diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/PhysicalOperatorTag.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/PhysicalOperatorTag.java
index 95b320f..a969372 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/PhysicalOperatorTag.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/base/PhysicalOperatorTag.java
@@ -42,5 +42,7 @@
     WRITE_RESULT,
     INSERT_DELETE,
     INDEX_INSERT_DELETE,
-    UPDATE
+	UPDATE,
+    INVERTED_INDEX_SEARCH,
+    PARTITIONINGSPLIT
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
index 6def2b0..d86bf0f 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/metadata/IMetadataProvider.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
      */
     public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getScannerRuntime(IDataSource<S> dataSource,
             List<LogicalVariable> scanVariables, List<LogicalVariable> projectVariables, boolean projectPushed,
-            JobGenContext context, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws AlgebricksException;
+            IOperatorSchema opSchema, IVariableTypeEnvironment typeEnv, JobGenContext context, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws AlgebricksException;
 
     public boolean scannerOperatorIsLeaf(IDataSource<S> dataSource);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/PartitioningSplitOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/PartitioningSplitOperator.java
index 37de0f9..6fe6bed 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/PartitioningSplitOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/PartitioningSplitOperator.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 
@@ -27,25 +28,48 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.typing.ITypingContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.visitors.ILogicalExpressionReferenceTransform;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.visitors.ILogicalOperatorVisitor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.std.PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor;
 
+/**
+ * Partitions it's input based on a given list of expressions.
+ * Each expression is assumed to return true/false,
+ * and there is exactly one output branch per expression (optionally, plus one default branch).
+ * For each input tuple, the expressions are evaluated one-by-one,
+ * and the tuple is written to first output branch whose corresponding
+ * expression evaluates to true.
+ * If all expressions evaluate to false, then
+ * the tuple is written to the default output branch, if any was given.
+ * If no output branch was given, then such tuples are simply dropped.
+ * Given N expressions there may be N or N+1 output branches because the default output branch may be separate from the regular output branches.
+ */
 public class PartitioningSplitOperator extends AbstractLogicalOperator {
 
-    private Mutable<ILogicalExpression>[] expressions;
-    private boolean hasDefault;
+    private final List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> expressions;
+    private final int defaultBranchIndex;
 
-    public PartitioningSplitOperator(Mutable<ILogicalExpression>[] exprList, boolean defaultBranchDefined) {
-        expressions = exprList;
-        hasDefault = defaultBranchDefined;
+    public PartitioningSplitOperator(List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> expressions, int defaultBranchIndex) throws AlgebricksException {
+        this.expressions = expressions;
+        this.defaultBranchIndex = defaultBranchIndex;
+        // Check that the default output branch index is in [0, N], where N is the number of expressions.
+        if (defaultBranchIndex != PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.NO_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+                && defaultBranchIndex > expressions.size()) {
+            throw new AlgebricksException("Default branch index out of bounds. Number of exprs given: "
+                    + expressions.size() + ". The maximum default branch index may therefore be: " + expressions.size());
+        }
     }
 
-    public Mutable<ILogicalExpression>[] getExpressions() {
+    public List<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> getExpressions() {
         return expressions;
     }
 
-    public boolean hasDefault() {
-        return hasDefault;
+    public int getDefaultBranchIndex() {
+        return defaultBranchIndex;
     }
-
+    
+    public int getNumOutputBranches() {
+        return (defaultBranchIndex == expressions.size()) ? expressions.size() + 1 : expressions.size();
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public LogicalOperatorTag getOperatorTag() {
         return LogicalOperatorTag.PARTITIONINGSPLIT;
@@ -65,8 +89,8 @@
     @Override
     public boolean acceptExpressionTransform(ILogicalExpressionReferenceTransform visitor) throws AlgebricksException {
         boolean b = false;
-        for (int i = 0; i < expressions.length; i++) {
-            if (visitor.transform(expressions[i])) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < expressions.size(); i++) {
+            if (visitor.transform(expressions.get(i))) {
                 b = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/UnnestMapOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/UnnestMapOperator.java
index 0d20f22..b9a137f 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/UnnestMapOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/UnnestMapOperator.java
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@
 public class UnnestMapOperator extends AbstractUnnestOperator {
 
     private final List<Object> variableTypes; // TODO: get rid of this and
-
+    private final boolean propagateInput;
+    
     // deprecate UnnestMap
 
     public UnnestMapOperator(List<LogicalVariable> variables, Mutable<ILogicalExpression> expression,
-            List<Object> variableTypes) {
+            List<Object> variableTypes, boolean propagateInput) {
         super(variables, expression);
         this.variableTypes = variableTypes;
+        this.propagateInput = propagateInput;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -61,10 +63,12 @@
     @Override
     public VariablePropagationPolicy getVariablePropagationPolicy() {
         return new VariablePropagationPolicy() {
-
             @Override
             public void propagateVariables(IOperatorSchema target, IOperatorSchema... sources)
                     throws AlgebricksException {
+                if (propagateInput) {
+                    target.addAllVariables(sources[0]);
+                }
                 for (LogicalVariable v : variables) {
                     target.addVariable(v);
                 }
@@ -78,13 +82,28 @@
 
     @Override
     public IVariableTypeEnvironment computeOutputTypeEnvironment(ITypingContext ctx) throws AlgebricksException {
-        IVariableTypeEnvironment env = new NonPropagatingTypeEnvironment(ctx.getExpressionTypeComputer(),
-                ctx.getMetadataProvider());
+        IVariableTypeEnvironment env = null;
+        if (propagateInput) {
+            env = createPropagatingAllInputsTypeEnvironment(ctx);
+        } else {
+            env = new NonPropagatingTypeEnvironment(ctx.getExpressionTypeComputer(), ctx.getMetadataProvider());
+        }
         int n = variables.size();
         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
             env.setVarType(variables.get(i), variableTypes.get(i));
         }
         return env;
     }
+    
+    public boolean propagatesInput() {
+        return propagateInput;
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMap() {
+        return !propagateInput;
+    }
+    */
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/IsomorphismOperatorVisitor.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/IsomorphismOperatorVisitor.java
index d845bf7..31061db 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/IsomorphismOperatorVisitor.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/logical/visitors/IsomorphismOperatorVisitor.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.visitors;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -268,8 +267,7 @@
         if (aop.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.PARTITIONINGSPLIT)
             return Boolean.FALSE;
         PartitioningSplitOperator partitionOpArg = (PartitioningSplitOperator) copyAndSubstituteVar(op, arg);
-        boolean isomorphic = compareExpressions(Arrays.asList(op.getExpressions()),
-                Arrays.asList(partitionOpArg.getExpressions()));
+        boolean isomorphic = compareExpressions(op.getExpressions(), partitionOpArg.getExpressions());
         return isomorphic;
     }
 
@@ -686,8 +684,8 @@
         public ILogicalOperator visitPartitioningSplitOperator(PartitioningSplitOperator op, Void arg)
                 throws AlgebricksException {
             ArrayList<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>> newExpressions = new ArrayList<Mutable<ILogicalExpression>>();
-            deepCopyExpressionRefs(newExpressions, Arrays.asList(op.getExpressions()));
-            return new PartitioningSplitOperator(newExpressions.toArray(new Mutable[0]), op.hasDefault());
+            deepCopyExpressionRefs(newExpressions, op.getExpressions());
+            return new PartitioningSplitOperator(newExpressions, op.getDefaultBranchIndex());
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -734,7 +732,7 @@
             ArrayList<LogicalVariable> newInputList = new ArrayList<LogicalVariable>();
             newInputList.addAll(op.getVariables());
             return new UnnestMapOperator(newInputList, deepCopyExpressionRef(op.getExpressionRef()),
-                    new ArrayList<Object>(op.getVariableTypes()));
+                    new ArrayList<Object>(op.getVariableTypes()), op.propagatesInput());
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AggregatePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AggregatePOperator.java
index 0160449..1397a56 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AggregatePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AggregatePOperator.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         AggregateRuntimeFactory runtime = new AggregateRuntimeFactory(aggFactories);
 
         // contribute one Asterix framewriter
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(aggOp, runtime, recDesc);
         // and contribute one edge from its child
         ILogicalOperator src = aggOp.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AssignPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AssignPOperator.java
index 74402ec..f5bd9d9 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AssignPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/AssignPOperator.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         AssignRuntimeFactory runtime = new AssignRuntimeFactory(outColumns, evalFactories, projectionList);
 
         // contribute one Asterix framewriter
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(assign, runtime, recDesc);
         // and contribute one edge from its child
         ILogicalOperator src = assign.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DataSourceScanPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DataSourceScanPOperator.java
index 4617ff4..a2dac3f 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DataSourceScanPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/DataSourceScanPOperator.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.PhysicalOperatorTag;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IVariableTypeEnvironment;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IDataSource;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IDataSourcePropertiesProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.metadata.IMetadataProvider;
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@
             throws AlgebricksException {
         DataSourceScanOperator scan = (DataSourceScanOperator) op;
         IMetadataProvider mp = context.getMetadataProvider();
-
+        IVariableTypeEnvironment typeEnv = context.getTypeEnvironment(op);
         List<LogicalVariable> vars = scan.getVariables();
         List<LogicalVariable> projectVars = scan.getProjectVariables();
         Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> p = mp.getScannerRuntime(dataSource, vars,
-                projectVars, scan.isProjectPushed(), context, builder.getJobSpec());
+                projectVars, scan.isProjectPushed(), opSchema, typeEnv, context, builder.getJobSpec());
         builder.contributeHyracksOperator(scan, p.first);
         if (p.second != null) {
             builder.contributeAlgebricksPartitionConstraint(p.first, p.second);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ExternalGroupByPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ExternalGroupByPOperator.java
index 34913da..55add37 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ExternalGroupByPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ExternalGroupByPOperator.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = JobGenHelper.variablesToAscBinaryComparatorFactories(gbyCols,
                 aggOpInputEnv, context);
-        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories = JobGenHelper.variablesToBinaryHashFunctionFactories(
                 gbyCols, aggOpInputEnv, context);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
index 934d6c8..c737cc4 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/HybridHashJoinPOperator.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
             Object t = env.getVarType(v);
             comparatorFactories[i++] = bcfp.getBinaryComparatorFactory(t, true);
         }
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
         IOperatorDescriptor opDesc = null;
         try {
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryHashJoinPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryHashJoinPOperator.java
index d6c6b85..563fcc5 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryHashJoinPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryHashJoinPOperator.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
             Object t = env.getVarType(v);
             comparatorFactories[i++] = bcfp.getBinaryComparatorFactory(t, true);
         }
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
         IOperatorDescriptor opDesc = null;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryStableSortPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryStableSortPOperator.java
index 4ef5aad..ec2862e 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryStableSortPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InMemoryStableSortPOperator.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     public void contributeRuntimeOperator(IHyracksJobBuilder builder, JobGenContext context, ILogicalOperator op,
             IOperatorSchema opSchema, IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, IOperatorSchema outerPlanSchema)
             throws AlgebricksException {
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         int n = sortColumns.length;
         int[] sortFields = new int[n];
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comps = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[n];
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/IndexInsertDeletePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/IndexInsertDeletePOperator.java
index 9546d47..e000b85 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/IndexInsertDeletePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/IndexInsertDeletePOperator.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         IMetadataProvider mp = context.getMetadataProvider();
 
         JobSpecification spec = builder.getJobSpec();
-        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue(), inputSchemas[0],
+        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()), inputSchemas[0],
                 context);
 
         Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> runtimeAndConstraints = null;
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InsertDeletePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InsertDeletePOperator.java
index edc85a9..477d257 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InsertDeletePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/InsertDeletePOperator.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         InsertDeleteOperator insertDeleteOp = (InsertDeleteOperator) op;
         IMetadataProvider mp = context.getMetadataProvider();
         JobSpecification spec = builder.getJobSpec();
-        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue(), inputSchemas[0],
+        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()), inputSchemas[0],
                 context);
 
         Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> runtimeAndConstraints = null;
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/MicroPreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/MicroPreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
index 9d6eccf..c159ffd 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/MicroPreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/MicroPreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = JobGenHelper.variablesToAscBinaryComparatorFactories(
                 columnList, env, context);
-        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
-        RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue(),
+        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()),
                 inputSchemas[0], context);
         MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory runtime = new MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory(keys,
                 comparatorFactories, aggregatorFactory, inputRecordDesc, recordDescriptor, null);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NLJoinPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NLJoinPOperator.java
index aa8e560..bcd31a6 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NLJoinPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NLJoinPOperator.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
             IOperatorSchema propagatedSchema, IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, IOperatorSchema outerPlanSchema)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         AbstractBinaryJoinOperator join = (AbstractBinaryJoinOperator) op;
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         IOperatorSchema[] conditionInputSchemas = new IOperatorSchema[1];
         conditionInputSchemas[0] = propagatedSchema;
         IExpressionRuntimeProvider expressionRuntimeProvider = context.getExpressionRuntimeProvider();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NestedTupleSourcePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NestedTupleSourcePOperator.java
index c069816..47a3dd2 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NestedTupleSourcePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/NestedTupleSourcePOperator.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             throws AlgebricksException {
         propagatedSchema.addAllVariables(outerPlanSchema);
         NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory runtime = new NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory();
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(op, runtime, recDesc);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreSortedDistinctByPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreSortedDistinctByPOperator.java
index dbf4287..29af97c 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreSortedDistinctByPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreSortedDistinctByPOperator.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         IAggregatorDescriptorFactory aggregatorFactory = new SimpleAlgebricksAccumulatingAggregatorFactory(
                 aggFactories, keys, fdColumns);
 
-        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor opDesc = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keys,
                 comparatorFactories, aggregatorFactory, recordDescriptor);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
index 2d4537f..0849c7d 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/PreclusteredGroupByPOperator.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = JobGenHelper.variablesToAscBinaryComparatorFactories(
                 columnList, context.getTypeEnvironment(op), context);
-        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
 
         PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor opDesc = new PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keys,
                 comparatorFactories, aggregatorFactory, recordDescriptor);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ReplicatePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ReplicatePOperator.java
index f076c58..060e8d7 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ReplicatePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/ReplicatePOperator.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             IOperatorSchema propagatedSchema, IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, IOperatorSchema outerPlanSchema)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
 
         ReplicateOperator rop = (ReplicateOperator) op;
         int outputArity = rop.getOutputArity();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/RunningAggregatePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/RunningAggregatePOperator.java
index f84c134..b37c0ea 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/RunningAggregatePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/RunningAggregatePOperator.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                 projectionList);
 
         // contribute one Asterix framewriter
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(ragg, runtime, recDesc);
         // and contribute one edge from its child
         ILogicalOperator src = ragg.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkPOperator.java
index 92452f6..ccb61a2 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkPOperator.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     public void contributeRuntimeOperator(IHyracksJobBuilder builder, JobGenContext context, ILogicalOperator op,
             IOperatorSchema propagatedSchema, IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, IOperatorSchema outerPlanSchema)
             throws AlgebricksException {
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         SinkRuntimeFactory runtime = new SinkRuntimeFactory();
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(op, runtime, recDesc);
         ILogicalOperator src = op.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
index a556699..e89b8e0 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SinkWritePOperator.java
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
             LogicalVariable v = varRef.getVariableReference();
             columns[i++] = inputSchemas[0].findVariable(v);
         }
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
-        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue(), inputSchemas[0],
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor inputDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()), inputSchemas[0],
                 context);
 
         IPrinterFactory[] pf = JobGenHelper.mkPrinterFactories(inputSchemas[0], context.getTypeEnvironment(op),
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StableSortPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StableSortPOperator.java
index 9ae44c7..df15f29 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StableSortPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StableSortPOperator.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             IOperatorSchema opSchema, IOperatorSchema[] inputSchemas, IOperatorSchema outerPlanSchema)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
-        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         int n = sortColumns.length;
         int[] sortFields = new int[n];
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comps = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[n];
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamDiePOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamDiePOperator.java
index c0e4b69..73b9b79 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamDiePOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamDiePOperator.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         IVariableTypeEnvironment env = context.getTypeEnvironment(op);
         IScalarEvaluatorFactory afterObjectsFact = expressionRuntimeProvider.createEvaluatorFactory(die
                 .getAfterObjects().getValue(), env, inputSchemas, context);
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         StreamDieRuntimeFactory runtime = new StreamDieRuntimeFactory(afterObjectsFact, null,
                 context.getBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory());
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(die, runtime, recDesc);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamLimitPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamLimitPOperator.java
index 34127aa..11e24d7 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamLimitPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamLimitPOperator.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         ILogicalExpression offsetExpr = limit.getOffset().getValue();
         IScalarEvaluatorFactory offsetFact = (offsetExpr == null) ? null : expressionRuntimeProvider
                 .createEvaluatorFactory(offsetExpr, env, inputSchemas, context);
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         StreamLimitRuntimeFactory runtime = new StreamLimitRuntimeFactory(maxObjectsFact, offsetFact, null,
                 context.getBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory());
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(limit, runtime, recDesc);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamProjectPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamProjectPOperator.java
index f454b8f..54c0505 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamProjectPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamProjectPOperator.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             projectionList[i++] = pos;
         }
         StreamProjectRuntimeFactory runtime = new StreamProjectRuntimeFactory(projectionList);
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(project, runtime, recDesc);
         ILogicalOperator src = project.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
         builder.contributeGraphEdge(src, 0, project, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamSelectPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamSelectPOperator.java
index 891f72a..4352d1f 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamSelectPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StreamSelectPOperator.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         StreamSelectRuntimeFactory runtime = new StreamSelectRuntimeFactory(cond, null,
                 context.getBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory());
         // contribute one Asterix framewriter
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(select, runtime, recDesc);
         // and contribute one edge from its child
         ILogicalOperator src = select.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StringStreamingScriptPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StringStreamingScriptPOperator.java
index b251c7d..52f8e0b 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StringStreamingScriptPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/StringStreamingScriptPOperator.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         StringStreamingScriptDescription sssd = (StringStreamingScriptDescription) scriptDesc;
         StringStreamingRuntimeFactory runtime = new StringStreamingRuntimeFactory(sssd.getCommand(),
                 sssd.getPrinterFactories(), sssd.getFieldDelimiter(), sssd.getParserFactory());
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, propagatedSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), propagatedSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(scriptOp, runtime, recDesc);
         // and contribute one edge from its child
         ILogicalOperator src = scriptOp.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SubplanPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SubplanPOperator.java
index df84641..933acce 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SubplanPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/SubplanPOperator.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         AlgebricksPipeline[] subplans = compileSubplans(inputSchemas[0], subplan, opSchema, context);
         assert (subplans.length == 1);
         AlgebricksPipeline np = subplans[0];
-        RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue(),
+        RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()),
                 inputSchemas[0], context);
         INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories = new INullWriterFactory[np.getOutputWidth()];
         for (int i = 0; i < nullWriterFactories.length; i++) {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         }
         SubplanRuntimeFactory runtime = new SubplanRuntimeFactory(np, nullWriterFactories, inputRecordDesc, null);
 
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(subplan, runtime, recDesc);
 
         ILogicalOperator src = op.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnionAllPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnionAllPOperator.java
index 5322ed3..d3f7851 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnionAllPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnionAllPOperator.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         }
 
         IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec = builder.getJobSpec();
-        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
 
         // at algebricks level, union all only accepts two inputs, although at
         // hyracks
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnnestPOperator.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnnestPOperator.java
index 750b570..38ebec1 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnnestPOperator.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/algebra/operators/physical/UnnestPOperator.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                 context.getTypeEnvironment(op.getInputs().get(0).getValue()), inputSchemas, context);
         int[] projectionList = JobGenHelper.projectAllVariables(opSchema);
         UnnestRuntimeFactory unnestRuntime = new UnnestRuntimeFactory(outCol, unnestingFactory, projectionList);
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(op, opSchema, context);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = JobGenHelper.mkRecordDescriptor(context.getTypeEnvironment(op), opSchema, context);
         builder.contributeMicroOperator(unnest, unnestRuntime, recDesc);
         ILogicalOperator src = unnest.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
         builder.contributeGraphEdge(src, 0, unnest, 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
index 63e6e63..790fb93 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/jobgen/impl/JobGenHelper.java
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.jobgen.impl;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalOperator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.IVariableTypeEnvironment;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.IOperatorSchema;
@@ -40,25 +40,26 @@
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(JobGenHelper.class.getName());
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static RecordDescriptor mkRecordDescriptor(ILogicalOperator op, IOperatorSchema opSchema,
-            JobGenContext context) throws AlgebricksException {
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] fields = new ISerializerDeserializer[opSchema.getSize()];
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    public static RecordDescriptor mkRecordDescriptor(IVariableTypeEnvironment env, IOperatorSchema opSchema,
+            JobGenContext context) throws AlgebricksException {        
+		ISerializerDeserializer[] fields = new ISerializerDeserializer[opSchema.getSize()];
+        ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = new ITypeTraits[opSchema.getSize()];
         ISerializerDeserializerProvider sdp = context.getSerializerDeserializerProvider();
+        ITypeTraitProvider ttp = context.getTypeTraitProvider();
         int i = 0;
-        IVariableTypeEnvironment env = context.getTypeEnvironment(op);
         for (LogicalVariable var : opSchema) {
             Object t = env.getVarType(var);
             if (t == null) {
                 LOGGER.warning("No type for variable " + var);
-                // throw new AlgebricksException("No type for variable " + var);
             }
             fields[i] = sdp.getSerializerDeserializer(t);
+            typeTraits[i] = ttp.getTypeTrait(t);
             i++;
         }
-        return new RecordDescriptor(fields);
+        return new RecordDescriptor(fields, typeTraits);
     }
-
+    
     public static IPrinterFactory[] mkPrinterFactories(IOperatorSchema opSchema, IVariableTypeEnvironment env,
             JobGenContext context, int[] printColumns) throws AlgebricksException {
         IPrinterFactory[] pf = new IPrinterFactory[printColumns.length];
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
         }
         return funFactories;
     }
-
+    
     public static IBinaryComparatorFactory[] variablesToAscBinaryComparatorFactories(
             Collection<LogicalVariable> varLogical, IVariableTypeEnvironment env, JobGenContext context)
             throws AlgebricksException {
@@ -106,6 +107,18 @@
         }
         return compFactories;
     }
+    
+    public static IBinaryComparatorFactory[] variablesToAscBinaryComparatorFactories(
+            List<LogicalVariable> varLogical, int start, int size, IVariableTypeEnvironment env, JobGenContext context)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        IBinaryComparatorFactory[] compFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[size];
+        IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider bcfProvider = context.getBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider();
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                Object type = env.getVarType(varLogical.get(start + i));
+                compFactories[i] = bcfProvider.getBinaryComparatorFactory(type, true);
+        }
+        return compFactories;
+    }
 
     public static INormalizedKeyComputerFactory variablesToAscNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(
             Collection<LogicalVariable> varLogical, IVariableTypeEnvironment env, JobGenContext context)
@@ -131,6 +144,18 @@
         }
         return typeTraits;
     }
+    
+    public static ITypeTraits[] variablesToTypeTraits(
+            List<LogicalVariable> varLogical, int start, int size, IVariableTypeEnvironment env, JobGenContext context)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = new ITypeTraits[size];
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = context.getTypeTraitProvider();
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+                Object type = env.getVarType(varLogical.get(start + i));
+                typeTraits[i] = typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(type);
+        }
+        return typeTraits;
+    }
 
     public static int[] projectAllVariables(IOperatorSchema opSchema) {
         int[] projectionList = new int[opSchema.getSize()];
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletCompiler.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletCompiler.java
index bcc31fb..d105759 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletCompiler.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/compiler/PigletCompiler.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.AbstractRuleController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.ISerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.ITypeTraitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.ast.ASTNode;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.ast.AssignmentNode;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.ast.DumpNode;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.types.Schema;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.examples.piglet.types.Type;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 
 public class PigletCompiler {
@@ -124,6 +126,11 @@
                 return null;
             }
         });
+        builder.setTypeTraitProvider(new ITypeTraitProvider() {
+			public ITypeTraits getTypeTrait(Object type) {
+				return null;
+			}
+        });
         builder.setPrinterProvider(PigletPrinterFactoryProvider.INSTANCE);
         builder.setExpressionRuntimeProvider(new LogicalExpressionJobGenToExpressionRuntimeProviderAdapter(
                 new PigletExpressionJobGen()));
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
index 7a4d71c..d678803 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/examples/piglet/metadata/PigletMetadataProvider.java
@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override
-    public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getScannerRuntime(IDataSource<String> dataSource,
-            List<LogicalVariable> scanVariables, List<LogicalVariable> projectVariables, boolean projectPushed,
-            JobGenContext context, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws AlgebricksException {
+	public Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, AlgebricksPartitionConstraint> getScannerRuntime(
+			IDataSource<String> dataSource,
+			List<LogicalVariable> scanVariables,
+			List<LogicalVariable> projectVariables, boolean projectPushed,
+			IOperatorSchema opSchema, IVariableTypeEnvironment typeEnv,
+			JobGenContext context, JobSpecification jobSpec)
+			throws AlgebricksException {
         PigletFileDataSource ds = (PigletFileDataSource) dataSource;
 
         FileSplit[] fileSplits = ds.getFileSplits();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateAssignsRule.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateAssignsRule.java
index 042c0aa..e0220cc 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateAssignsRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateAssignsRule.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
         if (op2.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.ASSIGN) {
             return false;
         }
-
         AssignOperator assign2 = (AssignOperator) op2;
 
         HashSet<LogicalVariable> used1 = new HashSet<LogicalVariable>();
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateSelectsRule.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateSelectsRule.java
index 33ecd97..ff9d921 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateSelectsRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ConsolidateSelectsRule.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.rewriter.rules;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 
@@ -32,6 +30,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.operators.logical.SelectOperator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.core.rewriter.base.IAlgebraicRewriteRule;
 
+/**
+ * Matches the following operator pattern:
+ * (select) <-- ((assign)* <-- (select)*)+
+ * 
+ * Consolidates the selects to:
+ * (select) <-- (assign)*
+ *
+ */
 public class ConsolidateSelectsRule implements IAlgebraicRewriteRule {
 
     @Override
@@ -41,39 +47,63 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean rewritePre(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context) throws AlgebricksException {
-        AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
+    	AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
         if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.SELECT) {
             return false;
         }
-        SelectOperator select = (SelectOperator) op;
-
-        AbstractLogicalOperator op2 = (AbstractLogicalOperator) select.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
-        if (op2.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.SELECT) {
-            return false;
-        }
+        SelectOperator firstSelect = (SelectOperator) op;
 
         IFunctionInfo andFn = context.getMetadataProvider().lookupFunction(AlgebricksBuiltinFunctions.AND);
-        AbstractFunctionCallExpression conj = new ScalarFunctionCallExpression(andFn);
-        conj.getArguments().add(new MutableObject<ILogicalExpression>(select.getCondition().getValue()));
-        conj.getArguments().add(((SelectOperator) op2).getCondition());
-
-        Mutable<ILogicalOperator> botOpRef = select.getInputs().get(0);
-        boolean more = true;
-        while (more) {
-            botOpRef = botOpRef.getValue().getInputs().get(0);
-            AbstractLogicalOperator botOp = (AbstractLogicalOperator) botOpRef.getValue();
-            if (botOp.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.SELECT) {
-                conj.getArguments().add(((SelectOperator) botOp).getCondition());
-            } else {
-                more = false;
+        // New conjuncts for consolidated select.
+        AbstractFunctionCallExpression conj = null;        
+        AbstractLogicalOperator topMostOp = null;
+        AbstractLogicalOperator selectParent = null;
+        AbstractLogicalOperator nextSelect = firstSelect;
+		do {
+        	// Skip through assigns.
+            do {
+            	selectParent = nextSelect;
+            	nextSelect = (AbstractLogicalOperator) selectParent.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
+            } while (nextSelect.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.ASSIGN);
+            // Stop if the child op is not a select.
+            if (nextSelect.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.SELECT) {
+        		break;
+        	}
+            // Remember the top-most op that we are not removing.
+            topMostOp = selectParent;
+            
+            // Initialize the new conjuncts, if necessary.
+            if (conj == null) {
+            	conj = new ScalarFunctionCallExpression(andFn);
+            	// Add the first select's condition.
+            	conj.getArguments().add(new MutableObject<ILogicalExpression>(firstSelect.getCondition().getValue()));
             }
+            
+            // Consolidate all following selects.
+            do {
+                // Add the condition nextSelect to the new list of conjuncts.
+                conj.getArguments().add(((SelectOperator) nextSelect).getCondition());
+                selectParent = nextSelect;
+                nextSelect = (AbstractLogicalOperator) nextSelect.getInputs().get(0).getValue();
+            } while (nextSelect.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.SELECT);
+            
+            // Hook up the input of the top-most remaining op if necessary.
+            if (topMostOp.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.ASSIGN || topMostOp == firstSelect) {
+            	topMostOp.getInputs().set(0, selectParent.getInputs().get(0));
+            }
+            
+            // Prepare for next iteration.
+            nextSelect = selectParent;
+        } while (true);
+		
+		// Did we consolidate any selects?
+        if (conj == null) {
+        	return false;
         }
-        select.getCondition().setValue(conj);
-        List<Mutable<ILogicalOperator>> selInptList = select.getInputs();
-        selInptList.clear();
-        selInptList.add(botOpRef);
-        context.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(select);
+        
+        // Set the new conjuncts.
+        firstSelect.getCondition().setValue(conj);
+        context.computeAndSetTypeEnvironmentForOperator(firstSelect);
         return true;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PushProjectDownRule.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PushProjectDownRule.java
index 26d294b..f223844 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PushProjectDownRule.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/PushProjectDownRule.java
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
             if (op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.EMPTYTUPLESOURCE
                     || op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.NESTEDTUPLESOURCE
                     || op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.PROJECT
-                    || op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.REPLICATE) {
+                    || op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.REPLICATE
+                    || op2.getOperatorTag() == LogicalOperatorTag.UNIONALL) {
                 return new Pair<Boolean, Boolean>(false, false);
             }
             if (!op2.isMap()) {
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
index e978ade..5aaf196 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
                     RecordDescriptor pipelineOutputRecordDescriptor = outputArity > 0 ? AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.this.recordDescriptors[0]
                             : null;
                     RecordDescriptor pipelineInputRecordDescriptor = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
-                            AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.this.getOperatorId(), 0);
+                            AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.this.getActivityId(), 0);
                     PipelineAssembler pa = new PipelineAssembler(pipeline, inputArity, outputArity,
                             pipelineInputRecordDescriptor, pipelineOutputRecordDescriptor);
                     try {
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa05ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.std;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryBooleanInspector;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.ICopyEvaluatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.FrameUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryInputOperatorNodePushable;
+
+public class PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    public static int NO_DEFAULT_BRANCH = -1;
+    
+    private final ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] evalFactories;
+    private final IBinaryBooleanInspector boolInspector;
+    private final int defaultBranchIndex;
+    
+    public PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, ICopyEvaluatorFactory[] evalFactories,
+            IBinaryBooleanInspector boolInspector, int defaultBranchIndex, RecordDescriptor rDesc) {
+        super(spec, 1, (defaultBranchIndex == evalFactories.length) ? evalFactories.length + 1 : evalFactories.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < evalFactories.length; i++) {
+            recordDescriptors[i] = rDesc;
+        }
+        this.evalFactories = evalFactories;
+        this.boolInspector = boolInspector;
+        this.defaultBranchIndex = defaultBranchIndex;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
+            final IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new AbstractUnaryInputOperatorNodePushable() {
+            private final IFrameWriter[] writers = new IFrameWriter[outputArity];
+            private final ByteBuffer[] writeBuffers = new ByteBuffer[outputArity];
+            private final ICopyEvaluator[] evals = new ICopyEvaluator[outputArity];
+            private final ArrayBackedValueStorage evalBuf = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+            private final RecordDescriptor inOutRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
+            private final FrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), inOutRecDesc);
+            private final FrameTupleReference frameTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+            
+            private final FrameTupleAppender tupleAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+            private final ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(inOutRecDesc.getFieldCount());
+            private final DataOutput tupleDos = tupleBuilder.getDataOutput();
+            
+            @Override
+            public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+                // Flush (possibly not full) buffers that have data, and close writers.
+                for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
+                    tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[i], false);
+                    if (tupleAppender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
+                        FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffers[i], writers[i]);
+                    }
+                    writers[i].close();
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
+                for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
+                    writer.fail();
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
+                accessor.reset(buffer);
+                int tupleCount = accessor.getTupleCount();
+                for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; i++) {
+                    frameTuple.reset(accessor, i);
+                    boolean found = false;
+                    for (int j = 0; j < evals.length; j++) {
+                        try {
+                        	evalBuf.reset();
+                            evals[j].evaluate(frameTuple);
+                        } catch (AlgebricksException e) {
+                            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                        }
+                        found = boolInspector.getBooleanValue(evalBuf.getByteArray(), 0, 1);
+                        if (found) {
+                        	copyAndAppendTuple(j);
+                        	break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // Optionally write to default output branch.
+                    if (!found && defaultBranchIndex != NO_DEFAULT_BRANCH) {
+                    	copyAndAppendTuple(defaultBranchIndex);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            private void copyAndAppendTuple(int outputIndex) throws HyracksDataException {
+            	// Copy tuple into tuple builder.
+                try {
+                	tupleBuilder.reset();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                        tupleDos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i),
+                                frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
+                        tupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                }
+                // Append to frame.
+                tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[outputIndex], false);
+                if (!tupleAppender.append(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, tupleBuilder.getSize())) {
+                    FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffers[outputIndex], writers[outputIndex]);
+                    tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[outputIndex], true);
+                    if (!tupleAppender.append(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, tupleBuilder.getSize())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
+            @Override
+            public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+                for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
+                    writer.open();
+                }
+                // Create write buffers.
+                for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
+                    writeBuffers[i] = ctx.allocateFrame();
+                    // Make sure to clear all buffers, since we are reusing the tupleAppender.
+                    tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[i], true);
+                }
+                // Create evaluators for partitioning.
+				try {
+					for (int i = 0; i < evalFactories.length; i++) {
+						evals[i] = evalFactories[i].createEvaluator(evalBuf);
+					}
+				} catch (AlgebricksException e) {
+					throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+				}
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void setOutputFrameWriter(int index, IFrameWriter writer, RecordDescriptor recordDesc) {
+                writers[index] = writer;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index 922b0fd..b5c4b47 100644
--- a/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-algebricks/hyracks-algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@
     }
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString());
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
index 4250112..2792d29 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobLifecycleListener;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobSpecificationFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 
 /**
  * Application Context at the Cluster Controller for an application.
  * 
  * @author vinayakb
- * 
  */
 public interface ICCApplicationContext extends IApplicationContext {
     /**
      * Sets the state that must be distributed by the infrastructure to all the
-     * NC application contects. Any state set by calling thsi method in the
-     * {@link ICCBootstrap#start()} call is made available to all the
-     * {@link INCApplicationContext} objects at each Node Controller. The state
+     * NC application contects. Any state set by calling thsi method in the {@link ICCBootstrap#start()} call is made available to all the {@link INCApplicationContext} objects at each Node Controller. The state
      * is then available to be inspected by the application at the NC during or
      * after the {@link INCBootstrap#start()} call.
      * 
@@ -42,17 +37,6 @@
     public void setDistributedState(Serializable state);
 
     /**
-     * A factory class specific to this application that may accept incoming
-     * {@link JobSpecification} and produce modified {@link JobSpecification}
-     * that is executed on the cluster. If a {@link IJobSpecificationFactory} is
-     * not set, the incoming {@link JobSpecification} is executed unmodified.
-     * 
-     * @param jobSpecFactory
-     *            - The Job Specification Factory.
-     */
-    public void setJobSpecificationFactory(IJobSpecificationFactory jobSpecFactory);
-
-    /**
      * A listener that listens to Job Lifecycle events at the Cluster
      * Controller.
      * 
@@ -66,6 +50,4 @@
      * @return The Cluster Controller Context.
      */
     public ICCContext getCCContext();
-
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
index a7f324d..db74c41 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
@@ -105,37 +105,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class CreateJobFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-        private final byte[] jobSpec;
-        private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
-
-        public CreateJobFunction(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-            this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
-            this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.CREATE_JOB;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
-        public byte[] getJobSpec() {
-            return jobSpec;
-        }
-
-        public EnumSet<JobFlag> getJobFlags() {
-            return jobFlags;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GetJobStatusFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -158,10 +127,14 @@
     public static class StartJobFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        private final JobId jobId;
+        private final String appName;
+        private final byte[] jobSpec;
+        private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
 
-        public StartJobFunction(JobId jobId) {
-            this.jobId = jobId;
+        public StartJobFunction(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
+            this.appName = appName;
+            this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
+            this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -169,8 +142,16 @@
             return FunctionId.START_JOB;
         }
 
-        public JobId getJobId() {
-            return jobId;
+        public String getAppName() {
+            return appName;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] getJobSpec() {
+            return jobSpec;
+        }
+
+        public EnumSet<JobFlag> getJobFlags() {
+            return jobFlags;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
index 602288c..7413951 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateJobFunction cjf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateJobFunction(
-                appName, jobSpec, jobFlags);
-        return (JobId) rpci.call(ipcHandle, cjf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction(
                 jobId);
@@ -75,10 +68,10 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void startJob(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction(
-                jobId);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, sjf);
+                appName, jobSpec, jobFlags);
+        return (JobId) rpci.call(ipcHandle, sjf);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
index 6ff3f7e..33d76ec 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
@@ -94,23 +94,18 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
-        return createJob(appName, jobSpec, EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
-        return hci.createJob(appName, JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(jobSpec), jobFlags);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return hci.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void start(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
-        hci.startJob(jobId);
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
+        return hci.startJob(appName, JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(jobSpec), EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+        return hci.startJob(appName, JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(jobSpec), jobFlags);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
index 37a746b..72a87c2 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
  * Interface used by clients to communicate with the Hyracks Cluster Controller.
  * 
  * @author vinayakb
- * 
  */
 public interface IHyracksClientConnection {
     /**
@@ -51,35 +50,6 @@
     public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a Job Instance in the specified Hyracks application using the
-     * specified {@link JobSpecification}.
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @param jobSpec
-     *            Job Specification
-     * @return
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a Job Instance in the specified Hyracks application using the
-     * specified {@link JobSpecification}. The specified flags are used to
-     * configure the Job creation process.
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @param jobSpec
-     *            Job Specification
-     * @param jobFlags
-     *            Flags
-     * @return
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
      * Gets the status of the specified Job.
      * 
      * @param jobId
@@ -92,11 +62,26 @@
     /**
      * Start the specified Job.
      * 
-     * @param jobId
-     *            JobId of the Job.
+     * @param appName
+     *            Name of the application
+     * @param jobSpec
+     *            Job Specification
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public void start(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Start the specified Job.
+     * 
+     * @param appName
+     *            Name of the application
+     * @param jobSpec
+     *            Job Specification
+     * @param jobFlags
+     *            Flags
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Waits until the specified job has completed, either successfully or has
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
index 866d307..43dee05 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
@@ -30,11 +30,9 @@
 
     public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
 
-    public JobId createJob(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
-    public void startJob(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     public void waitForCompletion(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IActivityGraphBuilder.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IActivityGraphBuilder.java
index 56870b2..bbda23c 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IActivityGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/IActivityGraphBuilder.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow;
 
 public interface IActivityGraphBuilder {
-    public void addActivity(IActivity task);
+    public void addActivity(IOperatorDescriptor op, IActivity task);
 
     public void addBlockingEdge(IActivity blocker, IActivity blocked);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IRecordDescriptorProvider.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IRecordDescriptorProvider.java
index 96d43a7..c480446 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IRecordDescriptorProvider.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataflow/value/IRecordDescriptorProvider.java
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.OperatorDescriptorId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ActivityId;
 
 public interface IRecordDescriptorProvider {
-    public RecordDescriptor getInputRecordDescriptor(OperatorDescriptorId opId, int inputIndex);
+    public RecordDescriptor getInputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId aid, int inputIndex);
 
-    public RecordDescriptor getOutputRecordDescriptor(OperatorDescriptorId opId, int outputIndex);
+    public RecordDescriptor getOutputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId aid, int outputIndex);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IJobSpecificationFactory.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IJobSpecificationFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 722aaae..0000000
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IJobSpecificationFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-
-public interface IJobSpecificationFactory {
-    public JobSpecification createJobSpecification(byte[] bytes, ICCBootstrap bootstrap, ICCApplicationContext appCtx)
-            throws HyracksException;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/JobActivityGraph.java b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/JobActivityGraph.java
index 2b6d361..3c6a547 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/JobActivityGraph.java
+++ b/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/JobActivityGraph.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ConnectorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IActivity;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.OperatorDescriptorId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.connectors.IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 
 public class JobActivityGraph implements Serializable {
@@ -40,54 +38,63 @@
 
     private final String appName;
 
-    private final JobSpecification jobSpec;
-
     private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
 
-    private final Map<ActivityId, IActivity> activityNodes;
+    private final Map<ActivityId, IActivity> activityMap;
+
+    private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorDescriptor> connectorMap;
+
+    private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, RecordDescriptor> connectorRecordDescriptorMap;
+
+    private final Map<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>> activityInputMap;
+
+    private final Map<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>> activityOutputMap;
+
+    private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>> connectorActivityMap;
 
     private final Map<ActivityId, Set<ActivityId>> blocker2blockedMap;
 
     private final Map<ActivityId, Set<ActivityId>> blocked2blockerMap;
 
-    private final Map<OperatorDescriptorId, Set<ActivityId>> operatorActivityMap;
+    private IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy connectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy;
 
-    private final Map<ActivityId, List<Integer>> activityInputMap;
+    private int maxReattempts;
 
-    private final Map<ActivityId, List<Integer>> activityOutputMap;
+    private IJobletEventListenerFactory jobletEventListenerFactory;
 
-    private final Map<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>> operatorInputMap;
+    private IGlobalJobDataFactory globalJobDataFactory;
 
-    private final Map<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>> operatorOutputMap;
-
-    public JobActivityGraph(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
+    public JobActivityGraph(String appName, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
         this.appName = appName;
-        this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
         this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
-        activityNodes = new HashMap<ActivityId, IActivity>();
+        activityMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, IActivity>();
+        connectorMap = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorDescriptor>();
+        connectorRecordDescriptorMap = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, RecordDescriptor>();
+        activityInputMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>>();
+        activityOutputMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>>();
+        connectorActivityMap = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>>();
         blocker2blockedMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, Set<ActivityId>>();
         blocked2blockerMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, Set<ActivityId>>();
-        operatorActivityMap = new HashMap<OperatorDescriptorId, Set<ActivityId>>();
-        activityInputMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, List<Integer>>();
-        activityOutputMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, List<Integer>>();
-        operatorInputMap = new HashMap<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>>();
-        operatorOutputMap = new HashMap<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>>();
     }
 
     public String getApplicationName() {
         return appName;
     }
 
-    public JobSpecification getJobSpecification() {
-        return jobSpec;
-    }
-
     public EnumSet<JobFlag> getJobFlags() {
         return jobFlags;
     }
 
-    public Map<ActivityId, IActivity> getActivityNodeMap() {
-        return activityNodes;
+    public Map<ActivityId, IActivity> getActivityMap() {
+        return activityMap;
+    }
+
+    public Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorDescriptor> getConnectorMap() {
+        return connectorMap;
+    }
+
+    public Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, RecordDescriptor> getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap() {
+        return connectorRecordDescriptorMap;
     }
 
     public Map<ActivityId, Set<ActivityId>> getBlocker2BlockedMap() {
@@ -98,106 +105,64 @@
         return blocked2blockerMap;
     }
 
-    public Map<OperatorDescriptorId, Set<ActivityId>> getOperatorActivityMap() {
-        return operatorActivityMap;
-    }
-
-    public Map<ActivityId, List<Integer>> getActivityInputMap() {
+    public Map<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>> getActivityInputMap() {
         return activityInputMap;
     }
 
-    public Map<ActivityId, List<Integer>> getActivityOutputMap() {
+    public Map<ActivityId, List<IConnectorDescriptor>> getActivityOutputMap() {
         return activityOutputMap;
     }
 
-    public Map<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>> getOperatorInputMap() {
-        return operatorInputMap;
-    }
-
-    public Map<OperatorDescriptorId, List<ActivityId>> getOperatorOutputMap() {
-        return operatorOutputMap;
-    }
-
-    public List<IConnectorDescriptor> getActivityInputConnectorDescriptors(ActivityId hanId) {
-        List<Integer> inputIndexes = activityInputMap.get(hanId);
-        if (inputIndexes == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        OperatorDescriptorId ownerId = hanId.getOperatorDescriptorId();
-        List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = new ArrayList<IConnectorDescriptor>();
-        for (Integer i : inputIndexes) {
-            inputs.add(jobSpec.getInputConnectorDescriptor(ownerId, i));
-        }
-        return inputs;
-    }
-
-    public List<IConnectorDescriptor> getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(ActivityId hanId) {
-        List<Integer> outputIndexes = activityOutputMap.get(hanId);
-        if (outputIndexes == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        OperatorDescriptorId ownerId = hanId.getOperatorDescriptorId();
-        List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = new ArrayList<IConnectorDescriptor>();
-        for (Integer i : outputIndexes) {
-            outputs.add(jobSpec.getOutputConnectorDescriptor(ownerId, i));
-        }
-        return outputs;
+    public Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>> getConnectorActivityMap() {
+        return connectorActivityMap;
     }
 
     public ActivityId getConsumerActivity(ConnectorDescriptorId cdId) {
-        Pair<Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, Integer>, Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, Integer>> connEdge = jobSpec
-                .getConnectorOperatorMap().get(cdId);
-
-        OperatorDescriptorId consumerOpId = connEdge.getRight().getLeft().getOperatorId();
-        int consumerInputIdx = connEdge.getRight().getRight();
-
-        for (ActivityId anId : operatorActivityMap.get(consumerOpId)) {
-            List<Integer> anInputs = activityInputMap.get(anId);
-            if (anInputs != null) {
-                for (Integer idx : anInputs) {
-                    if (idx.intValue() == consumerInputIdx) {
-                        return anId;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
+        Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>> connEdge = connectorActivityMap.get(cdId);
+        return connEdge.getRight().getLeft().getActivityId();
     }
 
     public ActivityId getProducerActivity(ConnectorDescriptorId cdId) {
-        Pair<Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, Integer>, Pair<IOperatorDescriptor, Integer>> connEdge = jobSpec
-                .getConnectorOperatorMap().get(cdId);
-
-        OperatorDescriptorId producerOpId = connEdge.getLeft().getLeft().getOperatorId();
-        int producerInputIdx = connEdge.getLeft().getRight();
-
-        for (ActivityId anId : operatorActivityMap.get(producerOpId)) {
-            List<Integer> anOutputs = activityOutputMap.get(anId);
-            if (anOutputs != null) {
-                for (Integer idx : anOutputs) {
-                    if (idx.intValue() == producerInputIdx) {
-                        return anId;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
+        Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>> connEdge = connectorActivityMap.get(cdId);
+        return connEdge.getLeft().getLeft().getActivityId();
     }
 
-    public RecordDescriptor getActivityInputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId hanId, int inputIndex) {
-        int opInputIndex = getActivityInputMap().get(hanId).get(inputIndex);
-        return jobSpec.getOperatorInputRecordDescriptor(hanId.getOperatorDescriptorId(), opInputIndex);
+    public IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy getConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy() {
+        return connectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy;
     }
 
-    public RecordDescriptor getActivityOutputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId hanId, int outputIndex) {
-        int opOutputIndex = getActivityOutputMap().get(hanId).get(outputIndex);
-        return jobSpec.getOperatorOutputRecordDescriptor(hanId.getOperatorDescriptorId(), opOutputIndex);
+    public void setConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy(IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy connectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy) {
+        this.connectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy = connectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy;
+    }
+
+    public void setMaxReattempts(int maxReattempts) {
+        this.maxReattempts = maxReattempts;
+    }
+
+    public int getMaxReattempts() {
+        return maxReattempts;
+    }
+
+    public IJobletEventListenerFactory getJobletEventListenerFactory() {
+        return jobletEventListenerFactory;
+    }
+
+    public void setJobletEventListenerFactory(IJobletEventListenerFactory jobletEventListenerFactory) {
+        this.jobletEventListenerFactory = jobletEventListenerFactory;
+    }
+
+    public IGlobalJobDataFactory getGlobalJobDataFactory() {
+        return globalJobDataFactory;
+    }
+
+    public void setGlobalJobDataFactory(IGlobalJobDataFactory globalJobDataFactory) {
+        this.globalJobDataFactory = globalJobDataFactory;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-        buffer.append("ActivityNodes: " + activityNodes);
+        buffer.append("ActivityNodes: " + activityMap);
         buffer.append('\n');
         buffer.append("Blocker->Blocked: " + blocker2blockedMap);
         buffer.append('\n');
@@ -212,13 +177,12 @@
         jplan.put("flags", jobFlags.toString());
 
         JSONArray jans = new JSONArray();
-        for (IActivity an : activityNodes.values()) {
+        for (IActivity an : activityMap.values()) {
             JSONObject jan = new JSONObject();
             jan.put("id", an.getActivityId().toString());
             jan.put("java-class", an.getClass().getName());
-            jan.put("operator-id", an.getActivityId().getOperatorDescriptorId().toString());
 
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = getActivityInputConnectorDescriptors(an.getActivityId());
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = activityInputMap.get(an.getActivityId());
             if (inputs != null) {
                 JSONArray jInputs = new JSONArray();
                 for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
@@ -230,7 +194,7 @@
                 jan.put("inputs", jInputs);
             }
 
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(an.getActivityId());
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = activityOutputMap.get(an.getActivityId());
             if (outputs != null) {
                 JSONArray jOutputs = new JSONArray();
                 for (int i = 0; i < outputs.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
index dd0e39e..a9a69fa 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetIpAddressNodeNameMapWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobStatusWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetNodeControllersInfoWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.JobCreateWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.JobStartWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.JobletCleanupNotificationWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.NodeHeartbeatWork;
@@ -282,14 +281,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case CREATE_JOB: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateJobFunction cjf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateJobFunction) fn;
-                    JobId jobId = createJobId();
-                    workQueue.schedule(new JobCreateWork(ClusterControllerService.this, jobId, cjf.getAppName(), cjf
-                            .getJobSpec(), cjf.getJobFlags(), new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 case GET_JOB_STATUS: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction) fn;
                     workQueue.schedule(new GetJobStatusWork(ClusterControllerService.this, gjsf.getJobId(),
@@ -299,8 +290,9 @@
 
                 case START_JOB: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getJobId(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
+                    JobId jobId = createJobId();
+                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getAppName(), sjf
+                            .getJobSpec(), sjf.getJobFlags(), jobId, new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/adminconsole/pages/JobDetailsPage.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/adminconsole/pages/JobDetailsPage.java
index 1d96a71..a486c33 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/adminconsole/pages/JobDetailsPage.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/adminconsole/pages/JobDetailsPage.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobRunJSONWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobSpecificationJSONWork;
 
 public class JobDetailsPage extends AbstractPage {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -49,12 +48,6 @@
 
         JobId jobId = JobId.parse(jobIdStr.toString());
 
-        GetJobSpecificationJSONWork gjsw = new GetJobSpecificationJSONWork(ccs, jobId);
-        ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(gjsw);
-        Label jobspec = new Label("job-specification", gjsw.getJSON().toString());
-        jobspec.setEscapeModelStrings(false);
-        add(jobspec);
-
         GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork gjagw = new GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork(ccs, jobId);
         ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(gjagw);
         Label jag = new Label("job-activity-graph", gjagw.getJSON().toString());
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
index fbf0b11..325ea84 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobLifecycleListener;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobSpecificationFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IOperatorDescriptorRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@
     protected IResultCallback<Object> initializationCallback;
     protected IResultCallback<Object> deinitializationCallback;
 
-    private IJobSpecificationFactory jobSpecFactory;
-
     private List<IJobLifecycleListener> jobLifecycleListeners;
 
     public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext, String appName) throws IOException {
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@
         this.ccContext = ccContext;
         initPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         deinitPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
-        jobSpecFactory = DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory.INSTANCE;
         jobLifecycleListeners = new ArrayList<IJobLifecycleListener>();
     }
 
@@ -67,13 +63,14 @@
         return ccContext;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void setJobSpecificationFactory(IJobSpecificationFactory jobSpecFactory) {
-        this.jobSpecFactory = jobSpecFactory;
-    }
-
     public JobSpecification createJobSpecification(byte[] bytes) throws HyracksException {
-        return jobSpecFactory.createJobSpecification(bytes, (ICCBootstrap) bootstrap, this);
+        try {
+            return (JobSpecification) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, getClassLoader());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new HyracksException(e);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new HyracksException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -105,7 +102,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public synchronized void notifyJobCreation(JobId jobId, IOperatorDescriptorRegistry specification) throws HyracksException {
+    public synchronized void notifyJobCreation(JobId jobId, IOperatorDescriptorRegistry specification)
+            throws HyracksException {
         for (IJobLifecycleListener l : jobLifecycleListeners) {
             l.notifyJobCreation(jobId, specification);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/ActivityCluster.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/ActivityCluster.java
index f5b74cf..d351d4a 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/ActivityCluster.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/ActivityCluster.java
@@ -71,4 +71,9 @@
     public void setPlan(ActivityClusterPlan acp) {
         this.acp = acp;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.valueOf(activities);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c746f34..0000000
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobSpecificationFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
-
-public class DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory implements IJobSpecificationFactory {
-    public static final IJobSpecificationFactory INSTANCE = new DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory();
-
-    private DeserializingJobSpecificationFactory() {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JobSpecification createJobSpecification(byte[] bytes, ICCBootstrap bootstrap, ICCApplicationContext appCtx)
-            throws HyracksException {
-        try {
-            return (JobSpecification) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, appCtx.getClassLoader());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobActivityGraphBuilder.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobActivityGraphBuilder.java
index 6effd84..a7b60e4 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobActivityGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobActivityGraphBuilder.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -9,9 +10,14 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ActivityId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ConnectorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IActivity;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IActivityGraphBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
@@ -19,7 +25,32 @@
 public class JobActivityGraphBuilder implements IActivityGraphBuilder {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(JobActivityGraphBuilder.class.getName());
 
-    private JobActivityGraph jag;
+    private final Map<ActivityId, IOperatorDescriptor> activityOperatorMap;
+
+    private final JobActivityGraph jag;
+
+    private final JobSpecification jobSpec;
+
+    private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<IActivity, Integer>> connectorProducerMap;
+
+    private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<IActivity, Integer>> connectorConsumerMap;
+
+    public JobActivityGraphBuilder(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
+        activityOperatorMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, IOperatorDescriptor>();
+        jag = new JobActivityGraph(appName, jobFlags);
+        this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
+        jag.setConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy(jobSpec.getConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy());
+        jag.setGlobalJobDataFactory(jobSpec.getGlobalJobDataFactory());
+        jag.setJobletEventListenerFactory(jobSpec.getJobletEventListenerFactory());
+        jag.setMaxReattempts(jobSpec.getMaxReattempts());
+        connectorProducerMap = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>();
+        connectorConsumerMap = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>();
+    }
+
+    public void addConnector(IConnectorDescriptor conn) {
+        jag.getConnectorMap().put(conn.getConnectorId(), conn);
+        jag.getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap().put(conn.getConnectorId(), jobSpec.getConnectorRecordDescriptor(conn));
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void addBlockingEdge(IActivity blocker, IActivity blocked) {
@@ -33,9 +64,10 @@
             LOGGER.finest("Adding source edge: " + task.getActivityId().getOperatorDescriptorId() + ":"
                     + operatorInputIndex + " -> " + task.getActivityId() + ":" + taskInputIndex);
         }
-        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getActivityInputMap(), task.getActivityId(), taskInputIndex, operatorInputIndex);
-        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getOperatorInputMap(), task.getActivityId().getOperatorDescriptorId(),
-                operatorInputIndex, task.getActivityId());
+        IOperatorDescriptor op = activityOperatorMap.get(task.getActivityId());
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn = jobSpec.getInputConnectorDescriptor(op, operatorInputIndex);
+        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getActivityInputMap(), task.getActivityId(), taskInputIndex, conn);
+        connectorConsumerMap.put(conn.getConnectorId(), Pair.of(task, taskInputIndex));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -44,16 +76,28 @@
             LOGGER.finest("Adding target edge: " + task.getActivityId().getOperatorDescriptorId() + ":"
                     + operatorOutputIndex + " -> " + task.getActivityId() + ":" + taskOutputIndex);
         }
-        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getActivityOutputMap(), task.getActivityId(), taskOutputIndex, operatorOutputIndex);
-        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getOperatorOutputMap(), task.getActivityId().getOperatorDescriptorId(),
-                operatorOutputIndex, task.getActivityId());
+        IOperatorDescriptor op = activityOperatorMap.get(task.getActivityId());
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn = jobSpec.getOutputConnectorDescriptor(op, operatorOutputIndex);
+        insertIntoIndexedMap(jag.getActivityOutputMap(), task.getActivityId(), taskOutputIndex, conn);
+        connectorProducerMap.put(conn.getConnectorId(), Pair.of(task, taskOutputIndex));
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void addActivity(IActivity task) {
+    public void addActivity(IOperatorDescriptor op, IActivity task) {
+        activityOperatorMap.put(task.getActivityId(), op);
         ActivityId activityId = task.getActivityId();
-        jag.getActivityNodeMap().put(activityId, task);
-        addToValueSet(jag.getOperatorActivityMap(), activityId.getOperatorDescriptorId(), activityId);
+        jag.getActivityMap().put(activityId, task);
+    }
+
+    public void finish() {
+        Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<Pair<IActivity, Integer>, Pair<IActivity, Integer>>> caMap = jag
+                .getConnectorActivityMap();
+        for (Map.Entry<ConnectorDescriptorId, Pair<IActivity, Integer>> e : connectorProducerMap.entrySet()) {
+            ConnectorDescriptorId cdId = e.getKey();
+            Pair<IActivity, Integer> producer = e.getValue();
+            Pair<IActivity, Integer> consumer = connectorConsumerMap.get(cdId);
+            caMap.put(cdId, Pair.of(producer, consumer));
+        }
     }
 
     private <K, V> void addToValueSet(Map<K, Set<V>> map, K n1, V n2) {
@@ -72,10 +116,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public void init(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
-        jag = new JobActivityGraph(appName, jobSpec, jobFlags);
-    }
-
     private <K, V> void insertIntoIndexedMap(Map<K, List<V>> map, K key, int index, V value) {
         List<V> vList = map.get(key);
         if (vList == null) {
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
index 9d6aa71..9acc4b8 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterGraphBuilder.java
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ActivityId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IActivity;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.OperatorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.ActivityCluster;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.ActivityClusterId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
@@ -43,33 +40,22 @@
         this.jobRun = jobRun;
     }
 
-    private static Pair<ActivityId, ActivityId> findMergePair(JobActivityGraph jag, JobSpecification spec,
-            Set<ActivityCluster> eqSets) {
-        Map<ActivityId, IActivity> activityNodeMap = jag.getActivityNodeMap();
+    private static Pair<ActivityId, ActivityId> findMergePair(JobActivityGraph jag, Set<ActivityCluster> eqSets) {
         for (ActivityCluster eqSet : eqSets) {
             for (ActivityId t : eqSet.getActivities()) {
-                IActivity activity = activityNodeMap.get(t);
-                List<Integer> inputList = jag.getActivityInputMap().get(t);
+                List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputList = jag.getActivityInputMap().get(t);
                 if (inputList != null) {
-                    for (Integer idx : inputList) {
-                        IConnectorDescriptor conn = spec.getInputConnectorDescriptor(activity.getActivityId()
-                                .getOperatorDescriptorId(), idx);
-                        OperatorDescriptorId producerId = spec.getProducer(conn).getOperatorId();
-                        int producerOutputIndex = spec.getProducerOutputIndex(conn);
-                        ActivityId inTask = jag.getOperatorOutputMap().get(producerId).get(producerOutputIndex);
+                    for (IConnectorDescriptor conn : inputList) {
+                        ActivityId inTask = jag.getProducerActivity(conn.getConnectorId());
                         if (!eqSet.getActivities().contains(inTask)) {
                             return Pair.<ActivityId, ActivityId> of(t, inTask);
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                List<Integer> outputList = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(t);
+                List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputList = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(t);
                 if (outputList != null) {
-                    for (Integer idx : outputList) {
-                        IConnectorDescriptor conn = spec.getOutputConnectorDescriptor(activity.getActivityId()
-                                .getOperatorDescriptorId(), idx);
-                        OperatorDescriptorId consumerId = spec.getConsumer(conn).getOperatorId();
-                        int consumerInputIndex = spec.getConsumerInputIndex(conn);
-                        ActivityId outTask = jag.getOperatorInputMap().get(consumerId).get(consumerInputIndex);
+                    for (IConnectorDescriptor conn : outputList) {
+                        ActivityId outTask = jag.getConsumerActivity(conn.getConnectorId());
                         if (!eqSet.getActivities().contains(outTask)) {
                             return Pair.<ActivityId, ActivityId> of(t, outTask);
                         }
@@ -81,27 +67,23 @@
     }
 
     public Set<ActivityCluster> inferActivityClusters(JobActivityGraph jag) {
-        JobSpecification spec = jag.getJobSpecification();
-
         /*
          * Build initial equivalence sets map. We create a map such that for each IOperatorTask, t -> { t }
          */
         Map<ActivityId, ActivityCluster> stageMap = new HashMap<ActivityId, ActivityCluster>();
         Set<ActivityCluster> stages = new HashSet<ActivityCluster>();
-        for (Set<ActivityId> taskIds : jag.getOperatorActivityMap().values()) {
-            for (ActivityId taskId : taskIds) {
-                Set<ActivityId> eqSet = new HashSet<ActivityId>();
-                eqSet.add(taskId);
-                ActivityCluster stage = new ActivityCluster(eqSet);
-                stageMap.put(taskId, stage);
-                stages.add(stage);
-            }
+        for (ActivityId taskId : jag.getActivityMap().keySet()) {
+            Set<ActivityId> eqSet = new HashSet<ActivityId>();
+            eqSet.add(taskId);
+            ActivityCluster stage = new ActivityCluster(eqSet);
+            stageMap.put(taskId, stage);
+            stages.add(stage);
         }
 
         boolean changed = true;
         while (changed) {
             changed = false;
-            Pair<ActivityId, ActivityId> pair = findMergePair(jag, spec, stages);
+            Pair<ActivityId, ActivityId> pair = findMergePair(jag, stages);
             if (pair != null) {
                 merge(stageMap, stages, pair.getLeft(), pair.getRight());
                 changed = true;
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterPlanner.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterPlanner.java
index d04bf81..23f53f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterPlanner.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/ActivityClusterPlanner.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         for (ActivityId ac1 : activities) {
             Task[] ac1TaskStates = activityPlanMap.get(ac1).getTasks();
             int nProducers = ac1TaskStates.length;
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputConns = jag.getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(ac1);
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputConns = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(ac1);
             if (outputConns != null) {
                 for (IConnectorDescriptor c : outputConns) {
                     ConnectorDescriptorId cdId = c.getConnectorId();
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         for (ActivityId a1 : activities) {
             Task[] ac1TaskStates = taskMap.get(a1).getTasks();
             int nProducers = ac1TaskStates.length;
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputConns = jag.getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(a1);
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputConns = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(a1);
             if (outputConns != null) {
                 for (IConnectorDescriptor c : outputConns) {
                     ConnectorDescriptorId cdId = c.getConnectorId();
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
     }
 
     private IConnectorPolicy assignConnectorPolicy(IConnectorDescriptor c, int nProducers, int nConsumers, int[] fanouts) {
-        IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy cpap = scheduler.getJobRun().getJobActivityGraph().getJobSpecification()
+        IConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy cpap = scheduler.getJobRun().getJobActivityGraph()
                 .getConnectorPolicyAssignmentPolicy();
         if (cpap != null) {
             return cpap.getConnectorPolicyAssignment(c, nProducers, nConsumers, fanouts);
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@
             throws HyracksException {
         PartitionConstraintSolver solver = scheduler.getSolver();
         JobRun jobRun = scheduler.getJobRun();
+        JobActivityGraph jag = jobRun.getJobActivityGraph();
         Set<LValueConstraintExpression> lValues = new HashSet<LValueConstraintExpression>();
         for (ActivityId anId : ac.getActivities()) {
             lValues.add(new PartitionCountExpression(anId.getOperatorDescriptorId()));
@@ -393,22 +394,25 @@
         for (ActivityId anId : ac.getActivities()) {
             int nParts = nPartMap.get(anId.getOperatorDescriptorId());
             int[] nInputPartitions = null;
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = jobRun.getJobActivityGraph().getActivityInputConnectorDescriptors(anId);
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = jag.getActivityInputMap().get(anId);
             if (inputs != null) {
                 nInputPartitions = new int[inputs.size()];
                 for (int i = 0; i < nInputPartitions.length; ++i) {
-                    nInputPartitions[i] = nPartMap.get(jobRun.getJobActivityGraph()
-                            .getProducerActivity(inputs.get(i).getConnectorId()).getOperatorDescriptorId());
+                    ConnectorDescriptorId cdId = inputs.get(i).getConnectorId();
+                    ActivityId aid = jag.getProducerActivity(cdId);
+                    Integer nPartInt = nPartMap.get(aid.getOperatorDescriptorId());
+                    nInputPartitions[i] = nPartInt;
                 }
             }
             int[] nOutputPartitions = null;
-            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = jobRun.getJobActivityGraph().getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(
-                    anId);
+            List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(anId);
             if (outputs != null) {
                 nOutputPartitions = new int[outputs.size()];
                 for (int i = 0; i < nOutputPartitions.length; ++i) {
-                    nOutputPartitions[i] = nPartMap.get(jobRun.getJobActivityGraph()
-                            .getConsumerActivity(outputs.get(i).getConnectorId()).getOperatorDescriptorId());
+                    ConnectorDescriptorId cdId = outputs.get(i).getConnectorId();
+                    ActivityId aid = jag.getConsumerActivity(cdId);
+                    Integer nPartInt = nPartMap.get(aid.getOperatorDescriptorId());
+                    nOutputPartitions[i] = nPartInt;
                 }
             }
             ActivityPartitionDetails apd = new ActivityPartitionDetails(nParts, nInputPartitions, nOutputPartitions);
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
index 4a315ab..b3a76ad 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.scheduler;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -25,32 +26,24 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.Constraint;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.IConstraintAcceptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.expressions.LValueConstraintExpression;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.expressions.PartitionLocationExpression;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ActivityId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ConnectorDescriptorId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.connectors.IConnectorPolicy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.NodeControllerState;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.ActivityCluster;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.IConnectorDescriptorVisitor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.IOperatorDescriptorVisitor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.PlanUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.Task;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.TaskAttempt;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.TaskCluster;
@@ -75,12 +68,15 @@
 
     private Set<ActivityCluster> rootActivityClusters;
 
-    public JobScheduler(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobRun jobRun) {
+    public JobScheduler(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobRun jobRun, Collection<Constraint> constraints) {
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.jobRun = jobRun;
         solver = new PartitionConstraintSolver();
         partitionProducingTaskClusterMap = new HashMap<PartitionId, TaskCluster>();
         inProgressTaskClusters = new HashSet<TaskCluster>();
+        solver.addConstraints(constraints);
+        ActivityClusterGraphBuilder acgb = new ActivityClusterGraphBuilder(jobRun);
+        rootActivityClusters = acgb.inferActivityClusters(jobRun.getJobActivityGraph());
     }
 
     public JobRun getJobRun() {
@@ -92,43 +88,9 @@
     }
 
     public void startJob() throws HyracksException {
-        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
-            LOGGER.fine("Starting Job: " + jobRun.getJobActivityGraph().getJobSpecification());
-        }
-        analyze();
         startRunnableActivityClusters();
     }
 
-    private void analyze() throws HyracksException {
-        final JobActivityGraph jag = jobRun.getJobActivityGraph();
-        final ICCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(jag.getApplicationName());
-        JobSpecification spec = jag.getJobSpecification();
-        final Set<Constraint> contributedConstraints = new HashSet<Constraint>();
-        final IConstraintAcceptor acceptor = new IConstraintAcceptor() {
-            @Override
-            public void addConstraint(Constraint constraint) {
-                contributedConstraints.add(constraint);
-            }
-        };
-        PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IOperatorDescriptorVisitor() {
-            @Override
-            public void visit(IOperatorDescriptor op) {
-                op.contributeSchedulingConstraints(acceptor, jag, appCtx);
-            }
-        });
-        PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IConnectorDescriptorVisitor() {
-            @Override
-            public void visit(IConnectorDescriptor conn) {
-                conn.contributeSchedulingConstraints(acceptor, jag, appCtx);
-            }
-        });
-        contributedConstraints.addAll(spec.getUserConstraints());
-        solver.addConstraints(contributedConstraints);
-
-        ActivityClusterGraphBuilder acgb = new ActivityClusterGraphBuilder(jobRun);
-        rootActivityClusters = acgb.inferActivityClusters(jag);
-    }
-
     private void findRunnableTaskClusterRoots(Set<TaskCluster> frontier, Set<ActivityCluster> roots)
             throws HyracksException {
         for (ActivityCluster root : roots) {
@@ -644,7 +606,7 @@
                 lastAttempt.setStatus(TaskClusterAttempt.TaskClusterStatus.FAILED);
                 lastAttempt.setEndTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
                 abortDoomedTaskClusters();
-                if (lastAttempt.getAttempt() >= jobRun.getJobActivityGraph().getJobSpecification().getMaxReattempts()) {
+                if (lastAttempt.getAttempt() >= jobRun.getJobActivityGraph().getMaxReattempts()) {
                     abortJob(new HyracksException(details));
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/JobsRESTAPIFunction.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/JobsRESTAPIFunction.java
index 4135b18..c964e4e 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/JobsRESTAPIFunction.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/JobsRESTAPIFunction.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.web.util.IJSONOutputFunction;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobRunJSONWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobSpecificationJSONWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobSummariesJSONWork;
 
 public class JobsRESTAPIFunction implements IJSONOutputFunction {
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@
             case 2: {
                 JobId jobId = JobId.parse(arguments[0]);
 
-                if ("job-specification".equalsIgnoreCase(arguments[1])) {
-                    GetJobSpecificationJSONWork gjse = new GetJobSpecificationJSONWork(ccs, jobId);
-                    ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(gjse);
-                    result.put("result", gjse.getJSON());
-                } else if ("job-activity-graph".equalsIgnoreCase(arguments[1])) {
+                if ("job-activity-graph".equalsIgnoreCase(arguments[1])) {
                     GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork gjage = new GetJobActivityGraphJSONWork(ccs, jobId);
                     ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(gjage);
                     result.put("result", gjage.getJSON());
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSpecificationJSONWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSpecificationJSONWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b7cae..0000000
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSpecificationJSONWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
-
-public class GetJobSpecificationJSONWork extends SynchronizableWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final JobId jobId;
-    private JSONObject json;
-
-    public GetJobSpecificationJSONWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.jobId = jobId;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-        JobRun run = ccs.getActiveRunMap().get(jobId);
-        if (run == null) {
-            run = ccs.getRunMapArchive().get(jobId);
-            if (run == null) {
-                json = new JSONObject();
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        json = run.getJobActivityGraph().getJobSpecification().toJSON();
-    }
-
-    public JSONObject getJSON() {
-        return json;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
index 07088bb..8d8e85d 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.NodeControllerState;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 
@@ -53,13 +59,44 @@
         Set<String> targetNodes = run.getParticipatingNodeIds();
         run.getCleanupPendingNodeIds().addAll(targetNodes);
         run.setPendingStatus(status, exception);
-        for (String n : targetNodes) {
-            NodeControllerState ncs = ccs.getNodeMap().get(n);
+        if (targetNodes != null && !targetNodes.isEmpty()) {
+            for (String n : targetNodes) {
+                NodeControllerState ncs = ccs.getNodeMap().get(n);
+                try {
+                    ncs.getNodeController().cleanUpJoblet(jobId, status);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(run.getJobActivityGraph().getApplicationName());
+            if (appCtx != null) {
+                try {
+                    appCtx.notifyJobFinish(jobId);
+                } catch (HyracksException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+            run.setStatus(run.getPendingStatus(), run.getPendingException());
+            ccs.getActiveRunMap().remove(jobId);
+            ccs.getRunMapArchive().put(jobId, run);
             try {
-                ncs.getNodeController().cleanUpJoblet(jobId, status);
+                ccs.getJobLogFile().log(createJobLogObject(run));
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private JSONObject createJobLogObject(final JobRun run) {
+        JSONObject jobLogObject = new JSONObject();
+        try {
+            JobActivityGraph jag = run.getJobActivityGraph();
+            jobLogObject.put("job-activity-graph", jag.toJSON());
+            jobLogObject.put("job-run", run.toJSON());
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        return jobLogObject;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCreateWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCreateWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b7cf629..0000000
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCreateWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License from
- * 
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.IOperatorDescriptorVisitor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobActivityGraphBuilder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.PlanUtils;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.scheduler.JobScheduler;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
-
-public class JobCreateWork extends SynchronizableWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final byte[] jobSpec;
-    private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
-    private final JobId jobId;
-    private final String appName;
-    private final IResultCallback<JobId> callback;
-
-    public JobCreateWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, String appName, byte[] jobSpec,
-            EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
-        this.jobId = jobId;
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
-        this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                throw new HyracksException("No application with id " + appName + " found");
-            }
-            JobSpecification spec = appCtx.createJobSpecification(jobSpec);
-
-            final JobActivityGraphBuilder builder = new JobActivityGraphBuilder();
-            builder.init(appName, spec, jobFlags);
-            PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IOperatorDescriptorVisitor() {
-                @Override
-                public void visit(IOperatorDescriptor op) {
-                    op.contributeActivities(builder);
-                }
-            });
-            final JobActivityGraph jag = builder.getActivityGraph();
-
-            JobRun run = new JobRun(jobId, jag);
-
-            run.setStatus(JobStatus.INITIALIZED, null);
-
-            ccs.getActiveRunMap().put(jobId, run);
-            JobScheduler jrs = new JobScheduler(ccs, run);
-            run.setScheduler(jrs);
-            appCtx.notifyJobCreation(jobId, spec);
-            callback.setValue(jobId);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public JobId getJobId() {
-        return jobId;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
index dd834ed..fa22691 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
@@ -14,41 +14,110 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
 
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.Constraint;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.IConstraintAcceptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.IConnectorDescriptorVisitor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.IOperatorDescriptorVisitor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobActivityGraphBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.PlanUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.scheduler.JobScheduler;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
 
 public class JobStartWork extends SynchronizableWork {
     private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
+    private final byte[] jobSpec;
+    private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
     private final JobId jobId;
-    private final IResultCallback<Object> callback;
+    private final String appName;
+    private final IResultCallback<JobId> callback;
 
-    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
+    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, byte[] jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags,
+            JobId jobId, IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
         this.jobId = jobId;
+        this.ccs = ccs;
+        this.jobSpec = jobSpec;
+        this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
+        this.appName = appName;
         this.callback = callback;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void doRun() throws Exception {
         try {
-            JobRun run = ccs.getActiveRunMap().get(jobId);
-            if (run == null) {
-                throw new Exception("Unable to find job with id = " + jobId);
+            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
+            if (appCtx == null) {
+                throw new HyracksException("No application with id " + appName + " found");
             }
-            if (run.getStatus() != JobStatus.INITIALIZED) {
-                throw new Exception("Job already started");
-            }
+            JobSpecification spec = appCtx.createJobSpecification(jobSpec);
+
+            final JobActivityGraphBuilder builder = new JobActivityGraphBuilder(appName, spec, jobFlags);
+            PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IConnectorDescriptorVisitor() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(IConnectorDescriptor conn) throws HyracksException {
+                    builder.addConnector(conn);
+                }
+            });
+            PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IOperatorDescriptorVisitor() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(IOperatorDescriptor op) {
+                    op.contributeActivities(builder);
+                }
+            });
+            builder.finish();
+            final JobActivityGraph jag = builder.getActivityGraph();
+
+            JobRun run = new JobRun(jobId, jag);
+
+            run.setStatus(JobStatus.INITIALIZED, null);
+
+            ccs.getActiveRunMap().put(jobId, run);
+            final Set<Constraint> contributedConstraints = new HashSet<Constraint>();
+            final IConstraintAcceptor acceptor = new IConstraintAcceptor() {
+                @Override
+                public void addConstraint(Constraint constraint) {
+                    contributedConstraints.add(constraint);
+                }
+            };
+            PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IOperatorDescriptorVisitor() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(IOperatorDescriptor op) {
+                    op.contributeSchedulingConstraints(acceptor, jag, appCtx);
+                }
+            });
+            PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IConnectorDescriptorVisitor() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(IConnectorDescriptor conn) {
+                    conn.contributeSchedulingConstraints(acceptor, jag, appCtx);
+                }
+            });
+            contributedConstraints.addAll(spec.getUserConstraints());
+
+            JobScheduler jrs = new JobScheduler(ccs, run, contributedConstraints);
+            run.setScheduler(jrs);
+            appCtx.notifyJobCreation(jobId, spec);
             run.setStatus(JobStatus.RUNNING, null);
             try {
                 run.getScheduler().startJob();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 ccs.getWorkQueue().schedule(new JobCleanupWork(ccs, run.getJobId(), JobStatus.FAILURE, e));
             }
-            callback.setValue(null);
+            callback.setValue(jobId);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             callback.setException(e);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
index 80ab5ec..dea4a8d 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
         JSONObject jobLogObject = new JSONObject();
         try {
             JobActivityGraph jag = run.getJobActivityGraph();
-            jobLogObject.put("job-specification", jag.getJobSpecification().toJSON());
             jobLogObject.put("job-activity-graph", jag.toJSON());
             jobLogObject.put("job-run", run.toJSON());
         } catch (JSONException e) {
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Joblet.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Joblet.java
index ec7cf89..10c9c3d 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Joblet.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Joblet.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         deallocatableRegistry = new DefaultDeallocatableRegistry();
         fileFactory = new WorkspaceFileFactory(this, (IOManager) appCtx.getRootContext().getIOManager());
         cleanupPending = false;
-        IJobletEventListenerFactory jelf = jag.getJobSpecification().getJobletEventListenerFactory();
+        IJobletEventListenerFactory jelf = jag.getJobletEventListenerFactory();
         if (jelf != null) {
             IJobletEventListener listener = jelf.createListener(this);
             this.jobletEventListener = listener;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         } else {
             jobletEventListener = null;
         }
-        IGlobalJobDataFactory gjdf = jag.getJobSpecification().getGlobalJobDataFactory();
+        IGlobalJobDataFactory gjdf = jag.getGlobalJobDataFactory();
         globalJobData = gjdf != null ? gjdf.createGlobalJobData(this) : null;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
index 78101bf..8d1b2a6 100644
--- a/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
+++ b/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IPartitionCollector;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IPartitionWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ActivityId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.ConnectorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IActivity;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.OperatorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.connectors.IConnectorPolicy;
@@ -90,20 +90,22 @@
 
             IRecordDescriptorProvider rdp = new IRecordDescriptorProvider() {
                 @Override
-                public RecordDescriptor getOutputRecordDescriptor(OperatorDescriptorId opId, int outputIndex) {
-                    return jag.getJobSpecification().getOperatorOutputRecordDescriptor(opId, outputIndex);
+                public RecordDescriptor getOutputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId aid, int outputIndex) {
+                    IConnectorDescriptor conn = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(aid).get(outputIndex);
+                    return jag.getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap().get(conn.getConnectorId());
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                public RecordDescriptor getInputRecordDescriptor(OperatorDescriptorId opId, int inputIndex) {
-                    return jag.getJobSpecification().getOperatorInputRecordDescriptor(opId, inputIndex);
+                public RecordDescriptor getInputRecordDescriptor(ActivityId aid, int inputIndex) {
+                    IConnectorDescriptor conn = jag.getActivityInputMap().get(aid).get(inputIndex);
+                    return jag.getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap().get(conn.getConnectorId());
                 }
             };
 
             for (TaskAttemptDescriptor td : taskDescriptors) {
                 TaskAttemptId taId = td.getTaskAttemptId();
                 TaskId tid = taId.getTaskId();
-                IActivity han = jag.getActivityNodeMap().get(tid.getActivityId());
+                IActivity han = jag.getActivityMap().get(tid.getActivityId());
                 if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                     LOGGER.info("Initializing " + taId + " -> " + han);
                 }
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@
 
                 List<IPartitionCollector> collectors = new ArrayList<IPartitionCollector>();
 
-                List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = jag.getActivityInputConnectorDescriptors(tid.getActivityId());
+                List<IConnectorDescriptor> inputs = jag.getActivityInputMap().get(tid.getActivityId());
                 if (inputs != null) {
                     for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
                         IConnectorDescriptor conn = inputs.get(i);
@@ -121,17 +123,17 @@
                         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                             LOGGER.info("input: " + i + ": " + conn.getConnectorId());
                         }
-                        RecordDescriptor recordDesc = jag.getJobSpecification().getConnectorRecordDescriptor(conn);
+                        RecordDescriptor recordDesc = jag.getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap().get(conn.getConnectorId());
                         IPartitionCollector collector = createPartitionCollector(td, partition, task, i, conn,
                                 recordDesc, cPolicy);
                         collectors.add(collector);
                     }
                 }
-                List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = jag.getActivityOutputConnectorDescriptors(tid.getActivityId());
+                List<IConnectorDescriptor> outputs = jag.getActivityOutputMap().get(tid.getActivityId());
                 if (outputs != null) {
                     for (int i = 0; i < outputs.size(); ++i) {
                         final IConnectorDescriptor conn = outputs.get(i);
-                        RecordDescriptor recordDesc = jag.getJobSpecification().getConnectorRecordDescriptor(conn);
+                        RecordDescriptor recordDesc = jag.getConnectorRecordDescriptorMap().get(conn.getConnectorId());
                         IConnectorPolicy cPolicy = connectorPoliciesMap.get(conn.getConnectorId());
 
                         IPartitionWriterFactory pwFactory = createPartitionWriterFactory(task, cPolicy, jobId, conn,
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
index c4156f4..34f3e9d 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@
                             data[1] = value;
                             writer.writeData(data);
                         }
-                    };
-                    ;
-                    ;
+                    };;;
 
                     OutputCommitter outputCommitter = new org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.NullOutputFormat()
                             .getOutputCommitter(new TaskAttemptContext(conf, new TaskAttemptID()));
@@ -254,9 +252,7 @@
                         public Counter getCounter(Enum<?> arg0) {
                             return null;
                         }
-                    };
-                    ;
-                    ;
+                    };;;
                     context = new org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper().new Context(conf, new TaskAttemptID(),
                             newReader, recordWriter, outputCommitter, statusReporter,
                             (org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit) inputSplit);
@@ -308,8 +304,8 @@
         inputSplitsProxy = new InputSplitsProxy(jobConf, splits);
     }
 
-    public HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, JobConf jobConf, IHadoopClassFactory hadoopClassFactory)
-            throws IOException {
+    public HadoopMapperOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, JobConf jobConf,
+            IHadoopClassFactory hadoopClassFactory) throws IOException {
         super(spec, 1, getRecordDescriptor(jobConf, hadoopClassFactory), jobConf, hadoopClassFactory);
     }
 
@@ -412,7 +408,7 @@
                 return createSelfReadingMapper(ctx, recordDescriptor, partition);
             } else {
                 return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new MapperOperator(partition),
-                        recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(this.odId, 0));
+                        recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(this.activityNodeId, 0));
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new HyracksDataException(e);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor.java
index 35df8de..86a4c3c 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/hadoop/HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@
     private IComparatorFactory comparatorFactory;
     private boolean useAsCombiner = false;
 
-    public HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, JobConf conf, IComparatorFactory comparatorFactory,
-            IHadoopClassFactory classFactory, boolean useAsCombiner) {
+    public HadoopReducerOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, JobConf conf,
+            IComparatorFactory comparatorFactory, IHadoopClassFactory classFactory, boolean useAsCombiner) {
         super(spec, 1, getRecordDescriptor(conf, classFactory), conf, classFactory);
         this.comparatorFactory = comparatorFactory;
         this.useAsCombiner = useAsCombiner;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
             IOpenableDataWriterOperator op = new DeserializedPreclusteredGroupOperator(new int[] { 0 },
                     new IComparator[] { comparatorFactory.createComparator() }, new ReducerAggregator(createReducer()));
             return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, op, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
-                    getOperatorId(), 0));
+                    getActivityId(), 0));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor.java
index dd9e6ad..9048670 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public final void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        builder.addActivity(this);
+        builder.addActivity(this, this);
         for (int i = 0; i < getInputArity(); ++i) {
             builder.addSourceEdge(i, this, i);
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/OneToOneConnectorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/OneToOneConnectorDescriptor.java
index 1d6b69d..a69fd01 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/OneToOneConnectorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/OneToOneConnectorDescriptor.java
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.IConstraintAcceptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.constraints.expressions.PartitionCountExpression;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.OperatorDescriptorId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IConnectorDescriptorRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobActivityGraph;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.collectors.NonDeterministicChannelReader;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.collectors.NonDeterministicFrameReader;
@@ -63,12 +62,11 @@
     @Override
     public void contributeSchedulingConstraints(IConstraintAcceptor constraintAcceptor, JobActivityGraph plan,
             ICCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        JobSpecification jobSpec = plan.getJobSpecification();
-        IOperatorDescriptor consumer = jobSpec.getConsumer(this);
-        IOperatorDescriptor producer = jobSpec.getProducer(this);
+        OperatorDescriptorId consumer = plan.getConsumerActivity(getConnectorId()).getOperatorDescriptorId();
+        OperatorDescriptorId producer = plan.getProducerActivity(getConnectorId()).getOperatorDescriptorId();
 
-        constraintAcceptor.addConstraint(new Constraint(new PartitionCountExpression(consumer.getOperatorId()),
-                new PartitionCountExpression(producer.getOperatorId())));
+        constraintAcceptor.addConstraint(new Constraint(new PartitionCountExpression(consumer),
+                new PartitionCountExpression(producer)));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/AbstractFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/AbstractFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
index 584d398..e05d80d 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/AbstractFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/AbstractFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@
     public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
         return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new FileWriteOperator(partition),
-                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0));
+                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor.java
index 2a205cc..6fb0189 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/file/PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
      * @param inputArity
      * @param outputArity
      */
-    public PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, String delim) {
+    public PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider,
+            String delim) {
         super(spec, 1, 0);
         this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvider;
         this.delim = delim;
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@
         final FileSplit[] splits = fileSplitProvider.getFileSplits();
         // Frame accessor
         final FrameTupleAccessor frameTupleAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(),
-                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0));
+                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0));
         // Record descriptor
-        final RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
+        final RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
         return new AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable() {
             private BufferedWriter out;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/external/ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/external/ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
index 9e64ebb..9fd45e9 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/external/ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/external/ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@
         AggregateActivity aggregateAct = new AggregateActivity(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), AGGREGATE_ACTIVITY_ID));
         MergeActivity mergeAct = new MergeActivity(new ActivityId(odId, MERGE_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(aggregateAct);
+        builder.addActivity(this, aggregateAct);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, aggregateAct, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(mergeAct);
+        builder.addActivity(this, mergeAct);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, mergeAct, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(aggregateAct, mergeAct);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                 throws HyracksDataException {
             return new ExternalGroupBuildOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new TaskId(getActivityId(), partition), keyFields,
                     framesLimit, comparatorFactories, firstNormalizerFactory, aggregatorFactory,
-                    recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0],
+                    recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0],
                     spillableTableFactory);
         }
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/hash/HashGroupOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/hash/HashGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
index 91f80a7..034e13f 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/hash/HashGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/hash/HashGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
 
     private final int tableSize;
 
-    public HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int[] keys, ITuplePartitionComputerFactory tpcf,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IAggregatorDescriptorFactory aggregatorFactory,
-            RecordDescriptor outRecordDescriptor, int tableSize) {
+    public HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int[] keys,
+            ITuplePartitionComputerFactory tpcf, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
+            IAggregatorDescriptorFactory aggregatorFactory, RecordDescriptor outRecordDescriptor, int tableSize) {
         super(spec, 1, 1);
         this.keys = keys;
         this.tpcf = tpcf;
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
         HashBuildActivity ha = new HashBuildActivity(new ActivityId(odId, HASH_BUILD_ACTIVITY_ID));
-        builder.addActivity(ha);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ha);
 
         OutputActivity oa = new OutputActivity(new ActivityId(odId, OUTPUT_ACTIVITY_ID));
-        builder.addActivity(oa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, oa);
 
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, ha, 0);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, oa, 0);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                 final IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, int nPartitions) {
             return new HashGroupBuildOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new TaskId(getActivityId(), partition), keys, tpcf,
                     comparatorFactories, aggregatorFactory, tableSize, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
-                            getOperatorId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0]);
+                            getActivityId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0]);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/preclustered/PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/preclustered/PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
index 9df5e44..d37b818 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/preclustered/PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/group/preclustered/PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered;
 
-
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.IOperatorNodePushable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
@@ -47,6 +46,6 @@
             final IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         return new PreclusteredGroupOperatorNodePushable(ctx, groupFields, comparatorFactories, aggregatorFactory,
-                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0]);
+                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0]);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index ef5cb94..6c58d6f 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
     private final boolean isLeftOuter;
     private final INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories1;
 
-    public GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0, int recordsPerFrame,
-            double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1, IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor) {
+    public GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0,
+            int recordsPerFrame, double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1,
+            IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
+            RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor) {
         super(spec, 2, 1);
         this.memsize = memsize;
         this.inputsize0 = inputsize0;
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@
         recordDescriptors[0] = recordDescriptor;
     }
 
-    public GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0, int recordsPerFrame,
-            double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1, IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor, boolean isLeftOuter,
-            INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories1) {
+    public GraceHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0,
+            int recordsPerFrame, double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1,
+            IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
+            RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor, boolean isLeftOuter, INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories1) {
         super(spec, 2, 1);
         this.memsize = memsize;
         this.inputsize0 = inputsize0;
@@ -82,19 +83,19 @@
 
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        HashPartitionActivityNode rpart = new HashPartitionActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, RPARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID),
-                keys0, 0);
-        HashPartitionActivityNode spart = new HashPartitionActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, SPARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID),
-                keys1, 1);
-        JoinActivityNode join = new JoinActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID));
+        ActivityId rpartAid = new ActivityId(odId, RPARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        HashPartitionActivityNode rpart = new HashPartitionActivityNode(rpartAid, keys0);
+        ActivityId spartAid = new ActivityId(odId, SPARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        HashPartitionActivityNode spart = new HashPartitionActivityNode(spartAid, keys1);
+        JoinActivityNode join = new JoinActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID), rpartAid, spartAid);
 
-        builder.addActivity(rpart);
+        builder.addActivity(this, rpart);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, rpart, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(spart);
+        builder.addActivity(this, spart);
         builder.addSourceEdge(1, spart, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(join);
+        builder.addActivity(this, join);
         builder.addBlockingEdge(rpart, spart);
         builder.addBlockingEdge(spart, join);
 
@@ -107,13 +108,11 @@
 
     private class HashPartitionActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        private int operatorInputIndex;
         private int keys[];
 
-        public HashPartitionActivityNode(ActivityId id, int keys[], int operatorInputIndex) {
+        public HashPartitionActivityNode(ActivityId id, int keys[]) {
             super(id);
             this.keys = keys;
-            this.operatorInputIndex = operatorInputIndex;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -121,23 +120,28 @@
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
             return new GraceHashJoinPartitionBuildOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new TaskId(getActivityId(), partition),
                     keys, hashFunctionFactories, comparatorFactories, (int) Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(inputsize0 * factor
-                            / nPartitions)), recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(),
-                            operatorInputIndex));
+                            / nPartitions)), recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0));
         }
     }
 
     private class JoinActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public JoinActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId rpartAid;
+
+        private final ActivityId spartAid;
+
+        public JoinActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId rpartAid, ActivityId spartAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.rpartAid = rpartAid;
+            this.spartAid = spartAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 final IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions) {
-            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(rpartAid, 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(spartAid, 0);
             int numPartitions = (int) Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(inputsize0 * factor / nPartitions));
 
             return new GraceHashJoinOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new TaskId(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(),
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index 1eaf3bf..4f9b987 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@
      * @param recordDescriptor
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
-    public HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0, int recordsPerFrame,
-            double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1, IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
+    public HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0,
+            int recordsPerFrame, double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1,
+            IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
+            RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(spec, 2, 1);
         this.memsize = memsize;
         this.inputsize0 = inputsize0;
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@
         recordDescriptors[0] = recordDescriptor;
     }
 
-    public HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0, int recordsPerFrame,
-            double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1, IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor, boolean isLeftOuter,
-            INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories1) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public HybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, int memsize, int inputsize0,
+            int recordsPerFrame, double factor, int[] keys0, int[] keys1,
+            IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] hashFunctionFactories, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
+            RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor, boolean isLeftOuter, INullWriterFactory[] nullWriterFactories1)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         super(spec, 2, 1);
         this.memsize = memsize;
         this.inputsize0 = inputsize0;
@@ -122,15 +123,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        BuildAndPartitionActivityNode phase1 = new BuildAndPartitionActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId,
-                BUILD_AND_PARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID));
-        PartitionAndJoinActivityNode phase2 = new PartitionAndJoinActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId,
-                PARTITION_AND_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID));
+        ActivityId p1Aid = new ActivityId(odId, BUILD_AND_PARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        ActivityId p2Aid = new ActivityId(odId, PARTITION_AND_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        BuildAndPartitionActivityNode phase1 = new BuildAndPartitionActivityNode(p1Aid, p2Aid);
+        PartitionAndJoinActivityNode phase2 = new PartitionAndJoinActivityNode(p2Aid, p1Aid);
 
-        builder.addActivity(phase1);
+        builder.addActivity(this, phase1);
         builder.addSourceEdge(1, phase1, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(phase2);
+        builder.addActivity(this, phase2);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, phase2, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(phase1, phase2);
@@ -166,15 +167,18 @@
     private class BuildAndPartitionActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public BuildAndPartitionActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId joinAid;
+
+        public BuildAndPartitionActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId joinAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.joinAid = joinAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions) {
-            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(joinAid, 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
             final IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[comparatorFactories.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < comparatorFactories.length; ++i) {
                 comparators[i] = comparatorFactories[i].createBinaryComparator();
@@ -351,15 +355,18 @@
     private class PartitionAndJoinActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public PartitionAndJoinActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId buildAid;
+
+        public PartitionAndJoinActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId buildAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.buildAid = buildAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions) {
-            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(buildAid, 0);
             final IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[comparatorFactories.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < comparatorFactories.length; ++i) {
                 comparators[i] = comparatorFactories[i].createBinaryComparator();
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index ddbe417..e0a5613 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.structures.SerializableHashTable;
 
 public class InMemoryHashJoinOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractOperatorDescriptor {
-    private static final int BUILD_ACTIVITY_ID = 0;
-    private static final int PROBE_ACTIVITY_ID = 1;
-
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final int[] keys0;
     private final int[] keys1;
@@ -91,13 +88,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        HashBuildActivityNode hba = new HashBuildActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, 0));
-        HashProbeActivityNode hpa = new HashProbeActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, 1));
+        ActivityId hbaId = new ActivityId(odId, 0);
+        ActivityId hpaId = new ActivityId(odId, 1);
+        HashBuildActivityNode hba = new HashBuildActivityNode(hbaId, hpaId);
+        HashProbeActivityNode hpa = new HashProbeActivityNode(hpaId);
 
-        builder.addActivity(hba);
+        builder.addActivity(this, hba);
         builder.addSourceEdge(1, hba, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(hpa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, hpa);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, hpa, 0);
 
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, hpa, 0);
@@ -129,17 +128,18 @@
     private class HashBuildActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public HashBuildActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId hpaId;
+
+        public HashBuildActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId hpaId) {
             super(id);
+            this.hpaId = hpaId;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, int nPartitions) {
-            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider
-                    .getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), BUILD_ACTIVITY_ID);
-            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider
-                    .getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), PROBE_ACTIVITY_ID);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(hpaId, 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
             final IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[comparatorFactories.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < comparatorFactories.length; ++i) {
                 comparators[i] = comparatorFactories[i].createBinaryComparator();
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@
 
                 @Override
                 public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-                    state = (HashBuildTaskState) ctx.getStateObject(new TaskId(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(),
-                            BUILD_ACTIVITY_ID), partition));
+                    state = (HashBuildTaskState) ctx.getStateObject(new TaskId(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), 0),
+                            partition));
                     writer.open();
                 }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index 8d4f57a..a699703 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/NestedLoopJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        JoinCacheActivityNode jc = new JoinCacheActivityNode(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), JOIN_CACHE_ACTIVITY_ID));
-        NestedLoopJoinActivityNode nlj = new NestedLoopJoinActivityNode(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(),
-                NL_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID));
+        ActivityId jcaId = new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), JOIN_CACHE_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        ActivityId nljAid = new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), NL_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        JoinCacheActivityNode jc = new JoinCacheActivityNode(jcaId, nljAid);
+        NestedLoopJoinActivityNode nlj = new NestedLoopJoinActivityNode(nljAid);
 
-        builder.addActivity(jc);
+        builder.addActivity(this, jc);
         builder.addSourceEdge(1, jc, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(nlj);
+        builder.addActivity(this, nlj);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, nlj, 0);
 
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, nlj, 0);
@@ -96,15 +97,18 @@
     private class JoinCacheActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public JoinCacheActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId nljAid;
+
+        public JoinCacheActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId nljAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.nljAid = nljAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, int nPartitions) {
-            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd0 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(nljAid, 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor rd1 = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
             final ITuplePairComparator comparator = comparatorFactory.createTuplePairComparator(ctx);
 
             IOperatorNodePushable op = new AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable() {
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index da02f3d..3a7ee2c 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
  */
 
 public class OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractOperatorDescriptor {
-
     private static final int BUILD_AND_PARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID = 0;
     private static final int PARTITION_AND_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID = 1;
 
@@ -162,15 +161,15 @@
 
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
-        PartitionAndBuildActivityNode phase1 = new PartitionAndBuildActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId,
-                BUILD_AND_PARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID));
-        ProbeAndJoinActivityNode phase2 = new ProbeAndJoinActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId,
-                PARTITION_AND_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID));
+        ActivityId buildAid = new ActivityId(odId, BUILD_AND_PARTITION_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        ActivityId probeAid = new ActivityId(odId, PARTITION_AND_JOIN_ACTIVITY_ID);
+        PartitionAndBuildActivityNode phase1 = new PartitionAndBuildActivityNode(buildAid, probeAid);
+        ProbeAndJoinActivityNode phase2 = new ProbeAndJoinActivityNode(probeAid, buildAid);
 
-        builder.addActivity(phase1);
+        builder.addActivity(this, phase1);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, phase1, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(phase2);
+        builder.addActivity(this, phase2);
         builder.addSourceEdge(1, phase2, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(phase1, phase2);
@@ -236,16 +235,19 @@
     private class PartitionAndBuildActivityNode extends AbstractActivityNode {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public PartitionAndBuildActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId probeAid;
+
+        public PartitionAndBuildActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId probeAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.probeAid = probeAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions) {
 
-            final RecordDescriptor probeRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor buildRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor probeRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor buildRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(probeAid, 0);
 
             final IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[comparatorFactories.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < comparatorFactories.length; i++) {
@@ -314,16 +316,19 @@
 
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        public ProbeAndJoinActivityNode(ActivityId id) {
+        private final ActivityId buildAid;
+
+        public ProbeAndJoinActivityNode(ActivityId id, ActivityId buildAid) {
             super(id);
+            this.buildAid = buildAid;
         }
 
         @Override
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, final int partition, final int nPartitions) {
 
-            final RecordDescriptor probeRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
-            final RecordDescriptor buildRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 1);
+            final RecordDescriptor probeRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(buildAid, 0);
+            final RecordDescriptor buildRd = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
             final IBinaryComparator[] comparators = new IBinaryComparator[comparatorFactories.length];
             final ITuplePairComparator nljComparator0 = tuplePairComparatorFactory0.createTuplePairComparator(ctx);
             final ITuplePairComparator nljComparator1 = tuplePairComparatorFactory1.createTuplePairComparator(ctx);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/map/DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/map/DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
index 7de8f95..30aae7f 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/map/DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/map/DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 
     private final IDeserializedMapperFactory mapperFactory;
 
-    public DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, IDeserializedMapperFactory mapperFactory,
-            RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor) {
+    public DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec,
+            IDeserializedMapperFactory mapperFactory, RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor) {
         super(spec, 1, 1);
         this.mapperFactory = mapperFactory;
         recordDescriptors[0] = recordDescriptor;
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@
     public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
         return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new MapperOperator(),
-                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0));
+                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/MaterializingOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/MaterializingOperatorDescriptor.java
index d38b0a4..ba8c00c 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/MaterializingOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/MaterializingOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
         MaterializerActivityNode ma = new MaterializerActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, MATERIALIZER_ACTIVITY_ID));
         ReaderActivityNode ra = new ReaderActivityNode(new ActivityId(odId, READER_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(ma);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ma);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, ma, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(ra);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ra);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, ra, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(ma, ra);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/PrinterOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/PrinterOperatorDescriptor.java
index 56a4f79..47a8616 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/PrinterOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/PrinterOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@
     public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) {
         return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, new PrinterOperator(),
-                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0));
+                recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/SplitVectorOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/SplitVectorOperatorDescriptor.java
index c8c8fb8..aad0e66 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/SplitVectorOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/misc/SplitVectorOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
                 }
             };
             return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, op, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
-                    getOperatorId(), 0));
+                    getActivityId(), 0));
         }
     }
 
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
                     writer.fail();
                 }
             };
-            return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, op, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
-                    getOperatorId(), 0));
+            return new DeserializedOperatorNodePushable(ctx, op, recordDescProvider.getOutputRecordDescriptor(
+                    getActivityId(), 0));
         }
     }
 
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@
         CollectActivity ca = new CollectActivity(new ActivityId(odId, COLLECT_ACTIVITY_ID));
         SplitActivity sa = new SplitActivity(new ActivityId(odId, SPLIT_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(ca);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ca);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, ca, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(sa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, sa);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, sa, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(ca, sa);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
index 708992b..be71b44 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@
         SortActivity sa = new SortActivity(new ActivityId(odId, SORT_ACTIVITY_ID));
         MergeActivity ma = new MergeActivity(new ActivityId(odId, MERGE_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(sa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, sa);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, sa, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(ma);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ma);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, ma, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(sa, ma);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor.java
index be1e067..3b3c28d 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
         SortActivity sa = new SortActivity(new ActivityId(odId, SORT_ACTIVITY_ID));
         MergeActivity ma = new MergeActivity(new ActivityId(odId, MERGE_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(sa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, sa);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, sa, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(ma);
+        builder.addActivity(this, ma);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, ma, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(sa, ma);
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/OptimizedExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/OptimizedExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
index 23169b5..d9c16d8 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/OptimizedExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/sort/OptimizedExternalSortOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@
         OptimizedSortActivity osa = new OptimizedSortActivity(new ActivityId(odId, SORT_ACTIVITY_ID));
         OptimizedMergeActivity oma = new OptimizedMergeActivity(new ActivityId(odId, MERGE_ACTIVITY_ID));
 
-        builder.addActivity(osa);
+        builder.addActivity(this, osa);
         builder.addSourceEdge(0, osa, 0);
 
-        builder.addActivity(oma);
+        builder.addActivity(this, oma);
         builder.addTargetEdge(0, oma, 0);
 
         builder.addBlockingEdge(osa, oma);
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
             IOperatorNodePushable op = new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
                 @Override
                 public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
-                    OptimizedSortTaskState state = (OptimizedSortTaskState) ctx.getStateObject(new TaskId(new ActivityId(
-                            getOperatorId(), SORT_ACTIVITY_ID), partition));
+                    OptimizedSortTaskState state = (OptimizedSortTaskState) ctx.getStateObject(new TaskId(
+                            new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), SORT_ACTIVITY_ID), partition));
 
                     List<IFrameReader> runs = state.runs;
 
diff --git a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/union/UnionAllOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/union/UnionAllOperatorDescriptor.java
index 6c93b61..7ac9f58 100644
--- a/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/union/UnionAllOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/union/UnionAllOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     @Override
     public void contributeActivities(IActivityGraphBuilder builder) {
         UnionActivityNode uba = new UnionActivityNode(new ActivityId(getOperatorId(), 0));
-        builder.addActivity(uba);
+        builder.addActivity(this, uba);
         for (int i = 0; i < inputArity; ++i) {
             builder.addSourceEdge(i, uba, i);
         }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
                 IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions)
                 throws HyracksDataException {
-            RecordDescriptor inRecordDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getOperatorId(), 0);
+            RecordDescriptor inRecordDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0);
             return new UnionOperator(ctx, inRecordDesc);
         }
     }
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 876b1a9..b6e8c72 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
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@
         // create operator descriptor
         TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsert = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
                 spec, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory,
-                null, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, primaryInsert, splitNCs);
 
         // prepare insertion into secondary index
@@ -177,8 +176,8 @@
         // create operator descriptor
         TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsert = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
                 spec, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
-                secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory,
-                null, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, dataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, secondaryInsert, splitNCs);
 
         // end the insert pipeline at this sink operator
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 2c2d481..a6c7ea6 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
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
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 9ce5d92..d24ba33 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
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@
         IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory = new BTreeDataflowHelperFactory();
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor btreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager,
                 indexRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, lowKeyFields,
-                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, btreeSearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
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 465af1a..5aa338a 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
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
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 fd9e25d..277668b 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
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
                 searchComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, secondarySearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // secondary index will output tuples with [UTF8String, Integer]
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, primarySearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java
index b4159e2..ff29b6e 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/AbstractBTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@
 
     public void createSecondaryIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
-        TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor secondaryCreateOp = new TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+        TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor secondaryCreateOp = new TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryCreateOp, NC1_ID);
         spec.addRoot(secondaryCreateOp);
         runTest(spec);
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         // scan primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
@@ -269,16 +269,16 @@
         int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
         TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
                 spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, pipelineOperation, dataflowHelperFactory,
-                null, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, pipelineOperation, dataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeInsertOp, NC1_ID);
 
         // first secondary index
         int[] fieldPermutationB = { 4, 0 };
         TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
                 spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
-                secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutationB, pipelineOperation, dataflowHelperFactory,
-                null, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, fieldPermutationB, pipelineOperation, dataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryInsertOp, NC1_ID);
 
         NullSinkOperatorDescriptor nullSink = new NullSinkOperatorDescriptor(spec);
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 36b1364..a7c4847 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 661e057..d92b269 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, dataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index 4d0eefa..56e1c53 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         super.setup();
-	createPrimaryIndex();
+        createPrimaryIndex();
         loadPrimaryIndex();
-	createSecondaryIndex();
+        createSecondaryIndex();
         loadSecondaryIndex();
         insertPipeline(false);
     }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
                 secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
                 secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         // second field from the tuples coming from secondary index
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 43fb138..dd56c88 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         super.setup();
-	createPrimaryIndex();
+        createPrimaryIndex();
         loadPrimaryIndex();
-	createSecondaryIndex();
+        createSecondaryIndex();
         loadSecondaryIndex();
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
                 secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
                 secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         int[] primaryLowKeyFields = { 1 }; // second field from the tuples
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
index d0dffae..5ba22ae 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         super.setup();
-	createPrimaryIndex();
+        createPrimaryIndex();
         loadPrimaryIndex();
-	createSecondaryIndex();
+        createSecondaryIndex();
         loadSecondaryIndex();
         insertPipeline(true);
     }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec,
                 secondaryRecDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
                 secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryLowKeyFields, secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         // second field from the tuples coming from secondary index
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
index 35cf8ed..e250b1f 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/invertedindex/WordInvertedIndexTest.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
         int[] highKeyFields = null; // + infinity
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primaryBtreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primaryFileSplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryBtreeSearchOp, NC1_ID);
         return primaryBtreeSearchOp;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor invIndexSearchOp = new InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, 0,
                 storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider, indexRegistryProvider,
                 tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits, invListsComparatorFactories,
-                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, tokenizerFactory, searchModifierFactory, invListsRecDesc,
+                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, tokenizerFactory, searchModifierFactory, invListsRecDesc, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, invIndexSearchOp, NC1_ID);
         return invIndexSearchOp;
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
index 5afc94f..b57f3f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
         // scan primary index
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                primaryComparatorFactories, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@
         int[] primaryFieldPermutation = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 };
         TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsertOp = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(
                 spec, ordersDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
-                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, btreeDataflowHelperFactory,
-                null, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, null,
+                NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primaryInsertOp, NC1_ID);
 
         // secondary index
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index a965e5f..36e96e3 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
         RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
-                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 654b0b9..c2aeead 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
         RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
-                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 5a8cf59..00d08dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/RTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
         RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryTypeTraits,
-                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory,
+                secondaryComparatorFactories, keyFields, rtreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
                 NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, secondarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryTypeTraits,
                 primaryComparatorFactories, primaryLowKeyFields, primaryHighKeyFields, true, true,
-                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
+                btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false, NoOpOperationCallbackProvider.INSTANCE);
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, primarySearchOp, NC1_ID);
 
         IFileSplitProvider outSplits = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] { new FileSplit(NC1_ID,
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 4ed8361..023bdd9 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -108,11 +108,10 @@
     }
 
     protected void runTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
index dec42c1..e0b8c73 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
@@ -105,11 +105,10 @@
     }
 
     protected void runTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        hcc.start(jobId);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
index d556285..0d5a627 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/LocalityAwareConnectorTest.java
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Test of aggregations using locality aware connector. The output two files should be the
-     * same, each of which is the aggregation of two copies of the lineitem.tbl. 
-     * 
+     * same, each of which is the aggregation of two copies of the lineitem.tbl.
      * Note that if the hashing connector is not working correctly, the two files may be different. This
      * also means that even the output files are the same, the hashing may have other problems.
      * 
@@ -99,66 +98,47 @@
 
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, "asterix-001", "asterix-002", "asterix-003", "asterix-004");
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, "asterix-001", "asterix-002",
+                "asterix-003", "asterix-004");
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }),
-                outputRec, tableSize);
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
+                        new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
-        
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
+
         BitSet nodemap = new BitSet(8);
-        
+
         nodemap.set(0);
         nodemap.set(2);
         nodemap.set(5);
         nodemap.set(7);
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new LocalityAwareMToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new LocalityAwareMToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), new HashtableLocalityMap(nodemap));
-                
-                new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "localityAwareSumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "localityAwareSumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -166,11 +146,11 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Test for locality aware connector, using the global hashing node mapper. This should have
      * the exactly the same result as using {@link MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor}.
-     *  
+     * 
      * @throws Exception
      */
     @Test
@@ -178,59 +158,40 @@
 
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
-        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory, desc);
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor csvScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, splitProvider, tupleParserFactory,
+                desc);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec,
-                csvScanner, "asterix-001", "asterix-002", "asterix-003", "asterix-004");
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, csvScanner, "asterix-001", "asterix-002",
+                "asterix-003", "asterix-004");
 
-        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(
-                new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-                        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                        FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+        RecordDescriptor outputRec = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, FloatSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
 
         int[] keyFields = new int[] { 0 };
         int tableSize = 8;
 
-        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                keyFields,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        HashGroupOperatorDescriptor grouper = new HashGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keyFields,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }),
-                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory
-                        .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
-                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
-                        new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true),
-                                new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
-                                new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }),
-                outputRec, tableSize);
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) },
+                new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(new IFieldAggregateDescriptorFactory[] {
+                        new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(1, true), new IntSumFieldAggregatorFactory(3, true),
+                        new FloatSumFieldAggregatorFactory(5, true) }), outputRec, tableSize);
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper,
-                "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, grouper, "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
 
-        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new LocalityAwareMToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
+        IConnectorDescriptor conn1 = new LocalityAwareMToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(spec,
+                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(keyFields,
                         new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
                                 .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }), new GlobalHashingLocalityMap());
-                
-                new MToNPartitioningConnectorDescriptor(
-                spec,
-                new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
-                        keyFields,
-                        new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-                                .of(UTF8StringPointable.FACTORY) }));
+
         spec.connect(conn1, csvScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec,
-                "localityAwareSumInmemGroupTest");
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = getPrinter(spec, "localityAwareSumInmemGroupTest");
 
-        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer,
-                "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
+        PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, printer, "asterix-005", "asterix-006");
 
         IConnectorDescriptor conn2 = new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec);
         spec.connect(conn2, grouper, 0, printer, 0);
@@ -238,16 +199,14 @@
         spec.addRoot(printer);
         runTest(spec);
     }
-    
-    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(
-            IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, String prefix) throws IOException {
 
-        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(
-                spec, new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
-                        new FileSplit("asterix-005", createTempFile()
-                                .getAbsolutePath()),
-                        new FileSplit("asterix-006", createTempFile()
-                                .getAbsolutePath()) }), "\t");
+    private AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor getPrinter(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec, String prefix)
+            throws IOException {
+
+        AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor printer = new PlainFileWriterOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                new ConstantFileSplitProvider(new FileSplit[] {
+                        new FileSplit("asterix-005", createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()),
+                        new FileSplit("asterix-006", createTempFile().getAbsolutePath()) }), "\t");
 
         return printer;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
index cb226c2..943f232 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@
 
             System.out.print(i + "\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job);
-            hcc.start(jobId);
+            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
             hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
             System.out.println("\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
         }
@@ -201,8 +200,8 @@
 
         switch (alg) {
             case 0: // new external hash graph
-                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.external.ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keys,
-                        framesLimit, new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
+                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.external.ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                        keys, framesLimit, new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
                         // PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY),
                         PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
                         new IntegerNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
@@ -238,8 +237,8 @@
                         PointableBinaryHashFunctionFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) }));
                 spec.connect(scanSortConn2, fileScanner, 0, sorter2, 0);
 
-                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered.PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keys,
-                        new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
+                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered.PreclusteredGroupOperatorDescriptor(
+                        spec, keys, new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
                         // PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY),
                         PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
                         new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
@@ -274,8 +273,8 @@
                 spec.connect(scanConn2, fileScanner, 0, grouper, 0);
                 break;
             default:
-                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.external.ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec, keys,
-                        framesLimit, new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
+                grouper = new edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.external.ExternalGroupOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                        keys, framesLimit, new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] {
                         // PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY),
                         PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY) },
                         new IntegerNormalizedKeyComputerFactory(), new MultiFieldsAggregatorFactory(
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
index 0e06274..31019ab 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@
                 options.algo, options.htSize, options.sbSize, options.format);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job, options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job, options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)
                 : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
-        hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index eda17c8..01ccdef 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@
                 options.graceFactor, options.memSize, options.tableSize, options.hasGroupBy);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob(options.app, job,
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job,
                 options.profile ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
-        hcc.start(jobId);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java b/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
index eadf679..dfd229a 100644
--- a/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
+++ b/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
@@ -66,11 +66,10 @@
         JobId jobId;
         if (doProfiling) {
             System.out.println("PROFILING");
-            jobId = connection.createJob(applicationName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         } else {
-            jobId = connection.createJob(applicationName, spec);
+            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec);
         }
-        connection.start(jobId);
         HyracksRunningJob runningJob = new HyracksRunningJob(jobId, spec, this);
         return runningJob;
     }
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 4a1921e..f403312 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
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
             IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields,
             boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive, IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory,
-            IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
+            boolean retainInput, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, retainInput, opCallbackProvider);
         this.lowKeyFields = lowKeyFields;
         this.highKeyFields = highKeyFields;
         this.lowKeyInclusive = lowKeyInclusive;
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 9dda175..b284847 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
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
         super(opDesc, ctx, partition, recordDescProvider);
         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);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
index 1675986..1fc5cb8 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
             IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] lowKeyFields, int[] highKeyFields,
             boolean lowKeyInclusive, boolean highKeyInclusive, IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory,
-            IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider, ITupleUpdaterFactory tupleUpdaterFactory) {
+            boolean retainInput, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider, ITupleUpdaterFactory tupleUpdaterFactory) {
         super(spec, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits, comparatorFactories,
                 lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive, dataflowHelperFactory,
-                opCallbackProvider);
+                retainInput, opCallbackProvider);
         this.tupleUpdaterFactory = tupleUpdaterFactory;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
index e96b510..1141639 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeUpdateSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -42,10 +42,17 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writeSearchResults() throws Exception {
+    protected void writeSearchResults(int tupleIndex) throws Exception {
         while (cursor.hasNext()) {
             tb.reset();
             cursor.next();
+            if (retainInput) {
+            	frameTuple.reset(accessor, tupleIndex);
+                for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                	dos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i), frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                }
+            }
             ITupleReference tuple = cursor.getTuple();
             tupleUpdater.updateTuple(tuple);
             for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
index a36b503..9f0fbc9 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	protected final IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory;
 	protected final ITupleFilterFactory tupleFilterFactory;
 	
+	protected final boolean retainInput;
     protected final IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider;
 
 	public AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor(IOperatorDescriptorRegistry spec,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 			IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
 			IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory,
 			ITupleFilterFactory tupleFilterFactory,
-			IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
+			boolean retainInput, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
 		super(spec, inputArity, outputArity);
 		this.fileSplitProvider = fileSplitProvider;
 		this.storageManager = storageManager;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 		this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
 		this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
 		this.dataflowHelperFactory = dataflowHelperFactory;
+		this.retainInput = retainInput;
 		this.tupleFilterFactory = tupleFilterFactory;
         this.opCallbackProvider = opCallbackProvider;
 		if (outputArity > 0) {
@@ -104,6 +106,11 @@
 	}
 	
 	@Override
+	public boolean getRetainInput() {
+		return retainInput;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
 	public IOperationCallbackProvider getOpCallbackProvider() {
 	    return opCallbackProvider;
 	}
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/IIndexOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/IIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
index 6872e3f..e37d374 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/IIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/IIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -32,5 +32,7 @@
     
     public IIndexDataflowHelperFactory getIndexDataflowHelperFactory();
     
+    public boolean getRetainInput();
+    
     public IOperationCallbackProvider getOpCallbackProvider();
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
index 26a5275..0020089 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             float fillFactor, IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory,
             IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 0, null, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, false, opCallbackProvider);
         this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
         this.fillFactor = fillFactor;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
index e30ce85..bb0689a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
         AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc = (AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor) treeIndexHelper
                 .getOperatorDescriptor();
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getActivityId(), 0);
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), recDesc);
         try {
             treeIndexHelper.init(false);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
index f5cf09e..075a6a4 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
             IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 0, 0, null, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, false, opCallbackProvider);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
index bf6e403..324485e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 0, 1, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits, null,
-                dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                dataflowHelperFactory, null, false, opCallbackProvider);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
index 0ea59af..a615386 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] fieldPermutation, IndexOp op,
             IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, ITupleFilterFactory tupleFilterFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, tupleFilterFactory, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, tupleFilterFactory, false, opCallbackProvider);
         this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
         this.op = op;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
index b839c72..017cb75 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
         AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc = (AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor) treeIndexHelper
                 .getOperatorDescriptor();
-        RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getActivityId(), 0);
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), inputRecDesc);
         writeBuffer = treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().allocateFrame();
         writer.open();
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
index fd44311..7e23d29 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.FrameUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexAccessor;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
 
 public abstract class TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryInputUnaryOutputOperatorNodePushable {
-    protected TreeIndexDataflowHelper treeIndexHelper;
+    protected final TreeIndexDataflowHelper treeIndexHelper;
     protected FrameTupleAccessor accessor;
 
     protected ByteBuffer writeBuffer;
@@ -48,13 +49,16 @@
     protected ITreeIndexFrame cursorFrame;
     protected IIndexAccessor indexAccessor;
 
-    protected RecordDescriptor recDesc;
+    protected final RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc;
+    protected final boolean retainInput;
+    protected FrameTupleReference frameTuple;
 
     public TreeIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable(AbstractTreeIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             int partition, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider) {
         treeIndexHelper = (TreeIndexDataflowHelper) opDesc.getIndexDataflowHelperFactory().createIndexDataflowHelper(
                 opDesc, ctx, partition);
-        this.recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        this.retainInput = treeIndexHelper.getOperatorDescriptor().getRetainInput();
+        inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getActivityId(), 0);
     }
 
     protected abstract ISearchPredicate createSearchPredicate();
@@ -67,38 +71,46 @@
 
     @Override
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), inputRecDesc);
         writer.open();
-        try {
+        try {        	
             treeIndexHelper.init(false);
             treeIndex = (ITreeIndex) treeIndexHelper.getIndex();
             cursorFrame = treeIndex.getLeafFrameFactory().createFrame();
             searchPred = createSearchPredicate();
             writeBuffer = treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().allocateFrame();
-            tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(treeIndex.getFieldCount());
+            tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(recordDesc.getFieldCount());
             dos = tb.getDataOutput();
             appender = new FrameTupleAppender(treeIndexHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize());
             appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
             indexAccessor = treeIndex.createAccessor(treeIndexHelper.getModificationOperationCallback(),
                     treeIndexHelper.getSearchOperationCallback());
             cursor = createCursor();
+            if (retainInput) {
+            	frameTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             treeIndexHelper.deinit();
             throw new HyracksDataException(e);
         }
     }
 
-    protected void writeSearchResults() throws Exception {
+    protected void writeSearchResults(int tupleIndex) throws Exception {
         while (cursor.hasNext()) {
             tb.reset();
             cursor.next();
-
+            if (retainInput) {
+            	frameTuple.reset(accessor, tupleIndex);
+                for (int i = 0; i < frameTuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                	dos.write(frameTuple.getFieldData(i), frameTuple.getFieldStart(i), frameTuple.getFieldLength(i));
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                }
+            }
             ITupleReference tuple = cursor.getTuple();
             for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
                 dos.write(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), tuple.getFieldLength(i));
                 tb.addFieldEndOffset();
             }
-
             if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
                 FrameUtils.flushFrame(writeBuffer, writer);
                 appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
@@ -118,7 +130,7 @@
                 resetSearchPredicate(i);
                 cursor.reset();
                 indexAccessor.search(cursor, searchPred);
-                writeSearchResults();
+                writeSearchResults(i);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new HyracksDataException(e);
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor.java
index 9eae626..6bf0983 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexStatsOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories,
             IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 0, 1, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, false, opCallbackProvider);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ophelpers/MultiComparator.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ophelpers/MultiComparator.java
index e7be912..a8ddc19 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ophelpers/MultiComparator.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/ophelpers/MultiComparator.java
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@
         }
         return 0;
     }
+	
+	public int compare(ITupleReference tupleA,
+			ITupleReference tupleB, int startFieldIndex) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < cmps.length; i++) {
+			int ix = startFieldIndex + i;
+			int cmp = cmps[i].compare(tupleA.getFieldData(ix),
+					tupleA.getFieldStart(ix), tupleA.getFieldLength(ix),
+					tupleB.getFieldData(ix), tupleB.getFieldStart(ix),
+					tupleB.getFieldLength(ix));
+			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++) {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearchModifier.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearchModifier.java
index 8f7a3e3..bd96f67 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearchModifier.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/api/IInvertedIndexSearchModifier.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 public interface IInvertedIndexSearchModifier {
-    int getOccurrenceThreshold(List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursors);
+    public int getOccurrenceThreshold(List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursors);
 
-    int getPrefixLists(List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursors);
+    public int getPrefixLists(List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursors);
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
index 3b21fec..117f96f 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     // General.
     protected final IStorageManagerInterface storageManager;
     protected final IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider;
+    protected final boolean retainInput;
     protected final IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider;
     
     // Btree.
@@ -66,12 +67,13 @@
             IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider, ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenComparatorFactories, ITypeTraits[] invListsTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListComparatorFactories, IBinaryTokenizerFactory tokenizerFactory,
-            IIndexDataflowHelperFactory btreeDataflowHelperFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
+            IIndexDataflowHelperFactory btreeDataflowHelperFactory, boolean retainInput, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, inputArity, outputArity);
 
         // General.
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.indexRegistryProvider = indexRegistryProvider;
+        this.retainInput = retainInput;
         this.opCallbackProvider = opCallbackProvider;
         
         // Btree.
@@ -150,6 +152,11 @@
     }
     
     @Override
+    public boolean getRetainInput() {
+    	return retainInput;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
     public IOperationCallbackProvider getOpCallbackProvider() {
     	return opCallbackProvider;
     }
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 94409de..a146479 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
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider,
-            int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return new BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(ctx, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(odId, 0),
-                recordDescriptors[0], tokenizerFactory.createTokenizer(), tokenFields, keyFields);
+    public IOperatorNodePushable createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
+            IRecordDescriptorProvider recordDescProvider, int partition, int nPartitions) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable(ctx, recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(
+                getActivityId(), 0), recordDescriptors[0], tokenizerFactory.createTokenizer(), tokenFields, keyFields);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
index cc586ae..7ffec4d 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
             IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 0, null, storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider,
                 indexRegistryProvider, tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits,
-                invListComparatorFactories, tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, opCallbackProvider);
+                invListComparatorFactories, tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false,
+                opCallbackProvider);
         this.fieldPermutation = fieldPermutation;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
index 6da7481..62e6b31 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
         AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc = (AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor) btreeDataflowHelper
                 .getOperatorDescriptor();
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getActivityId(), 0);
         accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeDataflowHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), recDesc);
 
         // BTree.
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
index 540d794..01d1a97 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexCreateOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 0, 0, null, storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider,
                 indexRegistryProvider, tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits,
-                invListComparatorFactories, tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, opCallbackProvider);
+                invListComparatorFactories, tokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, false, opCallbackProvider);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
index 15d73b9..e769016 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexDataflowHelper.java
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@
                 invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits());
         return new InvertedIndex(opDesc.getStorageManager().getBufferCache(ctx), btree,
                 invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits(), invIndexOpDesc.getInvListsComparatorFactories(),
-                invListBuilder, invIndexOpDesc.getTokenizerFactory().createTokenizer(), opDesc.getStorageManager()
-                        .getFileMapProvider(ctx),
-                opDesc.getFileSplitProvider().getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile());
+                invListBuilder, opDesc.getStorageManager().getFileMapProvider(ctx), opDesc.getFileSplitProvider()
+                        .getFileSplits()[partition].getLocalFile());
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
index f5f92fc..497dfb5 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@
             ITypeTraits[] tokenTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] tokenComparatorFactories,
             ITypeTraits[] invListsTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListComparatorFactories,
             IIndexDataflowHelperFactory btreeDataflowHelperFactory, IBinaryTokenizerFactory queryTokenizerFactory,
-            IInvertedIndexSearchModifierFactory searchModifierFactory, RecordDescriptor recDesc,
+            IInvertedIndexSearchModifierFactory searchModifierFactory, RecordDescriptor recDesc, boolean retainInput,
             IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, btreeFileSplitProvider, invListsFileSplitProvider,
                 indexRegistryProvider, tokenTypeTraits, tokenComparatorFactories, invListsTypeTraits,
-                invListComparatorFactories, queryTokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, opCallbackProvider);
+                invListComparatorFactories, queryTokenizerFactory, btreeDataflowHelperFactory, retainInput,
+                opCallbackProvider);
         this.queryField = queryField;
         this.searchModifierFactory = searchModifierFactory;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
index 4b506aa..4529823 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/dataflow/InvertedIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     private DataOutput dos;
 
     private final AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc;
+    private final boolean retainInput;
 
     public InvertedIndexSearchOperatorNodePushable(AbstractInvertedIndexOperatorDescriptor opDesc,
             IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition, int queryField, IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier,
@@ -66,14 +67,15 @@
                 .createIndexDataflowHelper(opDesc, ctx, partition);
         invIndexDataflowHelper = new InvertedIndexDataflowHelper(btreeDataflowHelper, opDesc, ctx, partition);
         this.queryField = queryField;
-        this.searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(searchModifier);
+        this.searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(opDesc.getTokenizerFactory().createTokenizer(), searchModifier);
         this.recordDescProvider = recordDescProvider;
+        this.retainInput = invIndexDataflowHelper.getOperatorDescriptor().getRetainInput();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-        RecordDescriptor recDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getOperatorId(), 0);
-        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeDataflowHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        RecordDescriptor inputRecDesc = recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(opDesc.getActivityId(), 0);
+        accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(btreeDataflowHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize(), inputRecDesc);
         tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
         // BTree.
         try {
@@ -102,12 +104,13 @@
         }
 
         writeBuffer = btreeDataflowHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().allocateFrame();
-        tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(opDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits().length);
+        tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(recordDesc.getFieldCount());
         dos = tb.getDataOutput();
         appender = new FrameTupleAppender(btreeDataflowHelper.getHyracksTaskContext().getFrameSize());
         appender.reset(writeBuffer, true);
 
         indexAccessor = invIndex.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
+        //InvertedIndex.InvertedIndexAccessor accessor =  
         resultCursor = indexAccessor.createSearchCursor();
         writer.open();
     }
@@ -116,6 +119,12 @@
         while (resultCursor.hasNext()) {
             resultCursor.next();
             tb.reset();
+            if (retainInput) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                	dos.write(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                }
+            }
             ITupleReference invListElement = resultCursor.getTuple();
             int invListFields = opDesc.getInvListsTypeTraits().length;
             for (int i = 0; i < invListFields; i++) {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
index 643c105..c4ab601 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean startNewList(ITupleReference tuple, int tokenField) {
-        if (pos + listElementSize > targetBuf.length)
+        if (pos + listElementSize >= targetBuf.length)
             return false;
         else {
             listSize = 0;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean appendElement(ITupleReference tuple, int numTokenFields, int numElementFields) {
-        if (pos + listElementSize > targetBuf.length)
+        if (pos + listElementSize >= targetBuf.length)
             return false;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < numElementFields; i++) {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor.java
index 4158019..446f171 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void next() {
-        if (currentOff + elementSize >= bufferCache.getPageSize()) {
+        if (currentOff + 2 * elementSize >= bufferCache.getPageSize()) {
             currentPageIx++;
             currentOff = 0;
         } else {
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndex.java
index b43a594..ada05e6 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndex.java
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexAccessor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexBulkLoadContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexBulkLoader;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IModificationOperationCallback;
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearcher;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.BufferedFileHandle;
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@
     private final ITypeTraits[] invListTypeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories;
     private final IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder;
-    private final IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer;
     private final int numTokenFields;
     private final int numInvListKeys;
 
@@ -80,14 +76,13 @@
 
     public InvertedIndex(IBufferCache bufferCache, BTree btree, ITypeTraits[] invListTypeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder,
-            IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer, IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider, FileReference file) {
+            IFileMapProvider fileMapProvider, FileReference file) {
         this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
         this.fileMapProvider = fileMapProvider;
         this.btree = btree;
         this.invListTypeTraits = invListTypeTraits;
         this.invListCmpFactories = invListCmpFactories;
         this.invListBuilder = invListBuilder;
-        this.tokenizer = tokenizer;
         this.numTokenFields = btree.getComparatorFactories().length;
         this.numInvListKeys = invListCmpFactories.length;
         this.file = file;
@@ -236,26 +231,26 @@
     public final class InvertedIndexBulkLoader implements IIndexBulkLoader {
         private final ArrayTupleBuilder btreeTupleBuilder;
         private final ArrayTupleReference btreeTupleReference;
-        private final float btreeFillFactor;
-        private IIndexBulkLoadContext btreeBulkLoadCtx;
         private final IIndexBulkLoader btreeBulkloader;
 
         private int currentInvListStartPageId;
         private int currentInvListStartOffset;
-        private final ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream currentInvListTokenBaaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-        private final FixedSizeTupleReference currentInvListToken = new FixedSizeTupleReference(invListTypeTraits);
+        private final ArrayTupleBuilder lastTupleBuilder;
+        private final ArrayTupleReference lastTuple;
 
         private int currentPageId;
         private ICachedPage currentPage;
         private final MultiComparator tokenCmp;
+        private final MultiComparator invListCmp;
 
         public InvertedIndexBulkLoader(float btreeFillFactor, int startPageId, int fileId) throws IndexException,
                 HyracksDataException {
             this.tokenCmp = MultiComparator.create(btree.getComparatorFactories());
+            this.invListCmp = MultiComparator.create(invListCmpFactories);
             this.btreeTupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(btree.getFieldCount());
             this.btreeTupleReference = new ArrayTupleReference();
-            this.btreeFillFactor = btreeFillFactor;
-
+            this.lastTupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(numTokenFields + numInvListKeys);
+            this.lastTuple = new ArrayTupleReference();
             this.btreeBulkloader = btree.createBulkLoader(btreeFillFactor);
             currentPageId = startPageId;
             currentPage = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, currentPageId), true);
@@ -274,7 +269,8 @@
         private void createAndInsertBTreeTuple() throws HyracksDataException {
             // Build tuple.        
             btreeTupleBuilder.reset();
-            btreeTupleBuilder.addField(currentInvListTokenBaaos.getByteArray(), 0, currentInvListTokenBaaos.size());
+            btreeTupleBuilder.addField(lastTuple.getFieldData(0), lastTuple.getFieldStart(0),
+                    lastTuple.getFieldLength(0));
             btreeTupleBuilder.addField(IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, currentInvListStartPageId);
             btreeTupleBuilder.addField(IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, currentPageId);
             btreeTupleBuilder.addField(IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, currentInvListStartOffset);
@@ -294,18 +290,18 @@
          */
         @Override
         public void add(ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException {
-            // First inverted list, copy token to baaos and start new list.
-            if (currentInvListTokenBaaos.size() == 0) {
-                currentInvListStartPageId = currentPageId;
-                currentInvListStartOffset = invListBuilder.getPos();
-
-                // Remember current token.
-                currentInvListTokenBaaos.reset();
-                for (int i = 0; i < numTokenFields; i++) {
-                    currentInvListTokenBaaos.write(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i),
-                            tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            boolean firstElement = lastTupleBuilder.getSize() == 0;
+            boolean startNewList = firstElement;
+            if (!firstElement) {
+                // If the current and the last token don't match, we start a new list.
+                lastTuple.reset(lastTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), lastTupleBuilder.getByteArray());
+                startNewList = tokenCmp.compare(tuple, lastTuple) != 0;
+            }
+            if (startNewList) {
+                if (!firstElement) {
+                    // Create entry in btree for last inverted list.
+                    createAndInsertBTreeTuple();
                 }
-
                 if (!invListBuilder.startNewList(tuple, numTokenFields)) {
                     pinNextPage();
                     invListBuilder.setTargetBuffer(currentPage.getBuffer().array(), 0);
@@ -313,34 +309,13 @@
                         throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to create first inverted list.");
                     }
                 }
-            }
-
-            // Create new inverted list?
-            currentInvListToken.reset(currentInvListTokenBaaos.getByteArray(), 0);
-            if (tokenCmp.compare(tuple, currentInvListToken) != 0) {
-
-                // Create entry in btree for last inverted list.
-                createAndInsertBTreeTuple();
-
-                // Remember new token.
-                currentInvListTokenBaaos.reset();
-                for (int i = 0; i < numTokenFields; i++) {
-                    currentInvListTokenBaaos.write(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i),
-                            tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-                }
-
-                // Start new list.
-                if (!invListBuilder.startNewList(tuple, numTokenFields)) {
-                    pinNextPage();
-                    invListBuilder.setTargetBuffer(currentPage.getBuffer().array(), 0);
-                    if (!invListBuilder.startNewList(tuple, numTokenFields)) {
-                        throw new IllegalStateException(
-                                "Failed to start new inverted list after switching to a new page.");
-                    }
-                }
-
                 currentInvListStartPageId = currentPageId;
                 currentInvListStartOffset = invListBuilder.getPos();
+            } else {
+                if (invListCmp.compare(tuple, lastTuple, numTokenFields) == 0) {
+                    // Duplicate inverted-list element.
+                    return;
+                }
             }
 
             // Append to current inverted list.
@@ -352,6 +327,13 @@
                             "Failed to append element to inverted list after switching to a new page.");
                 }
             }
+
+            // Remember last tuple by creating a copy.
+            // TODO: This portion can be optimized by only copying the token when it changes, and using the last appended inverted-list element as a reference.
+            lastTupleBuilder.reset();
+            for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
+                lastTupleBuilder.addField(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), tuple.getFieldLength(i));
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -391,7 +373,7 @@
         private final IInvertedIndexSearcher searcher;
 
         public InvertedIndexAccessor(InvertedIndex index) {
-            this.searcher = new TOccurrenceSearcher(ctx, index, tokenizer);
+            this.searcher = new TOccurrenceSearcher(ctx, index);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexSearchPredicate.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexSearchPredicate.java
index 989878d..9e9a2c3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexSearchPredicate.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/InvertedIndexSearchPredicate.java
@@ -19,15 +19,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ISearchPredicate;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
 
 public class InvertedIndexSearchPredicate implements ISearchPredicate {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     private ITupleReference queryTuple;
     private int queryFieldIndex;
-    private final IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier;
+    private final IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer;
+    private final IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier;    
     
-    public InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier) {
+    public InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer, IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier) {
+        this.queryTokenizer = queryTokenizer;
         this.searchModifier = searchModifier;
     }
     
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@
         return searchModifier;
     }
     
+    public IBinaryTokenizer getQueryTokenizer() {
+        return queryTokenizer;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public MultiComparator getLowKeyComparator() {
         // TODO: This doesn't make sense for an inverted index. Change ISearchPredicate interface.
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcher.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcher.java
index bf4857e..c5f823a 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcher.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcher.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IToken;
 
+// TODO: The search procedure is rather confusing regarding cursor positions, hasNext() calls etc.
+// Needs an overhaul some time.
 public class TOccurrenceSearcher implements IInvertedIndexSearcher {
 
     protected final IHyracksCommonContext ctx;
@@ -80,7 +82,6 @@
 
     protected final InvertedIndex invIndex;
     protected final MultiComparator invListCmp;
-    protected final IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer;
     protected final ITypeTraits[] invListFieldsWithCount;
     protected int occurrenceThreshold;
 
@@ -88,11 +89,10 @@
     protected List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursorCache = new ArrayList<IInvertedListCursor>(cursorCacheSize);
     protected List<IInvertedListCursor> invListCursors = new ArrayList<IInvertedListCursor>(cursorCacheSize);
 
-    public TOccurrenceSearcher(IHyracksCommonContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex, IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer) {
+    public TOccurrenceSearcher(IHyracksCommonContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex) {
         this.ctx = ctx;
         this.invIndex = invIndex;
         this.invListCmp = MultiComparator.create(invIndex.getInvListElementCmpFactories());
-        this.queryTokenizer = queryTokenizer;
 
         leafFrame = invIndex.getBTree().getLeafFrameFactory().createFrame();
         interiorFrame = invIndex.getBTree().getInteriorFrameFactory().createFrame();
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
         ITupleReference queryTuple = searchPred.getQueryTuple();
         int queryFieldIndex = searchPred.getQueryFieldIndex();
         IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier = searchPred.getSearchModifier();
+        IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer = searchPred.getQueryTokenizer();
 
         queryTokenAppender.reset(queryTokenFrame, true);
         queryTokenizer.reset(queryTuple.getFieldData(queryFieldIndex), queryTuple.getFieldStart(queryFieldIndex),
@@ -349,7 +350,9 @@
 
             if (advanceCursor) {
                 invListTidx++;
-                invListCursor.next();
+                if (invListCursor.hasNext()) {
+                    invListCursor.next();
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -440,7 +443,9 @@
 
             if (advanceCursor) {
                 invListTidx++;
-                invListCursor.next();
+                if (invListCursor.hasNext()) {
+                    invListCursor.next();
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -449,7 +454,9 @@
             ITupleReference invListTuple = invListCursor.getTuple();
             newBufIdx = appendTupleToNewResults(invListTuple, 1, newBufIdx);
             invListTidx++;
-            invListCursor.next();
+            if (invListCursor.hasNext()) {
+                invListCursor.next();
+            }
         }
 
         // append remaining elements from previous result set
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly.java
index b40b9cf..957ecc0 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly.java
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
 
 public class TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly extends TOccurrenceSearcher {
 
 	protected final MultiComparator invListCmp;
 	
-    public TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex,
-            IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer) {
-        super(ctx, invIndex, queryTokenizer);
+    public TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixProbeOnly(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex) {
+        super(ctx, invIndex);
         this.invListCmp = MultiComparator.create(invIndex.getInvListElementCmpFactories());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly.java b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly.java
index ab48ac7..bd9bd60 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/impls/TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly.java
@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
 
 public class TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly extends TOccurrenceSearcher {
 
 	protected final MultiComparator invListCmp;
 	
-    public TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex,
-            IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer) {
-        super(ctx, invIndex, queryTokenizer);
+    public TOccurrenceSearcherSuffixScanOnly(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, InvertedIndex invIndex) {
+        super(ctx, invIndex);
         this.invListCmp = MultiComparator.create(invIndex.getInvListElementCmpFactories());
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
index 1af3187..9818dce 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
             IStorageManagerInterface storageManager, IIndexRegistryProvider<IIndex> indexRegistryProvider,
             IFileSplitProvider fileSplitProvider, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, int[] keyFields,
-            IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
+            IIndexDataflowHelperFactory dataflowHelperFactory, boolean retainInput, IOperationCallbackProvider opCallbackProvider) {
         super(spec, 1, 1, recDesc, storageManager, indexRegistryProvider, fileSplitProvider, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, opCallbackProvider);
+                comparatorFactories, dataflowHelperFactory, null, false, opCallbackProvider);
         this.keyFields = keyFields;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
index aa53a39..c652151 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/BufferCache.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     private static final int MAP_FACTOR = 2;
 
     private static final int MAX_VICTIMIZATION_TRY_COUNT = 5;
-    private static final int MAX_WAIT_FOR_CLEANER_THREAD_TIME = 1000;
+    private static final int MAX_WAIT_FOR_CLEANER_THREAD_TIME = 1000 * 60;
     private static final int MIN_CLEANED_COUNT_DIFF = 4;
 
     private final int maxOpenFiles;
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java
index 0c2c2fe..5e40c05 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@
         invListCmpFactories[0] = PointableBinaryComparatorFactory.of(IntegerPointable.FACTORY);
 
         IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder(invListTypeTraits);
-        invIndex = new InvertedIndex(bufferCache, btree, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, invListBuilder,
-                tokenizer, fmp, invListsFile);
+        invIndex = new InvertedIndex(bufferCache, btree, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, invListBuilder, fmp,
+                invListsFile);
         invIndex.create();
         invIndex.open();
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java
index 645a851..3c2d656 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
         IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder(invListTypeTraits);
         InvertedIndex invIndex = new InvertedIndex(bufferCache, btree, invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
-                invListBuilder, null, fmp, invListsFile);
+                invListBuilder, fmp, invListsFile);
         invIndex.create();
         invIndex.open();
 
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java
index b2642d9..ccb3cc3 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
  * queries from a list of predefined tokens in the index, and measure the
  * performance of executing them with different search modifiers. We test the
  * ConjunctiveSearchModifier and the JaccardSearchModifier.
- * 
  */
 public class SearchPerfTest extends AbstractInvIndexSearchTest {
 
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@
      * Determine the expected results with the ScanCount algorithm. The
      * ScanCount algorithm is very simple, so we can be confident the results
      * are correct.
-     * 
      */
     protected void fillExpectedResults(int[] queryTokenIndexes, int numQueryTokens, int occurrenceThreshold) {
         // reset scan count array
@@ -145,15 +143,13 @@
      * tokens. We run each query, measure it's time, and verify it's results
      * against the results produced by ScanCount, implemented in
      * fillExpectedResults().
-     * 
      */
     private void runQueries(IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier, int numQueries) throws Exception {
-
         rnd.setSeed(50);
 
         InvertedIndexAccessor accessor = (InvertedIndexAccessor) invIndex.createAccessor(
                 NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-        InvertedIndexSearchPredicate searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(searchModifier);
+        InvertedIndexSearchPredicate searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(tokenizer, searchModifier);
 
         // generate random queries
         int[] queryTokenIndexes = new int[tokens.size()];
@@ -240,7 +236,6 @@
     /**
      * Runs 50 random conjunctive search queries to test the
      * ConjunctiveSearchModifier.
-     * 
      */
     @Test
     public void conjunctiveKeywordQueryTest() throws Exception {
@@ -251,7 +246,6 @@
     /**
      * Runs 50 random jaccard-based search queries with thresholds 1.0, 0.9,
      * 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5. Tests the JaccardSearchModifier.
-     * 
      */
     @Test
     public void jaccardKeywordQueryTest() throws Exception {
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java
index 9999e95..53d2cab 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java
@@ -173,16 +173,12 @@
     /**
      * Runs a specified number of randomly picked strings from dataStrings as
      * queries. We run each query, measure it's time, and print it's results.
-     * 
      */
     private void runQueries(IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier, int numQueries) throws Exception {
-
         rnd.setSeed(50);
-
         InvertedIndexAccessor accessor = (InvertedIndexAccessor) invIndex.createAccessor(
                 NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-        InvertedIndexSearchPredicate searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(searchModifier);
-
+        InvertedIndexSearchPredicate searchPred = new InvertedIndexSearchPredicate(tokenizer, searchModifier);
         for (int i = 0; i < numQueries; i++) {
 
             int queryIndex = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % dataStrings.size());
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@
     /**
      * Runs 5 random conjunctive search queries to test the
      * ConjunctiveSearchModifier.
-     * 
      */
     @Test
     public void conjunctiveQueryTest() throws Exception {
@@ -247,7 +242,6 @@
     /**
      * Runs 5 random jaccard-based search queries with thresholds 0.9, 0.8, 0.7.
      * Tests the JaccardSearchModifier.
-     * 
      */
     @Test
     public void jaccardQueryTest() throws Exception {
@@ -275,7 +269,6 @@
     /**
      * Runs 5 random edit-distance based search queries with thresholds 1, 2, 3.
      * Tests the EditDistanceSearchModifier.
-     * 
      */
     @Test
     public void editDistanceQueryTest() throws Exception {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98c3467..849d60c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>