diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index 53d7c22..caa3222 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 				<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>
 			<plugin>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java
index 62f92dd..a0d365f 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java
@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 
 public interface IUpdateFunction extends IFunction {
 
-    /**
-     * update the tuple pointed by tupleRef called after process,
-     * one-input-tuple-at-a-time
-     * 
-     * @param tupleRef
-     * @throws HyracksDataException
-     */
-    public void update(ITupleReference tupleRef) throws HyracksDataException;
+	/**
+	 * update the tuple pointed by tupleRef called after process,
+	 * one-input-tuple-at-a-time
+	 * 
+	 * @param tupleRef
+	 * @throws HyracksDataException
+	 */
+	public void update(ITupleReference tupleRef, ArrayTupleBuilder cloneUpdateTb)
+			throws HyracksDataException;
 
 }