diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index 8dc083d..bd35835 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
index f1e7acb..dde4443 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/AbstractCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.INormalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.data.IPrinterFactoryProvider;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
     protected ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider;
     protected ISerializerDeserializerProvider serializerDeserializerProvider;
     protected IBinaryHashFunctionFactoryProvider hashFunctionFactoryProvider;
+    protected IBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider hashFunctionFamilyProvider;
     protected IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider comparatorFactoryProvider;
     protected IBinaryBooleanInspectorFactory binaryBooleanInspectorFactory;
     protected IBinaryIntegerInspectorFactory binaryIntegerInspectorFactory;
@@ -94,6 +96,14 @@
         return hashFunctionFactoryProvider;
     }
 
+    public void setHashFunctionFamilyProvider(IBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider hashFunctionFamilyProvider) {
+        this.hashFunctionFamilyProvider = hashFunctionFamilyProvider;
+    }
+
+    public IBinaryHashFunctionFamilyProvider getHashFunctionFamilyProvider() {
+        return hashFunctionFamilyProvider;
+    }
+
     public void setComparatorFactoryProvider(IBinaryComparatorFactoryProvider comparatorFactoryProvider) {
         this.comparatorFactoryProvider = comparatorFactoryProvider;
     }
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
index 1d21463..edc1b66 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/compiler/api/HeuristicCompilerFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@
                     public JobSpecification createJob(Object appContext) throws AlgebricksException {
                         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.fine("Starting Job Generation.\n");
                         JobGenContext context = new JobGenContext(null, metadata, appContext,
-                                serializerDeserializerProvider, hashFunctionFactoryProvider, comparatorFactoryProvider,
-                                typeTraitProvider, binaryBooleanInspectorFactory, binaryIntegerInspectorFactory,
-                                printerProvider, nullWriterFactory, normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider,
-                                expressionRuntimeProvider, expressionTypeComputer, nullableTypeComputer, oc,
-                                expressionEvalSizeComputer, partialAggregationTypeComputer, frameSize, clusterLocations);
+                                serializerDeserializerProvider, hashFunctionFactoryProvider,
+                                hashFunctionFamilyProvider, comparatorFactoryProvider, typeTraitProvider,
+                                binaryBooleanInspectorFactory, binaryIntegerInspectorFactory, printerProvider,
+                                nullWriterFactory, normalizedKeyComputerFactoryProvider, expressionRuntimeProvider,
+                                expressionTypeComputer, nullableTypeComputer, oc, expressionEvalSizeComputer,
+                                partialAggregationTypeComputer, frameSize, clusterLocations);
                         PlanCompiler pc = new PlanCompiler(context);
                         return pc.compilePlan(plan, null);
                     }