diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
index 3f62785..d0bec0f 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.4"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index fdf1b32..75a3d16 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Oct 06 08:06:49 PDT 2010
+#Thu Aug 04 11:50:30 PDT 2011
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.4
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.5
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.5
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
index 1668d5c..e3f0590 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 7b596e8..7cf8ad6 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Mon Dec 20 19:05:17 PST 2010
+#Fri May 20 19:34:07 PDT 2011
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index 8089e3c..dea042a 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,31 +2,31 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
index 957f96d..6f371c0 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/InsertPipelineExample.java
@@ -40,17 +40,19 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.NullSinkOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.DataGenOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOp;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will insert tuples into the primary and secondary index using an insert pipeline
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@
         // run data generator on first nodecontroller given
         PartitionConstraintHelper.addAbsoluteLocationConstraint(spec, dataGen, splitNCs[0]);
 
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         // prepare insertion into primary index
@@ -140,8 +142,8 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
         // tuple
@@ -153,11 +155,13 @@
         primaryComparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
         IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);
 
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
+        
         // create operator descriptor
-        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor primaryInsert = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, treeIndexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
                 primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories, primaryFieldPermutation,
-                BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
+                IndexOp.INSERT, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, primaryInsert, splitNCs);
 
         // prepare insertion into secondary index
@@ -169,9 +173,9 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
         // tuple
@@ -183,10 +187,10 @@
         IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs,
                 options.secondaryBTreeName);
         // create operator descriptor
-        BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsert = new BTreeInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+        TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor secondaryInsert = new TreeIndexInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, treeIndexRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
                 secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, secondaryComparatorFactories,
-                secondaryFieldPermutation, BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT);
+                secondaryFieldPermutation, IndexOp.INSERT, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, secondaryInsert, splitNCs);
 
         // end the insert pipeline at this sink operator
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 00538f8..f7942eb 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -38,16 +38,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.DataGenOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will load a primary index from randomly generated data
@@ -143,20 +145,21 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
         // tuple
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 2, 1, 3, 4 }; // map field 2 of input tuple
                                                  // to field 0 of B-Tree tuple,
-                                                 // etc.
+                                                 // etc.                
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
-        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
+        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
+                treeIndexRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
+                comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, btreeBulkLoad, splitNCs);
 
         // distribute the records from the datagen via hashing to the bulk load
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
index e063a27..cae9660 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexEnlistFilesExample.java
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will enlist existing files as primary index
@@ -98,18 +100,19 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[1];
         comparatorFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
 
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
-        BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor fileEnlistmentOp = new BTreeFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(spec,
-                recDesc, storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory,
-                leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories);
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
+        TreeIndexFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor fileEnlistmentOp = new TreeIndexFileEnlistmentOperatorDescriptor(spec,
+                recDesc, storageManager, treeIndexRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory,
+                leafFrameFactory, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, fileEnlistmentOp, splitNCs);
 
         spec.addRoot(fileEnlistmentOp);
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
index 00a3766..fbf7f9d 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/PrimaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -37,15 +37,17 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.PrinterOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will perform an ordered scan on the primary index
@@ -101,9 +103,9 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         // schema of tuples coming out of primary index
@@ -144,9 +146,10 @@
                                      // into search op
 
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.btreeName);
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor btreeSearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc, storageManager,
-                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
-                comparatorFactories, true, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true);
+                treeIndexRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, typeTraits,
+                comparatorFactories, true, lowKeyFields, highKeyFields, true, true, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, btreeSearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
index 6fc6d10..47fecad 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexBulkLoadExample.java
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.connectors.OneToOneConnectorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will load a secondary index with <key, primary-index key> pairs
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
 
         String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
-
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         // schema of tuples that we are retrieving from the primary index
@@ -117,14 +119,15 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for primary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // use a disk-order scan to read primary index
         IFileSplitProvider primarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.primaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor btreeScanOp = new BTreeDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc,
-                storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
-                primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
+        TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor btreeScanOp = new TreeIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, recDesc,
+                storageManager, treeIndexRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
+                primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, btreeScanOp, splitNCs);
 
         // sort the tuples as preparation for bulk load into secondary index
@@ -146,17 +149,17 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // the B-Tree expects its keyfields to be at the front of its input
         // tuple
         int[] fieldPermutation = { 1, 0 };
         IFileSplitProvider btreeSplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs, options.secondaryBTreeName);
-        BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new BTreeBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
-                btreeRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory, secondaryLeafFrameFactory,
-                secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f);
+        TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor btreeBulkLoad = new TreeIndexBulkLoadOperatorDescriptor(spec, storageManager,
+                treeIndexRegistryProvider, btreeSplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory, secondaryLeafFrameFactory,
+                secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, fieldPermutation, 0.7f, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, btreeBulkLoad, splitNCs);
 
         // connect the ops
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
index d78951f..5eec60c 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/client/SecondaryIndexSearchExample.java
@@ -37,15 +37,17 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.ConstantTupleSourceOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.PrinterOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.BTreeRegistryProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.StorageManagerInterface;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree.helper.TreeIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeOpHelperFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.NSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.IStorageManagerInterface;
 
 // This example will perform range search on the secondary index
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
 
         String[] splitNCs = options.ncs.split(",");
 
-        IBTreeRegistryProvider btreeRegistryProvider = BTreeRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
+        IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> btreeRegistryProvider = TreeIndexRegistryProvider.INSTANCE;
         IStorageManagerInterface storageManager = StorageManagerInterface.INSTANCE;
 
         // schema of tuples coming out of secondary index
@@ -109,9 +111,9 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory secondaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(secondaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory secondaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(secondaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // schema of tuples coming out of primary index
         RecordDescriptor primaryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
@@ -127,8 +129,8 @@
 
         // create factories and providers for secondary B-Tree
         TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory primaryTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(primaryTypeTraits);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryInteriorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory primaryLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(primaryTupleWriterFactory);
 
         // comparators for btree, note that we only need a comparator for the
         // non-unique key
@@ -169,10 +171,11 @@
 
         IFileSplitProvider secondarySplitProvider = JobHelper.createFileSplitProvider(splitNCs,
                 options.secondaryBTreeName);
+        ITreeIndexOpHelperFactory opHelperFactory = new BTreeOpHelperFactory();
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor secondarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, secondaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, secondarySplitProvider, secondaryInteriorFrameFactory,
                 secondaryLeafFrameFactory, secondaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, secondaryLowKeyFields,
-                secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
+                secondaryHighKeyFields, true, true, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, secondarySearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // secondary index will output tuples with [UTF8String, Integer]
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@
         BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor primarySearchOp = new BTreeSearchOperatorDescriptor(spec, primaryRecDesc,
                 storageManager, btreeRegistryProvider, primarySplitProvider, primaryInteriorFrameFactory,
                 primaryLeafFrameFactory, primaryTypeTraits, comparatorFactories, true, primaryLowKeyFields,
-                primaryHighKeyFields, true, true);
+                primaryHighKeyFields, true, true, opHelperFactory);
         JobHelper.createPartitionConstraint(spec, primarySearchOp, splitNCs);
 
         // have each node print the results of its respective B-Tree
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 367ddc4..dfac000 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Wed Oct 06 08:06:49 PDT 2010
+#Fri May 20 19:34:05 PDT 2011
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index 230fb42..f790b5a 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -2,31 +2,31 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b618c82..0000000
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/BTreeRegistryProvider.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.IBTreeRegistryProvider;
-
-public class BTreeRegistryProvider implements IBTreeRegistryProvider {
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-    public static final BTreeRegistryProvider INSTANCE = new BTreeRegistryProvider();
-
-    private BTreeRegistryProvider() {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
-        return RuntimeContext.get(ctx).getBTreeRegistry();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
index 62ce19d..4a452a8 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/RuntimeContext.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.application.INCApplicationContext;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow.BTreeRegistry;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexRegistry;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.BufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ClockPageReplacementStrategy;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.smi.TransientFileMapManager;
 
 public class RuntimeContext {
-    private BTreeRegistry btreeRegistry;
+    private IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex> treeIndexRegistry;
     private IBufferCache bufferCache;
     private IFileMapManager fileMapManager;
 
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@
         fileMapManager = new TransientFileMapManager();
         ICacheMemoryAllocator allocator = new HeapBufferAllocator();
         IPageReplacementStrategy prs = new ClockPageReplacementStrategy();
-        bufferCache = new BufferCache(appCtx.getRootContext().getIOManager(), allocator, prs, fileMapManager, 32768, 50);
-        btreeRegistry = new BTreeRegistry();
+        bufferCache = new BufferCache(appCtx.getRootContext().getIOManager(), allocator, prs, fileMapManager, 32768, 50, 100);
+        treeIndexRegistry = new IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex>();
     }
 
     public void close() {
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@
         return fileMapManager;
     }
 
-    public BTreeRegistry getBTreeRegistry() {
-        return btreeRegistry;
+    public IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex> getTreeIndexRegistry() {
+        return treeIndexRegistry;
     }
     
     public static RuntimeContext get(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a7bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/examples/btree/helper/TreeIndexRegistryProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * 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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IIndexRegistryProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.IndexRegistry;
+
+public class TreeIndexRegistryProvider implements IIndexRegistryProvider<ITreeIndex> {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final TreeIndexRegistryProvider INSTANCE = new TreeIndexRegistryProvider();
+
+    private TreeIndexRegistryProvider() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IndexRegistry<ITreeIndex> getRegistry(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+        return RuntimeContext.get(ctx).getTreeIndexRegistry();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index 1a13d52..de4258d 100644
--- a/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>