diff --git a/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml b/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
index b2c7a4c..eb2a27d 100644
--- a/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/genomix/genomix-core/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties b/genomix/genomix-core/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
index 77abcf5..eabd81b 100644
--- a/genomix/genomix-core/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
+++ b/genomix/genomix-core/src/main/resources/conf/cluster.properties
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 # Yourkit option: -agentpath:/grid/0/dev/vborkar/tools/yjp-10.0.4/bin/linux-x86-64/libyjpagent.so=port=20001"
 
 #NC JAVA_OPTS
-NCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7002,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx1g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
+NCJAVA_OPTS="-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=7002,server=y,suspend=n -Xmx10g -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties"
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
index 3e5e30f..d86f1d5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
@@ -47,11 +46,18 @@
     private final ISerializableTable table;
 	private final int tableSize;
     private final TuplePointer storedTuplePointer;
+    private final boolean reverseOutputOrder;	//Should we reverse the order of tuples, we are writing in output
     
     public InMemoryHashJoin(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int tableSize, FrameTupleAccessor accessor0,
             ITuplePartitionComputer tpc0, FrameTupleAccessor accessor1, ITuplePartitionComputer tpc1,
             FrameTuplePairComparator comparator, boolean isLeftOuter, INullWriter[] nullWriters1, ISerializableTable table)
             throws HyracksDataException {
+    	this(ctx, tableSize, accessor0, tpc0, accessor1, tpc1, comparator, isLeftOuter, nullWriters1, table, false);
+    }
+    
+    public InMemoryHashJoin(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int tableSize, FrameTupleAccessor accessor0,
+            ITuplePartitionComputer tpc0, FrameTupleAccessor accessor1, ITuplePartitionComputer tpc1,
+            FrameTuplePairComparator comparator, boolean isLeftOuter, INullWriter[] nullWriters1, ISerializableTable table, boolean reverse) throws HyracksDataException {
     	this.tableSize = tableSize;
        	this.table = table;
        	storedTuplePointer = new TuplePointer();
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@
         } else {
             nullTupleBuild = null;
         }
+    	reverseOutputOrder = reverse;
     }
 
     public void build(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -108,18 +115,13 @@
                 int c = tpComparator.compare(accessorProbe, i, accessorBuild, tIndex);
                 if (c == 0) {
                     matchFound = true;
-                    if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, i, accessorBuild, tIndex)) {
-                        flushFrame(outBuffer, writer);
-                        appender.reset(outBuffer, true);
-                        if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, i, accessorBuild, tIndex)) {
-                            throw new IllegalStateException();
-                        }
-                    }
+                    appendToResult(i, tIndex, writer);
                 }
             } while (true);
 
             if (!matchFound && isLeftOuter) {
-                if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, i, nullTupleBuild.getFieldEndOffsets(),
+                
+            	if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, i, nullTupleBuild.getFieldEndOffsets(),
                         nullTupleBuild.getByteArray(), 0, nullTupleBuild.getSize())) {
                     flushFrame(outBuffer, writer);
                     appender.reset(outBuffer, true);
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@
                         throw new IllegalStateException();
                     }
                 }
+                
             }
         }
     }
@@ -145,23 +148,25 @@
         buffer.position(0);
         buffer.limit(buffer.capacity());
     }
-
-    private static class Link {
-        private static final int INIT_POINTERS_SIZE = 8;
-
-        long[] pointers;
-        int size;
-
-        Link() {
-            pointers = new long[INIT_POINTERS_SIZE];
-            size = 0;
-        }
-
-        void add(long pointer) {
-            if (size >= pointers.length) {
-                pointers = Arrays.copyOf(pointers, pointers.length * 2);
+    
+    private void appendToResult(int probeSidetIx, int buildSidetIx, IFrameWriter writer) throws HyracksDataException{
+    	if(!reverseOutputOrder){
+    		if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, probeSidetIx, accessorBuild, buildSidetIx)) {
+                flushFrame(outBuffer, writer);
+                appender.reset(outBuffer, true);
+                if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorProbe, probeSidetIx, accessorBuild, buildSidetIx)) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException();
+                }
             }
-            pointers[size++] = pointer;
-        }
+    	}
+    	else{
+    		if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorBuild, buildSidetIx, accessorProbe, probeSidetIx)) {
+                flushFrame(outBuffer, writer);
+                appender.reset(outBuffer, true);
+                if (!appender.appendConcat(accessorBuild, buildSidetIx, accessorProbe, probeSidetIx)) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException();
+                }
+            }
+    	}
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
index 19479df..cf39416 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/join/OptimizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.INullWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IRecordDescriptorProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePairComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePairComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITuplePartitionComputer;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@
         recordDescriptors[0] = recordDescriptor;
         this.isLeftOuter = isLeftOuter;
         this.nullWriterFactories1 = nullWriterFactories1;
+        
 
     }
 
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@
                 comparators[i] = comparatorFactories[i].createBinaryComparator();
             }
             
+            
             IOperatorNodePushable op = new AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable() {
                 private BuildAndPartitionTaskState state = new BuildAndPartitionTaskState(ctx.getJobletContext()
                         .getJobId(), new TaskId(getActivityId(), partition));
@@ -421,34 +424,40 @@
                     //Apply in-Mem HJ if possible
                     if ((buildPartSize < state.memForJoin) || (probePartSize < state.memForJoin)) {
                         int tabSize = -1;
-                        if (buildPartSize < probePartSize) {
+                        
+                        if (isLeftOuter || buildPartSize < probePartSize) {
                             tabSize = ohhj.getBuildPartitionSizeInTup(pid);
+                           
                             if (tabSize == 0) {
                                 throw new HyracksDataException(
                                         "Trying to join an empty partition. Invalid table size for inMemoryHashJoin.");
                             }
-                            //Build Side is smaller
-                            applyInMemHashJoin(probeKeys, buildKeys, tabSize, probeRd, buildRd, hpcRep1, hpcRep0,
-                                    buildSideReader, probeSideReader);
+                          //Build Side is smaller
+                            applyInMemHashJoin(buildKeys, probeKeys, tabSize, probeRd, buildRd, hpcRep0, hpcRep1,
+                                    buildSideReader, probeSideReader, false, pid);
 
-                        } else { //Role Reversal
+                        } 
+                        
+                        else { //Role Reversal
                             tabSize = ohhj.getProbePartitionSizeInTup(pid);
                             if (tabSize == 0) {
                                 throw new HyracksDataException(
                                         "Trying to join an empty partition. Invalid table size for inMemoryHashJoin.");
                             }
                             //Probe Side is smaller
-                            applyInMemHashJoin(buildKeys, probeKeys, tabSize, buildRd, probeRd, hpcRep0, hpcRep1,
-                                    probeSideReader, buildSideReader);
+                            
+                            applyInMemHashJoin(probeKeys, buildKeys, tabSize, buildRd, probeRd, hpcRep1, hpcRep0,
+                                    probeSideReader, buildSideReader, true, pid);
                         }
                     }
                     //Apply (Recursive) HHJ
                     else {
                         OptimizedHybridHashJoin rHHj;
-                        if (buildPartSize < probePartSize) { //Build Side is smaller
+                        if (isLeftOuter || buildPartSize < probePartSize) { //Build Side is smaller
 
                             int n = getNumberOfPartitions(state.memForJoin, (int) buildPartSize, fudgeFactor,
                                     nPartitions);
+                           
                             rHHj = new OptimizedHybridHashJoin(ctx, state.memForJoin, n, PROBE_REL, BUILD_REL,
                                     probeKeys, buildKeys, comparators, probeRd, buildRd, probeHpc, buildHpc);
 
@@ -491,14 +500,14 @@
                                 for (int rPid = rPStatus.nextSetBit(0); rPid >= 0; rPid = rPStatus.nextSetBit(rPid + 1)) {
                                     RunFileReader rbrfw = rHHj.getBuildRFReader(rPid);
                                     RunFileReader rprfw = rHHj.getProbeRFReader(rPid);
-
+                                    
                                     if (rbrfw == null || rprfw == null) {
                                         continue;
                                     }
 
                                     int buildSideInTups = rHHj.getBuildPartitionSizeInTup(rPid);
                                     int probeSideInTups = rHHj.getProbePartitionSizeInTup(rPid);
-                                    if (buildSideInTups < probeSideInTups) {
+                                    if (isLeftOuter || buildSideInTups < probeSideInTups) {
                                         applyNestedLoopJoin(probeRd, buildRd, state.memForJoin, rbrfw, rprfw,
                                                 nljComparator0);
                                     } else {
@@ -510,6 +519,7 @@
                         } else { //Role Reversal (Probe Side is smaller)
                             int n = getNumberOfPartitions(state.memForJoin, (int) probePartSize, fudgeFactor,
                                     nPartitions);
+                            
                             rHHj = new OptimizedHybridHashJoin(ctx, state.memForJoin, n, BUILD_REL, PROBE_REL,
                                     buildKeys, probeKeys, comparators, buildRd, probeRd, buildHpc, probeHpc);
 
@@ -548,7 +558,7 @@
                                 for (int rPid = rPStatus.nextSetBit(0); rPid >= 0; rPid = rPStatus.nextSetBit(rPid + 1)) {
                                     RunFileReader rbrfw = rHHj.getBuildRFReader(rPid);
                                     RunFileReader rprfw = rHHj.getProbeRFReader(rPid);
-
+                                    
                                     if (rbrfw == null || rprfw == null) {
                                         continue;
                                     }
@@ -572,14 +582,14 @@
 
                 private void applyInMemHashJoin(int[] bKeys, int[] pKeys, int tabSize, RecordDescriptor buildRDesc,
                         RecordDescriptor probeRDesc, ITuplePartitionComputer hpcRepLarger,
-                        ITuplePartitionComputer hpcRepSmaller, RunFileReader bReader, RunFileReader pReader)
+                        ITuplePartitionComputer hpcRepSmaller, RunFileReader bReader, RunFileReader pReader, boolean reverse, int pid)
                         throws HyracksDataException {
 
                     ISerializableTable table = new SerializableHashTable(tabSize, ctx);
                     InMemoryHashJoin joiner = new InMemoryHashJoin(ctx, tabSize, new FrameTupleAccessor(
                             ctx.getFrameSize(), probeRDesc), hpcRepLarger, new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(),
                             buildRDesc), hpcRepSmaller, new FrameTuplePairComparator(pKeys, bKeys, comparators),
-                            isLeftOuter, nullWriters1, table);
+                            isLeftOuter, nullWriters1, table, reverse);
 
                     bReader.open();
                     rPartbuff.clear();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e74d610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
+	<name>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</name>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-0.20.2</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+					<version>0.20.2</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
+					<version>0.20.2</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-1.0.4</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.4</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.4</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.4</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b16c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptID;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * The wrapper to generate TaskTattemptContext
+ */
+public class ContextFactory {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+    public TaskAttemptContext createContext(Configuration conf, InputSplit split) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            return new Mapper().new Context(conf, new TaskAttemptID(), null, null, null, null, split);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9133d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class MiniDFSClusterFactory {
+
+    public MiniDFSCluster getMiniDFSCluster(Configuration conf, int numberOfNC) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            return new MiniDFSCluster(conf, numberOfNC, true, null);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27a1e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
+	<name>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</name>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-0.23.1</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.1</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.1</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.1</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.1</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>hadoop-0.23.6</id>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.6</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.6</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.6</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
+					<version>0.23.6</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60ae5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/ContextFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptID;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.task.TaskAttemptContextImpl;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+/**
+ * The wrapper to generate TaskTattemptContext
+ */
+public class ContextFactory {
+
+    public TaskAttemptContext createContext(Configuration conf, InputSplit split) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            return new TaskAttemptContextImpl(conf, new TaskAttemptID());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded75f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/MiniDFSClusterFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class MiniDFSClusterFactory {
+
+    public MiniDFSCluster getMiniDFSCluster(Configuration conf, int numberOfNC) throws HyracksDataException {
+        try {
+            MiniDFSCluster.Builder builder = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf);
+            builder.numDataNodes(numberOfNC);
+            MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster = builder.build();
+            return dfsCluster;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b99cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
+	<name>hyracks-hdfs-core</name>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<filesets>
+						<fileset>
+							<directory>.</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>edu*</include>
+								<include>actual*</include>
+								<include>build*</include>
+								<include>expect*</include>
+								<include>ClusterController*</include>
+								<include>edu.uci.*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</fileset>
+					</filesets>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>test-jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-0.20.2</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
+					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-1.0.4</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
+					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-0.23.1</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
+					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<activation>
+				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+			</activation>
+			<id>hadoop-0.23.6</id>
+			<dependencies>
+				<dependency>
+					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
+					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<type>jar</type>
+					<scope>compile</scope>
+				</dependency>
+			</dependencies>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.2</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParser.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParser.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParser.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParser.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParserFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParserFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParserFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/IKeyValueParserFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriter.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriter.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriterFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriterFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/api/ITupleWriterFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/ConfFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/InputSplitsFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/InputSplitsFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/InputSplitsFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/InputSplitsFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryComparatorFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextKeyValueParserFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextKeyValueParserFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextKeyValueParserFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextKeyValueParserFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextTupleWriterFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextTupleWriterFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/lib/TextTupleWriterFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/Scheduler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/Scheduler.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/Scheduler.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/Scheduler.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/ConfFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/ConfFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/FileSplitsFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/FileSplitsFactory.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/FileSplitsFactory.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/FileSplitsFactory.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
similarity index 86%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
index b000c75..90f5603 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSReadOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileSplit;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
@@ -37,12 +36,13 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.ContextFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.api.IKeyValueParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.api.IKeyValueParserFactory;
 
 /**
- * The HDFS file read operator using the Hadoop new API.
- * To use this operator, a user need to provide an IKeyValueParserFactory implementation which convert
+ * The HDFS file read operator using the Hadoop new API. To use this operator, a
+ * user need to provide an IKeyValueParserFactory implementation which convert
  * key-value pairs into tuples.
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -63,12 +63,16 @@
      * @param rd
      *            the output record descriptor
      * @param conf
-     *            the Hadoop JobConf object, which contains the input format and the input paths
+     *            the Hadoop JobConf object, which contains the input format and
+     *            the input paths
      * @param splits
      *            the array of FileSplits (HDFS chunks).
      * @param scheduledLocations
-     *            the node controller names to scan the FileSplits, which is an one-to-one mapping. The String array
-     *            is obtained from the edu.cui.ics.hyracks.hdfs.scheduler.Scheduler.getLocationConstraints(InputSplits[]).
+     *            the node controller names to scan the FileSplits, which is an
+     *            one-to-one mapping. The String array is obtained from the
+     *            edu.cui
+     *            .ics.hyracks.hdfs.scheduler.Scheduler.getLocationConstraints
+     *            (InputSplits[]).
      * @param tupleParserFactory
      *            the ITupleParserFactory implementation instance.
      * @throws HyracksException
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@
 
         return new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
             private String nodeName = ctx.getJobletContext().getApplicationContext().getNodeId();
+            private ContextFactory ctxFactory = new ContextFactory();
 
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             @Override
@@ -108,11 +113,11 @@
                 ClassLoader ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 try {
                     Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
-                    Job conf = confFactory.getConf();
+                    Job job = confFactory.getConf();
                     IKeyValueParser parser = tupleParserFactory.createKeyValueParser(ctx);
                     writer.open();
-                    InputFormat inputFormat = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(conf.getInputFormatClass(),
-                            conf.getConfiguration());
+                    InputFormat inputFormat = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(job.getInputFormatClass(),
+                            job.getConfiguration());
                     int size = inputSplits.size();
                     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                         /**
@@ -120,8 +125,8 @@
                          */
                         if (scheduledLocations[i].equals(nodeName)) {
                             /**
-                             * pick an unread split to read
-                             * synchronize among simultaneous partitions in the same machine
+                             * pick an unread split to read synchronize among
+                             * simultaneous partitions in the same machine
                              */
                             synchronized (executed) {
                                 if (executed[i] == false) {
@@ -134,8 +139,8 @@
                             /**
                              * read the split
                              */
-                            TaskAttemptContext context = new TaskAttemptContext(conf.getConfiguration(),
-                                    new TaskAttemptID());
+                            TaskAttemptContext context = ctxFactory.createContext(job.getConfiguration(),
+                                    inputSplits.get(i));
                             RecordReader reader = inputFormat.createRecordReader(inputSplits.get(i), context);
                             reader.initialize(inputSplits.get(i), context);
                             while (reader.nextKeyValue() == true) {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
similarity index 95%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
index 87c1c47..390a7b5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/HDFSWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputFormat;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
@@ -87,8 +85,7 @@
                 ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
                 Job conf = confFactory.getConf();
-                String outputPath = FileOutputFormat
-                        .getOutputPath(new JobContext(conf.getConfiguration(), new JobID())).toString();
+                String outputPath = FileOutputFormat.getOutputPath(conf).toString();
                 String fileName = outputPath + File.separator + "part-" + partition;
 
                 tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.getTupleWriter();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/Scheduler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/Scheduler.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/Scheduler.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/Scheduler.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/HyracksUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/HyracksUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/HyracksUtils.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/HyracksUtils.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/TestUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/TestUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/TestUtils.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs/utils/TestUtils.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
index 508ba07..9f77979 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/dataflow/DataflowTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.TextInputFormat;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputFormat;
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.MToNPartitioningMergingConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.MiniDFSClusterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.lib.RawBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.lib.TextKeyValueParserFactory;
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@
     private static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "DataflowTest";
     private static final String HADOOP_CONF_PATH = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR + File.separator + "conf.xml";
     private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
+    private MiniDFSClusterFactory dfsClusterFactory = new MiniDFSClusterFactory();
 
     private Job conf;
     private int numberOfNC = 2;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         FileSystem lfs = FileSystem.getLocal(new Configuration());
         lfs.delete(new Path("build"), true);
         System.setProperty("hadoop.log.dir", "logs");
-        dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(conf.getConfiguration(), numberOfNC, true, null);
+        dfsCluster = dfsClusterFactory.getMiniDFSCluster(conf.getConfiguration(), numberOfNC);
         FileSystem dfs = FileSystem.get(conf.getConfiguration());
         Path src = new Path(DATA_PATH);
         Path dest = new Path(HDFS_INPUT_PATH);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
         Scheduler scheduler = new Scheduler(HyracksUtils.CC_HOST, HyracksUtils.TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
         InputFormat inputFormat = ReflectionUtils.newInstance(conf.getInputFormatClass(), conf.getConfiguration());
-        List<InputSplit> splits = inputFormat.getSplits(new JobContext(conf.getConfiguration(), new JobID()));
+        List<InputSplit> splits = inputFormat.getSplits(conf);
 
         String[] readSchedule = scheduler.getLocationConstraints(splits);
         JobSpecification jobSpec = new JobSpecification();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hdfs2/scheduler/SchedulerTest.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/data/customer.tbl b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/data/customer.tbl
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/data/customer.tbl
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/data/customer.tbl
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/expected/part-0 b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/expected/part-0
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/expected/part-0
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/expected/part-0
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/log4j.properties b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/log4j.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/log4j.properties
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/log4j.properties
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/src/test/resources/hadoop/conf/mapred-site.xml
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 5b1e429..5ed76e9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -1,130 +1,19 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+  <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>hyracks-hdfs</name>
 
-	<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
-	<name>hyracks-hdfs</name>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-					<includes>
-						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
-						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
-					</includes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>test-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<filesets>
-						<fileset>
-							<directory>.</directory>
-							<includes>
-								<include>edu*</include>
-								<include>actual*</include>
-								<include>build*</include>
-								<include>expect*</include>
-								<include>ClusterController*</include>
-								<include>edu.uci.*</include>
-							</includes>
-						</fileset>
-					</filesets>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.2</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
+  <modules>
+    <module>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</module>
+    <module>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</module>
+    <module>hyracks-hdfs-core</module>
+  </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-net/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/net/protocols/muxdemux/ChannelSet.java b/hyracks/hyracks-net/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/net/protocols/muxdemux/ChannelSet.java
index eb5f716..8fa99be 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-net/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/net/protocols/muxdemux/ChannelSet.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-net/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/net/protocols/muxdemux/ChannelSet.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     ChannelControlBlock allocateChannel() throws NetException {
         synchronized (mConn) {
-       	    //cleanupClosedChannels();
+       	    cleanupClosedChannels();
             int idx = allocationBitmap.nextClearBit(0);
             if (idx < 0 || idx >= ccbArray.length) {
                 cleanupClosedChannels();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 2caa93b..0643804 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
+                        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <type>jar</type>
+                        <scope>compile</scope>
+                </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/graph/Vertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/graph/Vertex.java
index b7f9e3d..a8cd3db 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/graph/Vertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/graph/Vertex.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     /** List of incoming messages from the previous superstep */
     private final List<M> msgList = new ArrayList<M>();
     /** map context */
-    private static Mapper.Context context = null;
+    private static TaskAttemptContext context = null;
     /** a delegate for hyracks stuff */
     private VertexDelegate<I, V, E, M> delegate = new VertexDelegate<I, V, E, M>(this);
     /** this vertex is updated or not */
@@ -444,8 +444,10 @@
     /**
      * Add a new vertex into the graph
      * 
-     * @param vertexId the vertex id
-     * @param vertex the vertex
+     * @param vertexId
+     *            the vertex id
+     * @param vertex
+     *            the vertex
      */
     public final void addVertex(I vertexId, V vertex) {
         delegate.addVertex(vertexId, vertex);
@@ -454,7 +456,8 @@
     /**
      * Delete a vertex from id
      * 
-     * @param vertexId  the vertex id
+     * @param vertexId
+     *            the vertex id
      */
     public final void deleteVertex(I vertexId) {
         delegate.deleteVertex(vertexId);
@@ -528,7 +531,7 @@
     /**
      * Pregelix internal use only
      */
-    public static final Mapper<?, ?, ?, ?>.Context getContext() {
+    public static final TaskAttemptContext getContext() {
         return context;
     }
 
@@ -537,7 +540,7 @@
      * 
      * @param context
      */
-    public static final void setContext(Mapper<?, ?, ?, ?>.Context context) {
+    public static final void setContext(TaskAttemptContext context) {
         Vertex.context = context;
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 34faa82..0908829 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -281,13 +276,6 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.kenai.nbpwr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org-apache-commons-io</artifactId>
 			<version>1.3.1-201002241208</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 6c039bf..3f3ba00 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>pregelix-dataflow-std</name>
 
 	<parent>
-    		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  	</parent>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
 
 
 	<properties>
@@ -101,11 +102,13 @@
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -144,12 +147,5 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/FunctionCallOperatorDescriptor.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/FunctionCallOperatorDescriptor.java
index ee3ac82..4cbd6c4 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/FunctionCallOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/FunctionCallOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -61,22 +61,21 @@
             private FrameDeserializer frameDeserializer;
             private final IFrameWriter[] writers = new IFrameWriter[outputArity];
             private final IFunction function = functionFactory.createFunction();
+            private ClassLoader ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
             @Override
-            public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-                if (postHookFactory != null)
-                    postHookFactory.createRuntimeHook().configure(ctx);
-                function.close();
+            public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
+                rd0 = inputRdFactory == null ? recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0)
+                        : inputRdFactory.createRecordDescriptor();
+                frameDeserializer = new FrameDeserializer(ctx.getFrameSize(), rd0);
+                ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
                 for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
-                    writer.close();
+                    writer.open();
                 }
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
-                for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
-                    writer.fail();
-                }
+                if (preHookFactory != null)
+                    preHookFactory.createRuntimeHook().configure(ctx);
+                function.open(ctx, rd0, writers);
             }
 
             @Override
@@ -89,17 +88,21 @@
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
-                rd0 = inputRdFactory == null ? recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0)
-                        : inputRdFactory.createRecordDescriptor();
-                frameDeserializer = new FrameDeserializer(ctx.getFrameSize(), rd0);
-                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+            public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
+                if (postHookFactory != null)
+                    postHookFactory.createRuntimeHook().configure(ctx);
+                function.close();
                 for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
-                    writer.open();
+                    writer.close();
                 }
-                if (preHookFactory != null)
-                    preHookFactory.createRuntimeHook().configure(ctx);
-                function.open(ctx, rd0, writers);
+                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ctxCL);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
+                for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
+                    writer.fail();
+                }
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/util/FunctionProxy.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/util/FunctionProxy.java
index 82ac18e..99bca1a 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/util/FunctionProxy.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/util/FunctionProxy.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     private final IFrameWriter[] writers;
     private TupleDeserializer tupleDe;
     private RecordDescriptor inputRd;
+    private ClassLoader ctxCL;
 
     public FunctionProxy(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, IUpdateFunctionFactory functionFactory,
             IRuntimeHookFactory preHookFactory, IRuntimeHookFactory postHookFactory,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
     public void functionOpen() throws HyracksDataException {
         inputRd = inputRdFactory.createRecordDescriptor();
         tupleDe = new TupleDeserializer(inputRd);
+        ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
         for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
             writer.open();
@@ -124,5 +126,6 @@
         for (IFrameWriter writer : writers) {
             writer.close();
         }
+        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ctxCL);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index 31b6adc..107f059 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>pregelix-dataflow</name>
 
 	<parent>
-    		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-    		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  	</parent>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
 
 
 	<properties>
@@ -103,13 +104,6 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -144,12 +138,5 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/HDFSFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/HDFSFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
index c25e4c6..0133d76 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/HDFSFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/HDFSFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -64,17 +64,20 @@
         return new AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable() {
             private RecordDescriptor rd0;
             private FrameDeserializer frameDeserializer;
-            private Configuration conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
+            private Configuration conf;
             private VertexWriter vertexWriter;
             private TaskAttemptContext context;
             private String TEMP_DIR = "_temporary";
+            private ClassLoader ctxCL;
 
             @Override
             public void open() throws HyracksDataException {
                 rd0 = inputRdFactory == null ? recordDescProvider.getInputRecordDescriptor(getActivityId(), 0)
                         : inputRdFactory.createRecordDescriptor();
                 frameDeserializer = new FrameDeserializer(ctx.getFrameSize(), rd0);
+                ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+                conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
 
                 VertexOutputFormat outputFormat = BspUtils.createVertexOutputFormat(conf);
                 TaskAttemptID tid = new TaskAttemptID("", 0, true, partition, 0);
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@
 
             @Override
             public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
-
+                Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ctxCL);
             }
 
             @Override
@@ -151,6 +154,8 @@
                     dfs.rename(srcFile, filePath);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                } finally {
+                    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ctxCL);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
index cb0e339..a38b19e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/VertexFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper.Context;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileSplit;
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.util.FrameUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractSingleActivityOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.base.AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.ContextFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs2.dataflow.FileSplitsFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.io.VertexInputFormat;
@@ -83,12 +82,15 @@
         final List<FileSplit> splits = splitsFactory.getSplits();
 
         return new AbstractUnaryOutputSourceOperatorNodePushable() {
-            private Configuration conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
+            private ClassLoader ctxCL;
+            private ContextFactory ctxFactory = new ContextFactory();
 
             @Override
             public void initialize() throws HyracksDataException {
+                ctxCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 try {
                     Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+                    Configuration conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
                     writer.open();
                     for (int i = 0; i < scheduledLocations.length; i++) {
                         if (scheduledLocations[i].equals(ctx.getJobletContext().getApplicationContext().getNodeId())) {
@@ -102,12 +104,14 @@
                                     continue;
                                 }
                             }
-                            loadVertices(ctx, i);
+                            loadVertices(ctx, conf, i);
                         }
                     }
                     writer.close();
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+                } finally {
+                    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ctxCL);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -122,8 +126,9 @@
              * @throws InterruptedException
              */
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-            private void loadVertices(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int splitId) throws IOException,
-                    ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
+            private void loadVertices(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx, Configuration conf, int splitId)
+                    throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InterruptedException, InstantiationException,
+                    IllegalAccessException {
                 ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
                 FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
                 appender.reset(frame, true);
@@ -141,8 +146,7 @@
                 /**
                  * set context
                  */
-                Context mapperContext = new Mapper().new Context(conf, new TaskAttemptID(), null, null, null, null,
-                        splits.get(splitId));
+                TaskAttemptContext mapperContext = ctxFactory.createContext(conf, splits.get(splitId));
                 Vertex.setContext(mapperContext);
 
                 /**
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index 1c414ff..82be6b9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
 			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/touchpoint/RuntimeHookFactory.java b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/touchpoint/RuntimeHookFactory.java
index f7d0018..d968262 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/touchpoint/RuntimeHookFactory.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/touchpoint/RuntimeHookFactory.java
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.touchpoint;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper.Context;
-import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptID;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.hdfs.ContextFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph.Vertex;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.base.IConfigurationFactory;
@@ -40,14 +39,13 @@
     public IRuntimeHook createRuntimeHook() {
 
         return new IRuntimeHook() {
+            private ContextFactory ctxFactory = new ContextFactory();
 
-            @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
             @Override
             public void configure(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
                 Configuration conf = confFactory.createConfiguration();
                 try {
-                    Context mapperContext = new Mapper().new Context(conf, new TaskAttemptID(), null, null, null, null,
-                            null);
+                    TaskAttemptContext mapperContext = ctxFactory.createContext(conf, null);
                     Vertex.setContext(mapperContext);
                     BspUtils.setDefaultConfiguration(conf);
                 } catch (Exception e) {