public int tupleIndex;
-	public int slotOff;
-	public int tupleOff;	
-	
-	public SlotOffTupleOff(int tupleIndex, int slotOff, int recOff) {
-		this.tupleIndex = tupleIndex;
-		this.slotOff = slotOff;
-		this.tupleOff = recOff;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int compareTo(SlotOffTupleOff o) {			
-		return tupleOff - o.tupleOff;
-	}
-}
+    public int tupleIndex;
+    public int slotOff;
+    public int tupleOff;
 
+    public SlotOffTupleOff(int tupleIndex, int slotOff, int recOff) {
+        this.tupleIndex = tupleIndex;
+        this.slotOff = slotOff;
+        this.tupleOff = recOff;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(SlotOffTupleOff o) {
+        return tupleOff - o.tupleOff;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SpaceStatus.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SpaceStatus.java
index 6cb9999..9ad15ee 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SpaceStatus.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SpaceStatus.java
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls;
 
 public enum SpaceStatus {
-	INSUFFICIENT_SPACE,
-	SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE,
-	SUFFICIENT_SPACE
+    INSUFFICIENT_SPACE, SUFFICIENT_CONTIGUOUS_SPACE, SUFFICIENT_SPACE
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SplitKey.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SplitKey.java
index 67dfc92..cf2fd74 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SplitKey.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/SplitKey.java
@@ -19,73 +19,72 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
 
-public class SplitKey {		
-	public byte[] data = null;	
-	public ByteBuffer buf = null;
-	public IBTreeTupleReference tuple;
-	public int keySize = 0;
-	
-	public SplitKey(IBTreeTupleReference tuple) {
-		this.tuple = tuple;
-	}
-	
-	public void initData(int keySize) {
-		// try to reuse existing memory from a lower-level split if possible				
-		this.keySize = keySize;
-		if(data != null) {
-			if(data.length < keySize + 8) {
-				data = new byte[keySize + 8]; // add 8 for left and right page
-				buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(data);
-			}				
-		}
-		else { 
-			data = new byte[keySize + 8]; // add 8 for left and right page
-			buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(data);
-		}		
-				
-		tuple.resetByOffset(buf, 0);
-	}
-	
-	public void reset() {
-		data = null;
-		buf = null;
-	}
-	
-	public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
-		return buf;
-	}
-	
-	public IBTreeTupleReference getTuple() {
-		return tuple;
-	}
-	
-	public int getLeftPage() {
-		return buf.getInt(keySize);
-	}
-	
-	public int getRightPage() {
-		return buf.getInt(keySize + 4);
-	}
-		
-	public void setLeftPage(int leftPage) {
-		buf.putInt(keySize, leftPage);
-	}
-	
-	public void setRightPage(int rightPage) {
-		buf.putInt(keySize + 4, rightPage);
-	}
-	
-	public void setPages(int leftPage, int rightPage) {		
-		buf.putInt(keySize, leftPage);
-		buf.putInt(keySize + 4, rightPage);
-	}
-	
-	public SplitKey duplicate(IBTreeTupleReference copyTuple) {
-		SplitKey copy = new SplitKey(copyTuple);
-		copy.data = data.clone();		
-		copy.buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(copy.data);
-		copy.tuple.setFieldCount(tuple.getFieldCount());
-		copy.tuple.resetByOffset(copy.buf, 0);
-		return copy;
-	}
+public class SplitKey {
+    public byte[] data = null;
+    public ByteBuffer buf = null;
+    public IBTreeTupleReference tuple;
+    public int keySize = 0;
+
+    public SplitKey(IBTreeTupleReference tuple) {
+        this.tuple = tuple;
+    }
+
+    public void initData(int keySize) {
+        // try to reuse existing memory from a lower-level split if possible
+        this.keySize = keySize;
+        if (data != null) {
+            if (data.length < keySize + 8) {
+                data = new byte[keySize + 8]; // add 8 for left and right page
+                buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(data);
+            }
+        } else {
+            data = new byte[keySize + 8]; // add 8 for left and right page
+            buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(data);
+        }
+
+        tuple.resetByOffset(buf, 0);
+    }
+
+    public void reset() {
+        data = null;
+        buf = null;
+    }
+
+    public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+    public IBTreeTupleReference getTuple() {
+        return tuple;
+    }
+
+    public int getLeftPage() {
+        return buf.getInt(keySize);
+    }
+
+    public int getRightPage() {
+        return buf.getInt(keySize + 4);
+    }
+
+    public void setLeftPage(int leftPage) {
+        buf.putInt(keySize, leftPage);
+    }
+
+    public void setRightPage(int rightPage) {
+        buf.putInt(keySize + 4, rightPage);
+    }
+
+    public void setPages(int leftPage, int rightPage) {
+        buf.putInt(keySize, leftPage);
+        buf.putInt(keySize + 4, rightPage);
+    }
+
+    public SplitKey duplicate(IBTreeTupleReference copyTuple) {
+        SplitKey copy = new SplitKey(copyTuple);
+        copy.data = data.clone();
+        copy.buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(copy.data);
+        copy.tuple.setFieldCount(tuple.getFieldCount());
+        copy.tuple.resetByOffset(copy.buf, 0);
+        return copy;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleReference.java
index 284efc6..eb9fe2e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleReference.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -6,74 +21,74 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
 
 public class SimpleTupleReference implements IBTreeTupleReference {
-	
-	protected ByteBuffer buf;
-	protected int fieldStartIndex;
-	protected int fieldCount;	
-	protected int tupleStartOff;
-	protected int nullFlagsBytes;
-	protected int fieldSlotsBytes;
-	
-	@Override
-	public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOff) {
-		this.buf = buf;
-		this.tupleStartOff = tupleStartOff;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
-		resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), frame.getTupleOffset(tupleIndex));		
-	}	
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
-		this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
-		nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes();
-		fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes();
-		fieldStartIndex = 0;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
-		this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
-		this.fieldStartIndex = fieldStartIndex;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldCount() {
-		return fieldCount;
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
-		return buf.array();
-	}
+    protected ByteBuffer buf;
+    protected int fieldStartIndex;
+    protected int fieldCount;
+    protected int tupleStartOff;
+    protected int nullFlagsBytes;
+    protected int fieldSlotsBytes;
 
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {
-		if(fIdx == 0) {
-			return buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes);			
-		}
-		else {
-			return buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fIdx * 2) - buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + ((fIdx-1) * 2));
-		}
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOff) {
+        this.buf = buf;
+        this.tupleStartOff = tupleStartOff;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {				
-		if(fIdx == 0) {			
-			return tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldSlotsBytes;
-		}
-		else {			
-			return tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldSlotsBytes + buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + ((fIdx-1) * 2));
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	protected int getNullFlagsBytes() {
-		return (int)Math.ceil(fieldCount / 8.0);
-	}
-	
-	protected int getFieldSlotsBytes() {
-		return fieldCount * 2;
-	}	
+    @Override
+    public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
+        resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), frame.getTupleOffset(tupleIndex));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
+        this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
+        nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes();
+        fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes();
+        fieldStartIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
+        this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
+        this.fieldStartIndex = fieldStartIndex;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldCount() {
+        return fieldCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
+        return buf.array();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx == 0) {
+            return buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes);
+        } else {
+            return buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fIdx * 2)
+                    - buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + ((fIdx - 1) * 2));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx == 0) {
+            return tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldSlotsBytes;
+        } else {
+            return tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldSlotsBytes
+                    + buf.getShort(tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes + ((fIdx - 1) * 2));
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected int getNullFlagsBytes() {
+        return (int) Math.ceil(fieldCount / 8.0);
+    }
+
+    protected int getFieldSlotsBytes() {
+        return fieldCount * 2;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
index 0b1ccd0..e2966ee 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -8,85 +23,88 @@
 
 public class SimpleTupleWriter implements IBTreeTupleWriter {
 
-	@Override
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-			bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-		}
-		return bytes;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {		
-		int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-			bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-		}
-		return bytes;	
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+        return bytes;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-		return new SimpleTupleReference();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
-		int runner = targetOff;
-		int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
-		int fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
-		for(int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
-			targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte)0);			
-		}
-		runner += fieldSlotsBytes;
-		
-		int fieldEndOff = 0;
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {			
-			System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			fieldEndOff += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-			runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-			targetBuf.putShort(targetOff + nullFlagsBytes + i * 2, (short)fieldEndOff);	
-		}
-		
-		return runner - targetOff;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+        return bytes;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {	
-		int runner = targetOff;
-		int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
-		for(int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
-			targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte)0);
-		}
-		runner += getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
-		
-		int fieldEndOff = 0;
-		int fieldCounter = 0;
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {			
-			System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));			
-			fieldEndOff += tuple.getFieldLength(i);			
-			runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);		
-			targetBuf.putShort(targetOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldCounter * 2, (short)fieldEndOff);
-			fieldCounter++;
-		}
-		
-		return runner - targetOff;				
-	}
-		
-	private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		return (int)Math.ceil((double)tuple.getFieldCount() / 8.0);
-	}
-	
-	private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		return tuple.getFieldCount() * 2;
-	}
-	
-	private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
-		return (int)Math.ceil((double)numFields / 8.0);
-	}
-	
-	private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
-		return numFields * 2;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
+        return new SimpleTupleReference();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
+        int runner = targetOff;
+        int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
+        int fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
+            targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte) 0);
+        }
+        runner += fieldSlotsBytes;
+
+        int fieldEndOff = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple
+                    .getFieldLength(i));
+            fieldEndOff += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            targetBuf.putShort(targetOff + nullFlagsBytes + i * 2, (short) fieldEndOff);
+        }
+
+        return runner - targetOff;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf,
+            int targetOff) {
+        int runner = targetOff;
+        int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
+        for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
+            targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte) 0);
+        }
+        runner += getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
+
+        int fieldEndOff = 0;
+        int fieldCounter = 0;
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple
+                    .getFieldLength(i));
+            fieldEndOff += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            targetBuf.putShort(targetOff + nullFlagsBytes + fieldCounter * 2, (short) fieldEndOff);
+            fieldCounter++;
+        }
+
+        return runner - targetOff;
+    }
+
+    private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        return (int) Math.ceil((double) tuple.getFieldCount() / 8.0);
+    }
+
+    private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        return tuple.getFieldCount() * 2;
+    }
+
+    private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        return (int) Math.ceil((double) numFields / 8.0);
+    }
+
+    private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        return numFields * 2;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriterFactory.java
index 31c3c40..3b06153 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/SimpleTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class SimpleTupleWriterFactory implements IBTreeTupleWriterFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-		return new SimpleTupleWriter();
-	}
-	
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
+        return new SimpleTupleWriter();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 89325de..b82adb8 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -7,103 +22,99 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleReference;
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleReference implements IBTreeTupleReference {
-	protected ByteBuffer buf;
-	protected int fieldStartIndex;
-	protected int fieldCount;	
-	protected int tupleStartOff;
-	protected int nullFlagsBytes;
-	protected int dataStartOff;
-	
-	private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
-	private VarLenIntEncoderDecoder encDec = new VarLenIntEncoderDecoder();
-	private int[] decodedFieldSlots;
-	
-	public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-		this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOff) {
-		this.buf = buf;
-		this.tupleStartOff = tupleStartOff;
-		
-		// decode field slots
-		int field = 0;
-		int cumul = 0;
-		int end = fieldStartIndex + fieldCount;
-		encDec.reset(buf.array(), tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes);
-		for(int i = fieldStartIndex; i < end; i++) {
-			int staticDataLen = typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength();
-			if(staticDataLen == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
-				cumul += encDec.decode();
-				decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
-			}
-			else {
-				cumul += staticDataLen;
-				decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
-			}
-		}
-		dataStartOff = encDec.getPos();
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {		
-		resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), frame.getTupleOffset(tupleIndex));		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
-		this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
-		if(decodedFieldSlots == null) {
-			decodedFieldSlots = new int[fieldCount];
-		}
-		else {
-			if(fieldCount > decodedFieldSlots.length) {
-				decodedFieldSlots = new int[fieldCount];
-			}
-		}		
-		nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes();
-		this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
-		setFieldCount(fieldCount);
-		this.fieldStartIndex = fieldStartIndex;		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldCount() {
-		return fieldCount;
-	}
+    protected ByteBuffer buf;
+    protected int fieldStartIndex;
+    protected int fieldCount;
+    protected int tupleStartOff;
+    protected int nullFlagsBytes;
+    protected int dataStartOff;
 
-	@Override
-	public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
-		return buf.array();
-	}
+    private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
+    private VarLenIntEncoderDecoder encDec = new VarLenIntEncoderDecoder();
+    private int[] decodedFieldSlots;
 
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {
-		if(fIdx == 0) {
-			return decodedFieldSlots[0];		
-		}
-		else {
-			return decodedFieldSlots[fIdx] - decodedFieldSlots[fIdx-1];
-		}
-	}
+    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {				
-		if(fIdx == 0) {			
-			return dataStartOff;
-		}
-		else {			
-			return dataStartOff + decodedFieldSlots[fIdx-1];
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	protected int getNullFlagsBytes() {
-		return (int)Math.ceil(fieldCount / 8.0);
-	}		
+    @Override
+    public void resetByOffset(ByteBuffer buf, int tupleStartOff) {
+        this.buf = buf;
+        this.tupleStartOff = tupleStartOff;
+
+        // decode field slots
+        int field = 0;
+        int cumul = 0;
+        int end = fieldStartIndex + fieldCount;
+        encDec.reset(buf.array(), tupleStartOff + nullFlagsBytes);
+        for (int i = fieldStartIndex; i < end; i++) {
+            int staticDataLen = typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength();
+            if (staticDataLen == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
+                cumul += encDec.decode();
+                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
+            } else {
+                cumul += staticDataLen;
+                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
+            }
+        }
+        dataStartOff = encDec.getPos();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void resetByTupleIndex(IBTreeFrame frame, int tupleIndex) {
+        resetByOffset(frame.getBuffer(), frame.getTupleOffset(tupleIndex));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldCount) {
+        this.fieldCount = fieldCount;
+        if (decodedFieldSlots == null) {
+            decodedFieldSlots = new int[fieldCount];
+        } else {
+            if (fieldCount > decodedFieldSlots.length) {
+                decodedFieldSlots = new int[fieldCount];
+            }
+        }
+        nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes();
+        this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setFieldCount(int fieldStartIndex, int fieldCount) {
+        setFieldCount(fieldCount);
+        this.fieldStartIndex = fieldStartIndex;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldCount() {
+        return fieldCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getFieldData(int fIdx) {
+        return buf.array();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldLength(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx == 0) {
+            return decodedFieldSlots[0];
+        } else {
+            return decodedFieldSlots[fIdx] - decodedFieldSlots[fIdx - 1];
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getFieldStart(int fIdx) {
+        if (fIdx == 0) {
+            return dataStartOff;
+        } else {
+            return dataStartOff + decodedFieldSlots[fIdx - 1];
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected int getNullFlagsBytes() {
+        return (int) Math.ceil(fieldCount / 8.0);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index e47bf2f..c975dae 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -9,122 +24,125 @@
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriter implements IBTreeTupleWriter {
 
-	private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
-	private VarLenIntEncoderDecoder encDec = new VarLenIntEncoderDecoder();
-	
-	public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-			bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-		}
-		return bytes;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {		
-		int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-			bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-		}
-		return bytes;	
-	}
+    private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
+    private VarLenIntEncoderDecoder encDec = new VarLenIntEncoderDecoder();
 
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-		return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
-		int runner = targetOff;
-		int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
-		// write null indicator bits
-		for(int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
-			targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte)0);			
-		}
-		
-		// write field slots for variable length fields
-		encDec.reset(targetBuf.array(), runner);
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-			if(typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
-				encDec.encode(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			}
-		}
-		runner = encDec.getPos();
-		
-		// write data fields
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {			
-			System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));			
-			runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
-		}
-		
-		return runner - targetOff;
-	}
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {	
-		int runner = targetOff;
-		int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
-		// write null indicator bits
-		for(int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
-			targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte)0);
-		}
-		
-		// write field slots for variable length fields		
-		encDec.reset(targetBuf.array(), runner);
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-			if(typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
-				encDec.encode(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			}
-		}
-		runner = encDec.getPos();
-		
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {			
-			System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);					
-		}
-		
-		return runner - targetOff;				
-	}
-	
-	private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		return (int)Math.ceil((double)tuple.getFieldCount() / 8.0);
-	}
-	
-	private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
-		int fieldSlotBytes = 0;
-		for(int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-			if(typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
-				fieldSlotBytes += encDec.getBytesRequired(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			}
-		}				
-		return fieldSlotBytes;
-	}
-	
-	private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
-		return (int)Math.ceil((double)numFields / 8.0);
-	}
-	
-	private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
-		int fieldSlotBytes = 0;
-		for(int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-			if(typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
-				fieldSlotBytes += encDec.getBytesRequired(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-			}			
-		}
-		return fieldSlotBytes;
-	}
-	
-	public ITypeTrait[] getTypeTraits() {
-		return typeTraits;
-	}
-	
-	public void setTypeTraits(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int bytesRequired(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        int bytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields) + getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            bytes += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
+        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
+        int runner = targetOff;
+        int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
+        // write null indicator bits
+        for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
+            targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte) 0);
+        }
+
+        // write field slots for variable length fields
+        encDec.reset(targetBuf.array(), runner);
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            if (typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
+                encDec.encode(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            }
+        }
+        runner = encDec.getPos();
+
+        // write data fields
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple
+                    .getFieldLength(i));
+            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+
+        return runner - targetOff;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, ByteBuffer targetBuf,
+            int targetOff) {
+        int runner = targetOff;
+        int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple, startField, numFields);
+        // write null indicator bits
+        for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
+            targetBuf.put(runner++, (byte) 0);
+        }
+
+        // write field slots for variable length fields
+        encDec.reset(targetBuf.array(), runner);
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            if (typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
+                encDec.encode(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            }
+        }
+        runner = encDec.getPos();
+
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf.array(), runner, tuple
+                    .getFieldLength(i));
+            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        }
+
+        return runner - targetOff;
+    }
+
+    private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        return (int) Math.ceil((double) tuple.getFieldCount() / 8.0);
+    }
+
+    private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple) {
+        int fieldSlotBytes = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+            if (typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
+                fieldSlotBytes += encDec.getBytesRequired(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            }
+        }
+        return fieldSlotBytes;
+    }
+
+    private int getNullFlagsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        return (int) Math.ceil((double) numFields / 8.0);
+    }
+
+    private int getFieldSlotsBytes(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields) {
+        int fieldSlotBytes = 0;
+        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
+            if (typeTraits[i].getStaticallyKnownDataLength() == ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH) {
+                fieldSlotBytes += encDec.getBytesRequired(tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            }
+        }
+        return fieldSlotBytes;
+    }
+
+    public ITypeTrait[] getTypeTraits() {
+        return typeTraits;
+    }
+
+    public void setTypeTraits(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 12c7c1e..bfaa120 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
@@ -5,17 +20,17 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory implements IBTreeTupleWriterFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
-	
-	public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
-		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-		return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
-	}
-	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private ITypeTrait[] typeTraits;
+
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) {
+        this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBTreeTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
+        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.java
index b3565ba..8e40855 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.java
@@ -1,83 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 // encodes positive integers in a variable-byte format
 
 public class VarLenIntEncoderDecoder {
-	public static final int ENCODE_MASK = 0x0000007F;
-	public static final byte CONTINUE_CHUNK = (byte)0x80;
-	public static final byte DECODE_MASK = (byte)0x7F;
-	
-	private byte[] encTmp = new byte[5];
-	
-	private int pos;
-	private byte[] bytes;	
-	
-	public void reset(byte[] bytes, int pos) {
-		this.bytes = bytes;
-		this.pos = pos;		
-	}
-		
-	public int encode(int val) {		
-		int origPos = 0;
-		int tmpPos = 0;
-		while(val > ENCODE_MASK) {			
-			encTmp[tmpPos++] = (byte)(val & ENCODE_MASK);		
-			val = val >>> 7;			
-		}
-		encTmp[tmpPos++] = (byte)(val);
-		
-		// reverse order to optimize for decoding speed
-		for(int i = 0; i < tmpPos-1; i++) {
-			bytes[pos++] = (byte)(encTmp[tmpPos-1-i] | CONTINUE_CHUNK);
-		}
-		bytes[pos++] = encTmp[0];
-		
-		return pos - origPos;
-	}
-	
-	public int decode() {
-		int sum = 0;
-		while( (bytes[pos] & CONTINUE_CHUNK) == CONTINUE_CHUNK) {
-			sum = (sum + (bytes[pos] & DECODE_MASK)) << 7;
-			pos++;
-		}
-		sum += bytes[pos++];
-		return sum;
-	}	
-	
-	// calculate the number of bytes needed for encoding
-	public int getBytesRequired(int val) {
-		int byteCount = 0;
-		while(val > ENCODE_MASK) {
-			val = val >>> 7;
-			byteCount++;
-		}		
-		return byteCount + 1;
-	}
-	
-	public int getPos() {
-		return pos;
-	}
-	
-	// fast encoding, slow decoding version
-	/*
-	public void encode(int val) {		
-		while(val > ENCODE_MASK) {			
-			bytes[pos++] = (byte)(((byte)(val & ENCODE_MASK)) | CONTINUE_CHUNK);			
-			val = val >>> 7;			
-		}
-		bytes[pos++] = (byte)(val);
-	}
-	
-	public int decode() {
-		int sum = 0;
-		int shift = 0;
-		while( (bytes[pos] & CONTINUE_CHUNK) == CONTINUE_CHUNK) {
-			sum = (sum + (bytes[pos] & DECODE_MASK)) << 7 * shift++;
-			pos++;
-		}
-		sum += bytes[pos++] << 7 * shift;
-		return sum;
-	}	
-	*/	
+    public static final int ENCODE_MASK = 0x0000007F;
+    public static final byte CONTINUE_CHUNK = (byte) 0x80;
+    public static final byte DECODE_MASK = (byte) 0x7F;
+
+    private byte[] encTmp = new byte[5];
+
+    private int pos;
+    private byte[] bytes;
+
+    public void reset(byte[] bytes, int pos) {
+        this.bytes = bytes;
+        this.pos = pos;
+    }
+
+    public int encode(int val) {
+        int origPos = 0;
+        int tmpPos = 0;
+        while (val > ENCODE_MASK) {
+            encTmp[tmpPos++] = (byte) (val & ENCODE_MASK);
+            val = val >>> 7;
+        }
+        encTmp[tmpPos++] = (byte) (val);
+
+        // reverse order to optimize for decoding speed
+        for (int i = 0; i < tmpPos - 1; i++) {
+            bytes[pos++] = (byte) (encTmp[tmpPos - 1 - i] | CONTINUE_CHUNK);
+        }
+        bytes[pos++] = encTmp[0];
+
+        return pos - origPos;
+    }
+
+    public int decode() {
+        int sum = 0;
+        while ((bytes[pos] & CONTINUE_CHUNK) == CONTINUE_CHUNK) {
+            sum = (sum + (bytes[pos] & DECODE_MASK)) << 7;
+            pos++;
+        }
+        sum += bytes[pos++];
+        return sum;
+    }
+
+    // calculate the number of bytes needed for encoding
+    public int getBytesRequired(int val) {
+        int byteCount = 0;
+        while (val > ENCODE_MASK) {
+            val = val >>> 7;
+            byteCount++;
+        }
+        return byteCount + 1;
+    }
+
+    public int getPos() {
+        return pos;
+    }
+
+    // fast encoding, slow decoding version
+    /*
+     * public void encode(int val) { while(val > ENCODE_MASK) { bytes[pos++] =
+     * (byte)(((byte)(val & ENCODE_MASK)) | CONTINUE_CHUNK); val = val >>> 7; }
+     * bytes[pos++] = (byte)(val); }
+     * 
+     * public int decode() { int sum = 0; int shift = 0; while( (bytes[pos] &
+     * CONTINUE_CHUNK) == CONTINUE_CHUNK) { sum = (sum + (bytes[pos] &
+     * DECODE_MASK)) << 7 * shift++; pos++; } sum += bytes[pos++] << 7 * shift;
+     * return sum; }
+     */
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index 532ec50..ff8160c 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -53,22 +53,22 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest {
-	
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768; // 32K
+
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768; // 32K
     private static final int NUM_PAGES = 40;
     private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
-    
+
     private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-    
+
     // to help with the logger madness
     private void print(String str) {
-    	System.out.print(str);
-    	
-//    	if(GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {            
-//        	GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.finest(str);
-//        }
-    }       
-    
+        System.out.print(str);
+
+        // if(GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+        // GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.finest(str);
+        // }
+    }
+
     public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
         @Override
         public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
@@ -79,56 +79,58 @@
             return buffers;
         }
     }
-    
+
     private ITupleReference createTuple(int f0, int f1, int f2, boolean print) throws HyracksDataException {
-    	if(print) System.out.println("CREATING: " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + f2);
-    	
-    	IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
+        if (print)
+            System.out.println("CREATING: " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + f2);
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
         ByteBuffer buf = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(3);
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(buf);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-		
-		tb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-    	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-    	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);    	        	
-    	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	
-    	appender.reset(buf, true);
-    	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-    	
-    	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-    	
-    	return tuple;
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(3);
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(buf);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        tb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
+        tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+        appender.reset(buf, true);
+        appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+        tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+        return tuple;
     }
-        
+
     @Test
     public void test01() throws Exception {
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-        
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare fields
         int fieldCount = 3;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
         typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        
+
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 3;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
@@ -136,105 +138,105 @@
         cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         cmps[2] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
+
         // just for printing
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] sers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] sers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+
         Random rnd = new Random();
         rnd.setSeed(50);
-        
+
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, 0), false);
         try {
-        	        	        	        	
+
             IPrefixSlotManager slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
             IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
-            FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriter);                               
-            frame.setPage(page);            
-            frame.initBuffer((byte)0);
-            slotManager.setFrame(frame);          
+            FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriter);
+            frame.setPage(page);
+            frame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
+            slotManager.setFrame(frame);
             frame.setPrefixTupleCount(0);
-            
+
             String before = new String();
             String after = new String();
-            
+
             int compactFreq = 5;
-        	int compressFreq = 5;
-        	int smallMax = 10;        	        	
-        	int numRecords = 1000;
-        	
-        	int[][] savedFields = new int[numRecords][3];   	
-        	
-        	// insert records with random calls to compact and compress
-        	for(int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
-        		        		
-        		if((i+1) % 100 == 0) print("INSERTING " + (i+1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");        		
-        		
-        		int a = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
-        		int b = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
-        		int c = i;
-        		
-        		ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(a, b, c, false);
-        		try {
-        			frame.insert(tuple, cmp);
-        		} 
-        		catch (BTreeException e) {    
-        			e.printStackTrace();
-        		}
-        		catch (Exception e) {
-        			e.printStackTrace();
-        		}        		        	
-        		
-        		savedFields[i][0] = a;
-        		savedFields[i][1] = b;
-        		savedFields[i][2] = c;
-        		        		
-        		if(rnd.nextInt() % compactFreq == 0) {
-        			before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			frame.compact(cmp);
-        			after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
-        		}        		
-        		
-        		if(rnd.nextInt() % compressFreq == 0) {
-        			before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			frame.compress(cmp);
-        			after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
-        		}
-        		
-        	}        	
-        	
-        	// delete records with random calls to compact and compress        	
-        	for(int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {        	            	    
-        		        		
-        		if((i+1) % 100 == 0) print("DELETING " + (i+1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");
-        		
-        		ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(savedFields[i][0], savedFields[i][1], savedFields[i][2], false);
-        		try {
-        			frame.delete(tuple, cmp, true);
-        		}
-        		catch (Exception e) {        			
-        		}
-        		
-        		if(rnd.nextInt() % compactFreq == 0) {
-        			before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			frame.compact(cmp);
-        			after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
-        		}
-        		
-        		if(rnd.nextInt() % compressFreq == 0) {
-        			before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			frame.compress(cmp);
-        			after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
-        			Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
-        		}  
-        	}
-        	        	
-        } finally {            
+            int compressFreq = 5;
+            int smallMax = 10;
+            int numRecords = 1000;
+
+            int[][] savedFields = new int[numRecords][3];
+
+            // insert records with random calls to compact and compress
+            for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
+
+                if ((i + 1) % 100 == 0)
+                    print("INSERTING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");
+
+                int a = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
+                int b = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
+                int c = i;
+
+                ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(a, b, c, false);
+                try {
+                    frame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+                } catch (BTreeException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                savedFields[i][0] = a;
+                savedFields[i][1] = b;
+                savedFields[i][2] = c;
+
+                if (rnd.nextInt() % compactFreq == 0) {
+                    before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    frame.compact(cmp);
+                    after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
+                }
+
+                if (rnd.nextInt() % compressFreq == 0) {
+                    before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    frame.compress(cmp);
+                    after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            // delete records with random calls to compact and compress
+            for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
+
+                if ((i + 1) % 100 == 0)
+                    print("DELETING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");
+
+                ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(savedFields[i][0], savedFields[i][1], savedFields[i][2], false);
+                try {
+                    frame.delete(tuple, cmp, true);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                }
+
+                if (rnd.nextInt() % compactFreq == 0) {
+                    before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    frame.compact(cmp);
+                    after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
+                }
+
+                if (rnd.nextInt() % compressFreq == 0) {
+                    before = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    frame.compress(cmp);
+                    after = frame.printKeys(cmp, sers);
+                    Assert.assertEquals(before, after);
+                }
+            }
+
+        } finally {
             bufferCache.unpin(page);
-        }              
-                
+        }
+
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
index 4ab3e80..74dabe0 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
@@ -64,24 +64,23 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class BTreeTest {
 
-public class BTreeTest {    
-	
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
     private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
     private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
-    
+
     private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-    
+
     // to help with the logger madness
     private void print(String str) {
-    	System.out.print(str);
-    	
-//    	if(GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {            
-//        	GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.finest(str);
-//        }
-    }       
-    
+        System.out.print(str);
+
+        // if(GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {
+        // GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.finest(str);
+        // }
+    }
+
     public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
         @Override
         public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
@@ -92,262 +91,48 @@
             return buffers;
         }
     }
-    
+
     // FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST
-    // create a B-tree with one fixed-length "key" field and one fixed-length "value" field
+    // create a B-tree with one fixed-length "key" field and one fixed-length
+    // "value" field
     // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
     // perform ordered scan and range search
     @Test
     public void test01() throws Exception {
-    	
-    	print("FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
 
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-    	
+        print("FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare fields
         int fieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
         typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        
+
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-                
+
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
+
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        //SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
+
         IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
         IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();        
-        
-        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.open(fileId);
-
-        Random rnd = new Random();
-        rnd.setSeed(50);
-
-        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();                
-        
-        print("INSERTING INTO TREE\n");
-        
-        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
-        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE};
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-		
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-		// 10000
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {        	        	
-        	        	
-        	int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 10000;
-        	int f1 = 5;
-        	        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	
-        	//System.out.println(tuple.getFieldCount() + " " + tuple.getFieldLength(0) + " " + tuple.getFieldLength(1));
-        	
-            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + (end - start) + "\n");            	
-            }
-            
-            try {                                
-                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-            } catch (BTreeException e) {            	
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-            	e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-            
-            //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-            //System.out.println();
-        }
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-        //System.out.println();
-        
-        int maxPage = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
-        System.out.println("MAXPAGE: " + maxPage);
-                
-        String stats = btree.printStats();
-        print(stats);
-        
-        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        long duration = end - start;
-        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
-                
-        // ordered scan
-        
-        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
-        IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
-        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
-        try {
-            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-                scanCursor.next();                
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();                                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n");
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            scanCursor.close();
-        }
-                       
-        
-        // disk-order scan
-        print("DISK-ORDER SCAN:\n");        
-        DiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new DiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
-        btree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        try {
-            while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
-                diskOrderCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n");
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            diskOrderCursor.close();
-        }
-         
-        
-        // range search in [-1000, 1000]
-        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");        
- 
-        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-
-        // build low and high keys                       
-        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-1000, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(1000, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-    	
-		
-        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-        
-        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-        
-        try {
-            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-                rangeCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n");
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            rangeCursor.close();
-        }  
-                
-        btree.close();
-        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-        
-        print("\n");
-    }
-            
-    // COMPOSITE KEY TEST (NON-UNIQUE B-TREE)
-    // create a B-tree with one two fixed-length "key" fields and one fixed-length "value" field
-    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
-    // perform ordered scan and range search
-    @Test
-    public void test02() throws Exception {
-
-    	print("COMPOSITE KEY TEST\n");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);    	        
-                
-        // declare fields
-        int fieldCount = 3;
-        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        
-        // declare keys
-        int keyFieldCount = 2;
-        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();       
-                
-        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
-        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        //SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
-        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();                    
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
 
         BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
         btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
@@ -357,68 +142,285 @@
         rnd.setSeed(50);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        
+
         print("INSERTING INTO TREE\n");
-        
-        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
         ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, 
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE};
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-        
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {        	
-        	int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 2000;
-        	int f1 = rnd.nextInt() % 1000;
-        	int f2 = 5;
-        	        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	        	
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // 10000
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+
+            int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 10000;
+            int f1 = 5;
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            // System.out.println(tuple.getFieldCount() + " " +
+            // tuple.getFieldLength(0) + " " + tuple.getFieldLength(1));
+
             if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-            	print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
+                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + (end - start) + "\n");
             }
-            
+
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (BTreeException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+            // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+            // System.out.println();
+        }
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+        // System.out.println();
+
+        int maxPage = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
+        System.out.println("MAXPAGE: " + maxPage);
+
+        String stats = btree.printStats();
+        print(stats);
+
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+
+        // ordered scan
+
+        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
+        IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        // disk-order scan
+        print("DISK-ORDER SCAN:\n");
+        DiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new DiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
+        btree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        try {
+            while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
+                diskOrderCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            diskOrderCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        // range search in [-1000, 1000]
+        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
+
+        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-1000, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(1000, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+        print("\n");
+    }
+
+    // COMPOSITE KEY TEST (NON-UNIQUE B-TREE)
+    // create a B-tree with one two fixed-length "key" fields and one
+    // fixed-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
+    // perform ordered scan and range search
+    @Test
+    public void test02() throws Exception {
+
+        print("COMPOSITE KEY TEST\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        print("INSERTING INTO TREE\n");
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+            int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 2000;
+            int f1 = rnd.nextInt() % 1000;
+            int f2 = 5;
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
+            }
+
             try {
                 btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
             } catch (Exception e) {
             }
         }
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-        
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         long duration = end - start;
-        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");        
-        
+        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+
         // try a simple index scan
-        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");        
+        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
         IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
         RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
         BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
         btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
-        
+
         try {
             while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
                 scanCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();                                
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
                 String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
                 print(rec + "\n");
             }
@@ -429,547 +431,56 @@
         }
 
         // range search in [(-3),(3)]
-        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");        
-        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-
-        
-        // build low and high keys             
-        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-3, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(3, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-		
-		
-        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();       
-        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps); // use only a single comparator for searching
-        
-        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-        
-        try {
-            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-                rangeCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();                                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n"); 
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            rangeCursor.close();
-        }
-
-        btree.close();
-        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-        
-        print("\n");
-    }
-    
-    // VARIABLE-LENGTH TEST
-    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one variable-length "value" field
-    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
-    // perform ordered scan and range search
-    @Test
-    public void test03() throws Exception {
-
-    	print("VARIABLE-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-    	
-    	// declare fields
-    	int fieldCount = 2;
-    	ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-    	
-        // declare keys
-    	int keyFieldCount = 1;
-    	IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-    	cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-    	
-    	MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-    	
-    	SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-    	//TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
-        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();   
-        
-    	BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-    	btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-    	btree.open(fileId);
-
-    	Random rnd = new Random();
-    	rnd.setSeed(50);
-
-    	IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
-        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-    	int maxLength = 10; // max string length to be generated
-    	for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
-    		    		
-    		String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
-    		String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
-    		
-    		tb.reset();
-    		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-    		    		
-    		if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-    			//print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record, 0) + "\n");
-    			print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
-    		}
-
-    		try {
-    			btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-    		} catch (Exception e) {
-    			//e.printStackTrace();
-    		}    		    	    		
-    	}     
-    	// btree.printTree();
-
-    	System.out.println("DONE INSERTING");
-    	
-    	// ordered scan
-        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");        
-        IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
-        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
-        
-        try {
-            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-                scanCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();                         
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n");  
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            scanCursor.close();
-        }
-        
-        // range search in ["cbf", cc7"]
-        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");        
-        
-        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-                
-        // build low and high keys                       
-        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cbf", kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cc7", kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-        
-		
-        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-        searchCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-        
-        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-
-        try {
-            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-                rangeCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();                                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-                print(rec + "\n");  
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            rangeCursor.close();
-        }
-    	
-        btree.close();
-        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-        
-        print("\n");
-    }
-    
-    
-    // DELETION TEST
-    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one variable-length "value" field
-    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions, then delete entries one-by-one
-    // repeat procedure a few times on same B-tree 
-    @Test
-    public void test04() throws Exception {
-
-    	print("DELETION TEST\n");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-                
-        // declare fields
-        int fieldCount = 2;
-        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        
-        // declare keys
-        int keyFieldCount = 1;
-        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        
-        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
-        //SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
-        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();   
-                
-        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.open(fileId);
-
-        Random rnd = new Random();
-        rnd.setSeed(50);
-
-        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
-        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-        
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		BTreeOpContext deleteOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_DELETE, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-        int runs = 3;
-        for (int run = 0; run < runs; run++) {
-        	
-            print("DELETION TEST RUN: " + (run+1) + "/" + runs + "\n");
-            
-            print("INSERTING INTO BTREE\n");
-            int maxLength = 10;
-            int ins = 10000;
-            String[] f0s = new String[ins];
-            String[] f1s = new String[ins];                                     
-            int insDone = 0;
-            int[] insDoneCmp = new int[ins];
-            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
-                String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
-                String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
-                
-                f0s[i] = f0;
-                f1s[i] = f1;
-                
-        		tb.reset();
-        		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-            	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-            	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-            	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-            	
-            	appender.reset(frame, true);
-            	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-            	
-            	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);                        		                            	            	
-
-                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-                	print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
-                	//print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record, 0) + "\n");                                       
-                }
-                
-                try {
-                    btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-                    insDone++;
-                } catch (BTreeException e) {     
-                	//e.printStackTrace();
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                	e.printStackTrace();
-                }
-
-                insDoneCmp[i] = insDone;
-            }
-            // btree.printTree();
-            // btree.printStats();
-
-            print("DELETING FROM BTREE\n");
-            int delDone = 0;
-            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
-            	
-            	tb.reset();
-        		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0s[i], dos);
-            	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-            	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1s[i], dos);
-            	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-            	
-            	appender.reset(frame, true);
-            	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-            	
-            	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);    
-            	
-                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-                    //print("DELETING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(records[i], 0) + "\n");
-                	print("DELETING " + i + "\n");
-                }
-
-                try {
-                    btree.delete(tuple, deleteOpCtx);
-                    delDone++;
-                } catch (BTreeException e) {     
-                	//e.printStackTrace();
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                	e.printStackTrace();
-                }
-                
-                if (insDoneCmp[i] != delDone) {
-                    print("INCONSISTENT STATE, ERROR IN DELETION TEST\n");
-                    print("INSDONECMP: " + insDoneCmp[i] + " " + delDone + "\n"); 
-                    break;
-                }                     
-                // btree.printTree();
-            }
-            //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-            
-            if (insDone != delDone) {
-            	print("ERROR! INSDONE: " + insDone + " DELDONE: " + delDone);
-            	break;
-            }            
-        }
-        
-        btree.close();
-        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-        
-        print("\n");
-    }
-        
-    // BULK LOAD TEST
-    // insert 100,000 records in bulk
-    // B-tree has a composite key to "simulate" non-unique index creation
-    // do range search
-    @Test
-    public void test05() throws Exception {
-
-    	print("BULK LOAD TEST\n");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-        
-        // declare fields
-        int fieldCount = 3;
-        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        
-        // declare keys
-        int keyFieldCount = 2;
-        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        
-        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
-        //SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
-        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();                       
-
-        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.open(fileId);
-
-        Random rnd = new Random();
-        rnd.setSeed(50);
-
-        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
-        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-        
-		BTree.BulkLoadContext bulkLoadCtx = btree.beginBulkLoad(0.7f, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-        // generate sorted records
-        int ins = 100000;
-        print("BULK LOADING " + ins + " RECORDS\n");
-        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
-        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(5, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	
-        	btree.bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);	
-        }
-
-        btree.endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
-        
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-        
-        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        long duration = end - start;
-        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
-        
-        // range search
         print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
         IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-        
-        // build low and high keys                       
-        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44444, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44500, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-		              
-    	        
+
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-3, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(3, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
         IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
         searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-        
-        // TODO: check when searching backwards
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps); // use
+        // only
+        // a
+        // single
+        // comparator
+        // for
+        // searching
+
         RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
         btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-        
+
         try {
             while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-            	rangeCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();                                
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
                 String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
                 print(rec + "\n");
             }
@@ -982,48 +493,51 @@
         btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-        
-        print("\n");
-    }    
-        
-    // TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO FOR EVENT PEOPLE
-    // demo for Arjun to show easy support of intersection queries on time-intervals
-    @Test
-    public void test06() throws Exception {
 
-    	print("TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO\n");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId); 
-        
+        print("\n");
+    }
+
+    // VARIABLE-LENGTH TEST
+    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
+    // variable-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
+    // perform ordered scan and range search
+    @Test
+    public void test03() throws Exception {
+
+        print("VARIABLE-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare fields
-        int fieldCount = 3;
+        int fieldCount = 2;
         ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
-        
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+
         // declare keys
-        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();        
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-        
-        //SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+
+        SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        // TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
+
         IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
         IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();               
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
 
         BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
         btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
@@ -1031,21 +545,525 @@
 
         Random rnd = new Random();
         rnd.setSeed(50);
-        
-        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
         ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-        
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        int maxLength = 10; // max string length to be generated
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+
+            String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+            String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+
+            tb.reset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                // print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record, 0) +
+                // "\n");
+                print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        // btree.printTree();
+
+        System.out.println("DONE INSERTING");
+
+        // ordered scan
+        print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
+        IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        // range search in ["cbf", cc7"]
+        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
+
+        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cbf", kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cc7", kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+        print("\n");
+    }
+
+    // DELETION TEST
+    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
+    // variable-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions, then delete entries
+    // one-by-one
+    // repeat procedure a few times on same B-tree
+    @Test
+    public void test04() throws Exception {
+
+        print("DELETION TEST\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        BTreeOpContext deleteOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_DELETE, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        int runs = 3;
+        for (int run = 0; run < runs; run++) {
+
+            print("DELETION TEST RUN: " + (run + 1) + "/" + runs + "\n");
+
+            print("INSERTING INTO BTREE\n");
+            int maxLength = 10;
+            int ins = 10000;
+            String[] f0s = new String[ins];
+            String[] f1s = new String[ins];
+            int insDone = 0;
+            int[] insDoneCmp = new int[ins];
+            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+                String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+                String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+
+                f0s[i] = f0;
+                f1s[i] = f1;
+
+                tb.reset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+                appender.reset(frame, true);
+                appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+                tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                    print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
+                    // print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record,
+                    // 0) + "\n");
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+                    insDone++;
+                } catch (BTreeException e) {
+                    // e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                insDoneCmp[i] = insDone;
+            }
+            // btree.printTree();
+            // btree.printStats();
+
+            print("DELETING FROM BTREE\n");
+            int delDone = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+
+                tb.reset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0s[i], dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1s[i], dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+                appender.reset(frame, true);
+                appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+                tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                    // print("DELETING " + i + ": " +
+                    // cmp.printRecord(records[i], 0) + "\n");
+                    print("DELETING " + i + "\n");
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    btree.delete(tuple, deleteOpCtx);
+                    delDone++;
+                } catch (BTreeException e) {
+                    // e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                if (insDoneCmp[i] != delDone) {
+                    print("INCONSISTENT STATE, ERROR IN DELETION TEST\n");
+                    print("INSDONECMP: " + insDoneCmp[i] + " " + delDone + "\n");
+                    break;
+                }
+                // btree.printTree();
+            }
+            // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+
+            if (insDone != delDone) {
+                print("ERROR! INSDONE: " + insDone + " DELDONE: " + delDone);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+        print("\n");
+    }
+
+    // BULK LOAD TEST
+    // insert 100,000 records in bulk
+    // B-tree has a composite key to "simulate" non-unique index creation
+    // do range search
+    @Test
+    public void test05() throws Exception {
+
+        print("BULK LOAD TEST\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTree.BulkLoadContext bulkLoadCtx = btree.beginBulkLoad(0.7f, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // generate sorted records
+        int ins = 100000;
+        print("BULK LOADING " + ins + " RECORDS\n");
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        
+        for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(5, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            btree.bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);
+        }
+
+        btree.endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
+
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+
+        // range search
+        print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
+        IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44444, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44500, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+
+        // TODO: check when searching backwards
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+        print("\n");
+    }
+
+    // TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO FOR EVENT PEOPLE
+    // demo for Arjun to show easy support of intersection queries on
+    // time-intervals
+    @Test
+    public void test06() throws Exception {
+
+        print("TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO\n");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
         int intervalCount = 10;
         int[][] intervals = new int[intervalCount][2];
 
@@ -1080,28 +1098,28 @@
         intervals[9][1] = 35;
 
         BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-        
+
         // int exceptionCount = 0;
-        for (int i = 0; i < intervalCount; i++) {        	
-        	int f0 = intervals[i][0];
-        	int f1 = intervals[i][1];
-        	int f2 = rnd.nextInt() % 100;
-        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	        	
-            //print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
-        	print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
+        for (int i = 0; i < intervalCount; i++) {
+            int f0 = intervals[i][0];
+            int f1 = intervals[i][1];
+            int f2 = rnd.nextInt() % 100;
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            // print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
+            print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
 
             try {
                 btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@
         try {
             while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
                 scanCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();                                
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
                 String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
                 print(rec + "\n");
             }
@@ -1141,55 +1159,56 @@
         print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
         IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 
-        // build low and high keys                       
+        // build low and high keys
         ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-		               
-        
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
         IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[2];
         searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         searchCmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-                
-        //print("INDEX RANGE SEARCH ON: " + cmp.printKey(lowKey, 0) + " " + cmp.printKey(highKey, 0) + "\n");                
-        
+
+        // print("INDEX RANGE SEARCH ON: " + cmp.printKey(lowKey, 0) + " " +
+        // cmp.printKey(highKey, 0) + "\n");
+
         RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
         btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-        
+
         try {
             while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
                 rangeCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();                                
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
                 String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
                 print(rec + "\n");
             }
@@ -1202,10 +1221,10 @@
         btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-        
+
         print("\n");
     }
-    
+
     public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
         String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
         StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -1213,5 +1232,5 @@
             strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
         }
         return strBuilder.toString();
-    }    
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
index 5c9c4b5..7ec564a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -55,12 +70,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class RangeSearchCursorTest {
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
     private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
     private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
-    
+
     private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-    
+
     public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
         @Override
         public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
@@ -71,452 +86,464 @@
             return buffers;
         }
     }
-            
+
     // declare fields
     int fieldCount = 2;
     ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        
-    TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);        
+
+    TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
     IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
     IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
     IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-    
+
     IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
     IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-    IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();                
-    
-    IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
+    IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+    IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
     ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-	FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);	
-	
-	ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE};
-	RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-	IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);	
-	FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-    
-	Random rnd = new Random(50);    
-	
+    FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+
+    ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+    RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+    IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, recDesc);
+    FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+    Random rnd = new Random(50);
+
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
-    	typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
         accessor.reset(frame);
-    }       
-    
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void uniqueIndexTest() throws Exception {
-    	    	
-    	System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON UNIQUE INDEX");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-                
+
+        System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON UNIQUE INDEX");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();    
-                       
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-                
+
         BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
         btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
         btree.open(fileId);
-                
+
         ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    	DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-		// generate keys
-		int numKeys = 50;
-		int maxKey = 1000;
-		TreeSet<Integer> uniqueKeys = new TreeSet<Integer>(); 
-		ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();			
-		while(uniqueKeys.size() < numKeys) {
-			int key = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
-			uniqueKeys.add(key);
-		}
-		for(Integer i : uniqueKeys) {
-			keys.add(i);
-		}		
-				
-		// insert keys into btree
-        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {        	        	
-        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	        	
-            try {                                
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // generate keys
+        int numKeys = 50;
+        int maxKey = 1000;
+        TreeSet<Integer> uniqueKeys = new TreeSet<Integer>();
+        ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        while (uniqueKeys.size() < numKeys) {
+            int key = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
+            uniqueKeys.add(key);
+        }
+        for (Integer i : uniqueKeys) {
+            keys.add(i);
+        }
+
+        // insert keys into btree
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            try {
                 btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-            } catch (BTreeException e) {            	
+            } catch (BTreeException e) {
             } catch (Exception e) {
-            	e.printStackTrace();
-            }           
-        }        
-        
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
-        
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+
         int minSearchKey = -100;
         int maxSearchKey = 100;
-                
-        //System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-        
+
+        // System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
+
         // forward searches
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+
         // backward searches
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, false, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, false, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
-        
+
         btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-    }    
-    
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void nonUniqueIndexTest() throws Exception {
-    	    	
-    	System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE INDEX");
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-                
+
+        System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE INDEX");
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 2;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-                    
+
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-                
+
         BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
         btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
         btree.open(fileId);
-                
+
         ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    	DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-		// generate keys
-		int numKeys = 50;
-		int maxKey = 10;		
-		ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();			
-		for(int i = 0; i < numKeys; i++) {
-			int k = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
-			keys.add(k);
-		}
-		Collections.sort(keys);
-		
-		// insert keys into btree
-        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {        	        	
-        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	        	
-            try {                                
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // generate keys
+        int numKeys = 50;
+        int maxKey = 10;
+        ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numKeys; i++) {
+            int k = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
+            keys.add(k);
+        }
+        Collections.sort(keys);
+
+        // insert keys into btree
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            try {
                 btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-            } catch (BTreeException e) {            	
+            } catch (BTreeException e) {
             } catch (Exception e) {
-            	e.printStackTrace();
-            }           
-        }        
-        
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
-        
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+
         int minSearchKey = -100;
         int maxSearchKey = 100;
-                
-        //System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-        
+
+        // System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
+
         // forward searches
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+
         // backward searches
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, false, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, false, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
-        
+
         btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-    }    
-    
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void nonUniqueFieldPrefixIndexTest() throws Exception {
-    	    	
-    	System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE FIELD-PREFIX COMPRESSED INDEX");
-    	
-    	IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-    	IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-    	
-    	DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-                
+
+        System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE FIELD-PREFIX COMPRESSED INDEX");
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
         // declare keys
         int keyFieldCount = 2;
         IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
         cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-                    
+
         MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-                
+
         BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
         btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.open(fileId);        
-        
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
         ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-    	DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-		// generate keys
-		int numKeys = 50;
-		int maxKey = 10;		
-		ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();			
-		for(int i = 0; i < numKeys; i++) {
-			int k = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
-			keys.add(k);
-		}
-		Collections.sort(keys);
-		
-		// insert keys into btree
-        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {        	        	
-        	
-        	tb.reset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-        	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-        	tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
-        	        	
-        	appender.reset(frame, true);
-        	appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-        	
-        	tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-        	        	
-            try {                                
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // generate keys
+        int numKeys = 50;
+        int maxKey = 10;
+        ArrayList<Integer> keys = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numKeys; i++) {
+            int k = rnd.nextInt() % maxKey;
+            keys.add(k);
+        }
+        Collections.sort(keys);
+
+        // insert keys into btree
+        for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(keys.get(i).intValue(), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            try {
                 btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-            } catch (BTreeException e) {            	
+            } catch (BTreeException e) {
             } catch (Exception e) {
-            	e.printStackTrace();
-            }           
-        }        
-        
-        //btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
-        
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+
         int minSearchKey = -100;
         int maxSearchKey = 100;
-                
-        //System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-        
+
+        // System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
+
         // forward searches
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);        
-        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);        
-        
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, false, true, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, false, false);
+        performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
+
         // backward searches
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, false, true, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, false, false);
         performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey, maxSearchKey, false, true, true, false);
-        
+
         btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-    }    
-    
-    public RangePredicate createRangePredicate(int lk, int hk, boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive, MultiComparator cmp, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) throws HyracksDataException {        
-    	// build low and high keys
-    	ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
-		
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
-		
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(lk, kdos);
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();    	
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-    	
-    	// build and append high key
-    	ktb.reset();
-    	IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(hk, kdos); 	
-    	ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    	appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
-        
-    	// create tuplereferences for search keys
-    	FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);    			
-    	
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
-    			
+    }
+
+    public RangePredicate createRangePredicate(int lk, int hk, boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive,
+            boolean highKeyInclusive, MultiComparator cmp, ITypeTrait[] typeTraits) throws HyracksDataException {
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
+
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(lk, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(hk, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
+
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+
         IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
         searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
         MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-        
-        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(isForward, lowKey, highKey, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(isForward, lowKey, highKey, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive,
+                searchCmp, searchCmp);
         return rangePred;
     }
-    
-    public void getExpectedResults(ArrayList<Integer> expectedResults, ArrayList<Integer> keys, int lk, int hk, boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {    	
-    	
-    	// special cases
-    	if(lk == hk && (!lowKeyInclusive || !highKeyInclusive)) return;    	
-    	if(lk > hk) return;
-    	
-    	if(isForward) {
-    		for(int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
-    			if( (lk == keys.get(i) && lowKeyInclusive) || (hk == keys.get(i) && highKeyInclusive) ) {
-    				expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
-    				continue;
-    			}
-    			
-    			if(lk < keys.get(i) && hk > keys.get(i)) {
-    				expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
-    				continue;
-    			}	
-    		}
-    	}
-    	else {
-    		for(int i = keys.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {    			
-    			if( (lk == keys.get(i) && lowKeyInclusive) || (hk == keys.get(i) && highKeyInclusive) ) {
-    				expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
-    				continue;
-    			}
-    			
-    			if(lk < keys.get(i) && hk > keys.get(i)) {
-    				expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
-    				continue;
-    			}	
-    		}
-    	}    	
-    }
-        
-    public boolean performSearches(ArrayList<Integer> keys, BTree btree, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame, IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, int minKey, int maxKey, boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive, boolean printExpectedResults) throws Exception {
-    	
-    	ArrayList<Integer> results = new ArrayList<Integer>();
-    	ArrayList<Integer> expectedResults = new ArrayList<Integer>();
-    	    	
-    	for(int i = minKey; i < maxKey; i++) {
-    		for(int j = minKey; j < maxKey; j++) {
-    			    			   
-    			//if(i != -100 || j != 1) continue;
-    			
-    			results.clear();
-    			expectedResults.clear();
-    			    			
-    			int lowKey = i;
-    			int highKey = j;
 
-    			IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);        
-    			RangePredicate rangePred = createRangePredicate(lowKey, highKey, isForward, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, btree.getMultiComparator(), btree.getMultiComparator().getTypeTraits());
-    			BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-    			btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+    public void getExpectedResults(ArrayList<Integer> expectedResults, ArrayList<Integer> keys, int lk, int hk,
+            boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive) {
 
-    			try {           
-    				while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {    					
-    					rangeCursor.next();
-    					ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-    					ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(0), frameTuple.getFieldStart(0), frameTuple.getFieldLength(0));
-    					DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-    					Integer res = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
-    					results.add(res);                              
-    				}            
-    			} catch (Exception e) {
-    				e.printStackTrace();
-    			} finally {
-    				rangeCursor.close();
-    			}  
-    			
-    			getExpectedResults(expectedResults, keys, lowKey, highKey, isForward, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive);    			
-    			
-    			if(printExpectedResults) {    				
-    				if(expectedResults.size() > 0) {
-    					char l, u;
-    					
-    					if(lowKeyInclusive) l = '[';
-    					else l = '(';
-    					
-    					if(highKeyInclusive) u = ']';
-    					else u = ')';
-    					
-    					System.out.println("RANGE: " + l + " " + lowKey + " , " + highKey + " " + u);
-    					for(Integer r : expectedResults)
-    						System.out.print(r + " ");
-    					System.out.println();
-    				}
-    			}
-    			
-    			if(results.size() == expectedResults.size()) {
-    				for(int k = 0; k < results.size(); k++) {
-    					if(!results.get(k).equals(expectedResults.get(k))) {
-    						System.out.println("DIFFERENT RESULTS AT: i=" + i + " j=" + j + " k=" + k);
-    						System.out.println(results.get(k) + " " + expectedResults.get(k));
-    						return false;
-    					}
-    				}
-    			}
-    			else {
-    				System.out.println("UNEQUAL NUMBER OF RESULTS AT: i=" + i + " j=" + j);
-    				System.out.println("RESULTS: " + results.size());
-    				System.out.println("EXPECTED RESULTS: " + expectedResults.size());
-    				return false;
-    			}    			
-    		}   
-    	}
-    	
-    	return true;
+        // special cases
+        if (lk == hk && (!lowKeyInclusive || !highKeyInclusive))
+            return;
+        if (lk > hk)
+            return;
+
+        if (isForward) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+                if ((lk == keys.get(i) && lowKeyInclusive) || (hk == keys.get(i) && highKeyInclusive)) {
+                    expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (lk < keys.get(i) && hk > keys.get(i)) {
+                    expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (int i = keys.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                if ((lk == keys.get(i) && lowKeyInclusive) || (hk == keys.get(i) && highKeyInclusive)) {
+                    expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (lk < keys.get(i) && hk > keys.get(i)) {
+                    expectedResults.add(keys.get(i));
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-    
+
+    public boolean performSearches(ArrayList<Integer> keys, BTree btree, IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame,
+            IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame, int minKey, int maxKey, boolean isForward, boolean lowKeyInclusive,
+            boolean highKeyInclusive, boolean printExpectedResults) throws Exception {
+
+        ArrayList<Integer> results = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        ArrayList<Integer> expectedResults = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+        for (int i = minKey; i < maxKey; i++) {
+            for (int j = minKey; j < maxKey; j++) {
+
+                // if(i != -100 || j != 1) continue;
+
+                results.clear();
+                expectedResults.clear();
+
+                int lowKey = i;
+                int highKey = j;
+
+                IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+                RangePredicate rangePred = createRangePredicate(lowKey, highKey, isForward, lowKeyInclusive,
+                        highKeyInclusive, btree.getMultiComparator(), btree.getMultiComparator().getTypeTraits());
+                BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+                btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+
+                try {
+                    while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                        rangeCursor.next();
+                        ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                        ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(0), frameTuple
+                                .getFieldStart(0), frameTuple.getFieldLength(0));
+                        DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                        Integer res = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
+                        results.add(res);
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                } finally {
+                    rangeCursor.close();
+                }
+
+                getExpectedResults(expectedResults, keys, lowKey, highKey, isForward, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive);
+
+                if (printExpectedResults) {
+                    if (expectedResults.size() > 0) {
+                        char l, u;
+
+                        if (lowKeyInclusive)
+                            l = '[';
+                        else
+                            l = '(';
+
+                        if (highKeyInclusive)
+                            u = ']';
+                        else
+                            u = ')';
+
+                        System.out.println("RANGE: " + l + " " + lowKey + " , " + highKey + " " + u);
+                        for (Integer r : expectedResults)
+                            System.out.print(r + " ");
+                        System.out.println();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (results.size() == expectedResults.size()) {
+                    for (int k = 0; k < results.size(); k++) {
+                        if (!results.get(k).equals(expectedResults.get(k))) {
+                            System.out.println("DIFFERENT RESULTS AT: i=" + i + " j=" + j + " k=" + k);
+                            System.out.println(results.get(k) + " " + expectedResults.get(k));
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    System.out.println("UNEQUAL NUMBER OF RESULTS AT: i=" + i + " j=" + j);
+                    System.out.println("RESULTS: " + results.size());
+                    System.out.println("EXPECTED RESULTS: " + expectedResults.size());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @After
     public void tearDown() {
 
-    }      
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
index f7b28e2..b728ba0 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.btree;
 
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -15,225 +30,224 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.sync.LatchType;
 
 public class StorageManagerTest {
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-	private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
 
-	private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+    private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
 
-	public class PinnedLatchedPage {
-		public final ICachedPage page;
-		public final LatchType latch;
-		public final int pageId;
-		
-		public PinnedLatchedPage(ICachedPage page, int pageId, LatchType latch) {
-			this.page = page;
-			this.pageId = pageId;
-			this.latch = latch;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	public enum FileAccessType {
-		FTA_READONLY,
-		FTA_WRITEONLY,
-		FTA_MIXED,
-		FTA_UNLATCHED
-	}
-	
-	public class FileAccessWorker implements Runnable {		
-		private int workerId;
-		private final IBufferCache bufferCache;
-		private final int maxPages;
-		private final int fileId;
-		private final long thinkTime;
-		private final int maxLoopCount;
-		private final int maxPinnedPages;
-		private final int closeFileChance;
-		private final FileAccessType fta;
-		private int loopCount = 0;
-		private boolean fileIsOpen = false;
-		private Random rnd = new Random(50);
-		private List<PinnedLatchedPage> pinnedPages = new LinkedList<PinnedLatchedPage>();
-		
-		public FileAccessWorker(int workerId, IBufferCache bufferCache, FileAccessType fta, int fileId, int maxPages, int maxPinnedPages, int maxLoopCount, int closeFileChance, long thinkTime) {
-			this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
-			this.fileId = fileId;
-			this.maxPages = maxPages;  
-			this.maxLoopCount = maxLoopCount;
-			this.maxPinnedPages = maxPinnedPages;
-			this.thinkTime = thinkTime;
-			this.closeFileChance = closeFileChance;
-			this.workerId = workerId;
-			this.fta = fta;
-		}
-		
-		private void pinRandomPage() {
-			int pageId = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % maxPages);
-			
-			System.out.println(workerId + " PINNING PAGE: " + pageId);
-			
-			try {
-				ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
-				LatchType latch = null;
-				
-				switch(fta) {
-				
-				case FTA_UNLATCHED: {
-					latch = null;
-				} break;
-				
-				case FTA_READONLY: {
-					System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
-					page.acquireReadLatch();
-					latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
-				} break;
-				
-				case FTA_WRITEONLY: {
-					System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
-					page.acquireWriteLatch();
-					latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
-				} break;
-				
-				case FTA_MIXED: {
-					if(rnd.nextInt() % 2 == 0) {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
-						page.acquireReadLatch();
-						latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
-					}
-					else {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
-						page.acquireWriteLatch();
-						latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
-					}
-				} break;
-								
-				}
-				
-				PinnedLatchedPage plPage = new PinnedLatchedPage(page, pageId, latch);
-				pinnedPages.add(plPage);				
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		private void unpinRandomPage() {
-			int index = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % pinnedPages.size());
-			try {
-				PinnedLatchedPage plPage = pinnedPages.get(index);				
-				
-				if(plPage.latch != null) {
-					if(plPage.latch == LatchType.LATCH_S) {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " S UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
-						plPage.page.releaseReadLatch();
-					}
-					else {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " X UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
-						plPage.page.releaseWriteLatch();
-					}
-				}								
-				System.out.println(workerId + " UNPINNING PAGE: " + plPage.pageId);
-				
-				bufferCache.unpin(plPage.page);				
-				pinnedPages.remove(index);				
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
+    public class PinnedLatchedPage {
+        public final ICachedPage page;
+        public final LatchType latch;
+        public final int pageId;
 
-		private void openFile() {
-			System.out.println(workerId + " OPENING FILE: " + fileId);
-			try {
-				bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-				fileIsOpen = true;
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		private void closeFile() {
-			System.out.println(workerId + " CLOSING FILE: " + fileId);
-			try {
-				bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-				fileIsOpen = false;
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		
-		@Override
-		public void run() {
+        public PinnedLatchedPage(ICachedPage page, int pageId, LatchType latch) {
+            this.page = page;
+            this.pageId = pageId;
+            this.latch = latch;
+        }
+    }
 
-			openFile();
-						
-			while(loopCount < maxLoopCount) {		
-				loopCount++;
-							
-				System.out.println(workerId + " LOOP: " + loopCount + "/" + maxLoopCount);
-				
-				if(fileIsOpen) {					
-					
-					// pin some pages
-					int pagesToPin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxPinnedPages - pinnedPages.size());
-					for(int i = 0; i < pagesToPin; i++) {
-						pinRandomPage();
-					}
-					
-					// do some thinking
-					try {
-						Thread.sleep(thinkTime);
-					} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-						e.printStackTrace();
-					}					
-					
-					// unpin some pages
-					if(!pinnedPages.isEmpty()) {
-						int pagesToUnpin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % pinnedPages.size();
-						for(int i = 0; i < pagesToUnpin; i++) {
-							unpinRandomPage();
-						}
-					}
-					
-					// possibly close file
-					int closeFileCheck = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % closeFileChance;
-					if(pinnedPages.isEmpty() || closeFileCheck == 0) {						
-						int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
-						for(int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
-							unpinRandomPage();
-						}						
-						closeFile();						
-					}
-				}
-				else {
-					openFile();		
-				}
-			}
-			
-			if(fileIsOpen) {
-				int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
-				for(int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
-					unpinRandomPage();
-				}
-				closeFile();
-			}			
-		}
-	}
+    public enum FileAccessType {
+        FTA_READONLY, FTA_WRITEONLY, FTA_MIXED, FTA_UNLATCHED
+    }
 
+    public class FileAccessWorker implements Runnable {
+        private int workerId;
+        private final IBufferCache bufferCache;
+        private final int maxPages;
+        private final int fileId;
+        private final long thinkTime;
+        private final int maxLoopCount;
+        private final int maxPinnedPages;
+        private final int closeFileChance;
+        private final FileAccessType fta;
+        private int loopCount = 0;
+        private boolean fileIsOpen = false;
+        private Random rnd = new Random(50);
+        private List<PinnedLatchedPage> pinnedPages = new LinkedList<PinnedLatchedPage>();
 
-	@Test
-	public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception {
-		DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-		String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "testfile01.bin";
-		bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-		
-		Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0, bufferCache, FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED, fileId, 10, 10, 100, 10, 0));		
-		
-		worker.start();
+        public FileAccessWorker(int workerId, IBufferCache bufferCache, FileAccessType fta, int fileId, int maxPages,
+                int maxPinnedPages, int maxLoopCount, int closeFileChance, long thinkTime) {
+            this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
+            this.fileId = fileId;
+            this.maxPages = maxPages;
+            this.maxLoopCount = maxLoopCount;
+            this.maxPinnedPages = maxPinnedPages;
+            this.thinkTime = thinkTime;
+            this.closeFileChance = closeFileChance;
+            this.workerId = workerId;
+            this.fta = fta;
+        }
 
-		worker.join();
-		
-		bufferCache.close();    	
-	}
+        private void pinRandomPage() {
+            int pageId = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % maxPages);
+
+            System.out.println(workerId + " PINNING PAGE: " + pageId);
+
+            try {
+                ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(FileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
+                LatchType latch = null;
+
+                switch (fta) {
+
+                    case FTA_UNLATCHED: {
+                        latch = null;
+                    }
+                        break;
+
+                    case FTA_READONLY: {
+                        System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                        page.acquireReadLatch();
+                        latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
+                    }
+                        break;
+
+                    case FTA_WRITEONLY: {
+                        System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                        page.acquireWriteLatch();
+                        latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
+                    }
+                        break;
+
+                    case FTA_MIXED: {
+                        if (rnd.nextInt() % 2 == 0) {
+                            System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                            page.acquireReadLatch();
+                            latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
+                        } else {
+                            System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                            page.acquireWriteLatch();
+                            latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
+                        }
+                    }
+                        break;
+
+                }
+
+                PinnedLatchedPage plPage = new PinnedLatchedPage(page, pageId, latch);
+                pinnedPages.add(plPage);
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void unpinRandomPage() {
+            int index = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % pinnedPages.size());
+            try {
+                PinnedLatchedPage plPage = pinnedPages.get(index);
+
+                if (plPage.latch != null) {
+                    if (plPage.latch == LatchType.LATCH_S) {
+                        System.out.println(workerId + " S UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
+                        plPage.page.releaseReadLatch();
+                    } else {
+                        System.out.println(workerId + " X UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
+                        plPage.page.releaseWriteLatch();
+                    }
+                }
+                System.out.println(workerId + " UNPINNING PAGE: " + plPage.pageId);
+
+                bufferCache.unpin(plPage.page);
+                pinnedPages.remove(index);
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void openFile() {
+            System.out.println(workerId + " OPENING FILE: " + fileId);
+            try {
+                bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+                fileIsOpen = true;
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void closeFile() {
+            System.out.println(workerId + " CLOSING FILE: " + fileId);
+            try {
+                bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+                fileIsOpen = false;
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+
+            openFile();
+
+            while (loopCount < maxLoopCount) {
+                loopCount++;
+
+                System.out.println(workerId + " LOOP: " + loopCount + "/" + maxLoopCount);
+
+                if (fileIsOpen) {
+
+                    // pin some pages
+                    int pagesToPin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxPinnedPages - pinnedPages.size());
+                    for (int i = 0; i < pagesToPin; i++) {
+                        pinRandomPage();
+                    }
+
+                    // do some thinking
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(thinkTime);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+
+                    // unpin some pages
+                    if (!pinnedPages.isEmpty()) {
+                        int pagesToUnpin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % pinnedPages.size();
+                        for (int i = 0; i < pagesToUnpin; i++) {
+                            unpinRandomPage();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // possibly close file
+                    int closeFileCheck = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % closeFileChance;
+                    if (pinnedPages.isEmpty() || closeFileCheck == 0) {
+                        int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
+                        for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
+                            unpinRandomPage();
+                        }
+                        closeFile();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    openFile();
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (fileIsOpen) {
+                int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
+                for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
+                    unpinRandomPage();
+                }
+                closeFile();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception {
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "testfile01.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+
+        Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0, bufferCache, FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED, fileId, 10, 10,
+                100, 10, 0));
+
+        worker.start();
+
+        worker.join();
+
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizer.java
index b01025b..40cb7da 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizer.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizer.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.api;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -6,15 +21,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 
 public interface IBinaryTokenizer {
-	
-	public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length);	
-	public boolean hasNext();	
-	public void next();
-	
-	public int getTokenStartOff();
-	public int getTokenLength();
-	
-	public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException;
-	
-	public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema();
+
+    public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length);
+
+    public boolean hasNext();
+
+    public void next();
+
+    public int getTokenStartOff();
+
+    public int getTokenLength();
+
+    public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException;
+
+    public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index e1072ae..7e91fd4 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.api;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 public interface IBinaryTokenizerFactory extends Serializable {
-	public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer();
+    public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexResultCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexResultCursor.java
index 378c925..990936e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexResultCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexResultCursor.java
@@ -1,10 +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.storage.am.invertedindex.api;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-public interface IInvertedIndexResultCursor {		
-	public boolean hasNext();
-	public void next();	
-	public ByteBuffer getBuffer();
-	public void reset();
+public interface IInvertedIndexResultCursor {
+    public boolean hasNext();
+
+    public void next();
+
+    public ByteBuffer getBuffer();
+
+    public void reset();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearcher.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearcher.java
index 72cc6fe..98dc3b9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearcher.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearcher.java
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.api;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 
-public interface IInvertedIndexSearcher {			
-	public void search(ITupleReference queryTuple, int queryFieldIndex) throws Exception;
-	public IInvertedIndexResultCursor getResultCursor();
+public interface IInvertedIndexSearcher {
+    public void search(ITupleReference queryTuple, int queryFieldIndex) throws Exception;
+
+    public IInvertedIndexResultCursor getResultCursor();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor.java
index 0d5dbc4..d438685 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksContext;
@@ -11,32 +26,30 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 
 public class BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	
-	private final IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory;
-	// fields that will be tokenized
-	private final int[] tokenFields;
-	// operator will emit these projected fields for each token, e.g., as payload for an inverted list
-	// WARNING: too many projected fields can cause significant data blowup
-	private final int[] projFields;
-	
-	public BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory, int[] tokenFields, int[] projFields) {
-		super(spec, 1, 1);
-		this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
-		this.tokenFields = tokenFields;
-		this.projFields = projFields;
-		recordDescriptors[0] = recDesc;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx,
-			IOperatorEnvironment env,
-			IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition,
-			int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
-		return new BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(ctx, 
-				recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(odId, 0), 
-				recordDescriptors[0], tokenizerFactory.createBinaryTokenizer(), 
-				tokenFields, projFields);
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private final IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory;
+    // fields that will be tokenized
+    private final int[] tokenFields;
+    // operator will emit these projected fields for each token, e.g., as
+    // payload for an inverted list
+    // WARNING: too many projected fields can cause significant data blowup
+    private final int[] projFields;
+
+    public BinaryTokenizerOperatorDescriptor(JobSpecification spec, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory, int[] tokenFields, int[] projFields) {
+        super(spec, 1, 1);
+        this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
+        this.tokenFields = tokenFields;
+        this.projFields = projFields;
+        recordDescriptors[0] = recDesc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksContext ctx, IOperatorEnvironment env,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(ctx, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(odId, 0),
+                recordDescriptors[0], tokenizerFactory.createBinaryTokenizer(), tokenFields, projFields);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable.java
index 869b0be..ffa8524 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.dataflow;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -16,88 +31,90 @@
 
 public class BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable {
 
-	private final IHyracksContext ctx;
-	private final IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer;
-	private final int[] tokenFields;
-	private final int[] projFields;
-	private final RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc;
-	private final RecordDescriptor outputRecDesc;
-	
-	private FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
-	private ArrayTupleBuilder builder;
-	private DataOutput builderDos;
-	private FrameTupleAppender appender;
-	private ByteBuffer writeBuffer;
-	
-	public BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(IHyracksContext ctx, RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc, RecordDescriptor outputRecDesc, IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer, int[] tokenFields, int[] projFields) {
-		this.ctx = ctx;
-		this.tokenizer = tokenizer;
-		this.tokenFields = tokenFields;
-		this.projFields = projFields;
-		this.inputRecDesc = inputRecDesc;
-		this.outputRecDesc = outputRecDesc;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-		accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, inputRecDesc);
+    private final IHyracksContext ctx;
+    private final IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer;
+    private final int[] tokenFields;
+    private final int[] projFields;
+    private final RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc;
+    private final RecordDescriptor outputRecDesc;
+
+    private FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
+    private ArrayTupleBuilder builder;
+    private DataOutput builderDos;
+    private FrameTupleAppender appender;
+    private ByteBuffer writeBuffer;
+
+    public BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(IHyracksContext ctx, RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc,
+            RecordDescriptor outputRecDesc, IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer, int[] tokenFields, int[] projFields) {
+        this.ctx = ctx;
+        this.tokenizer = tokenizer;
+        this.tokenFields = tokenFields;
+        this.projFields = projFields;
+        this.inputRecDesc = inputRecDesc;
+        this.outputRecDesc = outputRecDesc;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, inputRecDesc);
         writeBuffer = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
         builder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(outputRecDesc.getFields().length);
         builderDos = builder.getDataOutput();
         appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
         appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
-		accessor.reset(buffer);				
-		
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        accessor.reset(buffer);
+
         int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
-        	
-        	for(int j = 0; j < tokenFields.length; j++) {
-        		
-        		tokenizer.reset(accessor.getBuffer().array(), 
-        				accessor.getTupleStartOffset(i) + accessor.getFieldSlotsLength() + accessor.getFieldStartOffset(i, tokenFields[j]), 
-        				accessor.getFieldLength(i, tokenFields[j]));
-        		
-        		while(tokenizer.hasNext()) {        			
-        			tokenizer.next();
-        	
-        			builder.reset();
-        			try {
-						tokenizer.writeToken(builderDos);
-						builder.addFieldEndOffset();
-					} catch (IOException e) {
-						throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
-					}
-        			
-					for(int k = 0; k < projFields.length; k++) {
-						builder.addField(accessor, i, projFields[k]);
-					}
-					
-					if (!appender.append(builder.getFieldEndOffsets(), builder.getByteArray(), 0, builder.getSize())) {
-		    			FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-		    			appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
-		    			if (!appender.append(builder.getFieldEndOffsets(), builder.getByteArray(), 0, builder.getSize())) {
-		    				throw new IllegalStateException();
-		    			}
-		    		}
-        		}
-        	}         	        	
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < tokenFields.length; j++) {
+
+                tokenizer.reset(accessor.getBuffer().array(), accessor.getTupleStartOffset(i)
+                        + accessor.getFieldSlotsLength() + accessor.getFieldStartOffset(i, tokenFields[j]), accessor
+                        .getFieldLength(i, tokenFields[j]));
+
+                while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+                    tokenizer.next();
+
+                    builder.reset();
+                    try {
+                        tokenizer.writeToken(builderDos);
+                        builder.addFieldEndOffset();
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        throw new HyracksDataException(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+
+                    for (int k = 0; k < projFields.length; k++) {
+                        builder.addField(accessor, i, projFields[k]);
+                    }
+
+                    if (!appender.append(builder.getFieldEndOffsets(), builder.getByteArray(), 0, builder.getSize())) {
+                        FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+                        appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
+                        if (!appender
+                                .append(builder.getFieldEndOffsets(), builder.getByteArray(), 0, builder.getSize())) {
+                            throw new IllegalStateException();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
-        
+
         if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
-			FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-		writer.close();		
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
-	}	
+            FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+        writer.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/ListResultCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/ListResultCursor.java
index 88feb23..adc5221 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/ListResultCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/ListResultCursor.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.impls;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -7,34 +22,36 @@
 
 public class ListResultCursor implements IInvertedIndexResultCursor {
 
-	private List<ByteBuffer> resultBuffers;
-	private int numResultBuffers;
-	private int currentPos = 0;
-	
-	public void setResults(List<ByteBuffer> resultBuffers, int numResultBuffers) {
-		this.resultBuffers = resultBuffers;
-		this.numResultBuffers = numResultBuffers;
-		reset();
-	}	
-		
-	@Override
-	public boolean hasNext() {
-		if(currentPos+1 < numResultBuffers) return true;
-		else return false;
-	}
+    private List<ByteBuffer> resultBuffers;
+    private int numResultBuffers;
+    private int currentPos = 0;
 
-	@Override
-	public void next() {		
-		currentPos++;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
-		return resultBuffers.get(currentPos);
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void reset() {
-		currentPos = -1;		
-	}	
+    public void setResults(List<ByteBuffer> resultBuffers, int numResultBuffers) {
+        this.resultBuffers = resultBuffers;
+        this.numResultBuffers = numResultBuffers;
+        reset();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        if (currentPos + 1 < numResultBuffers)
+            return true;
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void next() {
+        currentPos++;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuffer getBuffer() {
+        return resultBuffers.get(currentPos);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset() {
+        currentPos = -1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/SimpleConjunctiveSearcher.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/SimpleConjunctiveSearcher.java
index f81ccdb..6792b0f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/SimpleConjunctiveSearcher.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/SimpleConjunctiveSearcher.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.impls;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -31,242 +46,250 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearcher;
 
 public class SimpleConjunctiveSearcher implements IInvertedIndexSearcher {
-		
-	private final int numKeyFields;
-	private final int numValueFields;	
-	
-	private final IBinaryComparator[] keyCmps;
-	private final IBinaryComparator[] valueCmps;
-	
-	private final BTree btree;
-	private final IHyracksContext ctx;
-	private final ArrayTupleBuilder resultTupleBuilder;
-	private final FrameTupleAppender resultTupleAppender;
-	private final FrameTupleAccessor resultFrameAccessor;		
-	
-	private List<ByteBuffer> newResultBuffers = new ArrayList<ByteBuffer>();
-	private List<ByteBuffer> prevResultBuffers = new ArrayList<ByteBuffer>();		
-	private List<ByteBuffer> swap = null;	
-	private final ListResultCursor resultCursor = new ListResultCursor();
-	private int maxResultBufIdx = 0;
-		
-	private final IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
-	private final IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
-	private final IBTreeCursor btreeCursor;
-	private final FrameTupleReference searchKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-	private final RangePredicate pred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);	
-	
-	private final IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer;
-	
-	public SimpleConjunctiveSearcher(IHyracksContext ctx, BTree btree, RecordDescriptor btreeRecDesc, IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer, int numKeyFields, int numValueFields) {
-		this.ctx = ctx;
-		this.btree = btree;
-		this.queryTokenizer = queryTokenizer;
-		this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
-		this.numValueFields = numValueFields;		
-		
-		leafFrame = btree.getLeafFrameFactory().getFrame();
-		interiorFrame = btree.getInteriorFrameFactory().getFrame();
-		btreeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-		resultTupleAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
-		resultTupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(numValueFields);
-		newResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
-		prevResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
 
-		MultiComparator btreeCmp = btree.getMultiComparator();
-				
-		keyCmps = new IBinaryComparator[numKeyFields];		
-		for(int i = 0; i < numKeyFields; i++) {
-			keyCmps[i] = btreeCmp.getComparators()[i];
-		}		
-				
-		valueCmps = new IBinaryComparator[numValueFields];		
-		for(int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
-			valueCmps[i] = btreeCmp.getComparators()[numKeyFields + i];
-		}
-		
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(btreeCmp.getTypeTraits(), keyCmps);
-		pred.setLowKeyComparator(searchCmp);
-		pred.setHighKeyComparator(searchCmp);
-		pred.setLowKey(searchKey, true);
-		pred.setHighKey(searchKey, true);
-				
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] valueSerde = new ISerializerDeserializer[numValueFields];
-		for(int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
-			valueSerde[i] = btreeRecDesc.getFields()[numKeyFields + i];
-			
-		}
-		RecordDescriptor valueRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(valueSerde);				
-		resultFrameAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, valueRecDesc);
-	}
-	
-	public void search(ITupleReference queryTuple, int queryFieldIndex) throws Exception {
-		
-		// parse query, TODO: this parsing is too simple
-		RecordDescriptor queryTokenRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE } );
-		
-		ArrayTupleBuilder queryTokenBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(queryTokenRecDesc.getFields().length);
-		DataOutput queryTokenDos = queryTokenBuilder.getDataOutput();
-		FrameTupleAppender queryTokenAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
-		ByteBuffer queryTokenFrame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		queryTokenAppender.reset(queryTokenFrame, true);				
-		
-		queryTokenizer.reset(queryTuple.getFieldData(queryFieldIndex), queryTuple.getFieldStart(queryFieldIndex), queryTuple.getFieldLength(queryFieldIndex));
-		while(queryTokenizer.hasNext()) {
-			queryTokenizer.next();
-			
-			queryTokenBuilder.reset();			
-			try {
-				queryTokenizer.writeToken(queryTokenDos);
-				queryTokenBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();		
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-			}
-			
-			// WARNING: assuming one frame is enough to hold all tokens
-			queryTokenAppender.append(queryTokenBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), queryTokenBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, queryTokenBuilder.getSize());
-		}
-		
-		FrameTupleAccessor queryTokenAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, queryTokenRecDesc);
-		queryTokenAccessor.reset(queryTokenFrame);
-		int numQueryTokens = queryTokenAccessor.getTupleCount();		
-		
-		maxResultBufIdx = 0;
-				
-		BTreeOpContext opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		
-		resultTupleAppender.reset(newResultBuffers.get(0), true);
-		try {			
-			// append first inverted list to temporary results
-			searchKey.reset(queryTokenAccessor, 0);
-			btree.search(btreeCursor, pred, opCtx);
-			while(btreeCursor.hasNext()) {				
-				btreeCursor.next();
-				maxResultBufIdx = appendTupleToNewResults(btreeCursor, maxResultBufIdx);				
-			}
-			btreeCursor.close();
-			btreeCursor.reset();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-		}
-		
-		resultFrameAccessor.reset(newResultBuffers.get(0));
-		
-		// intersect temporary results with remaining inverted lists		
-		for(int i = 1; i < numQueryTokens; i++) {		
-			swap = prevResultBuffers;
-			prevResultBuffers = newResultBuffers;
-			newResultBuffers = swap;
-			try {
-				searchKey.reset(queryTokenAccessor, i);
-				btree.search(btreeCursor, pred, opCtx);
-				maxResultBufIdx = intersectList(btreeCursor, prevResultBuffers, maxResultBufIdx, newResultBuffers);			
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new HyracksDataException(e);
-			}		
-			btreeCursor.close();
-			btreeCursor.reset();			
-		}				
-	}	
-		
-	private int appendTupleToNewResults(IBTreeCursor btreeCursor, int newBufIdx) throws IOException {
-		ByteBuffer newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(newBufIdx);
-		
-		ITupleReference tuple = btreeCursor.getTuple();		
-		resultTupleBuilder.reset();
-		DataOutput dos = resultTupleBuilder.getDataOutput();
-		for(int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
-			int fIdx = numKeyFields + i;
-			dos.write(tuple.getFieldData(fIdx), tuple.getFieldStart(fIdx), tuple.getFieldLength(fIdx));
-			resultTupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
-		}
-		
-		if (!resultTupleAppender.append(resultTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), resultTupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, resultTupleBuilder.getSize())) {
-			newBufIdx++;
-			if(newBufIdx >= newResultBuffers.size()) {
-				newResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
-			}
-			newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(newBufIdx);										
-			resultTupleAppender.reset(newCurrentBuffer, true);
-			if (!resultTupleAppender.append(resultTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), resultTupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, resultTupleBuilder.getSize())) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException();
-			}
-		}		
-		
-		return newBufIdx;
-	}
-	
-	private int intersectList(IBTreeCursor btreeCursor, List<ByteBuffer> prevResultBuffers, int maxPrevBufIdx, List<ByteBuffer> newResultBuffers) throws IOException, Exception {
-				
-		int newBufIdx = 0;
-		ByteBuffer newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(0);
-		
-		int prevBufIdx = 0;
-		ByteBuffer prevCurrentBuffer = prevResultBuffers.get(0);
-				
-		resultTupleBuilder.reset();
-		resultTupleAppender.reset(newCurrentBuffer, true);
-		resultFrameAccessor.reset(prevCurrentBuffer);
-		
-		// WARNING: not very efficient but good enough for the first cut
-		boolean advanceCursor = true;
-		boolean advancePrevResult = false;
-		int resultTidx = 0;
-		
-		while( (!advanceCursor || btreeCursor.hasNext()) && prevBufIdx <= maxPrevBufIdx && resultTidx < resultFrameAccessor.getTupleCount()) {
-			
-			if(advanceCursor) btreeCursor.next();
-			ITupleReference tuple = btreeCursor.getTuple();		
-			
-			int cmp = 0;
-			for(int i = 0; i < valueCmps.length; i++) {
-				int tupleFidx = numKeyFields + i;
-				cmp = valueCmps[i].compare(tuple.getFieldData(tupleFidx), 
-						tuple.getFieldStart(tupleFidx), 
-						tuple.getFieldLength(tupleFidx), 
-						resultFrameAccessor.getBuffer().array(), 
-						resultFrameAccessor.getTupleStartOffset(resultTidx) + resultFrameAccessor.getFieldSlotsLength() + resultFrameAccessor.getFieldStartOffset(resultTidx, i), 
-						resultFrameAccessor.getFieldLength(resultTidx, i));
-				if(cmp != 0) break;
-			}			
-						
-			// match found			
-			if(cmp == 0) {
-				newBufIdx = appendTupleToNewResults(btreeCursor, newBufIdx);
-				
-				advanceCursor = true;
-				advancePrevResult = true;				
-			}
-			else {
-				if(cmp < 0) {
-					advanceCursor = true;
-					advancePrevResult = false;
-				}
-				else {
-					advanceCursor = false;
-					advancePrevResult = true;
-				}
-			}
-			
-			if(advancePrevResult) {
-				resultTidx++;
-				if(resultTidx >= resultFrameAccessor.getTupleCount()) {
-					prevBufIdx++;
-					if(prevBufIdx <= maxPrevBufIdx) {
-						prevCurrentBuffer = prevResultBuffers.get(prevBufIdx);
-						resultFrameAccessor.reset(prevCurrentBuffer);
-						resultTidx = 0;
-					}
-				}
-			}			
-		}	
-		
-		return newBufIdx;
-	}
+    private final int numKeyFields;
+    private final int numValueFields;
 
-	@Override
-	public IInvertedIndexResultCursor getResultCursor() {
-		resultCursor.setResults(newResultBuffers, maxResultBufIdx + 1);
-		return resultCursor;
-	}		
+    private final IBinaryComparator[] keyCmps;
+    private final IBinaryComparator[] valueCmps;
+
+    private final BTree btree;
+    private final IHyracksContext ctx;
+    private final ArrayTupleBuilder resultTupleBuilder;
+    private final FrameTupleAppender resultTupleAppender;
+    private final FrameTupleAccessor resultFrameAccessor;
+
+    private List<ByteBuffer> newResultBuffers = new ArrayList<ByteBuffer>();
+    private List<ByteBuffer> prevResultBuffers = new ArrayList<ByteBuffer>();
+    private List<ByteBuffer> swap = null;
+    private final ListResultCursor resultCursor = new ListResultCursor();
+    private int maxResultBufIdx = 0;
+
+    private final IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame;
+    private final IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame;
+    private final IBTreeCursor btreeCursor;
+    private final FrameTupleReference searchKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+    private final RangePredicate pred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+
+    private final IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer;
+
+    public SimpleConjunctiveSearcher(IHyracksContext ctx, BTree btree, RecordDescriptor btreeRecDesc,
+            IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer, int numKeyFields, int numValueFields) {
+        this.ctx = ctx;
+        this.btree = btree;
+        this.queryTokenizer = queryTokenizer;
+        this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
+        this.numValueFields = numValueFields;
+
+        leafFrame = btree.getLeafFrameFactory().getFrame();
+        interiorFrame = btree.getInteriorFrameFactory().getFrame();
+        btreeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        resultTupleAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        resultTupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(numValueFields);
+        newResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
+        prevResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
+
+        MultiComparator btreeCmp = btree.getMultiComparator();
+
+        keyCmps = new IBinaryComparator[numKeyFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numKeyFields; i++) {
+            keyCmps[i] = btreeCmp.getComparators()[i];
+        }
+
+        valueCmps = new IBinaryComparator[numValueFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
+            valueCmps[i] = btreeCmp.getComparators()[numKeyFields + i];
+        }
+
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(btreeCmp.getTypeTraits(), keyCmps);
+        pred.setLowKeyComparator(searchCmp);
+        pred.setHighKeyComparator(searchCmp);
+        pred.setLowKey(searchKey, true);
+        pred.setHighKey(searchKey, true);
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] valueSerde = new ISerializerDeserializer[numValueFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
+            valueSerde[i] = btreeRecDesc.getFields()[numKeyFields + i];
+
+        }
+        RecordDescriptor valueRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(valueSerde);
+        resultFrameAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, valueRecDesc);
+    }
+
+    public void search(ITupleReference queryTuple, int queryFieldIndex) throws Exception {
+
+        // parse query, TODO: this parsing is too simple
+        RecordDescriptor queryTokenRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(
+                new ISerializerDeserializer[] { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        ArrayTupleBuilder queryTokenBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(queryTokenRecDesc.getFields().length);
+        DataOutput queryTokenDos = queryTokenBuilder.getDataOutput();
+        FrameTupleAppender queryTokenAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ByteBuffer queryTokenFrame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
+        queryTokenAppender.reset(queryTokenFrame, true);
+
+        queryTokenizer.reset(queryTuple.getFieldData(queryFieldIndex), queryTuple.getFieldStart(queryFieldIndex),
+                queryTuple.getFieldLength(queryFieldIndex));
+        while (queryTokenizer.hasNext()) {
+            queryTokenizer.next();
+
+            queryTokenBuilder.reset();
+            try {
+                queryTokenizer.writeToken(queryTokenDos);
+                queryTokenBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+            }
+
+            // WARNING: assuming one frame is enough to hold all tokens
+            queryTokenAppender.append(queryTokenBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), queryTokenBuilder.getByteArray(), 0,
+                    queryTokenBuilder.getSize());
+        }
+
+        FrameTupleAccessor queryTokenAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, queryTokenRecDesc);
+        queryTokenAccessor.reset(queryTokenFrame);
+        int numQueryTokens = queryTokenAccessor.getTupleCount();
+
+        maxResultBufIdx = 0;
+
+        BTreeOpContext opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+
+        resultTupleAppender.reset(newResultBuffers.get(0), true);
+        try {
+            // append first inverted list to temporary results
+            searchKey.reset(queryTokenAccessor, 0);
+            btree.search(btreeCursor, pred, opCtx);
+            while (btreeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                btreeCursor.next();
+                maxResultBufIdx = appendTupleToNewResults(btreeCursor, maxResultBufIdx);
+            }
+            btreeCursor.close();
+            btreeCursor.reset();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+
+        resultFrameAccessor.reset(newResultBuffers.get(0));
+
+        // intersect temporary results with remaining inverted lists
+        for (int i = 1; i < numQueryTokens; i++) {
+            swap = prevResultBuffers;
+            prevResultBuffers = newResultBuffers;
+            newResultBuffers = swap;
+            try {
+                searchKey.reset(queryTokenAccessor, i);
+                btree.search(btreeCursor, pred, opCtx);
+                maxResultBufIdx = intersectList(btreeCursor, prevResultBuffers, maxResultBufIdx, newResultBuffers);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+            }
+            btreeCursor.close();
+            btreeCursor.reset();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int appendTupleToNewResults(IBTreeCursor btreeCursor, int newBufIdx) throws IOException {
+        ByteBuffer newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(newBufIdx);
+
+        ITupleReference tuple = btreeCursor.getTuple();
+        resultTupleBuilder.reset();
+        DataOutput dos = resultTupleBuilder.getDataOutput();
+        for (int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
+            int fIdx = numKeyFields + i;
+            dos.write(tuple.getFieldData(fIdx), tuple.getFieldStart(fIdx), tuple.getFieldLength(fIdx));
+            resultTupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
+        }
+
+        if (!resultTupleAppender.append(resultTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), resultTupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0,
+                resultTupleBuilder.getSize())) {
+            newBufIdx++;
+            if (newBufIdx >= newResultBuffers.size()) {
+                newResultBuffers.add(ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame());
+            }
+            newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(newBufIdx);
+            resultTupleAppender.reset(newCurrentBuffer, true);
+            if (!resultTupleAppender.append(resultTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), resultTupleBuilder.getByteArray(),
+                    0, resultTupleBuilder.getSize())) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return newBufIdx;
+    }
+
+    private int intersectList(IBTreeCursor btreeCursor, List<ByteBuffer> prevResultBuffers, int maxPrevBufIdx,
+            List<ByteBuffer> newResultBuffers) throws IOException, Exception {
+
+        int newBufIdx = 0;
+        ByteBuffer newCurrentBuffer = newResultBuffers.get(0);
+
+        int prevBufIdx = 0;
+        ByteBuffer prevCurrentBuffer = prevResultBuffers.get(0);
+
+        resultTupleBuilder.reset();
+        resultTupleAppender.reset(newCurrentBuffer, true);
+        resultFrameAccessor.reset(prevCurrentBuffer);
+
+        // WARNING: not very efficient but good enough for the first cut
+        boolean advanceCursor = true;
+        boolean advancePrevResult = false;
+        int resultTidx = 0;
+
+        while ((!advanceCursor || btreeCursor.hasNext()) && prevBufIdx <= maxPrevBufIdx
+                && resultTidx < resultFrameAccessor.getTupleCount()) {
+
+            if (advanceCursor)
+                btreeCursor.next();
+            ITupleReference tuple = btreeCursor.getTuple();
+
+            int cmp = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < valueCmps.length; i++) {
+                int tupleFidx = numKeyFields + i;
+                cmp = valueCmps[i].compare(tuple.getFieldData(tupleFidx), tuple.getFieldStart(tupleFidx), tuple
+                        .getFieldLength(tupleFidx), resultFrameAccessor.getBuffer().array(), resultFrameAccessor
+                        .getTupleStartOffset(resultTidx)
+                        + resultFrameAccessor.getFieldSlotsLength()
+                        + resultFrameAccessor.getFieldStartOffset(resultTidx, i), resultFrameAccessor.getFieldLength(
+                        resultTidx, i));
+                if (cmp != 0)
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            // match found
+            if (cmp == 0) {
+                newBufIdx = appendTupleToNewResults(btreeCursor, newBufIdx);
+
+                advanceCursor = true;
+                advancePrevResult = true;
+            } else {
+                if (cmp < 0) {
+                    advanceCursor = true;
+                    advancePrevResult = false;
+                } else {
+                    advanceCursor = false;
+                    advancePrevResult = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (advancePrevResult) {
+                resultTidx++;
+                if (resultTidx >= resultFrameAccessor.getTupleCount()) {
+                    prevBufIdx++;
+                    if (prevBufIdx <= maxPrevBufIdx) {
+                        prevCurrentBuffer = prevResultBuffers.get(prevBufIdx);
+                        resultFrameAccessor.reset(prevCurrentBuffer);
+                        resultTidx = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return newBufIdx;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IInvertedIndexResultCursor getResultCursor() {
+        resultCursor.setResults(newResultBuffers, maxResultBufIdx + 1);
+        return resultCursor;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
index 9a47280..73635f9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -10,74 +25,76 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizer;
 
 public class DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer implements IBinaryTokenizer {
-	
-	private static final RecordDescriptor tokenSchema = 
-		new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE } );
-	
-	private final char delimiter;
-	private byte[] data;
-	private int start;
-	private int length;
-		
-	private int tokenLength;
-	private int tokenStart;
-	private int pos;	
-		
-	public DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(char delimiter) {
-		this.delimiter = delimiter;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getTokenLength() {
-		return tokenLength;
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int getTokenStartOff() {
-		return tokenStart;
-	}
+    private static final RecordDescriptor tokenSchema = new RecordDescriptor(
+            new ISerializerDeserializer[] { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean hasNext() {		
-		if(pos >= start + length) return false;
-		else return true;						
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void next() {
-		tokenLength = 0;
-		tokenStart = pos;
-		while(pos < start + length) {
-			int len = StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);			
-			char ch = StringUtils.charAt(data, pos);	
-			pos += len;
-			if(ch == delimiter) {
-				break;
-			}
-			tokenLength += len;
-		}
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length) {		
-		this.data = data;
-		this.start = start;
-		this.pos = start;
-		this.length = length;			
-		this.tokenLength = 0;
-		this.tokenStart = 0; 
+    private final char delimiter;
+    private byte[] data;
+    private int start;
+    private int length;
+
+    private int tokenLength;
+    private int tokenStart;
+    private int pos;
+
+    public DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(char delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTokenLength() {
+        return tokenLength;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTokenStartOff() {
+        return tokenStart;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        if (pos >= start + length)
+            return false;
+        else
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void next() {
+        tokenLength = 0;
+        tokenStart = pos;
+        while (pos < start + length) {
+            int len = StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);
+            char ch = StringUtils.charAt(data, pos);
+            pos += len;
+            if (ch == delimiter) {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokenLength += len;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length) {
+        this.data = data;
+        this.start = start;
+        this.pos = start;
+        this.length = length;
+        this.tokenLength = 0;
+        this.tokenStart = 0;
         pos += 2; // UTF-8 specific
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException {
-		// WARNING: 2-byte length indicator is specific to UTF-8
-		dos.writeShort((short)tokenLength);
-		dos.write(data, tokenStart, tokenLength);
-	}
+    }
 
-	@Override
-	public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema() {
-		return tokenSchema;
-	}
+    @Override
+    public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException {
+        // WARNING: 2-byte length indicator is specific to UTF-8
+        dos.writeShort((short) tokenLength);
+        dos.write(data, tokenStart, tokenLength);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema() {
+        return tokenSchema;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index 6432c4a..e3e0be3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 
 public class DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory implements IBinaryTokenizerFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private final char delimiter;
-	
-	public DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(char delimiter) {
-		this.delimiter = delimiter;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer() {
-		return new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(delimiter);
-	}	
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private final char delimiter;
+
+    public DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(char delimiter) {
+        this.delimiter = delimiter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer() {
+        return new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(delimiter);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
index 68fd502..54fc371 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -10,121 +25,121 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizer;
 
 public class HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer implements IBinaryTokenizer {
-	
-	private static final RecordDescriptor tokenSchema = 
-		new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE } );
-	
-	private final boolean prePost;
-	private final int q;
-	private byte[] data;
-	private int start;
-	private int length;	
-	private int gramNum;
-	private int utflen;
-	
-	private final char PRECHAR = '#';
-	private final char POSTCHAR = '$';
-	
-	private int charPos;
-	private int pos;
-	private int hashedGram;
-	
-	HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(int q, boolean prePost) {
-		this.prePost = prePost;
-		this.q = q;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public int getTokenLength() {
-		// the produced token (hashed q-gram) is derived from data 
-		// but not contained in it
-		// therefore this call does not make sense
-		return -1; 
-	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int getTokenStartOff() {
-		// the produced token (hashed q-gram) is derived from data 
-		// but not contained in it
-		// therefore this call does not make sense
-		return -1;
-	}
+    private static final RecordDescriptor tokenSchema = new RecordDescriptor(
+            new ISerializerDeserializer[] { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean hasNext() {
-		if((prePost && pos >= start + length) || (!prePost && pos >= start + length - q)) return false;
-		else return true;		
-	}
+    private final boolean prePost;
+    private final int q;
+    private byte[] data;
+    private int start;
+    private int length;
+    private int gramNum;
+    private int utflen;
 
-	@Override
-	public void next() {
-		hashedGram = 0;
-		if(prePost) {			
-			if(gramNum < q) {				
-				for(int i = 0; i < q - gramNum; i++) {
-					hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + PRECHAR;
-				}				
-				
-				int tmpPos = pos;
-				for(int i = 0; i < gramNum; i++) {
-					hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
-					tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
-				}
-			}
-			else {								
-				int stopStr = Math.min(charPos + q, utflen);
-				int tmpPos = pos;
-				for(int i = charPos; i < stopStr; i++) {
-					hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
-					tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
-				}
-				
-				int stopPost = (charPos + q) - (utflen);				
-				for(int i = 0; i < stopPost; i++) {
-					hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + POSTCHAR;
-				}
-				pos += StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);
-				charPos++;
-			}
-			gramNum++;										
-		}
-		else {			
-			int tmpPos = pos;
-			for(int i = charPos; i < charPos + q; i++) {	
-				hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
-				tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
-			}
-			pos += StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);
-			charPos++;
-		}		
-	}
+    private final char PRECHAR = '#';
+    private final char POSTCHAR = '$';
 
-	@Override
-	public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length) {
-		this.data = data;
-		this.start = start;	
-		this.length = length;
-		this.utflen = StringUtils.getUTFLen(data, start);
-		this.pos = start + 2; // UTF-8 specific
-		this.gramNum = 1;
-		this.charPos = 0;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException {
-		dos.writeInt(hashedGram);		
-	}
-	
-	public char getPreChar() {
-		return PRECHAR;
-	}
-	
-	public char getPostChar() {
-		return POSTCHAR;
-	}
+    private int charPos;
+    private int pos;
+    private int hashedGram;
 
-	@Override
-	public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema() {
-		return tokenSchema;
-	}
+    HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(int q, boolean prePost) {
+        this.prePost = prePost;
+        this.q = q;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTokenLength() {
+        // the produced token (hashed q-gram) is derived from data
+        // but not contained in it
+        // therefore this call does not make sense
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getTokenStartOff() {
+        // the produced token (hashed q-gram) is derived from data
+        // but not contained in it
+        // therefore this call does not make sense
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+        if ((prePost && pos >= start + length) || (!prePost && pos >= start + length - q))
+            return false;
+        else
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void next() {
+        hashedGram = 0;
+        if (prePost) {
+            if (gramNum < q) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < q - gramNum; i++) {
+                    hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + PRECHAR;
+                }
+
+                int tmpPos = pos;
+                for (int i = 0; i < gramNum; i++) {
+                    hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
+                    tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
+                }
+            } else {
+                int stopStr = Math.min(charPos + q, utflen);
+                int tmpPos = pos;
+                for (int i = charPos; i < stopStr; i++) {
+                    hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
+                    tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
+                }
+
+                int stopPost = (charPos + q) - (utflen);
+                for (int i = 0; i < stopPost; i++) {
+                    hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + POSTCHAR;
+                }
+                pos += StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);
+                charPos++;
+            }
+            gramNum++;
+        } else {
+            int tmpPos = pos;
+            for (int i = charPos; i < charPos + q; i++) {
+                hashedGram = 31 * hashedGram + StringUtils.charAt(data, tmpPos);
+                tmpPos += StringUtils.charSize(data, tmpPos);
+            }
+            pos += StringUtils.charSize(data, pos);
+            charPos++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset(byte[] data, int start, int length) {
+        this.data = data;
+        this.start = start;
+        this.length = length;
+        this.utflen = StringUtils.getUTFLen(data, start);
+        this.pos = start + 2; // UTF-8 specific
+        this.gramNum = 1;
+        this.charPos = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeToken(DataOutput dos) throws IOException {
+        dos.writeInt(hashedGram);
+    }
+
+    public char getPreChar() {
+        return PRECHAR;
+    }
+
+    public char getPostChar() {
+        return POSTCHAR;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RecordDescriptor getTokenSchema() {
+        return tokenSchema;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
index 98fd9ad..a11fe8a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory.java
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
 
 public class HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory implements IBinaryTokenizerFactory {
-	
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private final int q;
-	private final boolean prePost;
-	
-	public HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(int q, boolean prePost) {
-		this.q = q;
-		this.prePost = prePost;
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer() {
-		return new HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(q, prePost);
-	}
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private final int q;
+    private final boolean prePost;
+
+    public HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizerFactory(int q, boolean prePost) {
+        this.q = q;
+        this.prePost = prePost;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IBinaryTokenizer createBinaryTokenizer() {
+        return new HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(q, prePost);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java
index 80201f0..72785dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.searchers;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -51,20 +66,20 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest {
-	
-	// testing params
-	//private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    //private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    //private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 256;
 
-	// realistic params
-	//private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 65536;
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
+    // testing params
+    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    // private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    // private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 256;
+
+    // realistic params
+    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 65536;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
     private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
     private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
-    
-	private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-	
+
+    private String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+
     public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
         @Override
         public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
@@ -75,189 +90,190 @@
             return buffers;
         }
     }
-    
-	@Test	
-	public void test01() throws Exception { 
-		
-		DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);    	
-    	IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
-    	IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
-    	String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
-    	bufferCache.createFile(fileName);    	
-    	int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
-    	bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-    	
-    	// declare fields
-    	int fieldCount = 2;
-    	ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
+
+        DummySMI smi = new DummySMI(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = smi.getBufferCache();
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = smi.getFileMapProvider();
+        String fileName = tmpDir + "/" + "btreetest.bin";
+        bufferCache.createFile(fileName);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(fileName);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
         typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
         typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-    	
+
         // declare keys
-    	int keyFieldCount = 2;
-    	IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-    	cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-    	cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-    	
-    	MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-    	    	
-    	TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-    	//SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
         IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-    	//IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        // IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new
+        // FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-        
+
         IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
         IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();   
-        
-    	BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-    	btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-    	btree.open(fileId);
+        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
 
-    	Random rnd = new Random();
-    	rnd.setSeed(50);
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-    	IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);        
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        IHyracksContext ctx = new RootHyracksContext(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
         ByteBuffer frame = ctx.getResourceManager().allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-		
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor btreeRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(btreeSerde);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, btreeRecDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	
-		List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
-		tokens.add("computer");
-		tokens.add("hyracks");
-		tokens.add("fast");
-		tokens.add("university");
-		tokens.add("science");		
-		tokens.add("major");				
-		
-		int maxId = 10000;
-		int addProb = 0;
-		int addProbStep = 2;
-		
-		BTreeOpContext opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		
-    	for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
-    		
-    		addProb += addProbStep;
-    		for(int j = 0; j < maxId; j++) {    			
-    			if((Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % addProb) == 0) {
-    				tb.reset();
-    				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(tokens.get(i), dos);
-    				tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-    				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(j, dos);
-    				tb.addFieldEndOffset();        	
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-    				appender.reset(frame, true);
-    				appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor btreeRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(btreeSerde);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, btreeRecDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-    				tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
+        tokens.add("computer");
+        tokens.add("hyracks");
+        tokens.add("fast");
+        tokens.add("university");
+        tokens.add("science");
+        tokens.add("major");
 
-    				try {
-    					btree.insert(tuple, opCtx);
-    				} catch (Exception e) {
-    					e.printStackTrace();
-    				}    	
-    			}
-    		}
-    	}     
-    	
-    	int numPages = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
-    	System.out.println("NUMPAGES: " + numPages);
-    	
-    	// build query as tuple reference
-    	ISerializerDeserializer[] querySerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor queryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(querySerde);
-    	
-    	FrameTupleAppender queryAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);				
-		ArrayTupleBuilder queryTb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(querySerde.length);
-		DataOutput queryDos = queryTb.getDataOutput();		
-		
-		IFrameTupleAccessor queryAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, queryRecDesc);
-		queryAccessor.reset(frame);		
-		FrameTupleReference queryTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-		
-    	String query = "computer hyracks fast";
-    	char queryDelimiter = ' ';
-    	IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(queryDelimiter);    	
-    	
-    	queryTb.reset();
-    	UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(query, queryDos);
-    	queryTb.addFieldEndOffset();    		    		
-    	
-    	queryAppender.reset(frame, true);
-    	queryAppender.append(queryTb.getFieldEndOffsets(), queryTb.getByteArray(), 0, queryTb.getSize());		
-    	queryTuple.reset(queryAccessor, 0);
-    	    	
-    	int numKeyFields = 1;
-    	int numValueFields = 1;
-    	ISerializerDeserializer[] resultSerde = new ISerializerDeserializer[numValueFields];
-    	for(int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
-    		resultSerde[i] = btreeSerde[numKeyFields + i]; 
-    	}
-    	RecordDescriptor resultRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(resultSerde);
-    	FrameTupleAccessor resultAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, resultRecDesc);
-    	FrameTupleReference resultTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-    	
-    	SimpleConjunctiveSearcher searcher = new SimpleConjunctiveSearcher(ctx, btree, btreeRecDesc, queryTokenizer, numKeyFields, numValueFields);
-    	
-    	long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    	searcher.search(queryTuple, 0);
-    	long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();    	
-    	System.out.println("SEARCH TIME: " + (timeEnd - timeStart) + "ms");
-    	    	    	
-    	//System.out.println("INTERSECTION RESULTS");
-    	IInvertedIndexResultCursor resultCursor = searcher.getResultCursor();
-    	while(resultCursor.hasNext()) {
-    		resultCursor.next();
-    		resultAccessor.reset(resultCursor.getBuffer());
-    		for(int i = 0; i < resultAccessor.getTupleCount(); i++) {
-				resultTuple.reset(resultAccessor, i);
-				for(int j = 0; j < resultTuple.getFieldCount(); j++) {
-					ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(resultTuple.getFieldData(j), resultTuple.getFieldStart(j), resultTuple.getFieldLength(j));
-					DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-					Object o = resultSerde[j].deserialize(dataIn);		
-					System.out.print(o + " ");
-				}
-				System.out.println();
-			}
-    	}
-    	    	    	
-		/*
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-        searchCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-		
-    	// ordered scan        
-        IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null);
-        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
-        
-        try {
-            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-                scanCursor.next();
-                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();                
-                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, btreeSerde);
-                System.out.println(rec);
+        int maxId = 10000;
+        int addProb = 0;
+        int addProbStep = 2;
+
+        BTreeOpContext opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+
+            addProb += addProbStep;
+            for (int j = 0; j < maxId; j++) {
+                if ((Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % addProb) == 0) {
+                    tb.reset();
+                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(tokens.get(i), dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(j, dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+                    appender.reset(frame, true);
+                    appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+                    tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+                    try {
+                        btree.insert(tuple, opCtx);
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
             }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            scanCursor.close();
         }
-        */
-                        
-    	btree.close();
+
+        int numPages = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
+        System.out.println("NUMPAGES: " + numPages);
+
+        // build query as tuple reference
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] querySerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor queryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(querySerde);
+
+        FrameTupleAppender queryAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx);
+        ArrayTupleBuilder queryTb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(querySerde.length);
+        DataOutput queryDos = queryTb.getDataOutput();
+
+        IFrameTupleAccessor queryAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, queryRecDesc);
+        queryAccessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference queryTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        String query = "computer hyracks fast";
+        char queryDelimiter = ' ';
+        IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(queryDelimiter);
+
+        queryTb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(query, queryDos);
+        queryTb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+        queryAppender.reset(frame, true);
+        queryAppender.append(queryTb.getFieldEndOffsets(), queryTb.getByteArray(), 0, queryTb.getSize());
+        queryTuple.reset(queryAccessor, 0);
+
+        int numKeyFields = 1;
+        int numValueFields = 1;
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] resultSerde = new ISerializerDeserializer[numValueFields];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
+            resultSerde[i] = btreeSerde[numKeyFields + i];
+        }
+        RecordDescriptor resultRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(resultSerde);
+        FrameTupleAccessor resultAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx, resultRecDesc);
+        FrameTupleReference resultTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        SimpleConjunctiveSearcher searcher = new SimpleConjunctiveSearcher(ctx, btree, btreeRecDesc, queryTokenizer,
+                numKeyFields, numValueFields);
+
+        long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        searcher.search(queryTuple, 0);
+        long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        System.out.println("SEARCH TIME: " + (timeEnd - timeStart) + "ms");
+
+        // System.out.println("INTERSECTION RESULTS");
+        IInvertedIndexResultCursor resultCursor = searcher.getResultCursor();
+        while (resultCursor.hasNext()) {
+            resultCursor.next();
+            resultAccessor.reset(resultCursor.getBuffer());
+            for (int i = 0; i < resultAccessor.getTupleCount(); i++) {
+                resultTuple.reset(resultAccessor, i);
+                for (int j = 0; j < resultTuple.getFieldCount(); j++) {
+                    ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(resultTuple.getFieldData(j), resultTuple
+                            .getFieldStart(j), resultTuple.getFieldLength(j));
+                    DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                    Object o = resultSerde[j].deserialize(dataIn);
+                    System.out.print(o + " ");
+                }
+                System.out.println();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+         * searchCmps[0] =
+         * UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+         * MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits,
+         * searchCmps);
+         * 
+         * // ordered scan IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new
+         * RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame); RangePredicate nullPred = new
+         * RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null); BTreeOpContext
+         * searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame,
+         * interiorFrame, metaFrame); btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred,
+         * searchOpCtx);
+         * 
+         * try { while (scanCursor.hasNext()) { scanCursor.next();
+         * ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple(); String rec =
+         * cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, btreeSerde); System.out.println(rec); } }
+         * catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally {
+         * scanCursor.close(); }
+         */
+
+        btree.close();
         bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
         bufferCache.close();
-	}		
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java
index 1c1f1f9..47c75cf 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -18,156 +33,162 @@
 
 public class TokenizerTest {
 
-	// testing DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
-	@Test	
-	public void test01() throws Exception { 
-		Random rnd = new Random(50);
-		
-		int numDocs = 100;
-		int maxWords = 1000;
-		int maxWordLength = 50;
-		char delimiter = ' ';
-				
-		DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tok = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(delimiter);
-		
-		// create a bunch of documents
-		for(int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
-			
-			// create a single document with a bunch of words
-			int words = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWords) + 1;
-			StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-			for(int j = 0; j < words; j++) {
-				int len = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWordLength) + 1;
-				String s = randomString(len, rnd);
-				strBuilder.append(s);
-				if(j < words-1) strBuilder.append(delimiter);				
-			}
-			
-			String doc = strBuilder.toString();			
-			
-			// serialize document into baaos
-			ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-			DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);			
-			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(doc, dos);
-			byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
-			
-			// use binary tokenizer and compare with Java tokenizer
-			String[] cmpTokens = doc.split(new String(new char[] { delimiter }));
-			int cmpCounter = 0;
-			
-			tok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
-			while(tok.hasNext()) {
-				tok.next();
-				
-				// write token to outputstream
-				ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-				DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);			
-				tok.writeToken(dosWrite);
+    // testing DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
+        Random rnd = new Random(50);
 
-				// deserialize token to get string object
-				ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
-				DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-				String s = UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
-				
-				Assert.assertEquals(s, cmpTokens[cmpCounter++]);
-			}			
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	// testing HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
-	@Test
-	public void test02() throws Exception {
-		Random rnd = new Random(50);
-		
-		int numStrings = 1000;
-		int maxStrLen = 100;
-		int minQ = 2;
-		int maxQ = 10;
-		
-		// we test the correctness of HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer as follows:
-		// 1.1. tokenize the string into q-gram strings
-		// 1.2. serialize q-gram strings into bytes
-		// 1.3. compute hashed gram with UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-		// 2.1. serialize string into bytes
-		// 2.2. tokenize serialized string into hashed q-grams
-		// 2.3. test whether hashed grams from 1.3. and 2.3. are equal
-		for(int i = 0; i < numStrings; i++) {
-			int q = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxQ - minQ)) + minQ;
-			int strLen = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxStrLen - q)) + q; 
-			String str = randomString(strLen, rnd);
-			
-			// randomly choose pre and postfixing
-			boolean prePost = false;
-			if(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % 2 == 0) prePost = true;
-			
-			HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer qgramTok = new HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(q, prePost);
-			
-			String extendedString = str;
-			if(prePost) {
-				// pre and postfix string
-				StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-				for(int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++) strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPreChar());
-				strBuilder.append(str);
-				for(int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++) strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPostChar());				
-				extendedString = strBuilder.toString();
-			}
-			
-			// generate q-grams in deserialized form
-			ArrayList<String> javaGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
-			for(int j = 0; j < extendedString.length() - q + 1; j++) {
-				javaGrams.add(extendedString.substring(j, j + q));
-			}
-			
-			// serialize string for use in binary gram tokenizer
-			ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-			DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);			
-			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(str, dos);
-			byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
-						
-			qgramTok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
-			
-			int counter = 0;
-			while(qgramTok.hasNext()) {
-				qgramTok.next();
-				
-				// write token to outputstream
-				ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-				DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);			
-				qgramTok.writeToken(dosWrite);
+        int numDocs = 100;
+        int maxWords = 1000;
+        int maxWordLength = 50;
+        char delimiter = ' ';
 
-				// deserialize token to get hashed gram
-				ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
-				DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-				Integer binHashedGram = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
-				
-				// create hashed gram to test against
-				ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosCmp = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-				DataOutputStream dosCmp = new DataOutputStream(baaosCmp);			
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(javaGrams.get(counter), dosCmp);				
-				
-				IBinaryHashFunction strHasher = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryHashFunction();
-				byte[] cmpData = baaosCmp.toByteArray();
-				int cmpHash = strHasher.hash(cmpData, 0, cmpData.length);
-								
-				Assert.assertEquals(binHashedGram.intValue(), cmpHash);
-				
-				counter++;
-			}			
-		}		
-	}
-	
-	public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
+        DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tok = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(delimiter);
+
+        // create a bunch of documents
+        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+
+            // create a single document with a bunch of words
+            int words = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWords) + 1;
+            StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+            for (int j = 0; j < words; j++) {
+                int len = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWordLength) + 1;
+                String s = randomString(len, rnd);
+                strBuilder.append(s);
+                if (j < words - 1)
+                    strBuilder.append(delimiter);
+            }
+
+            String doc = strBuilder.toString();
+
+            // serialize document into baaos
+            ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(doc, dos);
+            byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
+
+            // use binary tokenizer and compare with Java tokenizer
+            String[] cmpTokens = doc.split(new String(new char[] { delimiter }));
+            int cmpCounter = 0;
+
+            tok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
+            while (tok.hasNext()) {
+                tok.next();
+
+                // write token to outputstream
+                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+                DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);
+                tok.writeToken(dosWrite);
+
+                // deserialize token to get string object
+                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
+                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                String s = UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
+
+                Assert.assertEquals(s, cmpTokens[cmpCounter++]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // testing HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
+    @Test
+    public void test02() throws Exception {
+        Random rnd = new Random(50);
+
+        int numStrings = 1000;
+        int maxStrLen = 100;
+        int minQ = 2;
+        int maxQ = 10;
+
+        // we test the correctness of HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer as
+        // follows:
+        // 1.1. tokenize the string into q-gram strings
+        // 1.2. serialize q-gram strings into bytes
+        // 1.3. compute hashed gram with UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory
+        // 2.1. serialize string into bytes
+        // 2.2. tokenize serialized string into hashed q-grams
+        // 2.3. test whether hashed grams from 1.3. and 2.3. are equal
+        for (int i = 0; i < numStrings; i++) {
+            int q = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxQ - minQ)) + minQ;
+            int strLen = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxStrLen - q)) + q;
+            String str = randomString(strLen, rnd);
+
+            // randomly choose pre and postfixing
+            boolean prePost = false;
+            if (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % 2 == 0)
+                prePost = true;
+
+            HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer qgramTok = new HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(q, prePost);
+
+            String extendedString = str;
+            if (prePost) {
+                // pre and postfix string
+                StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+                for (int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++)
+                    strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPreChar());
+                strBuilder.append(str);
+                for (int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++)
+                    strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPostChar());
+                extendedString = strBuilder.toString();
+            }
+
+            // generate q-grams in deserialized form
+            ArrayList<String> javaGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
+            for (int j = 0; j < extendedString.length() - q + 1; j++) {
+                javaGrams.add(extendedString.substring(j, j + q));
+            }
+
+            // serialize string for use in binary gram tokenizer
+            ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(str, dos);
+            byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
+
+            qgramTok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
+
+            int counter = 0;
+            while (qgramTok.hasNext()) {
+                qgramTok.next();
+
+                // write token to outputstream
+                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+                DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);
+                qgramTok.writeToken(dosWrite);
+
+                // deserialize token to get hashed gram
+                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
+                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                Integer binHashedGram = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
+
+                // create hashed gram to test against
+                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosCmp = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+                DataOutputStream dosCmp = new DataOutputStream(baaosCmp);
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(javaGrams.get(counter), dosCmp);
+
+                IBinaryHashFunction strHasher = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryHashFunction();
+                byte[] cmpData = baaosCmp.toByteArray();
+                int cmpHash = strHasher.hash(cmpData, 0, cmpData.length);
+
+                Assert.assertEquals(binHashedGram.intValue(), cmpHash);
+
+                counter++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
         int maxAttempts = 1000;
         int count = 0;
-        while(count < maxAttempts) {		
-        	String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
-        	StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-        	for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
-        		strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
-        	}        	
-        	if(strBuilder.length() > 0) return strBuilder.toString();        	
-        	count++; 
-        }        
+        while (count < maxAttempts) {
+            String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
+            StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+            for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
+                strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
+            }
+            if (strBuilder.length() > 0)
+                return strBuilder.toString();
+            count++;
+        }
         return "abc";
     }
 }