diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
index 521ef12..13f879b 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index bd35835..9527512 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-rewriter</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index def5b35..27ce778 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-runtime</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java b/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
index 11ec043..061dbe4 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/core/config/AlgebricksConfig.java
@@ -20,20 +20,4 @@
     public static final boolean DEBUG = true;
     public static final String ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME = "edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks";
     public static final Logger ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER_NAME);
-    public static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "algebricks";
-
-    // public static final Level ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL = Level.FINEST;
-    //
-    // static {
-    // Handler h;
-    // try {
-    // h = new ConsoleHandler();
-    // h.setFormatter(new SysoutFormatter());
-    // } catch (Exception e) {
-    // h = new ConsoleHandler();
-    // }
-    // h.setLevel(ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL);
-    // ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.addHandler(h);
-    // ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.setLevel(ALGEBRICKS_LOG_LEVEL);
-    // }
 }
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
index 9536416..9d42a5c 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index ca7467b..d4d6c89 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>algebricks-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
index e538712..fc8188d 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
index 7968773..e40f1fe 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
index 7e27b79..0d20f28 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/rewriter/rules/ExtractCommonOperatorsRule.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     @Override
     public boolean rewritePre(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context) throws AlgebricksException {
         AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
-        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT) {
+        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT
+                && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.DISTRIBUTE_RESULT) {
             return false;
         }
         if (!roots.contains(op))
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@
     public boolean rewritePost(Mutable<ILogicalOperator> opRef, IOptimizationContext context)
             throws AlgebricksException {
         AbstractLogicalOperator op = (AbstractLogicalOperator) opRef.getValue();
-        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT) {
+        if (op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.WRITE_RESULT
+                && op.getOperatorTag() != LogicalOperatorTag.DISTRIBUTE_RESULT) {
             return false;
         }
         boolean rewritten = false;
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
index e438283..3ddde0f 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-data</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index c114881..0a139fa 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index dad7cd0..2855eb2 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/algebricks/tests/util/AlgebricksHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
         nc2.start();
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, null);
     }
 
     public static void deinit() throws Exception {
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString());
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(AlgebricksConfig.HYRACKS_APP_NAME, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         AlgebricksConfig.ALGEBRICKS_LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
diff --git a/algebricks/pom.xml b/algebricks/pom.xml
index ebb8332..aa8446a 100644
--- a/algebricks/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>algebricks</name>
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
index 33d8fb3..597de1b 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?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">
+<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>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
 	<name>hivesterix-common</name>
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -32,21 +30,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index 20268df..910d2d2 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -1,512 +1,518 @@
-<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>
-	<artifactId>hivesterix-dist</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>hivesterix-dist</name>
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>args4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>args4j</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.12</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
-			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20090211</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>jline</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.94</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-connectionpool</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-enhancer</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
-			<artifactId>datanucleus-rdbms</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.3</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
-			<version>1.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.1</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4</version>
-			<type>jar</type>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jdo2-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3-ec</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
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-			<plugin>
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-						<configuration>
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-							<finalName>a-hive</finalName>
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-								<include>**/org/apache/**</include>
-							</includes>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
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-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
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-					<execution>
-						<configuration>
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-								<program>
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-									<name>algebricks-hivesterix-cmd</name>
-								</program>
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-							<repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-							<repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
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-							<descriptors>
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-						<include>**/test/optimizer/*Test.java</include>
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-						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*Test.java</include>
-					</includes>
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-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
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-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
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-								<resource>
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-						</configuration>
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-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
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-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
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-						</configuration>
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-					<execution>
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-						<!-- here the phase you need -->
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-						</goals>
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-							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/lib</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
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-								<include>edu*</include>
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-								<include>derby.log</include>
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-</project>
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+	<name>hivesterix-dist</name>
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+	<parent>
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+                <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
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+
+	<dependencies>
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+			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.5</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
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+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+			<version>20090211</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+			<version>8.0.0.M1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jline</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+			<version>0.9.94</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-core</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-connectionpool</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-enhancer</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.datanucleus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>datanucleus-rdbms</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+			<version>2.4</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
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+			<artifactId>jdo2-api</artifactId>
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+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.facebook</groupId>
+			<artifactId>libfb303</artifactId>
+			<version>0.5.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
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+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<artifactId>cli</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
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+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
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+			<type>jar</type>
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+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-exec</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
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+			<artifactId>hive-hwi</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
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+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
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+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
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+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-service</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-shims</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop.hive</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hive-serde</artifactId>
+			<version>0.7.0</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
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+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.1</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<classifier>api</classifier>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>r06</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+			<artifactId>stringtemplate</artifactId>
+			<version>3.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+			<artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+			<version>10.8.1.2</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<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>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+			<version>0.90.3</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+					<fork>true</fork>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>patch</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<configuration>
+							<classifier>patch</classifier>
+							<finalName>a-hive</finalName>
+							<includes>
+								<include>**/org/apache/**</include>
+							</includes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<configuration>
+							<programs>
+								<program>
+									<mainClass>edu.uci.ics.asterix.hive.cli.CliDriver</mainClass>
+									<name>algebricks-hivesterix-cmd</name>
+								</program>
+							</programs>
+							<repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+							<repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+						</configuration>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>assemble</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<configuration>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+						</configuration>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>attached</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.13</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/test/optimizer/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/optimizer/*Test.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-scripts</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/bin</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/scripts</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-conf</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/conf</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>src/main/resources/conf</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-jar</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>target/appassembler/lib</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>target</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>*patch.jar</include>
+									</includes>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<filesets>
+						<fileset>
+							<directory>.</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>metastore*</include>
+								<include>hadoop*</include>
+								<include>edu*</include>
+								<include>tmp*</include>
+								<include>build*</include>
+								<include>target*</include>
+								<include>log*</include>
+								<include>derby.log</include>
+								<include>ClusterController*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</fileset>
+					</filesets>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+			</snapshots>
+			<id>third-party</id>
+			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/third-party</url>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+				<checksumPolicy>fail</checksumPolicy>
+			</snapshots>
+			<id>hyracks-public-release</id>
+			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/hyracks-public-releases</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
index 379737f..e075f09 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/runtime/exec/HyracksExecutionEngine.java
@@ -558,9 +558,8 @@
             }
         }
 
-        String applicationName = "hivesterix";
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(applicationName, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
 
         // System.out.println("job finished: " + jobId.toString());
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
index c882742..393378f 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/perf/base/AbstractPerfTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MiniMRCluster;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.common.config.ConfUtil;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.CCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@
         String ipAddress = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.host");
         int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(hconf.get("hive.hyracks.port"));
         int clusterPort = clientPort;
-        String applicationName = hconf.get("hive.hyracks.app");
 
         // start hyracks cc
         CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
@@ -119,9 +116,6 @@
             nc.start();
             ncs.put(ncConfig.nodeId, nc);
         }
-
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
-        hcc.createApplication(applicationName, null);
     }
 
     protected void makeDir(String path) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
index 09b632a..5e2e64e 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hivesterix/test/base/AbstractTestSuiteClass.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hivesterix.common.config.ConfUtil;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.CCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
@@ -116,7 +114,6 @@
         }
         int clientPort = Integer.parseInt(clusterProps.getProperty("CC_CLIENTPORT"));
         int netPort = Integer.parseInt(clusterProps.getProperty("CC_CLUSTERPORT"));
-        String applicationName = "hivesterix";
 
         // start hyracks cc
         CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
@@ -143,9 +140,6 @@
             nc.start();
             ncs.put(ncConfig.nodeId, nc);
         }
-
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, clientPort);
-        hcc.createApplication(applicationName, null);
     }
 
     protected void makeDir(String path) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
index 4e6032e..84c299f 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
@@ -32,14 +30,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 24e8c11..9c66cf4 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-<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">
+<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>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>hivesterix-runtime</name>
 
+	<parent>
+                <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
+                <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </parent>
+
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
+        <dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>2.5</version>
@@ -271,35 +276,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
index aa649cb..b5e8fe1 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
@@ -46,14 +44,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <type>jar</type>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
index b99d652..2a93722 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?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">
+<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>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
 	<name>hivesterix-translator</name>
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -39,21 +37,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/pom.xml b/hivesterix/pom.xml
index a8ef4ee..00d008a 100644
--- a/hivesterix/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/pom.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>hivesterix</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 6807f76..091767b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
index 81cf511..1b079d6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IApplicationContext.java
@@ -19,22 +19,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
 
 /**
- * Base class of the {@link ICCApplicationContext} and the
- * {@link INCApplicationContext}.
+ * Base class of the {@link ICCApplicationContext} and the {@link INCApplicationContext}.
  * 
  * @author vinayakb
- * 
  */
 public interface IApplicationContext {
     /**
-     * Provides the Class Loader that loads classes for this Hyracks Application
-     * at the CC.
-     * 
-     * @return the application {@link ClassLoader}.
-     */
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader();
-
-    /**
      * Gets the distributed state that is made available to all the Application
      * Contexts of this application in the cluster.
      * 
@@ -45,6 +35,4 @@
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker messageBroker);
 
     public IMessageBroker getMessageBroker();
-
-    public String getApplicationName();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f97b4..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/IBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +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.application;
-
-/**
- * Base class of {@link ICCBootstrap} and {@link INCBootstrap}.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- */
-public interface IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Method called to start the application at a Hyracks CC or NC node.
-     * 
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void start() throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Method called to shutdown the application at a Hyracks CC or NC node.
-     * 
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void stop() throws Exception;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
index 2792d29..c4b7802 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationContext.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 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
-     * is then available to be inspected by the application at the NC during or
+     * NC application contexts. Any state set by calling this method in
+     * the {@link ICCApplicationEntryPoint#start(ICCApplicationContext, String[])} 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.
      * 
      * @param state
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c22cc51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
+
+public interface ICCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    public void start(ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception;
+
+    public void stop() throws Exception;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e3906ea..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/ICCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
-
-/**
- * Implemented by the bootstrap class of the application that will manage its
- * life cycle at the Cluster Controller.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- * 
- */
-public interface ICCBootstrap extends IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Called by the infrastructure to set the CC Application Context for the
-     * application. The infrastructure makes this call prior to calling start().
-     * 
-     * @param appCtx
-     *            - The CC application context
-     */
-    public void setApplicationContext(ICCApplicationContext appCtx);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a25b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
+
+public interface INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception;
+
+    public void notifyStartupComplete() throws Exception;
+
+    public void stop() throws Exception;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 300f7c7..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/application/INCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application;
-
-/**
- * Implemented by the bootstrap class of the application that will manage its
- * life cycle at a Node Controller.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
- * 
- */
-public interface INCBootstrap extends IBootstrap {
-    /**
-     * Called by the infrastructure to set the NC Application Context for the
-     * application. The infrastructure makes this call prior to calling start().
-     * 
-     * @param appCtx
-     *            - The NC application context
-     */
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
index cd2b698..88df49f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
     public enum FunctionId {
         GET_CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_INFO,
         GET_CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY,
-        CREATE_APPLICATION,
-        START_APPLICATION,
-        DESTROY_APPLICATION,
         CREATE_JOB,
         GET_JOB_STATUS,
         START_JOB,
@@ -55,63 +52,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class CreateApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public CreateApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.CREATE_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class StartApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public StartApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.START_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class DestroyApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public DestroyApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.DESTROY_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GetJobStatusFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -134,12 +74,10 @@
     public static class StartJobFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        private final String appName;
         private final byte[] acggfBytes;
         private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
 
-        public StartJobFunction(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
-            this.appName = appName;
+        public StartJobFunction(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
             this.acggfBytes = acggfBytes;
             this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
         }
@@ -149,10 +87,6 @@
             return FunctionId.START_JOB;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
         public byte[] getACGGFBytes() {
             return acggfBytes;
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
index 2ab42c0..033fc02 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksClientInterfaceRemoteProxy.java
@@ -42,27 +42,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, caf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void startApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction saf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, saf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction(
-                appName);
-        rpci.call(ipcHandle, daf);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction(
                 jobId);
@@ -70,9 +49,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+    public JobId startJob(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
         HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = new HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction(
-                appName, acggfBytes, jobFlags);
+                acggfBytes, jobFlags);
         return (JobId) rpci.call(ipcHandle, sjf);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
index e0fafb0..8274416 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/HyracksConnection.java
@@ -14,20 +14,12 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
-import org.apache.http.entity.FileEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
-
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.impl.JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
@@ -77,46 +69,24 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName, File harFile) throws Exception {
-        hci.createApplication(appName);
-        if (harFile != null) {
-            HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
-            HttpPut put = new HttpPut("http://" + ccHost + ":" + ccInfo.getWebPort() + "/applications/" + appName);
-            put.setEntity(new FileEntity(harFile, "application/octet-stream"));
-            HttpResponse response = hc.execute(put);
-            if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
-                hci.destroyApplication(appName);
-                throw new HyracksException(response.getStatusLine().toString());
-            }
-        }
-        hci.startApplication(appName);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        hci.destroyApplication(appName);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return hci.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
-        return startJob(appName, jobSpec, EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception {
+        return startJob(jobSpec, EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
         JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory jsacggf = new JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(
                 jobSpec);
-        return startJob(appName, jsacggf, jobFlags);
+        return startJob(jsacggf, jobFlags);
     }
 
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags)
-            throws Exception {
-        return hci.startJob(appName, JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acggf), jobFlags);
+    public JobId startJob(IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception {
+        return hci.startJob(JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acggf), jobFlags);
     }
 
     public NetworkAddress getDatasetDirectoryServiceInfo() throws Exception {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
index 6333c22..fe4094f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientConnection.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -33,26 +32,6 @@
  */
 public interface IHyracksClientConnection {
     /**
-     * Create a Hyracks Application
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @param harFile
-     *            Archive that contains deployable code for the application
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void createApplication(String appName, File harFile) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
-     * Destroy an already-deployed Hyracks application
-     * 
-     * @param appName
-     *            Name of the application
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    /**
      * Gets the status of the specified Job.
      * 
      * @param jobId
@@ -71,7 +50,7 @@
      *            Job Specification
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Start the specified Job.
@@ -84,7 +63,7 @@
      *            Flags
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(JobSpecification jobSpec, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Start the specified Job.
@@ -97,8 +76,7 @@
      *            Flags
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags)
-            throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * Gets the IP Address and port for the DatasetDirectoryService wrapped in NetworkAddress
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
index 22b0a8f..6fdf638 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/IHyracksClientInterface.java
@@ -26,15 +26,9 @@
 public interface IHyracksClientInterface {
     public ClusterControllerInfo getClusterControllerInfo() throws Exception;
 
-    public void createApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    public void startApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception;
 
-    public JobId startJob(String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
+    public JobId startJob(byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws Exception;
 
     public NetworkAddress getDatasetDirectoryServiceInfo() throws Exception;
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
index 0eac9a2..3431c40 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/client/impl/JobSpecificationActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(String appName, JobId jobId,
+    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(JobId jobId,
             final ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws HyracksException {
         final JobActivityGraphBuilder builder = new JobActivityGraphBuilder(spec, jobFlags);
         PlanUtils.visit(spec, new IConnectorDescriptorVisitor() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/DatasetJobRecord.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/DatasetJobRecord.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc99ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/DatasetJobRecord.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * 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.dataset;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class DatasetJobRecord extends HashMap<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData> {
+    public enum Status {
+        RUNNING,
+        SUCCESS,
+        FAILED
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private Status status;
+
+    public DatasetJobRecord() {
+        this.status = Status.RUNNING;
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        status = Status.RUNNING;
+    }
+
+    public void success() {
+        status = Status.SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    public void fail() {
+        status = Status.FAILED;
+    }
+
+    public Status getStatus() {
+        return status;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/IDatasetDirectoryService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/IDatasetDirectoryService.java
index 5266333..371169f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/IDatasetDirectoryService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/IDatasetDirectoryService.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord.Status;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
     public void reportResultPartitionFailure(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, int partition);
 
+    public void reportJobFailure(JobId jobId);
+
     public Status getResultStatus(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     public DatasetDirectoryRecord[] getResultPartitionLocations(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId,
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/ResultSetMetaData.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/ResultSetMetaData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3ad69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/dataset/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset;
+
+public class ResultSetMetaData {
+    private final boolean ordered;
+
+    private final DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records;
+
+    public ResultSetMetaData(boolean ordered, DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records) {
+        this.ordered = ordered;
+        this.records = records;
+    }
+
+    public boolean getOrderedResult() {
+        return ordered;
+    }
+
+    public DatasetDirectoryRecord[] getRecords() {
+        return records;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
index d801dd1..ae76455 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/job/IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 
 public interface IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory extends Serializable {
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(String appName, JobId jobId,
+    public IActivityClusterGraphGenerator createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(JobId jobId,
             ICCApplicationContext ccAppCtx, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) throws HyracksException;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
index 1185b5e..764348f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/api/util/JavaSerializationUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
         return baos.toByteArray();
     }
 
+    public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        if (bytes == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
+        return ois.readObject();
+    }
+
     public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
         if (bytes == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 991ce2a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-<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>
-  <artifactId>hyracks-cli</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hyracks-cli</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>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>javacc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>javacc</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>javacc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <isStatic>false</isStatic>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <programs>
-                <program>
-                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Main</mainClass>
-                  <name>hyrackscli</name>
-                </program>
-              </programs>
-              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>assemble</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>jline</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.9.94</version>
-  		<type>jar</type>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f01c724..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CLI.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +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.cli;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import jline.ConsoleReader;
-
-public class CLI {
-    private static final String HYRACKS_PROMPT = "hyracks> ";
-    private static final String HYRAX_CONTINUE_PROMPT = "> ";
-    private final ConsoleReader reader;
-    private final Session session;
-
-    public CLI(String[] args) throws IOException {
-        reader = new ConsoleReader();
-        session = new Session();
-    }
-
-    public void run() throws IOException {
-        boolean eof = false;
-        while (true) {
-            String prompt = HYRACKS_PROMPT;
-            StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder();
-            while (true) {
-                String line = reader.readLine(prompt);
-                if (line == null) {
-                    eof = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                prompt = HYRAX_CONTINUE_PROMPT;
-                line = line.trim();
-                command.append(line);
-                if ("".equals(line)) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                if (line.endsWith(";")) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (eof) {
-                break;
-            }
-            try {
-                CommandExecutor.execute(session, command.toString());
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bdd136..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/CommandExecutor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +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.cli;
-
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands.Command;
-
-public class CommandExecutor {
-    public static void execute(Session session, String command) throws Exception {
-        CLIParser parser = new CLIParser(new StringReader(command));
-        List<Command> cmds = parser.Commands();
-        for (Command cmd : cmds) {
-            cmd.run(session);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f7ef0b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Main.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +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.cli;
-
-public class Main {
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        CLI cli = new CLI(args);
-        cli.run();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f15b1bb..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/Session.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +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.cli;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-
-public class Session {
-    private IHyracksClientConnection connection;
-
-    public void setConnection(IHyracksClientConnection connection) {
-        this.connection = connection;
-    }
-
-    public IHyracksClientConnection getConnection() {
-        return connection;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5849b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/Command.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public abstract class Command {
-    public abstract void run(Session session) throws Exception;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 168280b..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/ConnectCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class ConnectCommand extends Command {
-    private String host;
-
-    private int port;
-
-    public ConnectCommand(String hostPortStr) {
-        int idx = hostPortStr.indexOf(':');
-        host = hostPortStr;
-        port = 1098;
-        if (idx != -1) {
-            host = hostPortStr.substring(0, idx);
-            port = Integer.valueOf(hostPortStr.substring(idx + 1));
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        System.err.println("Connecting to host: " + host + ", port: " + port);
-        IHyracksClientConnection conn = new HyracksConnection(host, port);
-        session.setConnection(conn);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b35ee5..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/CreateApplicationCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class CreateApplicationCommand extends Command {
-    private String appName;
-
-    private File harFile;
-
-    public CreateApplicationCommand(String appName, File harFile) {
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.harFile = harFile;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = session.getConnection();
-        if (hcc == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Not connected to Hyracks Cluster Controller");
-        }
-        System.err.println("Creating application: " + appName + " with har: " + harFile.getAbsolutePath());
-        hcc.createApplication(appName, harFile);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 03aed1e..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DestroyApplicationCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class DestroyApplicationCommand extends Command {
-    private String appName;
-
-    public DestroyApplicationCommand(String appName) {
-        this.appName = appName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        IHyracksClientConnection hcc = session.getConnection();
-        if (hcc == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Not connected to Hyracks Cluster Controller");
-        }
-        System.err.println("Destroying application: " + appName);
-        hcc.destroyApplication(appName);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java
deleted file mode 100644
index facf0f1..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/cli/commands/DisconnectCommand.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.Session;
-
-public class DisconnectCommand extends Command {
-    @Override
-    public void run(Session session) throws Exception {
-        System.err.println("Disconnecting...");
-        session.setConnection(null);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj b/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f386cb..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/javacc/cli.jj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +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.
- */
-options {
-    STATIC = false;
-    IGNORE_CASE = true;
-}
-
-PARSER_BEGIN(CLIParser)
-
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli;
-
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.cli.commands.*;
-
-class CLIParser {
-    private String unquote(String s) {
-        return s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
-    }
-}
-
-PARSER_END(CLIParser)
-
-List<Command> Commands():
-{
-    List<Command> result = new ArrayList<Command>();
-    Command cmd = null;
-} {
-    (
-        (
-            cmd = ConnectCommand()
-            | cmd = DisconnectCommand()
-            | cmd = CreateApplicationCommand()
-            | cmd = DestroyApplicationCommand()
-        ) ";" {
-            result.add(cmd);
-        }
-    )* <EOF> {
-        return result;
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command ConnectCommand():
-{
-    Token t;
-} {
-    "connect" "to" t = <StringLiteral> {
-        return new ConnectCommand(unquote(t.image));
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command CreateApplicationCommand():
-{
-    Token a;
-    Token f;
-} {
-    "create" "application" a = <Identifier> f = <StringLiteral> {
-        return new CreateApplicationCommand(a.image, new File(unquote(f.image)));
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command DestroyApplicationCommand():
-{
-    Token a;
-} {
-    "destroy" "application" a = <Identifier> {
-        return new DestroyApplicationCommand(a.image);
-    }
-}
-
-protected Command DisconnectCommand():
-{
-    Token t;
-} {
-    "disconnect" {
-        return new DisconnectCommand();
-    }
-}
-
-<DEFAULT>
-TOKEN : {
-    <StringLiteral: (("\"" (~["\"", "\n"])* "\"") | ("'" (~["'", "\n"])* "'"))>
-    | <Identifier: <Letter> (<Letter> | <Digit> | <Extender>)*>
-}
-
-SPECIAL_TOKEN :
-{
- < WhitespaceChar : ["\t", "\r", "\n", " "] >
-}
-
-TOKEN :
-{
- < #Letter : (<BaseChar> | <Ideographic>) >
-}
-
-TOKEN :
-{
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-}
-
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-{
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-
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-{
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-{
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-{
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-}
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
index 854a009..c86b0d3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
index c358369..2720f95 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
  <dependency>
  	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
  	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
- 	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ 	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index d644673..1730595 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
index 82457fe..05365d3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/ClusterControllerService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -32,13 +31,14 @@
 
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationEntryPoint;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.ClusterControllerInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord.Status;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetDirectoryService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.dataset.DatasetDirectoryService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.job.JobRun;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.web.WebServer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationCreateWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationDestroyWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationMessageWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationStartWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.ApplicationStateChangeWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetDatasetDirectoryServiceInfoWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetIpAddressNodeNameMapWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work.GetJobStatusWork;
@@ -104,14 +100,14 @@
 
     private final Map<String, Set<String>> ipAddressNodeNameMap;
 
-    private final Map<String, CCApplicationContext> applications;
-
     private final ServerContext serverCtx;
 
     private final WebServer webServer;
 
     private ClusterControllerInfo info;
 
+    private CCApplicationContext appCtx;
+
     private final Map<JobId, JobRun> activeRunMap;
 
     private final Map<JobId, JobRun> runMapArchive;
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@
         jobLog = new LogFile(jobLogFolder);
         nodeRegistry = new LinkedHashMap<String, NodeControllerState>();
         ipAddressNodeNameMap = new HashMap<String, Set<String>>();
-        applications = new Hashtable<String, CCApplicationContext>();
         serverCtx = new ServerContext(ServerContext.ServerType.CLUSTER_CONTROLLER, new File(ccConfig.ccRoot));
         executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
         IIPCI ccIPCI = new ClusterControllerIPCI();
@@ -204,9 +199,22 @@
                 webServer.getListeningPort());
         timer.schedule(sweeper, 0, ccConfig.heartbeatPeriod);
         jobLog.open();
+        startApplication();
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Started ClusterControllerService");
     }
 
+    private void startApplication() throws Exception {
+        appCtx = new CCApplicationContext(serverCtx, ccContext);
+        String className = ccConfig.appCCMainClass;
+        if (className != null) {
+            Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
+            ICCApplicationEntryPoint aep = (ICCApplicationEntryPoint) c.newInstance();
+            String[] args = ccConfig.appArgs == null ? null : ccConfig.appArgs.toArray(new String[ccConfig.appArgs
+                    .size()]);
+            aep.start(appCtx, args);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void stop() throws Exception {
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Stopping ClusterControllerService");
@@ -226,10 +234,6 @@
         return ccContext;
     }
 
-    public Map<String, CCApplicationContext> getApplicationMap() {
-        return applications;
-    }
-
     public Map<JobId, JobRun> getActiveRunMap() {
         return activeRunMap;
     }
@@ -262,6 +266,10 @@
         return ccConfig;
     }
 
+    public CCApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return appCtx;
+    }
+
     private JobId createJobId() {
         return new JobId(jobCounter++);
     }
@@ -307,27 +315,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case CREATE_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationCreateWork(ClusterControllerService.this, caf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case START_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction saf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, saf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case DESTROY_APPLICATION: {
-                    HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationDestroyWork(ClusterControllerService.this, daf.getAppName(),
-                            new IPCResponder<Object>(handle, mid)));
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 case GET_JOB_STATUS: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction gjsf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.GetJobStatusFunction) fn;
                     workQueue.schedule(new GetJobStatusWork(ClusterControllerService.this, gjsf.getJobId(),
@@ -338,8 +325,8 @@
                 case START_JOB: {
                     HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction sjf = (HyracksClientInterfaceFunctions.StartJobFunction) fn;
                     JobId jobId = createJobId();
-                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getAppName(), sjf
-                            .getACGGFBytes(), sjf.getJobFlags(), jobId, new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
+                    workQueue.schedule(new JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService.this, sjf.getACGGFBytes(), sjf
+                            .getJobFlags(), jobId, new IPCResponder<JobId>(handle, mid)));
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -481,15 +468,10 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction astrf = (CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction) fn;
-                    workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationStateChangeWork(ClusterControllerService.this, astrf));
-                    return;
-                }
                 case SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE: {
                     CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction rsf = (CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction) fn;
                     workQueue.schedule(new ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService.this, rsf.getMessage(), rsf
-                            .getAppName(), rsf.getNodeId()));
+                            .getNodeId()));
                     return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
index 24dfa7c..7e1581a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/application/CCApplicationContext.java
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.ICCContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IJobLifecycleListener;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-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;
@@ -44,42 +42,18 @@
 
     private List<IJobLifecycleListener> jobLifecycleListeners;
 
-    public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext, String appName) throws IOException {
-        super(serverCtx, appName);
+    public CCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, ICCContext ccContext) throws IOException {
+        super(serverCtx);
         this.ccContext = ccContext;
         initPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         deinitPendingNodeIds = new HashSet<String>();
         jobLifecycleListeners = new ArrayList<IJobLifecycleListener>();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void start() throws Exception {
-        ((ICCBootstrap) bootstrap).setApplicationContext(this);
-        bootstrap.start();
-    }
-
     public ICCContext getCCContext() {
         return ccContext;
     }
 
-    public IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory createActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(byte[] bytes)
-            throws HyracksException {
-        try {
-            return (IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, getClassLoader());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new HyracksException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void stop() throws Exception {
-        if (bootstrap != null) {
-            bootstrap.stop();
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void setDistributedState(Serializable state) {
         this.distributedState = state;
@@ -108,28 +82,4 @@
             l.notifyJobCreation(jobId, acggf);
         }
     }
-
-    public Set<String> getInitializationPendingNodeIds() {
-        return initPendingNodeIds;
-    }
-
-    public Set<String> getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds() {
-        return deinitPendingNodeIds;
-    }
-
-    public IResultCallback<Object> getInitializationCallback() {
-        return initializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public void setInitializationCallback(IResultCallback<Object> initializationCallback) {
-        this.initializationCallback = initializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public IResultCallback<Object> getDeinitializationCallback() {
-        return deinitializationCallback;
-    }
-
-    public void setDeinitializationCallback(IResultCallback<Object> deinitializationCallback) {
-        this.deinitializationCallback = deinitializationCallback;
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
index 13d0c30..13ae426 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.dataset;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.NetworkAddress;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord.Status;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetDirectoryService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetMetaData;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 
@@ -35,25 +36,21 @@
  * job.
  */
 public class DatasetDirectoryService implements IDatasetDirectoryService {
-    private final Map<JobId, Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData>> jobResultLocationsMap;
+    private final Map<JobId, DatasetJobRecord> jobResultLocations;
 
     public DatasetDirectoryService() {
-        jobResultLocationsMap = new HashMap<JobId, Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData>>();
+        jobResultLocations = new HashMap<JobId, DatasetJobRecord>();
     }
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void registerResultPartitionLocation(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, boolean orderedResult,
             int partition, int nPartitions, NetworkAddress networkAddress) {
-        Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData> rsMap = jobResultLocationsMap.get(jobId);
-        if (rsMap == null) {
-            rsMap = new HashMap<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData>();
-            jobResultLocationsMap.put(jobId, rsMap);
-        }
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = getDatasetJobRecord(jobId);
 
-        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = rsMap.get(rsId);
+        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = djr.get(rsId);
         if (resultSetMetaData == null) {
             resultSetMetaData = new ResultSetMetaData(orderedResult, new DatasetDirectoryRecord[nPartitions]);
-            rsMap.put(rsId, resultSetMetaData);
+            djr.put(rsId, resultSetMetaData);
         }
 
         DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records = resultSetMetaData.getRecords();
@@ -67,20 +64,42 @@
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void reportResultPartitionWriteCompletion(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, int partition) {
-        DatasetDirectoryRecord ddr = getDatasetDirectoryRecord(jobId, rsId, partition);
-        ddr.writeEOS();
+        int successCount = 0;
+
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = jobResultLocations.get(jobId);
+        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = djr.get(rsId);
+        DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records = resultSetMetaData.getRecords();
+        records[partition].writeEOS();
+
+        for (DatasetDirectoryRecord record : records) {
+            if (record.getStatus() == DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status.SUCCESS) {
+                successCount++;
+            }
+        }
+        if (successCount == records.length) {
+            djr.success();
+        }
+        notifyAll();
     }
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void reportResultPartitionFailure(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, int partition) {
-        DatasetDirectoryRecord ddr = getDatasetDirectoryRecord(jobId, rsId, partition);
-        ddr.fail();
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = getDatasetJobRecord(jobId);
+        djr.fail();
+        notifyAll();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void reportJobFailure(JobId jobId) {
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = getDatasetJobRecord(jobId);
+        djr.fail();
+        notifyAll();
     }
 
     @Override
     public synchronized Status getResultStatus(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId) throws HyracksDataException {
-        Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData> rsMap;
-        while ((rsMap = jobResultLocationsMap.get(jobId)) == null) {
+        DatasetJobRecord djr;
+        while ((djr = jobResultLocations.get(jobId)) == null) {
             try {
                 wait();
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -88,38 +107,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = rsMap.get(rsId);
-        if (resultSetMetaData == null || resultSetMetaData.getRecords() == null) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException("ResultSet locations uninitialized when it is expected to be initialized.");
-        }
-        DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records = resultSetMetaData.getRecords();
-
-        ArrayList<Status> statuses = new ArrayList<Status>(records.length);
-        for (int i = 0; i < records.length; i++) {
-            statuses.add(records[i].getStatus());
-        }
-
-        // Default status is idle
-        Status status = Status.IDLE;
-        if (statuses.contains(Status.FAILED)) {
-            // Even if there is at least one failed entry we should return failed status.
-            return Status.FAILED;
-        } else if (statuses.contains(Status.RUNNING)) {
-            // If there are not failed entry and if there is at least one running entry we should return running status.
-            return Status.RUNNING;
-        } else {
-            // If each and every partition has reported success do we report success as the status.
-            int successCount = 0;
-            for (int i = 0; i < statuses.size(); i++) {
-                if (statuses.get(i) == Status.SUCCESS) {
-                    successCount++;
-                }
-            }
-            if (successCount == statuses.size()) {
-                return Status.SUCCESS;
-            }
-        }
-        return status;
+        return djr.getStatus();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -136,13 +124,6 @@
         return newRecords;
     }
 
-    public DatasetDirectoryRecord getDatasetDirectoryRecord(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, int partition) {
-        Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData> rsMap = jobResultLocationsMap.get(jobId);
-        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = rsMap.get(rsId);
-        DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records = resultSetMetaData.getRecords();
-        return records[partition];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Compares the records already known by the client for the given job's result set id with the records that the
      * dataset directory service knows and if there are any newly discovered records returns a whole array with the
@@ -177,14 +158,15 @@
      */
     private DatasetDirectoryRecord[] updatedRecords(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, DatasetDirectoryRecord[] knownRecords)
             throws HyracksDataException {
-        Map<ResultSetId, ResultSetMetaData> rsMap = jobResultLocationsMap.get(jobId);
-        if (rsMap == null) {
-            return null;
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = getDatasetJobRecord(jobId);
+
+        if (djr.getStatus() == Status.FAILED) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException("Job failed.");
         }
 
-        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = rsMap.get(rsId);
+        ResultSetMetaData resultSetMetaData = djr.get(rsId);
         if (resultSetMetaData == null || resultSetMetaData.getRecords() == null) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException("ResultSet locations uninitialized when it is expected to be initialized.");
+            return null;
         }
 
         boolean ordered = resultSetMetaData.getOrderedResult();
@@ -220,22 +202,12 @@
         return null;
     }
 
-    private class ResultSetMetaData {
-        private final boolean ordered;
-
-        private final DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records;
-
-        public ResultSetMetaData(boolean ordered, DatasetDirectoryRecord[] records) {
-            this.ordered = ordered;
-            this.records = records;
+    private DatasetJobRecord getDatasetJobRecord(JobId jobId) {
+        DatasetJobRecord djr = jobResultLocations.get(jobId);
+        if (djr == null) {
+            djr = new DatasetJobRecord();
+            jobResultLocations.put(jobId, djr);
         }
-
-        public boolean getOrderedResult() {
-            return ordered;
-        }
-
-        public DatasetDirectoryRecord[] getRecords() {
-            return records;
-        }
+        return djr;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
index 6f26de2..33e1ff6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/job/JobRun.java
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 public class JobRun implements IJobStatusConditionVariable {
     private final JobId jobId;
 
-    private final String applicationName;
-
     private final IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg;
 
     private final ActivityClusterGraph acg;
@@ -83,10 +81,9 @@
 
     private Exception pendingException;
 
-    public JobRun(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, String applicationName,
-            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
+    public JobRun(ClusterControllerService ccs, JobId jobId, IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg,
+            EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags) {
         this.jobId = jobId;
-        this.applicationName = applicationName;
         this.acgg = acgg;
         this.acg = acgg.initialize();
         this.scheduler = new JobScheduler(ccs, this, acgg.getConstraints());
@@ -103,10 +100,6 @@
         return jobId;
     }
 
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        return applicationName;
-    }
-
     public ActivityClusterGraph getActivityClusterGraph() {
         return acg;
     }
@@ -208,7 +201,6 @@
         JSONObject result = new JSONObject();
 
         result.put("job-id", jobId.toString());
-        result.put("application-name", applicationName);
         result.put("status", getStatus());
         result.put("create-time", getCreateTime());
         result.put("start-time", getCreateTime());
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
index b163db5..34b7dc7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/scheduler/JobScheduler.java
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@
     private void startTasks(Map<String, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor>> taskAttemptMap) throws HyracksException {
         final JobId jobId = jobRun.getJobId();
         final ActivityClusterGraph acg = jobRun.getActivityClusterGraph();
-        final String appName = jobRun.getApplicationName();
         final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies = new HashMap<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy>(
                 jobRun.getConnectorPolicyMap());
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor>> entry : taskAttemptMap.entrySet()) {
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@
                 }
                 try {
                     byte[] jagBytes = changed ? JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(acg) : null;
-                    node.getNodeController().startTasks(appName, jobId, jagBytes, taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies,
+                    node.getNodeController().startTasks(jobId, jagBytes, taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies,
                             jobRun.getFlags());
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f3a1a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/ApplicationInstallationHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +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.web;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethods;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.SynchronizableWork;
-
-public class ApplicationInstallationHandler extends AbstractHandler {
-    private ClusterControllerService ccs;
-
-    public ApplicationInstallationHandler(ClusterControllerService ccs) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-            throws IOException, ServletException {
-        try {
-            while (target.startsWith("/")) {
-                target = target.substring(1);
-            }
-            while (target.endsWith("/")) {
-                target = target.substring(0, target.length() - 1);
-            }
-            String[] parts = target.split("/");
-            if (parts.length != 1) {
-                return;
-            }
-            final String appName = parts[0];
-            if (HttpMethods.PUT.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-                class OutputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
-                    private OutputStream os;
-
-                    @Override
-                    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                        ApplicationContext appCtx;
-                        appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-                        if (appCtx != null) {
-                            os = appCtx.getHarOutputStream();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                OutputStreamGetter r = new OutputStreamGetter();
-                try {
-                    ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new IOException(e);
-                }
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(request.getInputStream(), r.os);
-                } finally {
-                    r.os.close();
-                }
-            } else if (HttpMethods.GET.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-                class InputStreamGetter extends SynchronizableWork {
-                    private InputStream is;
-
-                    @Override
-                    protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                        ApplicationContext appCtx;
-                        appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-                        if (appCtx != null && appCtx.containsHar()) {
-                            is = appCtx.getHarInputStream();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                InputStreamGetter r = new InputStreamGetter();
-                try {
-                    ccs.getWorkQueue().scheduleAndSync(r);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new IOException(e);
-                }
-                if (r.is == null) {
-                    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-                } else {
-                    response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
-                    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-                    try {
-                        IOUtils.copyLarge(r.is, response.getOutputStream());
-                    } finally {
-                        r.is.close();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            baseRequest.setHandled(true);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            throw e;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
index c32cb97..e39e766 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/web/WebServer.java
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 
         addHandler(createAdminConsoleHandler());
         addHandler(createStaticResourcesHandler());
-
-        handler = new ContextHandler("/applications");
-        handler.setHandler(new ApplicationInstallationHandler(ccs));
-        addHandler(handler);
     }
 
     private Handler createAdminConsoleHandler() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 15d6d1f..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationCreateWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +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.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationCreateWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationCreateWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            Map<String, CCApplicationContext> applications = ccs.getApplicationMap();
-            if (applications.containsKey(appName)) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("Duplicate application with name: " + appName
-                        + " being created."));
-                return;
-            }
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx;
-            try {
-                appCtx = new CCApplicationContext(ccs.getServerContext(), ccs.getCCContext(), appName);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                callback.setException(e);
-                return;
-            }
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.CREATED);
-            applications.put(appName, appCtx);
-            callback.setValue(null);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fc86c4c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationDestroyWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +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.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-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.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.INodeController;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationDestroyWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationDestroyWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("No application with name: " + appName));
-                return;
-            }
-            if (appCtx.getStatus() == ApplicationStatus.IN_DEINITIALIZATION
-                    || appCtx.getStatus() == ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED) {
-                return;
-            }
-            Map<String, NodeControllerState> nodeMap = ccs.getNodeMap();
-            appCtx.getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds().addAll(nodeMap.keySet());
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.IN_DEINITIALIZATION);
-            appCtx.setDeinitializationCallback(callback);
-            for (String nodeId : ccs.getNodeMap().keySet()) {
-                NodeControllerState nodeState = nodeMap.get(nodeId);
-                final INodeController node = nodeState.getNodeController();
-                node.destroyApplication(appName);
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
index 22ff84d..b880c8a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.ICCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 
 /**
  * @author rico
- * 
  */
 public class ApplicationMessageWork extends AbstractWork {
 
@@ -33,26 +33,24 @@
     private byte[] message;
     private String nodeId;
     private ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private String appName;
 
-    public ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] message, String appName, String nodeId) {
+    public ApplicationMessageWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] message, String nodeId) {
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.message = message;
-        this.appName = appName;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-
-        final ApplicationContext ctx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
+        final ICCApplicationContext ctx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
         try {
-            final IMessage data = (IMessage) ctx.deserialize(message);
-            (new Thread() {
+            final IMessage data = (IMessage) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(message);
+            ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
                 public void run() {
                     ctx.getMessageBroker().receivedMessage(data, nodeId);
                 }
-            }).start();
+            });
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Error in stats reporting", e);
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
@@ -64,5 +62,4 @@
     public String toString() {
         return "nodeID: " + nodeId;
     }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ad56c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStartWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +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.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-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.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.INodeController;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationStartWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final String appName;
-    private final IResultCallback<Object> callback;
-
-    public ApplicationStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, IResultCallback<Object> callback) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("No application with name: " + appName));
-                return;
-            }
-            if (appCtx.getStatus() != ApplicationStatus.CREATED) {
-                callback.setException(new HyracksException("Application in incorrect state for starting: "
-                        + appCtx.getStatus()));
-            }
-            final Map<String, NodeControllerState> nodeMapCopy = new HashMap<String, NodeControllerState>(
-                    ccs.getNodeMap());
-            appCtx.getInitializationPendingNodeIds().addAll(nodeMapCopy.keySet());
-            appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.IN_INITIALIZATION);
-            appCtx.setInitializationCallback(callback);
-            ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        appCtx.initializeClassPath();
-                        appCtx.initialize();
-                        final byte[] distributedState = JavaSerializationUtils.serialize(appCtx.getDistributedState());
-                        final boolean deployHar = appCtx.containsHar();
-                        for (final String nodeId : nodeMapCopy.keySet()) {
-                            NodeControllerState nodeState = nodeMapCopy.get(nodeId);
-                            final INodeController node = nodeState.getNodeController();
-                            node.createApplication(appName, deployHar, distributedState);
-                        }
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        callback.setException(e);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            callback.setException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f6271fe..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/ApplicationStateChangeWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.application.CCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.ipc.CCNCFunctions;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.IResultCallback;
-
-public class ApplicationStateChangeWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ApplicationStateChangeWork.class.getName());
-
-    private final ClusterControllerService ccs;
-    private final CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction ascrf;
-
-    public ApplicationStateChangeWork(ClusterControllerService ccs,
-            CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction ascrf) {
-        this.ccs = ccs;
-        this.ascrf = ascrf;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(ascrf.getApplicationName());
-        if (appCtx == null) {
-            LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                    + " that does not exist");
-            return;
-        }
-        switch (ascrf.getStatus()) {
-            case INITIALIZED: {
-                Set<String> pendingNodeIds = appCtx.getInitializationPendingNodeIds();
-                boolean changed = pendingNodeIds.remove(ascrf.getNodeId());
-                if (!changed) {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                            + " from unexpected node " + ascrf.getNodeId() + " to state " + ascrf.getStatus());
-                    return;
-                }
-                if (pendingNodeIds.isEmpty()) {
-                    appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.INITIALIZED);
-                    IResultCallback<Object> callback = appCtx.getInitializationCallback();
-                    appCtx.setInitializationCallback(null);
-                    callback.setValue(null);
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-
-            case DEINITIALIZED: {
-                Set<String> pendingNodeIds = appCtx.getDeinitializationPendingNodeIds();
-                boolean changed = pendingNodeIds.remove(ascrf.getNodeId());
-                if (!changed) {
-                    LOGGER.warning("Got ApplicationStateChangeResponse for application " + ascrf.getApplicationName()
-                            + " from unexpected node " + ascrf.getNodeId() + " to state " + ascrf.getStatus());
-                    return;
-                }
-                if (pendingNodeIds.isEmpty()) {
-                    appCtx.setStatus(ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED);
-                    ccs.getExecutor().execute(new Runnable() {
-                        @Override
-                        public void run() {
-                            try {
-                                appCtx.deinitialize();
-                            } catch (Exception e) {
-                                e.printStackTrace();
-                            }
-                            ccs.getWorkQueue().schedule(new AbstractWork() {
-                                @Override
-                                public void run() {
-                                    ccs.getApplicationMap().remove(ascrf.getApplicationName());
-                                    IResultCallback<Object> callback = appCtx.getDeinitializationCallback();
-                                    appCtx.setDeinitializationCallback(null);
-                                    callback.setValue(null);
-                                }
-                            });
-                        }
-                    });
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
index a0afd61..20035a4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetJobSummariesJSONWork.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
             JSONObject jo = new JSONObject();
             jo.put("type", "job-summary");
             jo.put("job-id", run.getJobId().toString());
-            jo.put("application-name", run.getApplicationName());
             jo.put("create-time", run.getCreateTime());
             jo.put("start-time", run.getCreateTime());
             jo.put("end-time", run.getCreateTime());
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetResultStatusWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetResultStatusWork.java
index d2dadf5..1bd0674 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetResultStatusWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/GetResultStatusWork.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.work;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.DatasetJobRecord.Status;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
index 6b5ff03..b304b21 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobCleanupWork.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(run.getApplicationName());
+            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
             if (appCtx != null) {
                 try {
                     appCtx.notifyJobFinish(jobId);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
index b062d33..f7d6c4c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobStartWork.java
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetDirectoryService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGenerator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 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.JobRun;
@@ -34,30 +33,25 @@
     private final byte[] acggfBytes;
     private final EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags;
     private final JobId jobId;
-    private final String appName;
     private final IResultCallback<JobId> callback;
 
-    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, String appName, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags,
-            JobId jobId, IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
+    public JobStartWork(ClusterControllerService ccs, byte[] acggfBytes, EnumSet<JobFlag> jobFlags, JobId jobId,
+            IResultCallback<JobId> callback) {
         this.jobId = jobId;
         this.ccs = ccs;
         this.acggfBytes = acggfBytes;
         this.jobFlags = jobFlags;
-        this.appName = appName;
         this.callback = callback;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void doRun() throws Exception {
         try {
-            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(appName);
-            if (appCtx == null) {
-                throw new HyracksException("No application with id " + appName + " found");
-            }
-            IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf = appCtx.createActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory(acggfBytes);
-            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg = acggf.createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(appName, jobId, appCtx,
-                    jobFlags);
-            JobRun run = new JobRun(ccs, jobId, appName, acgg, jobFlags);
+            final CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
+            IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory acggf = (IActivityClusterGraphGeneratorFactory) JavaSerializationUtils
+                    .deserialize(acggfBytes);
+            IActivityClusterGraphGenerator acgg = acggf.createActivityClusterGraphGenerator(jobId, appCtx, jobFlags);
+            JobRun run = new JobRun(ccs, jobId, acgg, jobFlags);
             run.setStatus(JobStatus.INITIALIZED, null);
             ccs.getActiveRunMap().put(jobId, run);
             appCtx.notifyJobCreation(jobId, acggf);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
index 9927289..ed58c43 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/JobletCleanupNotificationWork.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             ncs.getActiveJobIds().remove(jobId);
         }
         if (cleanupPendingNodes.isEmpty()) {
-            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationMap().get(run.getApplicationName());
+            CCApplicationContext appCtx = ccs.getApplicationContext();
             if (appCtx != null) {
                 try {
                     appCtx.notifyJobFinish(jobId);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/RegisterNodeWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/RegisterNodeWork.java
index e4e0aae..f7dd1d2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/RegisterNodeWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/RegisterNodeWork.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
             LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Registered INodeController: id = " + id);
             NodeParameters params = new NodeParameters();
             params.setClusterControllerInfo(ccs.getClusterControllerInfo());
+            params.setDistributedState(ccs.getApplicationContext().getDistributedState());
             params.setHeartbeatPeriod(ccs.getCCConfig().heartbeatPeriod);
             params.setProfileDumpPeriod(ccs.getCCConfig().profileDumpPeriod);
             result = new CCNCFunctions.NodeRegistrationResult(params, null);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/TaskFailureWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/TaskFailureWork.java
index 0fff257..bc8c314 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/TaskFailureWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/work/TaskFailureWork.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     @Override
     protected void performEvent(TaskAttempt ta) {
         JobRun run = ccs.getActiveRunMap().get(jobId);
+        ccs.getDatasetDirectoryService().reportJobFailure(jobId);
         ActivityCluster ac = ta.getTask().getTaskCluster().getActivityCluster();
         run.getScheduler().notifyTaskFailure(ta, ac, details);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index ce1298e..75fe3c9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
   <name>hyracks-control-common</name>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
index fc755a5..5251584 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
@@ -14,180 +14,20 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLClassLoader;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
-import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.IApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.IBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessageBroker;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
 
 public abstract class ApplicationContext implements IApplicationContext {
-    private static final String APPLICATION_ROOT = "applications";
-    private static final String CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY = "cc.bootstrap.class";
-    private static final String NODE_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY = "nc.bootstrap.class";
-
     protected ServerContext serverCtx;
-    protected final String appName;
-    protected final File applicationRootDir;
-    protected ClassLoader classLoader;
-    protected ApplicationStatus status;
-    protected Properties deploymentDescriptor;
-    protected IBootstrap bootstrap;
     protected Serializable distributedState;
     protected IMessageBroker messageBroker;
 
-    public ApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, String appName) throws IOException {
+    public ApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx) throws IOException {
         this.serverCtx = serverCtx;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.applicationRootDir = new File(new File(serverCtx.getBaseDir(), APPLICATION_ROOT), appName);
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(applicationRootDir);
-        applicationRootDir.mkdirs();
-    }
-
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        return appName;
-    }
-
-    public void initializeClassPath() throws Exception {
-        if (expandArchive()) {
-            File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-            List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>();
-            findJarFiles(expandedFolder, urls);
-            Collections.sort(urls, new Comparator<URL>() {
-                @Override
-                public int compare(URL o1, URL o2) {
-                    return o1.getFile().compareTo(o2.getFile());
-                }
-            });
-            classLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls.toArray(new URL[urls.size()]));
-        } else {
-            classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
-        }
-        deploymentDescriptor = parseDeploymentDescriptor();
-    }
-
-    public void initialize() throws Exception {
-        if (deploymentDescriptor != null) {
-            String bootstrapClass = null;
-            switch (serverCtx.getServerType()) {
-                case CLUSTER_CONTROLLER: {
-                    bootstrapClass = deploymentDescriptor.getProperty(CLUSTER_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY);
-                    break;
-                }
-                case NODE_CONTROLLER: {
-                    bootstrapClass = deploymentDescriptor.getProperty(NODE_CONTROLLER_BOOTSTRAP_CLASS_KEY);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (bootstrapClass != null) {
-                bootstrap = (IBootstrap) classLoader.loadClass(bootstrapClass).newInstance();
-                start();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected abstract void start() throws Exception;
-
-    protected abstract void stop() throws Exception;
-
-    private void findJarFiles(File dir, List<URL> urls) throws MalformedURLException {
-        for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
-            if (f.isDirectory()) {
-                findJarFiles(f, urls);
-            } else if (f.getName().endsWith(".jar") || f.getName().endsWith(".zip")) {
-                urls.add(f.toURI().toURL());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Properties parseDeploymentDescriptor() throws IOException {
-        InputStream in = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("hyracks-deployment.properties");
-        Properties props = new Properties();
-        if (in != null) {
-            try {
-                props.load(in);
-            } finally {
-                in.close();
-            }
-        }
-        return props;
-    }
-
-    private boolean expandArchive() throws IOException {
-        File archiveFile = getArchiveFile();
-        if (archiveFile.exists()) {
-            File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(expandedFolder);
-            ZipFile zf = new ZipFile(archiveFile);
-            for (Enumeration<? extends ZipEntry> i = zf.entries(); i.hasMoreElements();) {
-                ZipEntry ze = i.nextElement();
-                String name = ze.getName();
-                if (name.endsWith("/")) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                InputStream is = zf.getInputStream(ze);
-                OutputStream os = FileUtils.openOutputStream(new File(expandedFolder, name));
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(is, os);
-                } finally {
-                    os.close();
-                    is.close();
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private File getExpandedFolder() {
-        return new File(applicationRootDir, "expanded");
-    }
-
-    public void deinitialize() throws Exception {
-        stop();
-        File expandedFolder = getExpandedFolder();
-        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(expandedFolder);
-    }
-
-    public Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-        return JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(bytes, classLoader);
-    }
-
-    public OutputStream getHarOutputStream() throws IOException {
-        return new FileOutputStream(getArchiveFile());
-    }
-
-    private File getArchiveFile() {
-        return new File(applicationRootDir, "application.har");
-    }
-
-    public InputStream getHarInputStream() throws IOException {
-        return new FileInputStream(getArchiveFile());
-    }
-
-    public boolean containsHar() {
-        return getArchiveFile().exists();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -196,19 +36,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
-        return classLoader;
-    }
-
-    public void setStatus(ApplicationStatus status) {
-        this.status = status;
-    }
-
-    public ApplicationStatus getStatus() {
-        return status;
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker messageBroker) {
         this.messageBroker = messageBroker;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
index 55e4479..627dd55 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/IClusterController.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.PartitionDescriptor;
@@ -48,6 +47,8 @@
 
     public void registerPartitionRequest(PartitionRequest partitionRequest) throws Exception;
 
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception;
+
     public void registerResultPartitionLocation(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, boolean orderedResult, int partition,
             int nPartitions, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception;
 
@@ -55,9 +56,5 @@
 
     public void reportResultPartitionFailure(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, int partition) throws Exception;
 
-    public void notifyApplicationStateChange(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) throws Exception;
-
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception;
-
     public void getNodeControllerInfos() throws Exception;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
index 049adf8..c589c97 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/base/INodeController.java
@@ -29,17 +29,12 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.TaskAttemptDescriptor;
 
 public interface INodeController {
-    public void startTasks(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+    public void startTasks(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) throws Exception;
 
     public void abortTasks(JobId jobId, List<TaskAttemptId> tasks) throws Exception;
 
     public void cleanUpJoblet(JobId jobId, JobStatus status) throws Exception;
 
-    public void createApplication(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState)
-            throws Exception;
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception;
-
     public void reportPartitionAvailability(PartitionId pid, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
index 6c208fe..7647410 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/CCConfig.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.spi.StopOptionHandler;
 
 public class CCConfig {
     @Option(name = "-client-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from clients", required = true)
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
     @Option(name = "-client-net-port", usage = "Sets the port to listen for connections from clients (default 1098)")
     public int clientNetPort = 1098;
 
-    @Option(name = "-cluster-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from ", required = true)
+    @Option(name = "-cluster-net-ip-address", usage = "Sets the IP Address to listen for connections from", required = true)
     public String clusterNetIpAddress;
 
     @Option(name = "-cluster-net-port", usage = "Sets the port to listen for connections from node controllers (default 1099)")
@@ -53,9 +55,16 @@
     @Option(name = "-cc-root", usage = "Sets the root folder used for file operations. (default: ClusterControllerService)")
     public String ccRoot = "ClusterControllerService";
 
-    @Option(name = "-cluster-topology", usage = "Sets the XML file that defines the cluster topology. (default: null)")
+    @Option(name = "-cluster-topology", required = false, usage = "Sets the XML file that defines the cluster topology. (default: null)")
     public File clusterTopologyDefinition = null;
 
+    @Option(name = "-app-cc-main-class", required = false, usage = "Application CC Main Class")
+    public String appCCMainClass = null;
+
+    @Argument
+    @Option(name = "--", handler = StopOptionHandler.class)
+    public List<String> appArgs;
+
     public void toCommandLine(List<String> cList) {
         cList.add("-client-net-ip-address");
         cList.add(clientNetIpAddress);
@@ -83,5 +92,15 @@
             cList.add("-cluster-topology");
             cList.add(clusterTopologyDefinition.getAbsolutePath());
         }
+        if (appCCMainClass != null) {
+            cList.add("-app-cc-main-class");
+            cList.add(appCCMainClass);
+        }
+        if (appArgs != null && !appArgs.isEmpty()) {
+            cList.add("--");
+            for (String appArg : appArgs) {
+                cList.add(appArg);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
index 5071bc9..d1577bc 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NCConfig.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.spi.StopOptionHandler;
 
 public class NCConfig implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -43,15 +45,6 @@
     @Option(name = "-iodevices", usage = "Comma separated list of IO Device mount points (default: One device in default temp folder)", required = false)
     public String ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
 
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-servers", usage = "Sets the list of DCache servers in the format host1:port1,host2:port2,... (default localhost:54583)")
-    public String dcacheClientServers = "localhost:54583";
-
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-server-local", usage = "Sets the local DCache server, if one is available, in the format host:port (default not set)")
-    public String dcacheClientServerLocal;
-
-    @Option(name = "-dcache-client-path", usage = "Sets the path to store the files retrieved from the DCache server (default /tmp/dcache-client)")
-    public String dcacheClientPath = "/tmp/dcache-client";
-
     @Option(name = "-net-thread-count", usage = "Number of threads to use for Network I/O (default: 1)")
     public int nNetThreads = 1;
 
@@ -61,6 +54,13 @@
     @Option(name = "-result-manager-memory", usage = "Memory usable for result caching at this Node Controller in bytes (default: -1 auto)")
     public int resultManagerMemory = -1;
 
+    @Option(name = "-app-nc-main-class", usage = "Application NC Main Class")
+    public String appNCMainClass;
+
+    @Argument
+    @Option(name = "--", handler = StopOptionHandler.class)
+    public List<String> appArgs;
+
     public void toCommandLine(List<String> cList) {
         cList.add("-cc-host");
         cList.add(ccHost);
@@ -75,19 +75,22 @@
         cList.add(datasetIPAddress);
         cList.add("-iodevices");
         cList.add(ioDevices);
-        cList.add("-dcache-client-servers");
-        cList.add(dcacheClientServers);
-        if (dcacheClientServerLocal != null) {
-            cList.add("-dcache-client-server-local");
-            cList.add(dcacheClientServerLocal);
-        }
-        cList.add("-dcache-client-path");
-        cList.add(dcacheClientPath);
         cList.add("-net-thread-count");
         cList.add(String.valueOf(nNetThreads));
         cList.add("-max-memory");
         cList.add(String.valueOf(maxMemory));
         cList.add("-result-manager-memory");
         cList.add(String.valueOf(resultManagerMemory));
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+       if (appNCMainClass != null) {
+            cList.add("-app-nc-main-class");
+            cList.add(appNCMainClass);
+        }
+        if (appArgs != null && !appArgs.isEmpty()) {
+            cList.add("--");
+            for (String appArg : appArgs) {
+                cList.add(appArg);
+            }
+        }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NodeParameters.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NodeParameters.java
index 0161f96..41e0b8d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NodeParameters.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/controllers/NodeParameters.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
     private ClusterControllerInfo ccInfo;
 
+    private Serializable distributedState;
+
     private int heartbeatPeriod;
 
     private int profileDumpPeriod;
@@ -35,6 +37,14 @@
         this.ccInfo = ccInfo;
     }
 
+    public Serializable getDistributedState() {
+        return distributedState;
+    }
+
+    public void setDistributedState(Serializable distributedState) {
+        this.distributedState = distributedState;
+    }
+
     public int getHeartbeatPeriod() {
         return heartbeatPeriod;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
index b506b12..f6ab9ba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/CCNCFunctions.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeParameters;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
@@ -72,14 +71,11 @@
         REGISTER_RESULT_PARTITION_LOCATION,
         REPORT_RESULT_PARTITION_WRITE_COMPLETION,
         REPORT_RESULT_PARTITION_FAILURE,
-        APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE,
 
         NODE_REGISTRATION_RESULT,
         START_TASKS,
         ABORT_TASKS,
         CLEANUP_JOBLET,
-        CREATE_APPLICATION,
-        DESTROY_APPLICATION,
         REPORT_PARTITION_AVAILABILITY,
         SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE,
         GET_NODE_CONTROLLERS_INFO,
@@ -92,7 +88,6 @@
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
         private byte[] serializedMessage;
         private String nodeId;
-        private String appName;
 
         public String getNodeId() {
             return nodeId;
@@ -106,11 +101,9 @@
             return serializedMessage;
         }
 
-        public SendApplicationMessageFunction(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) {
-            super();
+        public SendApplicationMessageFunction(byte[] data, String nodeId) {
             this.serializedMessage = data;
             this.nodeId = nodeId;
-            this.appName = appName;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -118,10 +111,6 @@
             return FunctionId.SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
     }
 
     public static abstract class Function implements Serializable {
@@ -563,37 +552,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String nodeId;
-        private final String appName;
-        private final ApplicationStatus status;
-
-        public ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) {
-            this.nodeId = nodeId;
-            this.appName = appName;
-            this.status = status;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.APPLICATION_STATE_CHANGE_RESPONSE;
-        }
-
-        public String getNodeId() {
-            return nodeId;
-        }
-
-        public String getApplicationName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
-        public ApplicationStatus getStatus() {
-            return status;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class NodeRegistrationResult extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -623,17 +581,14 @@
     public static class StartTasksFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-        private final String appName;
         private final JobId jobId;
         private final byte[] planBytes;
         private final List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors;
         private final Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies;
         private final EnumSet<JobFlag> flags;
 
-        public StartTasksFunction(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes,
-                List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+        public StartTasksFunction(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
                 Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) {
-            this.appName = appName;
             this.jobId = jobId;
             this.planBytes = planBytes;
             this.taskDescriptors = taskDescriptors;
@@ -646,10 +601,6 @@
             return FunctionId.START_TASKS;
         }
 
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
         public JobId getJobId() {
             return jobId;
         }
@@ -721,56 +672,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public static class CreateApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-        private final boolean deployHar;
-        private final byte[] serializedDistributedState;
-
-        public CreateApplicationFunction(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-            this.deployHar = deployHar;
-            this.serializedDistributedState = serializedDistributedState;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.CREATE_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-
-        public boolean isDeployHar() {
-            return deployHar;
-        }
-
-        public byte[] getSerializedDistributedState() {
-            return serializedDistributedState;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class DestroyApplicationFunction extends Function {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-        private final String appName;
-
-        public DestroyApplicationFunction(String appName) {
-            this.appName = appName;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public FunctionId getFunctionId() {
-            return FunctionId.DESTROY_APPLICATION;
-        }
-
-        public String getAppName() {
-            return appName;
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GetNodeControllersInfoFunction extends Function {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
index 091a5d2..057a0f4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/ClusterControllerRemoteProxy.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.TaskAttemptId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.ResultSetId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.base.IClusterController;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeRegistration;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.heartbeat.HeartbeatData;
@@ -97,6 +96,11 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception {
+        CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction(data, nodeId);
+        ipcHandle.send(-1, fn, null);
+    }
+
     public void registerResultPartitionLocation(JobId jobId, ResultSetId rsId, boolean orderedResult, int partition,
             int nPartitions, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception {
         CCNCFunctions.RegisterResultPartitionLocationFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.RegisterResultPartitionLocationFunction(
@@ -119,20 +123,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void notifyApplicationStateChange(String nodeId, String appName, ApplicationStatus status) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.ApplicationStateChangeResponseFunction(
-                nodeId, appName, status);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, fn, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction fn = new CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction(data,
-                appName, nodeId);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, fn, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void getNodeControllerInfos() throws Exception {
         ipcHandle.send(-1, new CCNCFunctions.GetNodeControllersInfoFunction(), null);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
index 10c0a7c..e4355aa 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/ipc/NodeControllerRemoteProxy.java
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void startTasks(String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
+    public void startTasks(JobId jobId, byte[] planBytes, List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPolicies, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = new CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction(appName, jobId, planBytes,
-                taskDescriptors, connectorPolicies, flags);
+        CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = new CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction(jobId, planBytes, taskDescriptors,
+                connectorPolicies, flags);
         ipcHandle.send(-1, stf, null);
     }
 
@@ -58,20 +58,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void createApplication(String appName, boolean deployHar, byte[] serializedDistributedState)
-            throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = new CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction(appName, deployHar,
-                serializedDistributedState);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, caf, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = new CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction(appName);
-        ipcHandle.send(-1, daf, null);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void reportPartitionAvailability(PartitionId pid, NetworkAddress networkAddress) throws Exception {
         CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction rpaf = new CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction(
                 pid, networkAddress);
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index c44cec9..df5c998 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -24,27 +24,21 @@
   </build>
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.dcache</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>dcache-client</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.0.1</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <reporting>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
index dde7abc..d31d09e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NCDriver.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 
-import edu.uci.ics.dcache.client.DCacheClient;
-import edu.uci.ics.dcache.client.DCacheClientConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 
 public class NCDriver {
@@ -32,13 +30,6 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        DCacheClientConfig dccConfig = new DCacheClientConfig();
-        dccConfig.servers = ncConfig.dcacheClientServers;
-        dccConfig.serverLocal = ncConfig.dcacheClientServerLocal;
-        dccConfig.path = ncConfig.dcacheClientPath;
-
-        DCacheClient.get().init(dccConfig);
-
         final NodeControllerService nService = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig);
         nService.start();
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
index 8a36dac..10e0dba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/NodeControllerService.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.NodeControllerInfo;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataset.IDatasetPartitionManager;
@@ -72,8 +73,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.ApplicationMessageWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.BuildJobProfilesWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.CleanupJobletWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.CreateApplicationWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.DestroyApplicationWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.ReportPartitionAvailabilityWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.work.StartTasksWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.ipc.api.IIPCHandle;
@@ -121,7 +120,9 @@
 
     private final ServerContext serverCtx;
 
-    private final Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications;
+    private NCApplicationContext appCtx;
+
+    private INCApplicationEntryPoint ncAppEntryPoint;
 
     private final MemoryMXBean memoryMXBean;
 
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@
         timer = new Timer(true);
         serverCtx = new ServerContext(ServerContext.ServerType.NODE_CONTROLLER, new File(new File(
                 NodeControllerService.class.getName()), id));
-        applications = new Hashtable<String, NCApplicationContext>();
         memoryMXBean = ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean();
         gcMXBeans = ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();
         threadMXBean = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@
         return ctx;
     }
 
+    public NCApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return appCtx;
+    }
+
     private static List<IODeviceHandle> getDevices(String ioDevices) {
         List<IODeviceHandle> devices = new ArrayList<IODeviceHandle>();
         StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(ioDevices, ",");
@@ -216,6 +220,9 @@
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Starting NodeControllerService");
         ipc.start();
         netManager.start();
+
+        startApplication();
+
         datasetNetworkManager.start();
         IIPCHandle ccIPCHandle = ipc.getHandle(new InetSocketAddress(ncConfig.ccHost, ncConfig.ccPort));
         this.ccs = new ClusterControllerRemoteProxy(ccIPCHandle);
@@ -239,6 +246,7 @@
         if (registrationException != null) {
             throw registrationException;
         }
+        appCtx.setDistributedState(nodeParameters.getDistributedState());
 
         queue.start();
 
@@ -253,6 +261,21 @@
         }
 
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Started NodeControllerService");
+        if (ncAppEntryPoint != null) {
+            ncAppEntryPoint.notifyStartupComplete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void startApplication() throws Exception {
+        appCtx = new NCApplicationContext(serverCtx, ctx, id);
+        String className = ncConfig.appNCMainClass;
+        if (className != null) {
+            Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
+            ncAppEntryPoint = (INCApplicationEntryPoint) c.newInstance();
+            String[] args = ncConfig.appArgs == null ? new String[0] : ncConfig.appArgs
+                    .toArray(new String[ncConfig.appArgs.size()]);
+            ncAppEntryPoint.start(appCtx, args);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -276,10 +299,6 @@
         return serverCtx;
     }
 
-    public Map<String, NCApplicationContext> getApplications() {
-        return applications;
-    }
-
     public Map<JobId, Joblet> getJobletMap() {
         return jobletMap;
     }
@@ -424,13 +443,13 @@
                 case SEND_APPLICATION_MESSAGE: {
                     CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction amf = (CCNCFunctions.SendApplicationMessageFunction) fn;
                     queue.schedule(new ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService.this, amf.getMessage(), amf
-                            .getAppName(), amf.getNodeId()));
+                            .getNodeId()));
                     return;
                 }
                 case START_TASKS: {
                     CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction stf = (CCNCFunctions.StartTasksFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService.this, stf.getAppName(), stf.getJobId(), stf
-                            .getPlanBytes(), stf.getTaskDescriptors(), stf.getConnectorPolicies(), stf.getFlags()));
+                    queue.schedule(new StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService.this, stf.getJobId(), stf.getPlanBytes(),
+                            stf.getTaskDescriptors(), stf.getConnectorPolicies(), stf.getFlags()));
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -446,19 +465,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                case CREATE_APPLICATION: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction caf = (CCNCFunctions.CreateApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new CreateApplicationWork(NodeControllerService.this, caf.getAppName(), caf
-                            .isDeployHar(), caf.getSerializedDistributedState()));
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                case DESTROY_APPLICATION: {
-                    CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction daf = (CCNCFunctions.DestroyApplicationFunction) fn;
-                    queue.schedule(new DestroyApplicationWork(NodeControllerService.this, daf.getAppName()));
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 case REPORT_PARTITION_AVAILABILITY: {
                     CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction rpaf = (CCNCFunctions.ReportPartitionAvailabilityFunction) fn;
                     queue.schedule(new ReportPartitionAvailabilityWork(NodeControllerService.this, rpaf
@@ -483,11 +489,11 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public IDatasetPartitionManager getDatasetPartitionManager() {
-        return datasetPartitionManager;
+    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String nodeId) throws Exception {
+        ccs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(data, nodeId);
     }
 
-    public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] data, String appName, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        ccs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(data, appName, nodeId);
+    public IDatasetPartitionManager getDatasetPartitionManager() {
+        return datasetPartitionManager;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
index 5a3e9dd..d6ea111 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/Task.java
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public void sendApplicationMessageToCC(byte[] message, String nodeId) throws Exception {
-        this.ncs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(message, this.getJobletContext().getApplicationContext()
-                .getApplicationName(), nodeId);
+        this.ncs.sendApplicationMessageToCC(message, nodeId);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
index 1121c6c..3e07fb5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/application/NCApplicationContext.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksRootContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.context.ServerContext;
@@ -14,9 +13,8 @@
     private final IHyracksRootContext rootCtx;
     private Object appObject;
 
-    public NCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, IHyracksRootContext rootCtx, String appName, String nodeId)
-            throws IOException {
-        super(serverCtx, appName);
+    public NCApplicationContext(ServerContext serverCtx, IHyracksRootContext rootCtx, String nodeId) throws IOException {
+        super(serverCtx);
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.rootCtx = rootCtx;
     }
@@ -31,19 +29,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void start() throws Exception {
-        ((INCBootstrap) bootstrap).setApplicationContext(this);
-        bootstrap.start();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void stop() throws Exception {
-        if (bootstrap != null) {
-            bootstrap.stop();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public IHyracksRootContext getRootContext() {
         return rootCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
index deb1b75..a1499b8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/ApplicationMessageWork.java
@@ -19,35 +19,31 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.messages.IMessage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
 
 /**
  * @author rico
- * 
  */
 public class ApplicationMessageWork extends AbstractWork {
-
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ApplicationMessageWork.class.getName());
     private byte[] message;
     private String nodeId;
     private NodeControllerService ncs;
-    private String appName;
 
-    public ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService ncs, byte[] message, String appName, String nodeId) {
+    public ApplicationMessageWork(NodeControllerService ncs, byte[] message, String nodeId) {
         this.ncs = ncs;
         this.nodeId = nodeId;
         this.message = message;
-        this.appName = appName;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-
-        NCApplicationContext ctx = ncs.getApplications().get(appName);
+        NCApplicationContext ctx = ncs.getApplicationContext();
         try {
-            IMessage data = (IMessage) ctx.deserialize(message);
+            IMessage data = (IMessage) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(message);
             if (ctx.getMessageBroker() != null) {
                 ctx.getMessageBroker().receivedMessage(data, nodeId);
             } else {
@@ -64,5 +60,4 @@
     public String toString() {
         return "nodeID: " + nodeId;
     }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb1a95..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/CreateApplicationWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +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.nc.work;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NodeParameters;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
-
-public class CreateApplicationWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final NodeControllerService ncs;
-
-    private final String appName;
-
-    private final boolean deployHar;
-
-    private final byte[] serializedDistributedState;
-
-    public CreateApplicationWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName, boolean deployHar,
-            byte[] serializedDistributedState) {
-        this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-        this.deployHar = deployHar;
-        this.serializedDistributedState = serializedDistributedState;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            NCApplicationContext appCtx;
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            if (applications.containsKey(appName)) {
-                throw new HyracksException("Duplicate application with name: " + appName + " being created.");
-            }
-            appCtx = new NCApplicationContext(ncs.getServerContext(), ncs.getRootContext(), appName, ncs.getId());
-            applications.put(appName, appCtx);
-            if (deployHar) {
-                NCConfig ncConfig = ncs.getConfiguration();
-                NodeParameters nodeParameters = ncs.getNodeParameters();
-                HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
-                HttpGet get = new HttpGet("http://" + ncConfig.ccHost + ":"
-                        + nodeParameters.getClusterControllerInfo().getWebPort() + "/applications/" + appName);
-                HttpResponse response = hc.execute(get);
-                InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
-                OutputStream os = appCtx.getHarOutputStream();
-                try {
-                    IOUtils.copyLarge(is, os);
-                } finally {
-                    os.close();
-                    is.close();
-                }
-            }
-            appCtx.initializeClassPath();
-            appCtx.setDistributedState((Serializable) appCtx.deserialize(serializedDistributedState));
-            appCtx.initialize();
-            ncs.getClusterController()
-                    .notifyApplicationStateChange(ncs.getId(), appName, ApplicationStatus.INITIALIZED);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b104ce8..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/DestroyApplicationWork.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +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.nc.work;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.application.ApplicationStatus;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.application.NCApplicationContext;
-
-public class DestroyApplicationWork extends AbstractWork {
-    private final NodeControllerService ncs;
-
-    private final String appName;
-
-    public DestroyApplicationWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName) {
-        this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            ApplicationContext appCtx = applications.remove(appName);
-            if (appCtx != null) {
-                appCtx.deinitialize();
-            }
-            ncs.getClusterController().notifyApplicationStateChange(ncs.getId(), appName,
-                    ApplicationStatus.DEINITIALIZED);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
index 0c0fa3d..fffecc2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/nc/work/StartTasksWork.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.partitions.PartitionId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.util.JavaSerializationUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.job.TaskAttemptDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.work.AbstractWork;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.Joblet;
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@
 
     private final NodeControllerService ncs;
 
-    private final String appName;
-
     private final JobId jobId;
 
     private final byte[] acgBytes;
@@ -71,11 +70,10 @@
 
     private final EnumSet<JobFlag> flags;
 
-    public StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService ncs, String appName, JobId jobId, byte[] acgBytes,
+    public StartTasksWork(NodeControllerService ncs, JobId jobId, byte[] acgBytes,
             List<TaskAttemptDescriptor> taskDescriptors,
             Map<ConnectorDescriptorId, IConnectorPolicy> connectorPoliciesMap, EnumSet<JobFlag> flags) {
         this.ncs = ncs;
-        this.appName = appName;
         this.jobId = jobId;
         this.acgBytes = acgBytes;
         this.taskDescriptors = taskDescriptors;
@@ -86,10 +84,9 @@
     @Override
     public void run() {
         try {
-            Map<String, NCApplicationContext> applications = ncs.getApplications();
-            NCApplicationContext appCtx = applications.get(appName);
+            NCApplicationContext appCtx = ncs.getApplicationContext();
             final Joblet joblet = getOrCreateLocalJoblet(jobId, appCtx, acgBytes == null ? null
-                    : (ActivityClusterGraph) appCtx.deserialize(acgBytes));
+                    : (ActivityClusterGraph) JavaSerializationUtils.deserialize(acgBytes));
             final ActivityClusterGraph acg = joblet.getActivityClusterGraph();
 
             IRecordDescriptorProvider rdp = new IRecordDescriptorProvider() {
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
index 13ebf41..e1ab98d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index 8f5f04e..fe53083 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-data</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
index db4d8e9..45460ca 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index 1a2950b..c66d10e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
index f5135f8..18bcba7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index 2cf0fdc..bd4a837 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
index 58a4b1c..e79eba7 100755
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hyracks-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
index 7aedd57..b5e42ad 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 792cedd..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-<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.examples.btree</groupId>
-  <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <name>btreeapp</name>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  		<scope>compile</scope>
-  	</dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index f941a5b..64e30f9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index b6e8c72..8785f16 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index a6c7ea6..e9c3b1c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index d24ba33..f9e567c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 5aa338a..bb3e174 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 277668b..1b4bb40 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-target-ncs", usage = "Comma separated list of node-controller names to use", required = true)
         public String ncs;
 
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@
         JobSpecification job = createJob(options);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index eb651ce..7f212ab 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -6,32 +6,32 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1dacd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void notifyStartupComplete() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ea55e7a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/NCBootstrap.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +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.examples.btree.helper;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-
-public class NCBootstrap implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrap.class.getName());
-
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping Asterix NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index ab0ecb3..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/resources/hyracks-deployment.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nc.bootstrap.class=edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.NCBootstrap
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b5f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<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.examples.btree</groupId>
+  <artifactId>btreeserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>btreeserver</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index 0ff4fc3..135665a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>btree-example</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
     <module>btreehelper</module>
     <module>btreeclient</module>
-    <module>btreeapp</module>
+    <module>btreeserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf9745..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-<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.examples.compat</groupId>
-  <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
-  <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-      	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-      	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
-          <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>hyracks-cc-start</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>start-cc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>hyracks-nc1-start</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>start-nc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <nodeId>NC1</nodeId>
-              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>hyracks-nc2-start</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>start-nc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <nodeId>NC2</nodeId>
-              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-	      <workingDir>${project.build.directory}</workingDir>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>compat</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/hadoopcompatapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-	     <execution>
-	       <id>stop-services</id>
-	       <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
-	       <goals>
-	         <goal>stop-services</goal>
-	       </goals>
-             </execution>
-          </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-      	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-      	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>2.0.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-      	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-      	<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>2.8.1</version>
-      	<executions>
-      	  <execution>
-      	    <id>it</id>
-      	    <phase>integration-test</phase>
-      	    <goals>
-      	      <goal>integration-test</goal>
-      	    </goals>
-      	  </execution>
-      	</executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-     <dependency>
-        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <scope>compile</scope>
-     </dependency>
-     <dependency>
-        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
-  	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  	    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  	    <type>jar</type>
-  	    <scope>test</scope>
-     </dependency>
-     <dependency>
-  	    <groupId>junit</groupId>
-  	    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-  	    <version>4.8.2</version>
-  	    <type>jar</type>
-  	    <scope>test</scope>
-     </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index f52536c..31809c7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index c397a72..e8a9a1b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/conf/local_cluster.conf
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/conf/local_cluster.conf
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/job/wordcount/wordcount.job
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36d612b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+<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.examples.compat</groupId>
+  <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+      	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+      	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
+          <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-cc-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-cc</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-nc1-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-nc</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <nodeId>NC1</nodeId>
+              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
+              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>hyracks-nc2-start</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>start-nc</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <nodeId>NC2</nodeId>
+              <dataIpAddress>127.0.0.1</dataIpAddress>
+              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>stop-services</id>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>stop-services</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <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-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+      	<version>2.8.1</version>
+      	<executions>
+      	  <execution>
+      	    <id>it</id>
+      	    <phase>integration-test</phase>
+      	    <goals>
+      	      <goal>integration-test</goal>
+      	    </goals>
+      	  </execution>
+      	</executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+     </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
+  	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
+  	    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	    <type>jar</type>
+  	    <scope>test</scope>
+     </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+  	    <groupId>junit</groupId>
+  	    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+  	    <version>4.8.2</version>
+  	    <type>jar</type>
+  	    <scope>test</scope>
+     </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/compat/test/WordCountCompatibilityIT.java
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index 16787ca..b4ba2a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
     <module>hadoopcompathelper</module>
     <module>hadoopcompatclient</module>
-    <module>hadoopcompatapp</module>
+    <module>hadoopcompatserver</module>
   </modules>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
          <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
-         <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+         <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <type>jar</type>
          <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 5e7b5c9..f019b44 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -34,63 +34,63 @@
   	<dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
         <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
-        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <type>jar</type>
         <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 8893567..acaa94a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
         nc2.start();
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
index 24d0ef4..d97b7db 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
         }
 
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
-        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
         }
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
         }
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
             LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
index 551e2be..541220a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index 0476bb3..a4b0311 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
     <module>texthelper</module>
     <module>textclient</module>
-    <module>textapp</module>
+    <module>textserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index 4aace73..633f480 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
index 943f232..18813a7 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/ExternalGroupClient.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@
 
             System.out.print(i + "\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job);
+            JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job);
             hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
             System.out.println("\t" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
         }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
index 31019ab..5b6fad9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/client/WordCountMain.java
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)")
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileSplits;
 
@@ -101,8 +98,8 @@
                 options.algo, options.htSize, options.sbSize, options.format);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job, options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME)
-                : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
+                options.runtimeProfiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         System.err.println(start + " " + end + " " + (end - start));
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
index bcb280c..5cf5da3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file1.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file1.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/data/file2.txt
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/data/file2.txt
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
similarity index 62%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
index 945df0b..bfbb0f4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
@@ -1,59 +1,42 @@
 <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.examples.text</groupId>
-  <artifactId>textapp</artifactId>
-  <name>textapp</name>
+  <artifactId>textserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>textserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>text-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -64,7 +47,7 @@
           <execution>
             <configuration>
               <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
               </descriptors>
             </configuration>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -77,10 +60,9 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
-          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-server/target/hyracks-server-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
-          <hyracksCLIHome>${basedir}/../../../hyracks-cli/target/hyracks-cli-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksCLIHome>
+          <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/textserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -116,18 +98,6 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
-            <id>deploy-app</id>
-            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>deploy-app</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <ccHost>localhost</ccHost>
-              <appName>text</appName>
-              <harFile>${project.build.directory}/textapp-${project.version}-app-assembly.zip</harFile>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
             <id>stop-services</id>
             <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
             <goals>
@@ -141,9 +111,8 @@
       	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-          <fork>true</fork>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -166,13 +135,27 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.text</groupId>
   		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
similarity index 90%
rename from hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
rename to hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
index 9659288..76af72d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textapp/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/text/test/WordCountIT.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     @Test
     public void runWordCount() throws Exception {
         WordCountMain.main(new String[] { "-host", "localhost", "-infile-splits", getInfileSplits(), "-outfile-splits",
-                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash", "-app", "text" });
+                getOutfileSplits(), "-algo", "-hash" });
     }
 
     private String getInfileSplits() {
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
         return "NC1:" + new File("target/wc1.txt").getAbsolutePath() + ",NC2:"
                 + new File("target/wc2.txt").getAbsolutePath();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index 9951792..5389ca3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
     <module>tpchclient</module>
-    <module>tpchapp</module>
+    <module>tpchserver</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 76eb257..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<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.examples.tpch</groupId>
-  <artifactId>tpchapp</artifactId>
-  <name>tpchapp</name>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
-    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              <pluginExecutions>
-                <pluginExecution>
-                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                    <goals>
-                      <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                    </goals>
-                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                  <action>
-                    <ignore />
-                  </action>
-                </pluginExecution>
-              </pluginExecutions>
-            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-	</pluginManagement>
-  
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>target/application/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>attached</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <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-data-std</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ace6c..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchapp/src/main/assembly/app-assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<assembly>
-  <id>app-assembly</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>target/application/lib</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
index 4e0d9f0..d6f1d17 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
index 0ad0ff0..6df9ff8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/tpch/client/Main.java
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
         @Option(name = "-port", usage = "Hyracks Cluster Controller Port (default: 1098)", required = false)
         public int port = 1098;
 
-        @Option(name = "-app", usage = "Hyracks Application name", required = true)
-        public String app;
-
         @Option(name = "-infile-customer-splits", usage = "Comma separated list of file-splits for the CUSTOMER input. A file-split is <node-name>:<path>", required = true)
         public String inFileCustomerSplits;
 
@@ -127,7 +124,7 @@
                 options.graceFactor, options.memSize, options.tableSize, options.hasGroupBy);
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(options.app, job,
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(job,
                 options.profile ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
         long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0110fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<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.examples.tpch</groupId>
+  <artifactId>tpchserver</artifactId>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>tpchserver</name>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
+    <artifactId>tpch-example</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <programs>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.CCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyrackscc</name>
+                </program>
+                <program>
+                  <mainClass>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NCDriver</mainClass>
+                  <name>hyracksnc</name>
+                </program>
+              </programs>
+              <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
+              <repositoryName>lib</repositoryName>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>assemble</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>attached</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
+        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
+    	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
similarity index 81%
copy from hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
copy to hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
index 0500499..cd598d9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-cli/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/src/main/assembly/binary-assembly.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       <directory>target/appassembler/lib</directory>
       <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>docs</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 87aaaa7..09d3127 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-hadoop-compat</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-hadoop</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     	<type>jar</type>
     	<scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
index dfd229a..89cc1e5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/hadoop/compat/client/HyracksClient.java
@@ -40,35 +40,19 @@
         initialize(properties);
     }
 
-    private Set<String> getRequiredLibs(Set<String> userLibs) {
-        Set<String> requiredLibs = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (String systemLib : systemLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(systemLib);
-        }
-        for (String userLib : userLibs) {
-            requiredLibs.add(userLib);
-        }
-        return requiredLibs;
-    }
-
     public JobStatus getJobStatus(JobId jobId) throws Exception {
         return connection.getJobStatus(jobId);
     }
 
-    private void createApplication(String applicationName, Set<String> userLibs) throws Exception {
-        connection.createApplication(applicationName,
-                Utilities.getHyracksArchive(applicationName, getRequiredLibs(userLibs)));
-    }
-
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
         String jobProfilingVal = System.getenv(jobProfilingKey);
         boolean doProfiling = ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(jobProfilingVal));
         JobId jobId;
         if (doProfiling) {
             System.out.println("PROFILING");
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         } else {
-            jobId = connection.startJob(applicationName, spec);
+            jobId = connection.startJob(spec);
         }
         HyracksRunningJob runningJob = new HyracksRunningJob(jobId, spec, this);
         return runningJob;
@@ -76,7 +60,6 @@
 
     public HyracksRunningJob submitJob(String applicationName, JobSpecification spec, Set<String> userLibs)
             throws Exception {
-        createApplication(applicationName, userLibs);
         return submitJob(applicationName, spec);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
index 9092655..c708b0d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?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">
+<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>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>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
index 8b7ecf0..9f96ac1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?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">
+<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>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>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index a28c698..2a4b0d1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?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">
+<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>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>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1</artifactId>
-					<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+					<version>${project.version}</version>
 					<type>jar</type>
 					<scope>compile</scope>
 				</dependency>
@@ -180,31 +178,31 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
index 2686077..affe1347 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
     private static final String HDFS_INPUT_PATH = "/customer/";
     private static final String HDFS_OUTPUT_PATH = "/customer_result/";
 
-    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;
 
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         cleanupStores();
         HyracksUtils.init();
-        HyracksUtils.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
         FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
         startHDFS();
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@
 
         IHyracksClientConnection client = new HyracksConnection(HyracksUtils.CC_HOST,
                 HyracksUtils.TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
-        JobId jobId = client.startJob(HYRACKS_APP_NAME, jobSpec);
+        JobId jobId = client.startJob(jobSpec);
         client.waitForCompletion(jobId);
 
         Assert.assertEquals(true, checkResults());
@@ -196,7 +194,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        HyracksUtils.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         HyracksUtils.deinit();
         cleanupHDFS();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
index 8c12518..bdff2fd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@
         hcc = new HyracksConnection(CC_HOST, TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
     }
 
-    public static void destroyApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.destroyApplication(hyracksAppName);
-    }
-
-    public static void createApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.createApplication(hyracksAppName, null);
-    }
-
     public static void deinit() throws Exception {
         nc2.stop();
         nc1.stop();
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec, String appName) throws Exception {
         spec.setFrameSize(FRAME_SIZE);
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(appName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
index 9f77979..c2892e9 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/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
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
     private static final String HDFS_INPUT_PATH = "/customer/";
     private static final String HDFS_OUTPUT_PATH = "/customer_result/";
 
-    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();
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@
         conf = new Job();
         cleanupStores();
         HyracksUtils.init();
-        HyracksUtils.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
         FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
         startHDFS();
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@
 
         IHyracksClientConnection client = new HyracksConnection(HyracksUtils.CC_HOST,
                 HyracksUtils.TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
-        JobId jobId = client.startJob(HYRACKS_APP_NAME, jobSpec);
+        JobId jobId = client.startJob(jobSpec);
         client.waitForCompletion(jobId);
 
         Assert.assertEquals(true, checkResults());
@@ -203,7 +201,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        HyracksUtils.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         HyracksUtils.deinit();
         cleanupHDFS();
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 5ed76e9..bea1244 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
index 6f5e09f..14121fd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a8fc29e..e8342a3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3faef..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/AbstractHyracksCLIMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +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.maven.plugin;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-
-public abstract class AbstractHyracksCLIMojo extends AbstractHyracksMojo {
-    private static final String HYRACKS_CLI_SCRIPT = "bin" + File.separator + "hyrackscli";
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    protected File hyracksCLIHome;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String ccHost;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     */
-    private int ccPort;
-
-    @Override
-    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-        buffer.append(createConnectCommand());
-        buffer.append('\n');
-        buffer.append(getCommands());
-        final Process proc = launch(new File(hyracksCLIHome, makeScriptName(HYRACKS_CLI_SCRIPT)), null, null);
-        try {
-            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(proc.getOutputStream());
-            out.println(buffer.toString());
-            out.close();
-            proc.waitFor();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new MojoExecutionException(e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String createConnectCommand() {
-        return "connect to \"" + ccHost + (ccPort == 0 ? "" : (":" + ccPort)) + "\";";
-    }
-
-    protected abstract String getCommands();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 76bbb5a..0000000
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/maven/plugin/HyracksAppDeploymentMojo.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +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.maven.plugin;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-/**
- * @goal deploy-app
- */
-public class HyracksAppDeploymentMojo extends AbstractHyracksCLIMojo {
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private String appName;
-
-    /**
-     * @parameter
-     * @required
-     */
-    private File harFile;
-
-    @Override
-    protected String getCommands() {
-        return "create application " + appName + " \"" + harFile.getAbsolutePath() + "\";";
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index d9223ba..ee97d58 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index fb486df..de2a2a0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index e0fc40a..85af7f2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
index f251d51..4555ea4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-btree</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
index dbc4f41..48f91fa 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-common</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
index 5fe2d96..8fc8855 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,28 +29,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>    
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
index 6c2d734..74d8927 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
index 3360097..568b0ba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-common</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
index 89233c9..1ddd1df 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-test-support</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,33 +29,33 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
index 0bd872c..0c64d7e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/test/support/TestNCApplicationContext.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
-        return getClass().getClassLoader();
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public Serializable getDistributedState() {
         return distributedState;
     }
@@ -63,15 +58,9 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getApplicationName() {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void setMessageBroker(IMessageBroker staticticsConnector) {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        
+
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
index d0bb883..880cba5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index 59c8c46..5eda528 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 7b1a3f3..5031dba 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
index 8e429f9..72d76e0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-common-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hyracks-storage-common-test</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
index 054ec68..5a3d594 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-tests</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
index a9c4520..e56285a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-am/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/am/HyracksYarnApplicationMaster.java
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.ApplicationConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.AllocateRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.AllocateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.RegisterApplicationMasterRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.RegisterApplicationMasterResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Container;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRemoteException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.ConverterUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser;
 
@@ -59,6 +64,10 @@
 
     private final Map<AbstractProcess, AskRecord> proc2AskMap;
 
+    private final AtomicInteger lastResponseId;
+
+    private final ApplicationAttemptId appAttemptId;
+
     private YarnConfiguration config;
 
     private AMRMConnection amrmc;
@@ -73,6 +82,11 @@
         asks = new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>();
         resource2AskMap = new HashMap<Resource, Set<AskRecord>>();
         proc2AskMap = new HashMap<AbstractProcess, AskRecord>();
+        lastResponseId = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        String containerIdStr = System.getenv(ApplicationConstants.AM_CONTAINER_ID_ENV);
+        ContainerId containerId = ConverterUtils.toContainerId(containerIdStr);
+        appAttemptId = containerId.getApplicationAttemptId();
     }
 
     private void run() throws Exception {
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@
         rsrcRequest.setHostName(cSpec.getHostname());
 
         Priority pri = Records.newRecord(Priority.class);
-        pri.setPriority(100);
+        pri.setPriority(0);
         rsrcRequest.setPriority(pri);
 
         Resource capability = Records.newRecord(Resource.class);
@@ -124,7 +138,8 @@
         arSet.add(ar);
         proc2AskMap.put(proc, ar);
 
-        System.err.println(proc + " -> " + rsrcRequest);
+        System.err.println(proc + " -> [" + rsrcRequest.getHostName() + ", " + rsrcRequest.getNumContainers() + ", "
+                + rsrcRequest.getPriority() + ", " + rsrcRequest.getCapability().getMemory() + "]");
 
         asks.add(rsrcRequest);
     }
@@ -162,11 +177,14 @@
 
     private synchronized void populateAllocateRequest(AllocateRequest hb) {
         hb.addAllAsks(asks);
-        asks.clear();
+        hb.addAllReleases(new ArrayList<ContainerId>());
+        hb.setResponseId(lastResponseId.incrementAndGet());
+        hb.setApplicationAttemptId(appAttemptId);
     }
 
     private synchronized void processAllocation(List<Container> allocatedContainers,
             List<ContainerStatus> completedContainers) {
+        System.err.println(allocatedContainers);
         for (Container c : allocatedContainers) {
             System.err.println("Got container: " + c.getContainerStatus());
             NodeId nodeId = c.getNodeId();
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
index e12891e..0eb930e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-yarn/hyracks-yarn-client/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/yarn/client/LaunchHyracksApplication.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 
         File amZipFile = new File(System.getProperty("basedir") + "/hyracks-yarn-am/hyracks-yarn-am.zip");
         localResources.put("archive", LocalResourceHelper.createArchiveResource(conf, amZipFile));
-        localResources.put("manifest.xml", LocalResourceHelper.createFileResource(conf, options.hcManifest));
         clCtx.setLocalResources(localResources);
 
         String command = "./archive/bin/hyracks-yarn-am 1>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/stdout"
@@ -84,10 +83,19 @@
         @Option(name = "-application-name", required = true, usage = "Application Name")
         String appName;
 
+        @Option(name = "-am-host", required = false, usage = "Application master host name (default: *). Currently has NO effect")
+        String amHostName = "*";
+
         @Option(name = "-am-memory", required = false, usage = "Application Master memory requirements")
         int amMemory = 128;
 
-        @Option(name = "-hyracks-cluster-manifest", required = true, usage = "Hyracks Cluster Manifest file")
-        File hcManifest;
+        @Option(name = "-workers", required = true, usage = "Number of worker containers")
+        int nWorkers;
+
+        @Option(name = "-worker-memory", required = true, usage = "Amount of memory to provide to each worker")
+        int workerMemory;
+
+        @Option(name = "-extra-jars", required = false, usage = "Other jars that need to be added to the classpath")
+        String extraJars = "";
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks/pom.xml
index b699542..6c84eb8 100644
--- a/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <jvm.extraargs/>
+    <jvm.extraargs />
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13</version>
+        <version>2.12</version>
         <configuration>
             <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
             <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${jvm.extraargs}</argLine>
@@ -38,16 +38,6 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
       <id>hyracks-releases</id>
@@ -91,7 +81,6 @@
     <module>hyracks-control</module>
     <module>hyracks-net</module>
     <module>hyracks-data</module>
-    <module>hyracks-cli</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-common</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-common</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-btree</module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4920b3..367101e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>fullstack</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-ecosystem-full-stack</name>
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pom.xml b/pregelix/pom.xml
index 7d08fb7..5c01e31 100644
--- a/pregelix/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>pregelix</name>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13</version>
+        <version>2.12</version>
         <configuration>
             <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
             <argLine>-enableassertions -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n ${jvm.extraargs}</argLine>
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
       <id>hyracks-releases</id>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index 8212e1c..85f6ea2 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
-				<configuration>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
 							<directory>.</directory>
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
 		<dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <type>jar</type>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index 5238068..7b247a8 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +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/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-core</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -19,8 +18,9 @@
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4</version>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>balancer</id>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
+                <version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -195,84 +195,84 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-integration-tests</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
index 3a4c41b..72256f9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/driver/Driver.java
@@ -147,22 +147,11 @@
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
             runHDFSWRite(jobGen);
             runCleanup(jobGen);
-            destroyApplication(applicationName);
             end = System.currentTimeMillis();
             time = end - start;
             LOG.info("result writing finished " + time + "ms");
             LOG.info("job finished");
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            try {
-                /**
-                 * destroy application if there is any exception
-                 */
-                if (hcc != null) {
-                    destroyApplication(applicationName);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e2) {
-                throw new HyracksException(e2);
-            }
             throw new HyracksException(e);
         }
     }
@@ -220,8 +209,8 @@
 
     private void execute(JobSpecification job) throws Exception {
         job.setUseConnectorPolicyForScheduling(false);
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(applicationName, job,
-                profiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
+        JobId jobId = hcc
+                .startJob(job, profiling ? EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME) : EnumSet.noneOf(JobFlag.class));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
 
@@ -236,15 +225,11 @@
         LOG.info("jar packing finished " + (end - start) + "ms");
 
         start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        hcc.createApplication(applicationName, appZip);
+        // TODO: Fix this step to use Yarn
+        //hcc.createApplication(applicationName, appZip);
         end = System.currentTimeMillis();
         LOG.info("jar deployment finished " + (end - start) + "ms");
     }
-
-    public void destroyApplication(String appName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.destroyApplication(appName);
-    }
-
 }
 
 class FileFilter implements FilenameFilter {
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index cd2a864..d099645 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/util/PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  */
 package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.util;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
 import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.core.jobgen.clusterconfig.ClusterConfig;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap.NCApplicationEntryPoint;
 
 public class PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil {
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     private static NodeControllerService nc2;
     private static IHyracksClientConnection hcc;
 
-    public static void init(String topologyFilePath) throws Exception {
+    public static void init() throws Exception {
         CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
         ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress = CC_HOST;
         ccConfig.clusterNetIpAddress = CC_HOST;
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
         ccConfig.defaultMaxJobAttempts = 0;
         ccConfig.jobHistorySize = 0;
         ccConfig.profileDumpPeriod = -1;
-        ccConfig.clusterTopologyDefinition = new File(topologyFilePath);
 
         // cluster controller
         cc = new ClusterControllerService(ccConfig);
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
         ncConfig1.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
+        ncConfig1.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc1 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig1);
         nc1.start();
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         ncConfig2.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
+        ncConfig2.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
         nc2 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig2);
         nc2.start();
 
@@ -86,14 +87,6 @@
         ClusterConfig.loadClusterConfig(CC_HOST, TEST_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT);
     }
 
-    public static void destroyApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.destroyApplication(hyracksAppName);
-    }
-
-    public static void createApp(String hyracksAppName) throws Exception {
-        hcc.createApplication(hyracksAppName, null);
-    }
-
     public static void deinit() throws Exception {
         nc2.stop();
         nc1.stop();
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@
 
     public static void runJob(JobSpecification spec, String appName) throws Exception {
         spec.setFrameSize(FRAME_SIZE);
-        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(appName, spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        JobId jobId = hcc.startJob(spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
         hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
index f7cadf6..572bff9 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/core/join/JoinTest.java
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@
         ClusterConfig.setStorePath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE);
         ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
         cleanupStores();
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init("src/test/resources/topology.xml");
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
+        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
 
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(EXPECT_RESULT_DIR));
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@
         runIndexRightOuterJoin();
         TestUtils.compareWithResult(new File(EXPECTED_RESULT_FILE), new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_FILE));
 
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index caa3222..6222a04 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index c5a0913..aa77ad3 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +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/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>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -43,8 +42,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -74,77 +74,77 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index d3f396e..37abe57 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +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/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>
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -43,8 +42,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -74,68 +74,68 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
index 847e843..e9aef12 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>pregelix-dist</name>
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-example</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index e643331..20c45ec 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<descriptorRefs>
 						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
+                <version>1.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<configuration>
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
index 321b5b2..da6d564 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/dataload/DataLoadTest.java
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
         ClusterConfig.setStorePath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE);
         ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
         cleanupStores();
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init("src/test/resources/topology.xml");
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
+        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster started");
         startHDFS();
         FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(EXPECT_RESULT_DIR));
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@
     }
 
     public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
         PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
         LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster shut down");
         cleanupHDFS();
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
index fa98ebd..4bf83e6 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobrun/RunJobTestSuite.java
@@ -41,176 +41,166 @@
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class RunJobTestSuite extends TestSuite {
-	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(RunJobTestSuite.class
-			.getName());
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(RunJobTestSuite.class.getName());
 
-	private static final String ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR = "actual";
-	private static final String EXPECTED_RESULT_DIR = "src/test/resources/expected";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF = "src/test/resources/hadoop/conf";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE = "src/test/resources/cluster/stores.properties";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES = "src/test/resources/cluster/cluster.properties";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_JOBS = "src/test/resources/jobs/";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_IGNORE = "src/test/resources/ignore.txt";
-	private static final String PATH_TO_ONLY = "src/test/resources/only.txt";
-	private static final String FILE_EXTENSION_OF_RESULTS = "result";
+    private static final String ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR = "actual";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_RESULT_DIR = "src/test/resources/expected";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF = "src/test/resources/hadoop/conf";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE = "src/test/resources/cluster/stores.properties";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES = "src/test/resources/cluster/cluster.properties";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_JOBS = "src/test/resources/jobs/";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_IGNORE = "src/test/resources/ignore.txt";
+    private static final String PATH_TO_ONLY = "src/test/resources/only.txt";
+    private static final String FILE_EXTENSION_OF_RESULTS = "result";
 
-	private static final String DATA_PATH = "data/webmap/webmap_link.txt";
-	private static final String HDFS_PATH = "/webmap/";
+    private static final String DATA_PATH = "data/webmap/webmap_link.txt";
+    private static final String HDFS_PATH = "/webmap/";
 
-	private static final String DATA_PATH2 = "data/webmapcomplex/webmap_link.txt";
-	private static final String HDFS_PATH2 = "/webmapcomplex/";
+    private static final String DATA_PATH2 = "data/webmapcomplex/webmap_link.txt";
+    private static final String HDFS_PATH2 = "/webmapcomplex/";
 
-	private static final String DATA_PATH3 = "data/clique/clique.txt";
-	private static final String HDFS_PATH3 = "/clique/";
+    private static final String DATA_PATH3 = "data/clique/clique.txt";
+    private static final String HDFS_PATH3 = "/clique/";
 
-	private static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "pregelix";
-	private static final String HADOOP_CONF_PATH = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR
-			+ File.separator + "conf.xml";
-	private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
+    private static final String HYRACKS_APP_NAME = "pregelix";
+    private static final String HADOOP_CONF_PATH = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR + File.separator + "conf.xml";
+    private MiniDFSCluster dfsCluster;
 
-	private JobConf conf = new JobConf();
-	private int numberOfNC = 2;
+    private JobConf conf = new JobConf();
+    private int numberOfNC = 2;
 
-	public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		ClusterConfig.setStorePath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE);
-		ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
-		cleanupStores();
-		PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init("src/test/resources/topology.xml");
-		PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.createApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
-		LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster started");
-		FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
-		FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
-		startHDFS();
-	}
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        ClusterConfig.setStorePath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_STORE);
+        ClusterConfig.setClusterPropertiesPath(PATH_TO_CLUSTER_PROPERTIES);
+        cleanupStores();
+        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
+        LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster started");
+        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
+        FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File(ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR));
+        startHDFS();
+    }
 
-	private void cleanupStores() throws IOException {
-		FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File("teststore"));
-		FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File("build"));
-		FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File("teststore"));
-		FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File("build"));
-	}
+    private void cleanupStores() throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File("teststore"));
+        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File("build"));
+        FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File("teststore"));
+        FileUtils.cleanDirectory(new File("build"));
+    }
 
-	private void startHDFS() throws IOException {
-		conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/core-site.xml"));
-		conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/mapred-site.xml"));
-		conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/hdfs-site.xml"));
-		FileSystem lfs = FileSystem.getLocal(new Configuration());
-		lfs.delete(new Path("build"), true);
-		System.setProperty("hadoop.log.dir", "logs");
-		dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(conf, numberOfNC, true, null);
-		FileSystem dfs = FileSystem.get(conf);
-		Path src = new Path(DATA_PATH);
-		Path dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH);
-		dfs.mkdirs(dest);
-		dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
+    private void startHDFS() throws IOException {
+        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/core-site.xml"));
+        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/mapred-site.xml"));
+        conf.addResource(new Path(PATH_TO_HADOOP_CONF + "/hdfs-site.xml"));
+        FileSystem lfs = FileSystem.getLocal(new Configuration());
+        lfs.delete(new Path("build"), true);
+        System.setProperty("hadoop.log.dir", "logs");
+        dfsCluster = new MiniDFSCluster(conf, numberOfNC, true, null);
+        FileSystem dfs = FileSystem.get(conf);
+        Path src = new Path(DATA_PATH);
+        Path dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH);
+        dfs.mkdirs(dest);
+        dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
 
-		src = new Path(DATA_PATH2);
-		dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH2);
-		dfs.mkdirs(dest);
-		dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
+        src = new Path(DATA_PATH2);
+        dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH2);
+        dfs.mkdirs(dest);
+        dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
 
-		src = new Path(DATA_PATH3);
-		dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH3);
-		dfs.mkdirs(dest);
-		dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
+        src = new Path(DATA_PATH3);
+        dest = new Path(HDFS_PATH3);
+        dfs.mkdirs(dest);
+        dfs.copyFromLocalFile(src, dest);
 
-		DataOutputStream confOutput = new DataOutputStream(
-				new FileOutputStream(new File(HADOOP_CONF_PATH)));
-		conf.writeXml(confOutput);
-		confOutput.flush();
-		confOutput.close();
-	}
+        DataOutputStream confOutput = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(HADOOP_CONF_PATH)));
+        conf.writeXml(confOutput);
+        confOutput.flush();
+        confOutput.close();
+    }
 
-	/**
-	 * cleanup hdfs cluster
-	 */
-	private void cleanupHDFS() throws Exception {
-		dfsCluster.shutdown();
-	}
+    /**
+     * cleanup hdfs cluster
+     */
+    private void cleanupHDFS() throws Exception {
+        dfsCluster.shutdown();
+    }
 
-	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-		PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.destroyApp(HYRACKS_APP_NAME);
-		PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
-		LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster shut down");
-		cleanupHDFS();
-	}
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        PregelixHyracksIntegrationUtil.deinit();
+        LOGGER.info("Hyracks mini-cluster shut down");
+        cleanupHDFS();
+    }
 
-	public static Test suite() throws Exception {
-		List<String> ignores = getFileList(PATH_TO_IGNORE);
-		List<String> onlys = getFileList(PATH_TO_ONLY);
-		File testData = new File(PATH_TO_JOBS);
-		File[] queries = testData.listFiles();
-		RunJobTestSuite testSuite = new RunJobTestSuite();
-		testSuite.setUp();
-		boolean onlyEnabled = false;
+    public static Test suite() throws Exception {
+        List<String> ignores = getFileList(PATH_TO_IGNORE);
+        List<String> onlys = getFileList(PATH_TO_ONLY);
+        File testData = new File(PATH_TO_JOBS);
+        File[] queries = testData.listFiles();
+        RunJobTestSuite testSuite = new RunJobTestSuite();
+        testSuite.setUp();
+        boolean onlyEnabled = false;
 
-		if (onlys.size() > 0) {
-			onlyEnabled = true;
-		}
-		for (File qFile : queries) {
-			if (isInList(ignores, qFile.getName()))
-				continue;
+        if (onlys.size() > 0) {
+            onlyEnabled = true;
+        }
+        for (File qFile : queries) {
+            if (isInList(ignores, qFile.getName()))
+                continue;
 
-			if (qFile.isFile()) {
-				if (onlyEnabled && !isInList(onlys, qFile.getName())) {
-					continue;
-				} else {
-					String resultFileName = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR + File.separator
-							+ jobExtToResExt(qFile.getName());
-					String expectedFileName = EXPECTED_RESULT_DIR
-							+ File.separator + jobExtToResExt(qFile.getName());
-					testSuite.addTest(new RunJobTestCase(HADOOP_CONF_PATH,
-							qFile.getName(),
-							qFile.getAbsolutePath().toString(), resultFileName,
-							expectedFileName));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return testSuite;
-	}
+            if (qFile.isFile()) {
+                if (onlyEnabled && !isInList(onlys, qFile.getName())) {
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    String resultFileName = ACTUAL_RESULT_DIR + File.separator + jobExtToResExt(qFile.getName());
+                    String expectedFileName = EXPECTED_RESULT_DIR + File.separator + jobExtToResExt(qFile.getName());
+                    testSuite.addTest(new RunJobTestCase(HADOOP_CONF_PATH, qFile.getName(), qFile.getAbsolutePath()
+                            .toString(), resultFileName, expectedFileName));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return testSuite;
+    }
 
-	/**
-	 * Runs the tests and collects their result in a TestResult.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public void run(TestResult result) {
-		try {
-			int testCount = countTestCases();
-			for (int i = 0; i < testCount; i++) {
-				// cleanupStores();
-				Test each = this.testAt(i);
-				if (result.shouldStop())
-					break;
-				runTest(each, result);
-			}
-			tearDown();
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
-		}
-	}
+    /**
+     * Runs the tests and collects their result in a TestResult.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void run(TestResult result) {
+        try {
+            int testCount = countTestCases();
+            for (int i = 0; i < testCount; i++) {
+                // cleanupStores();
+                Test each = this.testAt(i);
+                if (result.shouldStop())
+                    break;
+                runTest(each, result);
+            }
+            tearDown();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        }
+    }
 
-	protected static List<String> getFileList(String ignorePath)
-			throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
-		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(ignorePath));
-		String s = null;
-		List<String> ignores = new ArrayList<String>();
-		while ((s = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-			ignores.add(s);
-		}
-		reader.close();
-		return ignores;
-	}
+    protected static List<String> getFileList(String ignorePath) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(ignorePath));
+        String s = null;
+        List<String> ignores = new ArrayList<String>();
+        while ((s = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            ignores.add(s);
+        }
+        reader.close();
+        return ignores;
+    }
 
-	private static String jobExtToResExt(String fname) {
-		int dot = fname.lastIndexOf('.');
-		return fname.substring(0, dot + 1) + FILE_EXTENSION_OF_RESULTS;
-	}
+    private static String jobExtToResExt(String fname) {
+        int dot = fname.lastIndexOf('.');
+        return fname.substring(0, dot + 1) + FILE_EXTENSION_OF_RESULTS;
+    }
 
-	private static boolean isInList(List<String> onlys, String name) {
-		for (String only : onlys)
-			if (name.indexOf(only) >= 0)
-				return true;
-		return false;
-	}
+    private static boolean isInList(List<String> onlys, String name) {
+        for (String only : onlys)
+            if (name.indexOf(only) >= 0)
+                return true;
+        return false;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index e75f98b..29b6ba7 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.4.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<filesets>
 						<fileset>
@@ -73,82 +74,82 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</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>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbebc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCApplicationEntryPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationEntryPoint;
+import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
+
+public class NCApplicationEntryPoint implements INCApplicationEntryPoint {
+    @Override
+    public void start(INCApplicationContext ncAppCtx, String[] args) throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(ncAppCtx);
+        ncAppCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void notifyStartupComplete() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 76c725e..0000000
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/runtime/bootstrap/NCBootstrapImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +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.pregelix.runtime.bootstrap;
-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCBootstrap;
-import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.context.RuntimeContext;
-
-public class NCBootstrapImpl implements INCBootstrap {
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(NCBootstrapImpl.class.getName());
-    private INCApplicationContext appCtx;
-
-    @Override
-    public void start() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Starting NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = new RuntimeContext(appCtx);
-        appCtx.setApplicationObject(rCtx);
-        LOGGER.info("Initialized RuntimeContext: " + rCtx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
-        LOGGER.info("Stopping NC Bootstrap");
-        RuntimeContext rCtx = (RuntimeContext) appCtx.getApplicationObject();
-        rCtx.close();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setApplicationContext(INCApplicationContext appCtx) {
-        this.appCtx = appCtx;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file