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index bd13afb..94089f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</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>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/AbstractBTreeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/AbstractBTreeTest.java
index c2e2fd6..56ae6e9 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/AbstractBTreeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/AbstractBTreeTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 
 public abstract class AbstractBTreeTest {
 
+    protected static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractBTreeTest.class.getName());
+
     protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
     protected final static String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
     protected final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index 8e3be9c..4402e22 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -39,15 +39,14 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeTupleWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IPrefixSlotManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.FieldPrefixSlotManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICacheMemoryAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.BufferedFileHandle;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
@@ -58,24 +57,14 @@
 
 	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768; // 32K
 	private static final int NUM_PAGES = 40;
+	private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
 	private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
 	private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
-	
-	public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
-		@Override
-		public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-			ByteBuffer[] buffers = new ByteBuffer[numPages];
-			for (int i = 0; i < numPages; ++i) {
-				buffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocate(pageSize);
-			}
-			return buffers;
-		}
-	}
-
+		
     private ITupleReference createTuple(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int f0,
 			int f1, int f2, boolean print) throws HyracksDataException {
 		if (print)
-			System.out.println("CREATING: " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + f2);
+		    LOGGER.info("CREATING: " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + f2);		
 
 		ByteBuffer buf = ctx.allocateFrame();
 		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
@@ -112,7 +101,7 @@
 	@Test
 	public void test01() throws Exception {
 		
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
 		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
 				.getBufferCache(ctx);
 		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
@@ -154,8 +143,8 @@
 		try {
 
 			IPrefixSlotManager slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
-			IBTreeTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
-			FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(
+			ITreeIndexTupleWriter tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+			BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(
 					tupleWriter);
 			frame.setPage(page);
 			frame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
@@ -176,7 +165,7 @@
 			for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
 
 				if ((i + 1) % 100 == 0)
-					print("INSERTING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");
+					LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords);
 
 				int a = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
 				int b = rnd.nextInt() % smallMax;
@@ -184,7 +173,8 @@
 
 				ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(ctx, a, b, c, false);
 				try {
-					frame.insert(tuple, cmp);
+					int targetTupleIndex = frame.findTupleIndex(tuple, cmp);
+					frame.insert(tuple, cmp, targetTupleIndex);
 				} catch (BTreeException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 				} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -215,7 +205,7 @@
 			for (int i = 0; i < numRecords; i++) {
 
 				if ((i + 1) % 100 == 0)
-					print("DELETING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords + "\n");
+					LOGGER.info("DELETING " + (i + 1) + " / " + numRecords);
 
 				ITupleReference tuple = createTuple(ctx,
 						savedFields[i][0], savedFields[i][1],
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef0cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
+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.btree.impls.BTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOpContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.utility.TreeIndexBufferCacheWarmup;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.utility.TreeIndexStats;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.utility.TreeIndexStatsGatherer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class BTreeStatsTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
+
+    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    // private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 4096;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 1000;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
+    private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        LOGGER.info("INSERTING INTO TREE");
+
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        // 10000
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+
+            int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 100000;
+            int f1 = 5;
+
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 10000 == 0) {
+                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + (end - start));
+            }
+
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        TreeIndexStatsGatherer statsGatherer = new TreeIndexStatsGatherer(bufferCache, freePageManager, fileId,
+                btree.getRootPageId());
+        TreeIndexStats stats = statsGatherer.gatherStats(leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        LOGGER.info(stats.toString());
+
+        TreeIndexBufferCacheWarmup bufferCacheWarmup = new TreeIndexBufferCacheWarmup(bufferCache, freePageManager,
+                fileId);
+        bufferCacheWarmup.warmup(leafFrame, metaFrame, new int[] { 1, 2 }, new int[] { 2, 5 });
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
index f9f8b89..a9debd5 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeTest.java
@@ -39,1302 +39,1152 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
 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.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.MetaDataFrameFactory;
-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.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOp;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOpContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskOrderScanCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeRangeSearchCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangeSearchCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.SimpleTupleWriterFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IIndexBulkLoadContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.TreeDiskOrderScanCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.SimpleTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICacheMemoryAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
 
-@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public class BTreeTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
 
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-	private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-	private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
     private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
 
-	public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
-		@Override
-		public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-			ByteBuffer[] buffers = new ByteBuffer[numPages];
-			for (int i = 0; i < numPages; ++i) {
-				buffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocate(pageSize);
-			}
-			return buffers;
-		}
-	}
+    // FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST
+    // create a B-tree with one fixed-length "key" field and one fixed-length
+    // "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
+    // perform ordered scan and range search
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
 
-	// FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST
-	// create a B-tree with one fixed-length "key" field and one fixed-length
-	// "value" field
-	// fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
-	// perform ordered scan and range search
-	@Test
-	public void test01() throws Exception {
+        LOGGER.info("FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST");
 
-		print("FIXED-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 2;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 1;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
-				typeTraits);
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-		print("INSERTING INTO TREE\n");
+        LOGGER.info("INSERTING INTO TREE");
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
-		// 10000
-		for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+        // 10000
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
 
-			int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 10000;
-			int f1 = 5;
+            int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 10000;
+            int f1 = 5;
 
-			tb.reset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-			appender.reset(frame, true);
-			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb
-					.getSize());
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-			// System.out.println(tuple.getFieldCount() + " " +
-			// tuple.getFieldLength(0) + " " + tuple.getFieldLength(1));
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + " " + (end - start));
+            }
 
-			if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-				long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-				print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + " "
-						+ (end - start) + "\n");
-			}
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
 
-			try {
-				btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-			} catch (BTreeException e) {
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
+        int maxPage = btree.getFreePageManager().getMaxPage(metaFrame);
+        LOGGER.info("MAXPAGE: " + maxPage);
+        LOGGER.info(btree.printStats());
 
-			// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-			// System.out.println();
-		}
-		// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-		// System.out.println();
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        LOGGER.info("DURATION: " + duration);
 
-		int maxPage = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
-		System.out.println("MAXPAGE: " + maxPage);
+        // ordered scan
 
-		String stats = btree.printStats();
-		print(stats);
+        LOGGER.info("ORDERED SCAN:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor scanCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		long duration = end - start;
-		print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+        // disk-order scan
+        LOGGER.info("DISK-ORDER SCAN:");
+        TreeDiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new TreeDiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
+        BTreeOpContext diskOrderScanOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.DISKORDERSCAN, leafFrame, null, null);
+        btree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame, diskOrderScanOpCtx);
+        try {
+            while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
+                diskOrderCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            diskOrderCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		// ordered scan
+        // range search in [-1000, 1000]
+        LOGGER.info("RANGE SEARCH:");
 
-		print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-		RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true,
-				true, null, null);
-		BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
-		try {
-			while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-				scanCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			scanCursor.close();
-		}
+        ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 
-		// disk-order scan
-		print("DISK-ORDER SCAN:\n");
-		DiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new DiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
-		btree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		try {
-			while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
-				diskOrderCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			diskOrderCursor.close();
-		}
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
 
-		// range search in [-1000, 1000]
-		print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
 
-		IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
 
-		// build low and high keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-1000, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(1000, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
 
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-1000, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
 
-		// build and append high key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(1000, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
 
-		// create tuplereferences for search keys
-		FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-		searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-		RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey,
-				true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-		btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+    // COMPOSITE KEY TEST (NON-UNIQUE B-TREE)
+    // create a B-tree with one two fixed-length "key" fields and one
+    // fixed-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
+    // perform ordered scan and range search
+    @Test
+    public void test02() throws Exception {
 
-		try {
-			while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-				rangeCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			rangeCursor.close();
-		}
+        LOGGER.info("COMPOSITE KEY TEST");
 
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		print("\n");
-	}
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
 
-	// COMPOSITE KEY TEST (NON-UNIQUE B-TREE)
-	// create a B-tree with one two fixed-length "key" fields and one
-	// fixed-length "value" field
-	// fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
-	// perform ordered scan and range search
-	@Test
-	public void test02() throws Exception {
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
 
-		print("COMPOSITE KEY TEST\n");
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 3;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 2;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
-				typeTraits);
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        LOGGER.info("INSERTING INTO TREE");
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-		print("INSERTING INTO TREE\n");
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+            int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 2000;
+            int f1 = rnd.nextInt() % 1000;
+            int f2 = 5;
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-		for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
-			int f0 = rnd.nextInt() % 2000;
-			int f1 = rnd.nextInt() % 1000;
-			int f2 = 5;
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-			tb.reset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1);
+            }
 
-			appender.reset(frame, true);
-			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb
-					.getSize());
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+            }
+        }
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
 
-			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        LOGGER.info("DURATION: " + duration);
 
-			if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-				print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
-			}
+        // try a simple index scan
+        LOGGER.info("ORDERED SCAN:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor scanCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
 
-			try {
-				btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-			}
-		}
-		// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		long duration = end - start;
-		print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+        // range search in [(-3),(3)]
+        LOGGER.info("RANGE SEARCH:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 
-		// try a simple index scan
-		print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-		RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true,
-				true, null, null);
-		BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
 
-		try {
-			while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-				scanCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			scanCursor.close();
-		}
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
 
-		// range search in [(-3),(3)]
-		print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
 
-		// build low and high keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-3, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(3, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
 
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(-3, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
 
-		// build and append high key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(3, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps); // use
+        // only
+        // a
+        // single
+        // comparator
+        // for
+        // searching
 
-		// create tuplereferences for search keys
-		FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-		searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps); // use
-		// only
-		// a
-		// single
-		// comparator
-		// for
-		// searching
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-		RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey,
-				true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-		btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+    // VARIABLE-LENGTH TEST
+    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
+    // variable-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
+    // perform ordered scan and range search
+    @Test
+    public void test03() throws Exception {
 
-		try {
-			while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-				rangeCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			rangeCursor.close();
-		}
+        LOGGER.info("VARIABLE-LENGTH KEY TEST");
 
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		print("\n");
-	}
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
 
-	// VARIABLE-LENGTH TEST
-	// create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
-	// variable-length "value" field
-	// fill B-tree with random values using insertions (not bulk load)
-	// perform ordered scan and range search
-	@Test
-	public void test03() throws Exception {
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
 
-		print("VARIABLE-LENGTH KEY TEST\n");
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        // TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 2;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 1;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		// TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        int maxLength = 10; // max string length to be generated
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+            String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+            String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+            tb.reset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		int maxLength = 10; // max string length to be generated
-		for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-			String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1,
-					rnd);
-			String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1,
-					rnd);
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-			tb.reset();
-			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i);
+            }
 
-			appender.reset(frame, true);
-			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb
-					.getSize());
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+            }
+        }
+        // btree.printTree();
 
-			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+        LOGGER.info("DONE INSERTING");
 
-			if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-				// print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record, 0) +
-				// "\n");
-				print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
-			}
+        // ordered scan
+        LOGGER.info("ORDERED SCAN:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor scanCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
 
-			try {
-				btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				// e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		// btree.printTree();
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		System.out.println("DONE INSERTING");
+        // range search in ["cbf", cc7"]
+        LOGGER.info("RANGE SEARCH:");
 
-		// ordered scan
-		print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-		RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true,
-				true, null, null);
-		BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+        ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 
-		try {
-			while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-				scanCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			scanCursor.close();
-		}
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
 
-		// range search in ["cbf", cc7"]
-		print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
 
-		IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
 
-		// build low and high keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cbf", kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cc7", kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
 
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cbf", kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
 
-		// build and append high key
-		ktb.reset();
-		UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize("cc7", kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
 
-		// create tuplereferences for search keys
-		FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-		searchCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
-
-		RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey,
-				true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-		btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
-
-		try {
-			while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-				rangeCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			rangeCursor.close();
-		}
-
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
-
-		print("\n");
-	}
-
-	// DELETION TEST
-	// create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
-	// variable-length "value" field
-	// fill B-tree with random values using insertions, then delete entries
-	// one-by-one
-	// repeat procedure a few times on same B-tree
-	@Test
-	public void test04() throws Exception {
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-		print("DELETION TEST\n");
+    // DELETION TEST
+    // create a B-tree with one variable-length "key" field and one
+    // variable-length "value" field
+    // fill B-tree with random values using insertions, then delete entries
+    // one-by-one
+    // repeat procedure a few times on same B-tree
+    @Test
+    public void test04() throws Exception {
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        LOGGER.info("DELETION TEST");
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 2;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 1;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 2;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
 
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
 
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
-				typeTraits);
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-		BTreeOpContext deleteOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_DELETE,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		int runs = 3;
-		for (int run = 0; run < runs; run++) {
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-			print("DELETION TEST RUN: " + (run + 1) + "/" + runs + "\n");
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        BTreeOpContext deleteOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.DELETE, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
-			print("INSERTING INTO BTREE\n");
-			int maxLength = 10;
-			int ins = 10000;
-			String[] f0s = new String[ins];
-			String[] f1s = new String[ins];
-			int insDone = 0;
-			int[] insDoneCmp = new int[ins];
-			for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
-				String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength
-						+ 1, rnd);
-				String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength
-						+ 1, rnd);
+        int runs = 3;
+        for (int run = 0; run < runs; run++) {
 
-				f0s[i] = f0;
-				f1s[i] = f1;
+            LOGGER.info("DELETION TEST RUN: " + (run + 1) + "/" + runs);
 
-				tb.reset();
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-				tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-				tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            LOGGER.info("INSERTING INTO BTREE");
+            int maxLength = 10;
+            int ins = 10000;
+            String[] f0s = new String[ins];
+            String[] f1s = new String[ins];
+            int insDone = 0;
+            int[] insDoneCmp = new int[ins];
+            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+                String f0 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
+                String f1 = randomString(Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxLength + 1, rnd);
 
-				appender.reset(frame, true);
-				appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0,
-						tb.getSize());
+                f0s[i] = f0;
+                f1s[i] = f1;
 
-				tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+                tb.reset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-				if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-					print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
-					// print("INSERTING " + i + ": " + cmp.printRecord(record,
-					// 0) + "\n");
-				}
+                appender.reset(frame, true);
+                appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-				try {
-					btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-					insDone++;
-				} catch (BTreeException e) {
-					// e.printStackTrace();
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
-				}
+                tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-				insDoneCmp[i] = insDone;
-			}
-			// btree.printTree();
-			// btree.printStats();
+                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                    LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i);
+                }
 
-			print("DELETING FROM BTREE\n");
-			int delDone = 0;
-			for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+                try {
+                    btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+                    insDone++;
+                } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+                    // e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
 
-				tb.reset();
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE
-						.serialize(f0s[i], dos);
-				tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-				UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE
-						.serialize(f1s[i], dos);
-				tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                insDoneCmp[i] = insDone;
+            }
+            // btree.printTree();
+            // btree.printStats();
 
-				appender.reset(frame, true);
-				appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0,
-						tb.getSize());
+            LOGGER.info("DELETING FROM BTREE");
+            int delDone = 0;
+            for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
 
-				tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+                tb.reset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0s[i], dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1s[i], dos);
+                tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-				if (i % 1000 == 0) {
-					// print("DELETING " + i + ": " +
-					// cmp.printRecord(records[i], 0) + "\n");
-					print("DELETING " + i + "\n");
-				}
+                appender.reset(frame, true);
+                appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-				try {
-					btree.delete(tuple, deleteOpCtx);
-					delDone++;
-				} catch (BTreeException e) {
-					// e.printStackTrace();
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
-				}
+                tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-				if (insDoneCmp[i] != delDone) {
-					print("INCONSISTENT STATE, ERROR IN DELETION TEST\n");
-					print("INSDONECMP: " + insDoneCmp[i] + " " + delDone + "\n");
-					break;
-				}
-				// btree.printTree();
-			}
-			// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+                if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                    LOGGER.info("DELETING " + i);
+                }
 
-			if (insDone != delDone) {
-				print("ERROR! INSDONE: " + insDone + " DELDONE: " + delDone);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
+                try {
+                    btree.delete(tuple, deleteOpCtx);
+                    delDone++;
+                } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+                    // e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
 
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
+                if (insDoneCmp[i] != delDone) {
+                    LOGGER.info("INCONSISTENT STATE, ERROR IN DELETION TEST");
+                    LOGGER.info("INSDONECMP: " + insDoneCmp[i] + " " + delDone);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
 
-		print("\n");
-	}
+            if (insDone != delDone) {
+                LOGGER.info("ERROR! INSDONE: " + insDone + " DELDONE: " + delDone);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
 
-	// BULK LOAD TEST
-	// insert 100,000 records in bulk
-	// B-tree has a composite key to "simulate" non-unique index creation
-	// do range search
-	@Test
-	public void test05() throws Exception {
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-		print("BULK LOAD TEST\n");
+    // BULK LOAD TEST
+    // insert 100,000 records in bulk
+    // B-tree has a composite key to "simulate" non-unique index creation
+    // do range search
+    @Test
+    public void test05() throws Exception {
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        LOGGER.info("BULK LOAD TEST");
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 3;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 2;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
 
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
 
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
-				typeTraits);
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        ITreeIndexFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		BTree.BulkLoadContext bulkLoadCtx = btree.beginBulkLoad(0.7f,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		// generate sorted records
-		int ins = 100000;
-		print("BULK LOADING " + ins + " RECORDS\n");
-		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-			tb.reset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(5, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IIndexBulkLoadContext bulkLoadCtx = btree.beginBulkLoad(0.7f, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
-			appender.reset(frame, true);
-			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb
-					.getSize());
+        // generate sorted records
+        int ins = 100000;
+        LOGGER.info("BULK LOADING " + ins + " RECORDS");
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        for (int i = 0; i < ins; i++) {
 
-			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(i, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(5, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-			btree.bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);
-		}
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-		btree.endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-		// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+            btree.bulkLoadAddTuple(bulkLoadCtx, tuple);
+        }
 
-		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		long duration = end - start;
-		print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+        btree.endBulkLoad(bulkLoadCtx);
 
-		// range search
-		print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
 
-		// build low and high keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        LOGGER.info("DURATION: " + duration);
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+        // range search
+        LOGGER.info("RANGE SEARCH:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor((IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrame);
 
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
 
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44444, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
 
-		// build and append high key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44500, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
 
-		// create tuplereferences for search keys
-		FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44444, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(44500, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-		searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
 
-		// TODO: check when searching backwards
-		RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey,
-				true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-		BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
 
-		try {
-			while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-				rangeCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			rangeCursor.close();
-		}
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
 
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
+        // TODO: check when searching backwards
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		print("\n");
-	}
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
 
-	// TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO FOR EVENT PEOPLE
-	// demo for Arjun to show easy support of intersection queries on
-	// time-intervals
-	@Test
-	public void test06() throws Exception {
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-		print("TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO\n");
+    // TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO FOR EVENT PEOPLE
+    // demo for Arjun to show easy support of intersection queries on
+    // time-intervals
+    @Test
+    public void test06() throws Exception {
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        LOGGER.info("TIME-INTERVAL INTERSECTION DEMO");
 
-		// declare fields
-		int fieldCount = 3;
-		ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-		typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-		typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		// declare keys
-		int keyFieldCount = 2;
-		IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-		cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+        // declare fields
+        int fieldCount = 3;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
 
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-		// SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-		TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
-				typeTraits);
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
-				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 2;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-		IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
+        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
-				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-		btree.open(fileId);
+        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		Random rnd = new Random();
-		rnd.setSeed(50);
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
 
-		ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-		FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(fileId);
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = {
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
-		accessor.reset(frame);
-		FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
 
-		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		int intervalCount = 10;
-		int[][] intervals = new int[intervalCount][2];
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
 
-		intervals[0][0] = 10;
-		intervals[0][1] = 20;
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-		intervals[1][0] = 11;
-		intervals[1][1] = 20;
+        int intervalCount = 10;
+        int[][] intervals = new int[intervalCount][2];
 
-		intervals[2][0] = 12;
-		intervals[2][1] = 20;
+        intervals[0][0] = 10;
+        intervals[0][1] = 20;
 
-		intervals[3][0] = 13;
-		intervals[3][1] = 20;
+        intervals[1][0] = 11;
+        intervals[1][1] = 20;
 
-		intervals[4][0] = 14;
-		intervals[4][1] = 20;
+        intervals[2][0] = 12;
+        intervals[2][1] = 20;
 
-		intervals[5][0] = 20;
-		intervals[5][1] = 30;
+        intervals[3][0] = 13;
+        intervals[3][1] = 20;
 
-		intervals[6][0] = 20;
-		intervals[6][1] = 31;
+        intervals[4][0] = 14;
+        intervals[4][1] = 20;
 
-		intervals[7][0] = 20;
-		intervals[7][1] = 32;
+        intervals[5][0] = 20;
+        intervals[5][1] = 30;
 
-		intervals[8][0] = 20;
-		intervals[8][1] = 33;
+        intervals[6][0] = 20;
+        intervals[6][1] = 31;
 
-		intervals[9][0] = 20;
-		intervals[9][1] = 35;
+        intervals[7][0] = 20;
+        intervals[7][1] = 32;
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        intervals[8][0] = 20;
+        intervals[8][1] = 33;
 
-		// int exceptionCount = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < intervalCount; i++) {
-			int f0 = intervals[i][0];
-			int f1 = intervals[i][1];
-			int f2 = rnd.nextInt() % 100;
+        intervals[9][0] = 20;
+        intervals[9][1] = 35;
 
-			tb.reset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
-			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
-			appender.reset(frame, true);
-			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb
-					.getSize());
+        // int exceptionCount = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < intervalCount; i++) {
+            int f0 = intervals[i][0];
+            int f1 = intervals[i][1];
+            int f2 = rnd.nextInt() % 100;
 
-			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+            tb.reset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f0, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(f2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
 
-			// print("INSERTING " + i + " : " + f0 + " " + f1 + "\n");
-			print("INSERTING " + i + "\n");
+            appender.reset(frame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
 
-			try {
-				btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				// e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
-		// btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
-		// btree.printStats();
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
 
-		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
-		long duration = end - start;
-		print("DURATION: " + duration + "\n");
+            LOGGER.info("INSERTING " + i);
 
-		// try a simple index scan
+            try {
+                btree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+            }
+        }
+        // btree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame);
+        // btree.printStats();
 
-		print("ORDERED SCAN:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
-		RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true,
-				true, null, null);
-		BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH,
-				leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
-		btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long duration = end - start;
+        LOGGER.info("DURATION: " + duration);
 
-		try {
-			while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
-				scanCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			scanCursor.close();
-		}
+        // try a simple index scan
 
-		// try a range search
-		print("RANGE SEARCH:\n");
-		IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        LOGGER.info("ORDERED SCAN:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor scanCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+        RangePredicate nullPred = new RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null, null);
+        BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+        btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		// build low and high keys
-		ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
-		DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
+        try {
+            while (scanCursor.hasNext()) {
+                scanCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            scanCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = {
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-				IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-		RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
-		IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx
-				.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
-		keyAccessor.reset(frame);
+        // try a range search
+        LOGGER.info("RANGE SEARCH:");
+        ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 
-		appender.reset(frame, true);
+        // build low and high keys
+        ArrayTupleBuilder ktb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getKeyFieldCount());
+        DataOutput kdos = ktb.getDataOutput();
 
-		// build and append low key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] keyDescSers = { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor keyDesc = new RecordDescriptor(keyDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor keyAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), keyDesc);
+        keyAccessor.reset(frame);
 
-		// build and append high key
-		ktb.reset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
-		ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
-		appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb
-				.getSize());
+        appender.reset(frame, true);
 
-		// create tuplereferences for search keys
-		FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
+        // build and append low key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(12, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
-		highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
+        // build and append high key
+        ktb.reset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(19, kdos);
+        ktb.addFieldEndOffset();
+        appender.append(ktb.getFieldEndOffsets(), ktb.getByteArray(), 0, ktb.getSize());
 
-		IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[2];
-		searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		searchCmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE
-				.createBinaryComparator();
-		MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
+        // create tuplereferences for search keys
+        FrameTupleReference lowKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        lowKey.reset(keyAccessor, 0);
 
-		// print("INDEX RANGE SEARCH ON: " + cmp.printKey(lowKey, 0) + " " +
-		// cmp.printKey(highKey, 0) + "\n");
+        FrameTupleReference highKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        highKey.reset(keyAccessor, 1);
 
-		RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey,
-				true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
-		btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
+        IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[2];
+        searchCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        searchCmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, searchCmps);
 
-		try {
-			while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
-				rangeCursor.next();
-				ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
-				String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
-				print(rec + "\n");
-			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
-			rangeCursor.close();
-		}
+        RangePredicate rangePred = new RangePredicate(true, lowKey, highKey, true, true, searchCmp, searchCmp);
+        btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
-		btree.close();
-		bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-		bufferCache.close();
+        try {
+            while (rangeCursor.hasNext()) {
+                rangeCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = rangeCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                LOGGER.info(rec);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            rangeCursor.close();
+        }
 
-		print("\n");
-	}
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 
-	public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
-		String s = Long.toHexString(Double
-				.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
-		StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-		for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
-			strBuilder
-					.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
-		}
-		return strBuilder.toString();
-	}
+    public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
+        String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
+        StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
+            strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
+        }
+        return strBuilder.toString();
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
index 26a52b1..7dada06 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/RangeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -45,27 +45,27 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeCursor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.MetaDataFrameFactory;
-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.frames.BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+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.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeException;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOp;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOpContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangeSearchCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeRangeSearchCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICacheMemoryAllocator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
@@ -73,18 +73,8 @@
 public class RangeSearchCursorTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
 	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
 	private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-	private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
-
-	public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
-		@Override
-		public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-			ByteBuffer[] buffers = new ByteBuffer[numPages];
-			for (int i = 0; i < numPages; ++i) {
-				buffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocate(pageSize);
-			}
-			return buffers;
-		}
-	}
+	private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+	private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;	
 
 	// declare fields
 	int fieldCount = 2;
@@ -92,15 +82,15 @@
 
 	TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(
 			typeTraits);
-	IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(
+	ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(
 			tupleWriterFactory);
-	IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(
+	ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
 			tupleWriterFactory);
-	IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
+	ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
 
-	IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-	IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-	IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
+	IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame)leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+	IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IBTreeInteriorFrame)interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+	ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
     IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
 	ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
@@ -126,9 +116,9 @@
 	@Test
 	public void uniqueIndexTest() throws Exception {
 
-		System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON UNIQUE INDEX");
+	    LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON UNIQUE INDEX");
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
 		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
 				.getBufferCache(ctx);
 		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
@@ -146,7 +136,9 @@
 
 		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
+		IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+		
+		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory,
 				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
 		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
 		btree.open(fileId);
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@
 		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
 		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
+		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT,
 				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
 		// generate keys
@@ -199,8 +191,6 @@
 		int minSearchKey = -100;
 		int maxSearchKey = 100;
 
-		// System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-
 		// forward searches
 		performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey,
 				maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
@@ -229,9 +219,9 @@
 	@Test
 	public void nonUniqueIndexTest() throws Exception {
 
-		System.out.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE INDEX");
+	    LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE INDEX");
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
 		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
 				.getBufferCache(ctx);
 		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
@@ -251,7 +241,9 @@
 
 		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
+		IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+		
+		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory,
 				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
 		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
 		btree.open(fileId);
@@ -259,7 +251,7 @@
 		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
 		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
+		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT,
 				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
 		// generate keys
@@ -301,8 +293,6 @@
 		int minSearchKey = -100;
 		int maxSearchKey = 100;
 
-		// System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-
 		// forward searches
 		performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey,
 				maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
@@ -331,14 +321,13 @@
 	@Test
 	public void nonUniqueFieldPrefixIndexTest() throws Exception {
 
-		System.out
-				.println("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE FIELD-PREFIX COMPRESSED INDEX");
+	    LOGGER.info("TESTING RANGE SEARCH CURSOR ON NONUNIQUE FIELD-PREFIX COMPRESSED INDEX");
 
-		IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(
+		ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(
 				tupleWriterFactory);
-		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
+		IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IBTreeLeafFrame)leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
 
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
+		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
 		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
 				.getBufferCache(ctx);
 		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
@@ -358,7 +347,9 @@
 
 		MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
 
-		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory,
+		IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);		
+		
+		BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory,
 				leafFrameFactory, cmp);
 		btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
 		btree.open(fileId);
@@ -366,7 +357,7 @@
 		ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
 		DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
 
-		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT,
+		BTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT,
 				leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
 
 		// generate keys
@@ -408,8 +399,6 @@
 		int minSearchKey = -100;
 		int maxSearchKey = 100;
 
-		// System.out.println("STARTING SEARCH TESTS");
-
 		// forward searches
 		performSearches(keys, btree, leafFrame, interiorFrame, minSearchKey,
 				maxSearchKey, true, true, true, false);
@@ -534,21 +523,19 @@
 		for (int i = minKey; i < maxKey; i++) {
 			for (int j = minKey; j < maxKey; j++) {
 
-				// if(i != -100 || j != 1) continue;
-
 				results.clear();
 				expectedResults.clear();
 
 				int lowKey = i;
 				int highKey = j;
 
-				IBTreeCursor rangeCursor = new RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
+				ITreeIndexCursor rangeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor(leafFrame);
 				RangePredicate rangePred = createRangePredicate(lowKey,
 						highKey, isForward, lowKeyInclusive, highKeyInclusive,
 						btree.getMultiComparator(), btree.getMultiComparator()
 								.getTypeTraits());
 				BTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(
-						BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+						IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
 				btree.search(rangeCursor, rangePred, searchOpCtx);
 
 				try {
@@ -587,29 +574,31 @@
 						else
 							u = ')';
 
-						System.out.println("RANGE: " + l + " " + lowKey + " , "
+						LOGGER.info("RANGE: " + l + " " + lowKey + " , "
 								+ highKey + " " + u);
-						for (Integer r : expectedResults)
-							System.out.print(r + " ");
-						System.out.println();
+						StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+						for (Integer r : expectedResults) {
+							strBuilder.append(r + " ");
+						}
+						LOGGER.info(strBuilder.toString());
 					}
 				}
 
 				if (results.size() == expectedResults.size()) {
 					for (int k = 0; k < results.size(); k++) {
 						if (!results.get(k).equals(expectedResults.get(k))) {
-							System.out.println("DIFFERENT RESULTS AT: i=" + i
+						    LOGGER.info("DIFFERENT RESULTS AT: i=" + i
 									+ " j=" + j + " k=" + k);
-							System.out.println(results.get(k) + " "
+						    LOGGER.info(results.get(k) + " "
 									+ expectedResults.get(k));
 							return false;
 						}
 					}
 				} else {
-					System.out.println("UNEQUAL NUMBER OF RESULTS AT: i=" + i
+				    LOGGER.info("UNEQUAL NUMBER OF RESULTS AT: i=" + i
 							+ " j=" + j);
-					System.out.println("RESULTS: " + results.size());
-					System.out.println("EXPECTED RESULTS: "
+				    LOGGER.info("RESULTS: " + results.size());
+				    LOGGER.info("EXPECTED RESULTS: "
 							+ expectedResults.size());
 					return false;
 				}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
index 709dd41..39bedac 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/StorageManagerTest.java
@@ -34,236 +34,225 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
 
 public class StorageManagerTest extends AbstractBTreeTest {
-	private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-	private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
     private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(32768);
 
-	public class PinnedLatchedPage {
-		public final ICachedPage page;
-		public final LatchType latch;
-		public final int pageId;
+    public class PinnedLatchedPage {
+        public final ICachedPage page;
+        public final LatchType latch;
+        public final int pageId;
 
-		public PinnedLatchedPage(ICachedPage page, int pageId, LatchType latch) {
-			this.page = page;
-			this.pageId = pageId;
-			this.latch = latch;
-		}
-	}
+        public PinnedLatchedPage(ICachedPage page, int pageId, LatchType latch) {
+            this.page = page;
+            this.pageId = pageId;
+            this.latch = latch;
+        }
+    }
 
-	public enum FileAccessType {
-		FTA_READONLY, FTA_WRITEONLY, FTA_MIXED, FTA_UNLATCHED
-	}
+    public enum FileAccessType {
+        FTA_READONLY, FTA_WRITEONLY, FTA_MIXED, FTA_UNLATCHED
+    }
 
-	public class FileAccessWorker implements Runnable {
-		private int workerId;
-		private final IBufferCache bufferCache;
-		private final int maxPages;
-		private final int fileId;
-		private final long thinkTime;
-		private final int maxLoopCount;
-		private final int maxPinnedPages;
-		private final int closeFileChance;
-		private final FileAccessType fta;
-		private int loopCount = 0;
-		private boolean fileIsOpen = false;
-		private Random rnd = new Random(50);
-		private List<PinnedLatchedPage> pinnedPages = new LinkedList<PinnedLatchedPage>();
+    public class FileAccessWorker implements Runnable {
+        private int workerId;
+        private final IBufferCache bufferCache;
+        private final int maxPages;
+        private final int fileId;
+        private final long thinkTime;
+        private final int maxLoopCount;
+        private final int maxPinnedPages;
+        private final int closeFileChance;
+        private final FileAccessType fta;
+        private int loopCount = 0;
+        private boolean fileIsOpen = false;
+        private Random rnd = new Random(50);
+        private List<PinnedLatchedPage> pinnedPages = new LinkedList<PinnedLatchedPage>();
 
-		public FileAccessWorker(int workerId, IBufferCache bufferCache,
-				FileAccessType fta, int fileId, int maxPages,
-				int maxPinnedPages, int maxLoopCount, int closeFileChance,
-				long thinkTime) {
-			this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
-			this.fileId = fileId;
-			this.maxPages = maxPages;
-			this.maxLoopCount = maxLoopCount;
-			this.maxPinnedPages = maxPinnedPages;
-			this.thinkTime = thinkTime;
-			this.closeFileChance = closeFileChance;
-			this.workerId = workerId;
-			this.fta = fta;
-		}
+        public FileAccessWorker(int workerId, IBufferCache bufferCache, FileAccessType fta, int fileId, int maxPages,
+                int maxPinnedPages, int maxLoopCount, int closeFileChance, long thinkTime) {
+            this.bufferCache = bufferCache;
+            this.fileId = fileId;
+            this.maxPages = maxPages;
+            this.maxLoopCount = maxLoopCount;
+            this.maxPinnedPages = maxPinnedPages;
+            this.thinkTime = thinkTime;
+            this.closeFileChance = closeFileChance;
+            this.workerId = workerId;
+            this.fta = fta;
+        }
 
-		private void pinRandomPage() {
-			int pageId = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % maxPages);
+        private void pinRandomPage() {
+            int pageId = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % maxPages);
 
-			System.out.println(workerId + " PINNING PAGE: " + pageId);
+            LOGGER.info(workerId + " PINNING PAGE: " + pageId);
 
-			try {
-				ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle
-						.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
-				LatchType latch = null;
+            try {
+                ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, pageId), false);
+                LatchType latch = null;
 
-				switch (fta) {
+                switch (fta) {
 
-				case FTA_UNLATCHED: {
-					latch = null;
-				}
-					break;
+                    case FTA_UNLATCHED: {
+                        latch = null;
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-				case FTA_READONLY: {
-					System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
-					page.acquireReadLatch();
-					latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
-				}
-					break;
+                    case FTA_READONLY: {
+                        LOGGER.info(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                        page.acquireReadLatch();
+                        latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-				case FTA_WRITEONLY: {
-					System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
-					page.acquireWriteLatch();
-					latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
-				}
-					break;
+                    case FTA_WRITEONLY: {
+                        LOGGER.info(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                        page.acquireWriteLatch();
+                        latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-				case FTA_MIXED: {
-					if (rnd.nextInt() % 2 == 0) {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
-						page.acquireReadLatch();
-						latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
-					} else {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
-						page.acquireWriteLatch();
-						latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
-					}
-				}
-					break;
+                    case FTA_MIXED: {
+                        if (rnd.nextInt() % 2 == 0) {
+                            LOGGER.info(workerId + " S LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                            page.acquireReadLatch();
+                            latch = LatchType.LATCH_S;
+                        } else {
+                            LOGGER.info(workerId + " X LATCHING: " + pageId);
+                            page.acquireWriteLatch();
+                            latch = LatchType.LATCH_X;
+                        }
+                    }
+                        break;
 
-				}
+                }
 
-				PinnedLatchedPage plPage = new PinnedLatchedPage(page, pageId,
-						latch);
-				pinnedPages.add(plPage);
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
+                PinnedLatchedPage plPage = new PinnedLatchedPage(page, pageId, latch);
+                pinnedPages.add(plPage);
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
 
-		private void unpinRandomPage() {
-			int index = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % pinnedPages.size());
-			try {
-				PinnedLatchedPage plPage = pinnedPages.get(index);
+        private void unpinRandomPage() {
+            int index = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % pinnedPages.size());
+            try {
+                PinnedLatchedPage plPage = pinnedPages.get(index);
 
-				if (plPage.latch != null) {
-					if (plPage.latch == LatchType.LATCH_S) {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " S UNLATCHING: "
-								+ plPage.pageId);
-						plPage.page.releaseReadLatch();
-					} else {
-						System.out.println(workerId + " X UNLATCHING: "
-								+ plPage.pageId);
-						plPage.page.releaseWriteLatch();
-					}
-				}
-				System.out.println(workerId + " UNPINNING PAGE: "
-						+ plPage.pageId);
+                if (plPage.latch != null) {
+                    if (plPage.latch == LatchType.LATCH_S) {
+                        LOGGER.info(workerId + " S UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
+                        plPage.page.releaseReadLatch();
+                    } else {
+                        LOGGER.info(workerId + " X UNLATCHING: " + plPage.pageId);
+                        plPage.page.releaseWriteLatch();
+                    }
+                }
+                LOGGER.info(workerId + " UNPINNING PAGE: " + plPage.pageId);
 
-				bufferCache.unpin(plPage.page);
-				pinnedPages.remove(index);
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
+                bufferCache.unpin(plPage.page);
+                pinnedPages.remove(index);
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
 
-		private void openFile() {
-			System.out.println(workerId + " OPENING FILE: " + fileId);
-			try {
-				bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-				fileIsOpen = true;
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
+        private void openFile() {
+            LOGGER.info(workerId + " OPENING FILE: " + fileId);
+            try {
+                bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+                fileIsOpen = true;
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
 
-		private void closeFile() {
-			System.out.println(workerId + " CLOSING FILE: " + fileId);
-			try {
-				bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-				fileIsOpen = false;
-			} catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-				e.printStackTrace();
-			}
-		}
+        private void closeFile() {
+            LOGGER.info(workerId + " CLOSING FILE: " + fileId);
+            try {
+                bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+                fileIsOpen = false;
+            } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
 
-		@Override
-		public void run() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
 
-			openFile();
+            openFile();
 
-			while (loopCount < maxLoopCount) {
-				loopCount++;
+            while (loopCount < maxLoopCount) {
+                loopCount++;
 
-				System.out.println(workerId + " LOOP: " + loopCount + "/"
-						+ maxLoopCount);
+                LOGGER.info(workerId + " LOOP: " + loopCount + "/" + maxLoopCount);
 
-				if (fileIsOpen) {
+                if (fileIsOpen) {
 
-					// pin some pages
-					int pagesToPin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt())
-							% (maxPinnedPages - pinnedPages.size());
-					for (int i = 0; i < pagesToPin; i++) {
-						pinRandomPage();
-					}
+                    // pin some pages
+                    int pagesToPin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxPinnedPages - pinnedPages.size());
+                    for (int i = 0; i < pagesToPin; i++) {
+                        pinRandomPage();
+                    }
 
-					// do some thinking
-					try {
-						Thread.sleep(thinkTime);
-					} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-						e.printStackTrace();
-					}
+                    // do some thinking
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(thinkTime);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
 
-					// unpin some pages
-					if (!pinnedPages.isEmpty()) {
-						int pagesToUnpin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt())
-								% pinnedPages.size();
-						for (int i = 0; i < pagesToUnpin; i++) {
-							unpinRandomPage();
-						}
-					}
+                    // unpin some pages
+                    if (!pinnedPages.isEmpty()) {
+                        int pagesToUnpin = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % pinnedPages.size();
+                        for (int i = 0; i < pagesToUnpin; i++) {
+                            unpinRandomPage();
+                        }
+                    }
 
-					// possibly close file
-					int closeFileCheck = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt())
-							% closeFileChance;
-					if (pinnedPages.isEmpty() || closeFileCheck == 0) {
-						int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
-						for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
-							unpinRandomPage();
-						}
-						closeFile();
-					}
-				} else {
-					openFile();
-				}
-			}
+                    // possibly close file
+                    int closeFileCheck = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % closeFileChance;
+                    if (pinnedPages.isEmpty() || closeFileCheck == 0) {
+                        int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
+                        for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
+                            unpinRandomPage();
+                        }
+                        closeFile();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    openFile();
+                }
+            }
 
-			if (fileIsOpen) {
-				int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
-				for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
-					unpinRandomPage();
-				}
-				closeFile();
-			}
-		}
-	}
+            if (fileIsOpen) {
+                int numPinnedPages = pinnedPages.size();
+                for (int i = 0; i < numPinnedPages; i++) {
+                    unpinRandomPage();
+                }
+                closeFile();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-	@Test
-	public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception {
-		TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-		IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getBufferCache(ctx);
-		IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder
-				.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-		FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-		bufferCache.createFile(file);
-		int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-		bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+    @Test
+    public void oneThreadOneFileTest() throws Exception {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
 
-		Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0, bufferCache,
-				FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED, fileId, 10, 10, 100, 10, 0));
+        Thread worker = new Thread(new FileAccessWorker(0, bufferCache, FileAccessType.FTA_UNLATCHED, fileId, 10, 10,
+                100, 10, 0));
 
-		worker.start();
+        worker.start();
 
-		worker.join();
+        worker.join();
 
-		bufferCache.close();
-	}
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 3cd389e..375e12e 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Thu Jan 06 11:27:16 PST 2011
+#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-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index ec2625f..c098506 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</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-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea97511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexSearchTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
+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.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexResultCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.InvertedIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.TOccurrenceSearcher;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.ITokenFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public abstract class AbstractInvIndexSearchTest extends AbstractInvIndexTest {
+    protected final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
+    protected final int NUM_PAGES = 100;
+    protected final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    protected final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
+    protected IHyracksTaskContext taskCtx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    protected IBufferCache bufferCache;
+    protected IFileMapProvider fmp;
+
+    // --- BTREE ---
+
+    // create file refs
+    protected FileReference btreeFile = new FileReference(new File(btreeFileName));
+    protected int btreeFileId;
+
+    // declare btree fields
+    protected int fieldCount = 5;
+    protected ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+
+    // declare btree keys
+    protected int btreeKeyFieldCount = 1;
+    protected IBinaryComparator[] btreeBinCmps = new IBinaryComparator[btreeKeyFieldCount];
+    protected MultiComparator btreeCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, btreeBinCmps);
+
+    // btree frame factories
+    protected TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+    protected ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+    protected ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+    protected ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+    // btree frames
+    protected ITreeIndexFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+    protected ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+    protected IFreePageManager freePageManager;
+
+    protected BTree btree;
+
+    // --- INVERTED INDEX ---
+
+    protected FileReference invListsFile = new FileReference(new File(invListsFileName));
+    protected int invListsFileId;
+
+    protected int invListFields = 1;
+    protected ITypeTrait[] invListTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[invListFields];
+
+    protected int invListKeys = 1;
+    protected IBinaryComparator[] invListBinCmps = new IBinaryComparator[invListKeys];
+    protected MultiComparator invListCmp = new MultiComparator(invListTypeTraits, invListBinCmps);
+
+    protected InvertedIndex invIndex;
+
+    protected Random rnd = new Random();
+
+    protected ByteBuffer frame = taskCtx.allocateFrame();
+    protected FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(taskCtx.getFrameSize());
+    protected ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(2);
+    protected DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+    protected ISerializerDeserializer[] insertSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+    protected RecordDescriptor insertRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(insertSerde);
+    protected IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(taskCtx.getFrameSize(), insertRecDesc);
+
+    protected FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+    protected ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> checkInvLists = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>();
+
+    protected int maxId = 1000000;
+    // protected int maxId = 1000;
+    protected int[] scanCountArray = new int[maxId];
+    protected ArrayList<Integer> expectedResults = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+    protected ISerializerDeserializer[] querySerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+    protected RecordDescriptor queryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(querySerde);
+
+    protected FrameTupleAppender queryAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(taskCtx.getFrameSize());
+    protected ArrayTupleBuilder queryTb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(querySerde.length);
+    protected DataOutput queryDos = queryTb.getDataOutput();
+
+    protected IFrameTupleAccessor queryAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(taskCtx.getFrameSize(), queryRecDesc);
+    protected FrameTupleReference queryTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+    protected ITokenFactory tokenFactory;
+    protected IBinaryTokenizer tokenizer;
+
+    protected TOccurrenceSearcher searcher;
+    protected IInvertedIndexResultCursor resultCursor;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize members, generate data, and bulk load the inverted index.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void start() throws Exception {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(taskCtx);
+        fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(taskCtx);
+
+        // --- BTREE ---
+
+        bufferCache.createFile(btreeFile);
+        btreeFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(btreeFile);
+        bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
+
+        // token (key)
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        // startPageId
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // endPageId
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // startOff
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // numElements
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        btreeBinCmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, btreeFileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, btreeCmp);
+        btree.create(btreeFileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(btreeFileId);
+
+        // --- INVERTED INDEX ---
+
+        bufferCache.createFile(invListsFile);
+        invListsFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(invListsFile);
+        bufferCache.openFile(invListsFileId);
+
+        invListTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        invListBinCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        invIndex = new InvertedIndex(bufferCache, btree, invListCmp);
+        invIndex.open(invListsFileId);
+
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        queryAccessor.reset(frame);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void deinit() throws HyracksDataException {
+        AbstractInvIndexTest.tearDown();
+        btree.close();
+        invIndex.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
+        bufferCache.closeFile(invListsFileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexTest.java
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/AbstractInvIndexTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+public abstract class AbstractInvIndexTest {
+
+	protected static final Logger LOGGER = Logger
+			.getLogger(AbstractInvIndexTest.class.getName());
+
+	protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
+			"ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
+	protected final static String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+	protected final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+	protected final static String baseFileName = tmpDir + sep
+			+ simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+	protected final static String btreeFileName = baseFileName + "btree";
+	protected final static String invListsFileName = baseFileName + "invlists";
+
+	public static void tearDown() {
+		File btreeFile = new File(btreeFileName);
+		btreeFile.deleteOnExit();
+		File invListsFile = new File(invListsFileName);
+		invListsFile.deleteOnExit();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/BulkLoadTest.java
new file mode 100644
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+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
+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.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
+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.btree.impls.BTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOpContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeRangeSearchCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.RangePredicate;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.InvertedIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class BulkLoadTest extends AbstractInvIndexTest {
+
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 100;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
+    private IHyracksTaskContext stageletCtx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    /**
+     * This test generates a list of <word-token, id> pairs which are pre-sorted
+     * on the token. Those pairs for the input to an inverted-index bulk load.
+     * The contents of the inverted lists are verified against the generated
+     * data.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void singleFieldPayloadTest() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(stageletCtx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(stageletCtx);
+
+        // create file refs
+        FileReference btreeFile = new FileReference(new File(btreeFileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(btreeFile);
+        int btreeFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(btreeFile);
+        bufferCache.openFile(btreeFileId);
+
+        FileReference invListsFile = new FileReference(new File(invListsFileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(invListsFile);
+        int invListsFileId = fmp.lookupFileId(invListsFile);
+        bufferCache.openFile(invListsFileId);
+
+        // declare btree fields
+        int fieldCount = 5;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        // token (key)
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
+        // startPageId
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // endPageId
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // startOff
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        // numElements
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        // declare btree keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator btreeCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+
+        ITreeIndexFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, btreeFileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, btreeCmp);
+        btree.create(btreeFileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        btree.open(btreeFileId);
+
+        int invListFields = 1;
+        ITypeTrait[] invListTypeTraits = new ITypeTrait[invListFields];
+        invListTypeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        int invListKeys = 1;
+        IBinaryComparator[] invListBinCmps = new IBinaryComparator[invListKeys];
+        invListBinCmps[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+
+        MultiComparator invListCmp = new MultiComparator(invListTypeTraits, invListBinCmps);
+
+        InvertedIndex invIndex = new InvertedIndex(bufferCache, btree, invListCmp);
+        invIndex.open(invListsFileId);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        ByteBuffer frame = stageletCtx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(stageletCtx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(2);
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] insertSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor insertRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(insertSerde);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(stageletCtx.getFrameSize(), insertRecDesc);
+        accessor.reset(frame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
+        tokens.add("compilers");
+        tokens.add("computer");
+        tokens.add("databases");
+        tokens.add("fast");
+        tokens.add("hyracks");
+        tokens.add("major");
+        tokens.add("science");
+        tokens.add("systems");
+        tokens.add("university");
+
+        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> checkListElements = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+            checkListElements.add(new ArrayList<Integer>());
+        }
+
+        int maxId = 1000000;
+        int addProb = 0;
+        int addProbStep = 10;
+
+        IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder(invListTypeTraits);
+        InvertedIndex.BulkLoadContext ctx = invIndex.beginBulkLoad(invListBuilder, HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE,
+                BTree.DEFAULT_FILL_FACTOR);
+
+        int totalElements = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+
+            addProb += addProbStep * (i + 1);
+            for (int j = 0; j < maxId; j++) {
+                if ((Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % addProb) == 0) {
+
+                    totalElements++;
+
+                    tb.reset();
+                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(tokens.get(i), dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(j, dos);
+                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+                    checkListElements.get(i).add(j);
+
+                    appender.reset(frame, true);
+                    appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+                    tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+                    try {
+                        invIndex.bulkLoadAddTuple(ctx, tuple);
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        invIndex.endBulkLoad(ctx);
+
+        // ------- START VERIFICATION -----------
+
+        ITreeIndexCursor btreeCursor = new BTreeRangeSearchCursor((IBTreeLeafFrame) leafFrame);
+        FrameTupleReference searchKey = new FrameTupleReference();
+        RangePredicate btreePred = new RangePredicate(true, searchKey, searchKey, true, true, btreeCmp, btreeCmp);
+
+        IInvertedListCursor invListCursor = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListCursor(bufferCache, invListsFileId,
+                invListTypeTraits);
+
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] tokenSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor tokenRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(tokenSerde);
+        FrameTupleAppender tokenAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(stageletCtx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tokenTupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(1);
+        DataOutput tokenDos = tokenTupleBuilder.getDataOutput();
+        IFrameTupleAccessor tokenAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(stageletCtx.getFrameSize(), tokenRecDesc);
+        tokenAccessor.reset(frame);
+
+        BTreeOpContext btreeOpCtx = invIndex.getBTree().createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, null);
+
+        // verify created inverted lists one-by-one
+        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+
+            tokenTupleBuilder.reset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(tokens.get(i), tokenDos);
+            tokenTupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            tokenAppender.reset(frame, true);
+            tokenAppender.append(tokenTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tokenTupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0,
+                    tokenTupleBuilder.getSize());
+
+            searchKey.reset(tokenAccessor, 0);
+
+            invIndex.openCursor(btreeCursor, btreePred, btreeOpCtx, invListCursor);
+
+            invListCursor.pinPagesSync();
+            int checkIndex = 0;
+            while (invListCursor.hasNext()) {
+                invListCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference invListTuple = invListCursor.getTuple();
+                int invListElement = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.getInt(invListTuple.getFieldData(0),
+                        invListTuple.getFieldStart(0));
+                int checkInvListElement = checkListElements.get(i).get(checkIndex).intValue();
+                Assert.assertEquals(invListElement, checkInvListElement);
+                checkIndex++;
+            }
+            invListCursor.unpinPages();
+            Assert.assertEquals(checkIndex, checkListElements.get(i).size());
+        }
+
+        // check that non-existing tokens have an empty inverted list
+        List<String> nonExistingTokens = new ArrayList<String>();
+        nonExistingTokens.add("watermelon");
+        nonExistingTokens.add("avocado");
+        nonExistingTokens.add("lemon");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < nonExistingTokens.size(); i++) {
+
+            tokenTupleBuilder.reset();
+            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(nonExistingTokens.get(i), tokenDos);
+            tokenTupleBuilder.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            tokenAppender.reset(frame, true);
+            tokenAppender.append(tokenTupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tokenTupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0,
+                    tokenTupleBuilder.getSize());
+
+            searchKey.reset(tokenAccessor, 0);
+
+            invIndex.openCursor(btreeCursor, btreePred, btreeOpCtx, invListCursor);
+
+            invListCursor.pinPagesSync();
+            Assert.assertEquals(invListCursor.hasNext(), false);
+            invListCursor.unpinPages();
+        }
+
+        btree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(btreeFileId);
+        bufferCache.closeFile(invListsFileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void deinit() {
+        AbstractInvIndexTest.tearDown();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/FixedSizeFrameTupleTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/FixedSizeFrameTupleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b49ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/FixedSizeFrameTupleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeFrameTupleAppender;
+
+public class FixedSizeFrameTupleTest {
+
+	private static int FRAME_SIZE = 4096;
+
+	private Random rnd = new Random(50);
+
+	/**
+	 * This test verifies the correct behavior of the FixedSizeFrameTuple class.
+	 * Frames containing FixedSizeFrameTuple's require neither tuple slots nor
+	 * field slots. The tests inserts generated data into a frame until the
+	 * frame is full, and then verifies the frame's contents.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void singleFieldTest() throws Exception {
+		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(FRAME_SIZE);
+
+		ITypeTrait[] fields = new TypeTrait[1];
+		fields[0] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+		FixedSizeFrameTupleAppender ftapp = new FixedSizeFrameTupleAppender(
+				FRAME_SIZE, fields);
+		FixedSizeFrameTupleAccessor ftacc = new FixedSizeFrameTupleAccessor(
+				FRAME_SIZE, fields);
+
+		boolean frameHasSpace = true;
+
+		ArrayList<Integer> check = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+		ftapp.reset(buffer, true);
+		while (frameHasSpace) {
+			int val = rnd.nextInt();
+			frameHasSpace = ftapp.append(val);
+			if (frameHasSpace) {
+				check.add(val);
+				ftapp.incrementTupleCount(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		ftacc.reset(buffer);
+		for (int i = 0; i < ftacc.getTupleCount(); i++) {
+			int val = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.getInt(ftacc.getBuffer()
+					.array(), ftacc.getTupleStartOffset(i));
+			Assert.assertEquals(check.get(i).intValue(), val);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/NGramTokenizerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/NGramTokenizerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f15a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/NGramTokenizerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2010-2011 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 at
+ *
+ *     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.
+ * 
+ * Author: Alexander Behm <abehm (at) ics.uci.edu>
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.AbstractUTF8Token;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IToken;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8NGramTokenFactory;
+
+public class NGramTokenizerTest {
+
+	private char PRECHAR = '#';
+	private char POSTCHAR = '$';
+
+	private String str = "Jürgen S. Generic's Car";
+	private byte[] inputBuffer;
+
+	private int gramLength = 3;
+
+	private void getExpectedGrams(String s, int gramLength,
+			ArrayList<String> grams, boolean prePost) {
+
+		String tmp = s.toLowerCase();
+		if (prePost) {
+			StringBuilder preBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			for (int i = 0; i < gramLength - 1; i++) {
+				preBuilder.append(PRECHAR);
+			}
+			String pre = preBuilder.toString();
+
+			StringBuilder postBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			for (int i = 0; i < gramLength - 1; i++) {
+				postBuilder.append(POSTCHAR);
+			}
+			String post = postBuilder.toString();
+
+			tmp = pre + s.toLowerCase() + post;
+		}
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < tmp.length() - gramLength + 1; i++) {
+			String gram = tmp.substring(i, i + gramLength);
+			grams.add(gram);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws Exception {
+		// serialize string into bytes
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		DataOutput dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
+		dos.writeUTF(str);
+		inputBuffer = baos.toByteArray();
+	}
+
+	void runTestNGramTokenizerWithCountedHashedUTF8Tokens(boolean prePost)
+			throws IOException {
+		HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory();
+		NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				gramLength, prePost, false, false, tokenFactory);
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		ArrayList<String> expectedGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
+		getExpectedGrams(str, gramLength, expectedGrams, prePost);
+		ArrayList<Integer> expectedHashedGrams = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+		HashMap<String, Integer> gramCounts = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+		for (String s : expectedGrams) {
+			Integer count = gramCounts.get(s);
+			if (count == null) {
+				count = 1;
+				gramCounts.put(s, count);
+			} else {
+				count++;
+			}
+
+			int hash = tokenHash(s, count);
+			expectedHashedGrams.add(hash);
+		}
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize hashed token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			Integer hashedGram = in.readInt();
+
+			// System.out.println(hashedGram);
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(expectedHashedGrams.get(tokenCount), hashedGram);
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+		// System.out.println("---------");
+	}
+
+	void runTestNGramTokenizerWithHashedUTF8Tokens(boolean prePost)
+			throws IOException {
+		HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8NGramTokenFactory();
+		NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				gramLength, prePost, true, false, tokenFactory);
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		ArrayList<String> expectedGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
+		getExpectedGrams(str, gramLength, expectedGrams, prePost);
+		ArrayList<Integer> expectedHashedGrams = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+		for (String s : expectedGrams) {
+			int hash = tokenHash(s, 1);
+			expectedHashedGrams.add(hash);
+		}
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize hashed token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			Integer hashedGram = in.readInt();
+
+			// System.out.println(hashedGram);
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(expectedHashedGrams.get(tokenCount), hashedGram);
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+		// System.out.println("---------");
+	}
+
+	void runTestNGramTokenizerWithUTF8Tokens(boolean prePost)
+			throws IOException {
+		UTF8NGramTokenFactory tokenFactory = new UTF8NGramTokenFactory();
+		NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				gramLength, prePost, true, false, tokenFactory);
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		ArrayList<String> expectedGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
+		getExpectedGrams(str, gramLength, expectedGrams, prePost);
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize hashed token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			String strGram = in.readUTF();
+
+			// System.out.println("\"" + strGram + "\"");
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(expectedGrams.get(tokenCount), strGram);
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+		// System.out.println("---------");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNGramTokenizerWithCountedHashedUTF8Tokens()
+			throws Exception {
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithCountedHashedUTF8Tokens(false);
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithCountedHashedUTF8Tokens(true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNGramTokenizerWithHashedUTF8Tokens() throws Exception {
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithHashedUTF8Tokens(false);
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithHashedUTF8Tokens(true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNGramTokenizerWithUTF8Tokens() throws IOException {
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithUTF8Tokens(false);
+		runTestNGramTokenizerWithUTF8Tokens(true);
+	}
+
+	public int tokenHash(String token, int tokenCount) {
+		int h = AbstractUTF8Token.GOLDEN_RATIO_32;
+		for (int i = 0; i < token.length(); i++) {
+			h ^= token.charAt(i);
+			h *= AbstractUTF8Token.GOLDEN_RATIO_32;
+		}
+		return h + tokenCount;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ef8855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchPerfTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+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.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.InvertedIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.OccurrenceThresholdPanicException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.SearchResultCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.TOccurrenceSearcher;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchmodifiers.ConjunctiveSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchmodifiers.JaccardSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8WordTokenFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The purpose of this test is to evaluate the performance of searches against
+ * an inverted index. First, we generate random <token, id> pairs sorted on
+ * token, which are bulk loaded into an inverted index. Next, we build random
+ * queries from a list of predefined tokens in the index, and measure the
+ * performance of executing them with different search modifiers. We test the
+ * ConjunctiveSearchModifier and the JaccardSearchModifier.
+ * 
+ */
+public class SearchPerfTest extends AbstractInvIndexSearchTest {
+
+	protected List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+	@Before
+	public void start() throws Exception {
+		super.start();
+		tokenFactory = new UTF8WordTokenFactory();
+		tokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(true, false,
+				tokenFactory);
+		searcher = new TOccurrenceSearcher(taskCtx, invIndex, tokenizer);
+		resultCursor = new SearchResultCursor(
+				searcher.createResultFrameTupleAccessor(),
+				searcher.createResultTupleReference());
+		loadData();
+	}
+
+	public void loadData() throws HyracksDataException {
+		tokens.add("compilers");
+		tokens.add("computer");
+		tokens.add("databases");
+		tokens.add("fast");
+		tokens.add("hyracks");
+		tokens.add("major");
+		tokens.add("science");
+		tokens.add("systems");
+		tokens.add("university");
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+			checkInvLists.add(new ArrayList<Integer>());
+		}
+
+		// for generating length-skewed inverted lists
+		int addProb = 0;
+		int addProbStep = 10;
+
+		IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder(
+				invListTypeTraits);
+		InvertedIndex.BulkLoadContext ctx = invIndex.beginBulkLoad(
+				invListBuilder, HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE, BTree.DEFAULT_FILL_FACTOR);
+
+		int totalElements = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+
+			addProb += addProbStep * (i + 1);
+			for (int j = 0; j < maxId; j++) {
+				if ((Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % addProb) == 0) {
+
+					totalElements++;
+
+					tb.reset();
+					UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(
+							tokens.get(i), dos);
+					tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+					IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(j, dos);
+					tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+					checkInvLists.get(i).add(j);
+
+					appender.reset(frame, true);
+					appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(),
+							0, tb.getSize());
+
+					tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+					try {
+						invIndex.bulkLoadAddTuple(ctx, tuple);
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						e.printStackTrace();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		invIndex.endBulkLoad(ctx);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine the expected results with the ScanCount algorithm. The
+	 * ScanCount algorithm is very simple, so we can be confident the results
+	 * are correct.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	protected void fillExpectedResults(int[] queryTokenIndexes,
+			int numQueryTokens, int occurrenceThreshold) {
+		// reset scan count array
+		for (int i = 0; i < maxId; i++) {
+			scanCountArray[i] = 0;
+		}
+
+		// count occurrences
+		for (int i = 0; i < numQueryTokens; i++) {
+			ArrayList<Integer> list = checkInvLists.get(queryTokenIndexes[i]);
+			for (int j = 0; j < list.size(); j++) {
+				scanCountArray[list.get(j)]++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// check threshold
+		expectedResults.clear();
+		for (int i = 0; i < maxId; i++) {
+			if (scanCountArray[i] >= occurrenceThreshold) {
+				expectedResults.add(i);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates a specified number of queries. Each query consists of a set of
+	 * randomly chosen tokens that are picked from the pre-defined set of
+	 * tokens. We run each query, measure it's time, and verify it's results
+	 * against the results produced by ScanCount, implemented in
+	 * fillExpectedResults().
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private void runQueries(IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier,
+			int numQueries) throws Exception {
+
+		rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+		// generate random queries
+		int[] queryTokenIndexes = new int[tokens.size()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < numQueries; i++) {
+
+			int numQueryTokens = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % tokens.size()) + 1;
+			for (int j = 0; j < numQueryTokens; j++) {
+				queryTokenIndexes[j] = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % tokens.size());
+			}
+
+			StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			for (int j = 0; j < numQueryTokens; j++) {
+				strBuilder.append(tokens.get(queryTokenIndexes[j]));
+				if (j + 1 != numQueryTokens)
+					strBuilder.append(" ");
+			}
+
+			String queryString = strBuilder.toString();
+
+			queryTb.reset();
+			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(queryString,
+					queryDos);
+			queryTb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+			queryAppender.reset(frame, true);
+			queryAppender.append(queryTb.getFieldEndOffsets(),
+					queryTb.getByteArray(), 0, queryTb.getSize());
+			queryTuple.reset(queryAccessor, 0);
+
+			boolean panic = false;
+
+			int repeats = 1;
+			double totalTime = 0;
+			for (int j = 0; j < repeats; j++) {
+				long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				try {
+					searcher.reset();
+					searcher.search(resultCursor, queryTuple, 0, searchModifier);
+				} catch (OccurrenceThresholdPanicException e) {
+					panic = true;
+				}
+				long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				totalTime += timeEnd - timeStart;
+			}
+			double avgTime = totalTime / (double) repeats;
+			LOGGER.info(i + ": " + "\"" + queryString + "\": " + avgTime + "ms");
+
+			if (!panic) {
+
+				fillExpectedResults(queryTokenIndexes, numQueryTokens,
+						searcher.getOccurrenceThreshold());
+
+				// verify results
+				int checkIndex = 0;
+				while (resultCursor.hasNext()) {
+					resultCursor.next();
+					ITupleReference resultTuple = resultCursor.getTuple();
+					int id = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.getInt(
+							resultTuple.getFieldData(0),
+							resultTuple.getFieldStart(0));
+					Assert.assertEquals(expectedResults.get(checkIndex)
+							.intValue(), id);
+					checkIndex++;
+				}
+
+				if (expectedResults.size() != checkIndex) {
+					LOGGER.info("CHECKING");
+					StringBuilder expectedStrBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+					for (Integer x : expectedResults) {
+						expectedStrBuilder.append(x + " ");
+					}
+					LOGGER.info(expectedStrBuilder.toString());
+				}
+
+				Assert.assertEquals(expectedResults.size(), checkIndex);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs 50 random conjunctive search queries to test the
+	 * ConjunctiveSearchModifier.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void conjunctiveKeywordQueryTest() throws Exception {
+		IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier = new ConjunctiveSearchModifier();
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs 50 random jaccard-based search queries with thresholds 1.0, 0.9,
+	 * 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5. Tests the JaccardSearchModifier.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void jaccardKeywordQueryTest() throws Exception {
+		JaccardSearchModifier searchModifier = new JaccardSearchModifier(1.0f);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 1.0f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(1.0f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.9f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.9f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.8f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.8f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.7f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.7f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.6f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.6f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.5f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.5f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 50);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c87ce9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/SearchTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+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.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.InvertedIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.OccurrenceThresholdPanicException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.SearchResultCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.TOccurrenceSearcher;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchmodifiers.ConjunctiveSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchmodifiers.EditDistanceSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchmodifiers.JaccardSearchModifier;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IToken;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8NGramTokenFactory;
+
+public class SearchTest extends AbstractInvIndexSearchTest {
+
+	protected List<String> dataStrings = new ArrayList<String>();
+	protected List<String> firstNames = new ArrayList<String>();
+	protected List<String> lastNames = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+	@Before
+	public void start() throws Exception {
+		super.start();
+		tokenFactory = new UTF8NGramTokenFactory();
+		tokenizer = new NGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(3, false, true, false,
+				tokenFactory);
+		searcher = new TOccurrenceSearcher(taskCtx, invIndex, tokenizer);
+		resultCursor = new SearchResultCursor(
+				searcher.createResultFrameTupleAccessor(),
+				searcher.createResultTupleReference());
+		generateDataStrings();
+		loadData();
+	}
+
+	public void generateDataStrings() {
+		firstNames.add("Kathrin");
+		firstNames.add("Cathrin");
+		firstNames.add("Kathryn");
+		firstNames.add("Cathryn");
+		firstNames.add("Kathrine");
+		firstNames.add("Cathrine");
+		firstNames.add("Kathryne");
+		firstNames.add("Cathryne");
+		firstNames.add("Katherin");
+		firstNames.add("Catherin");
+		firstNames.add("Katheryn");
+		firstNames.add("Catheryn");
+		firstNames.add("Katherine");
+		firstNames.add("Catherine");
+		firstNames.add("Katheryne");
+		firstNames.add("Catheryne");
+		firstNames.add("John");
+		firstNames.add("Jack");
+		firstNames.add("Jonathan");
+		firstNames.add("Nathan");
+
+		lastNames.add("Miller");
+		lastNames.add("Myller");
+		lastNames.add("Keller");
+		lastNames.add("Ketler");
+		lastNames.add("Muller");
+		lastNames.add("Fuller");
+		lastNames.add("Smith");
+		lastNames.add("Smyth");
+		lastNames.add("Smithe");
+		lastNames.add("Smythe");
+
+		// Generate all 'firstName lastName' combinations as data strings
+		for (String f : firstNames) {
+			for (String l : lastNames) {
+				dataStrings.add(f + " " + l);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private class TokenIdPair implements Comparable<TokenIdPair> {
+		public ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+		public DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
+		public int id;
+
+		TokenIdPair(IToken token, int id) throws IOException {
+			token.serializeToken(dos);
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int compareTo(TokenIdPair o) {
+			int cmp = btreeBinCmps[0].compare(baaos.getByteArray(), 0,
+					baaos.getByteArray().length, o.baaos.getByteArray(), 0,
+					o.baaos.getByteArray().length);
+			if (cmp == 0) {
+				return id - o.id;
+			} else {
+				return cmp;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void loadData() throws IOException {
+		List<TokenIdPair> pairs = new ArrayList<TokenIdPair>();
+		// generate pairs for subsequent sorting and bulk-loading
+		int id = 0;
+		for (String s : dataStrings) {
+			ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
+			DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
+			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(s, dos);
+			tokenizer.reset(baaos.getByteArray(), 0, baaos.size());
+			int tokenCount = 0;
+			while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+				tokenizer.next();
+				IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+				pairs.add(new TokenIdPair(token, id));
+				++tokenCount;
+			}
+			++id;
+		}
+		Collections.sort(pairs);
+
+		// bulk load index
+		IInvertedListBuilder invListBuilder = new FixedSizeElementInvertedListBuilder(
+				invListTypeTraits);
+		InvertedIndex.BulkLoadContext ctx = invIndex.beginBulkLoad(
+				invListBuilder, HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE, BTree.DEFAULT_FILL_FACTOR);
+
+		for (TokenIdPair t : pairs) {
+			tb.reset();
+			tb.addField(t.baaos.getByteArray(), 0,
+					t.baaos.getByteArray().length);
+			IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(t.id, dos);
+			tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+			appender.reset(frame, true);
+			appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0,
+					tb.getSize());
+
+			tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+			try {
+				invIndex.bulkLoadAddTuple(ctx, tuple);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+		invIndex.endBulkLoad(ctx);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs a specified number of randomly picked strings from dataStrings as
+	 * queries. We run each query, measure it's time, and print it's results.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private void runQueries(IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier,
+			int numQueries) throws Exception {
+
+		rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < numQueries; i++) {
+
+			int queryIndex = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt() % dataStrings.size());
+			String queryString = dataStrings.get(queryIndex);
+
+			queryTb.reset();
+			UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(queryString,
+					queryDos);
+			queryTb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+			queryAppender.reset(frame, true);
+			queryAppender.append(queryTb.getFieldEndOffsets(),
+					queryTb.getByteArray(), 0, queryTb.getSize());
+			queryTuple.reset(queryAccessor, 0);
+
+			int repeats = 1;
+			double totalTime = 0;
+			for (int j = 0; j < repeats; j++) {
+				long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				try {
+					searcher.reset();
+					searcher.search(resultCursor, queryTuple, 0, searchModifier);
+				} catch (OccurrenceThresholdPanicException e) {
+					// ignore panic queries
+				}
+				long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				totalTime += timeEnd - timeStart;
+			}
+			double avgTime = totalTime / (double) repeats;
+			StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			strBuilder.append(i + ": " + "\"" + queryString + "\": " + avgTime
+					+ "ms" + "\n");
+			strBuilder.append("CANDIDATE RESULTS:\n");
+			while (resultCursor.hasNext()) {
+				resultCursor.next();
+				ITupleReference resultTuple = resultCursor.getTuple();
+				int id = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.getInt(
+						resultTuple.getFieldData(0),
+						resultTuple.getFieldStart(0));
+				strBuilder.append(id + " " + dataStrings.get(id));
+				strBuilder.append('\n');
+			}
+			// remove trailing newline
+			strBuilder.deleteCharAt(strBuilder.length() - 1);
+			LOGGER.info(strBuilder.toString());
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs 5 random conjunctive search queries to test the
+	 * ConjunctiveSearchModifier.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void conjunctiveQueryTest() throws Exception {
+		IInvertedIndexSearchModifier searchModifier = new ConjunctiveSearchModifier();
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs 5 random jaccard-based search queries with thresholds 0.9, 0.8, 0.7.
+	 * Tests the JaccardSearchModifier.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void jaccardQueryTest() throws Exception {
+		JaccardSearchModifier searchModifier = new JaccardSearchModifier(1.0f);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.9f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.9f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.8f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.8f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+
+		LOGGER.info("JACCARD: " + 0.7f);
+		searchModifier.setJaccThresh(0.7f);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs 5 random edit-distance based search queries with thresholds 1, 2, 3.
+	 * Tests the EditDistanceSearchModifier.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void editDistanceQueryTest() throws Exception {
+		EditDistanceSearchModifier searchModifier = new EditDistanceSearchModifier(
+				3, 0);
+
+		LOGGER.info("EDIT DISTANCE: " + 1);
+		searchModifier.setEdThresh(1);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+
+		LOGGER.info("EDIT DISTANCE: " + 2);
+		searchModifier.setEdThresh(2);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+
+		LOGGER.info("EDIT DISTANCE: " + 3);
+		searchModifier.setEdThresh(3);
+		runQueries(searchModifier, 5);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/WordTokenizerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/WordTokenizerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57fe306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/WordTokenizerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2010-2011 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 at
+ *
+ *     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.
+ * 
+ * Author: Alexander Behm <abehm (at) ics.uci.edu>
+ */
+
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.AbstractUTF8Token;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.IToken;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.UTF8WordTokenFactory;
+
+public class WordTokenizerTest {
+
+	private String text = "Hello World, I would like to inform you of the importance of Foo Bar. Yes, Foo Bar. Jürgen.";
+	private byte[] inputBuffer;
+
+	private ArrayList<String> expectedUTF8Tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
+	private ArrayList<Integer> expectedHashedUTF8Tokens = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+	private ArrayList<Integer> expectedCountedHashedUTF8Tokens = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws IOException {
+		// serialize text into bytes
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		DataOutput dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
+		dos.writeUTF(text);
+		inputBuffer = baos.toByteArray();
+
+		// init expected string tokens
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("hello");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("world");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("i");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("would");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("like");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("to");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("inform");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("you");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("of");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("the");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("importance");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("of");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("foo");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("bar");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("yes");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("foo");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("bar");
+		expectedUTF8Tokens.add("jürgen");
+
+		// hashed tokens ignoring token count
+		for (int i = 0; i < expectedUTF8Tokens.size(); i++) {
+			int hash = tokenHash(expectedUTF8Tokens.get(i), 1);
+			expectedHashedUTF8Tokens.add(hash);
+		}
+
+		// hashed tokens using token count
+		HashMap<String, Integer> tokenCounts = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < expectedUTF8Tokens.size(); i++) {
+			Integer count = tokenCounts.get(expectedUTF8Tokens.get(i));
+			if (count == null) {
+				count = 1;
+				tokenCounts.put(expectedUTF8Tokens.get(i), count);
+			} else {
+				count++;
+			}
+
+			int hash = tokenHash(expectedUTF8Tokens.get(i), count);
+			expectedCountedHashedUTF8Tokens.add(hash);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testWordTokenizerWithCountedHashedUTF8Tokens()
+			throws IOException {
+
+		HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory();
+		DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				false, false, tokenFactory);
+
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			Integer hashedToken = in.readInt();
+
+			// System.out.println(hashedToken);
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(hashedToken,
+					expectedCountedHashedUTF8Tokens.get(tokenCount));
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testWordTokenizerWithHashedUTF8Tokens() throws IOException {
+
+		HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory tokenFactory = new HashedUTF8WordTokenFactory();
+		DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				true, false, tokenFactory);
+
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			Integer hashedToken = in.readInt();
+
+			// System.out.println(hashedToken);
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(expectedHashedUTF8Tokens.get(tokenCount),
+					hashedToken);
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testWordTokenizerWithUTF8Tokens() throws IOException {
+
+		UTF8WordTokenFactory tokenFactory = new UTF8WordTokenFactory();
+		DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(
+				true, false, tokenFactory);
+
+		tokenizer.reset(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.length);
+
+		int tokenCount = 0;
+
+		while (tokenizer.hasNext()) {
+			tokenizer.next();
+
+			// serialize hashed token
+			ByteArrayOutputStream tokenBaos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			DataOutput tokenDos = new DataOutputStream(tokenBaos);
+
+			IToken token = tokenizer.getToken();
+			token.serializeToken(tokenDos);
+
+			// deserialize token
+			ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(
+					tokenBaos.toByteArray());
+			DataInput in = new DataInputStream(bais);
+
+			String strToken = in.readUTF();
+
+			// System.out.println(strToken);
+
+			Assert.assertEquals(expectedUTF8Tokens.get(tokenCount), strToken);
+
+			tokenCount++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// JAQL
+	public int tokenHash(String token, int tokenCount) {
+		int h = AbstractUTF8Token.GOLDEN_RATIO_32;
+		for (int i = 0; i < token.length(); i++) {
+			h ^= token.charAt(i);
+			h *= AbstractUTF8Token.GOLDEN_RATIO_32;
+		}
+		return h + tokenCount;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/AbstractInvIndexTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/AbstractInvIndexTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d2cfff..0000000
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/AbstractInvIndexTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.searchers;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-
-public abstract class AbstractInvIndexTest {
-
-    protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
-    protected final static String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
-    protected final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
-    protected final static String fileName = tmpDir + sep + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
-
-    protected void print(String str) {
-        System.out.print(str);
-    }
-
-    @AfterClass
-    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
-        File f = new File(fileName);
-        f.deleteOnExit();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java
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--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/searchers/SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest.java
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@@ -1,279 +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.storage.am.invertedindex.searchers;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.DataInput;
-import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory;
-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.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeLeafFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrame;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.api.IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.MetaDataFrameFactory;
-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.BTree;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOp;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeOpContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.MultiComparator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IBinaryTokenizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.api.IInvertedIndexResultCursor;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.impls.SimpleConjunctiveSearcher;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers.DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICacheMemoryAllocator;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
-
-public class SimpleConjunctiveSearcherTest extends AbstractInvIndexTest {
-
-    // testing params
-    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
-    // private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    // private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 256;
-
-    // realistic params
-    // private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 65536;
-    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
-    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
-    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
-    private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
-
-    public class BufferAllocator implements ICacheMemoryAllocator {
-        @Override
-        public ByteBuffer[] allocate(int pageSize, int numPages) {
-            ByteBuffer[] buffers = new ByteBuffer[numPages];
-            for (int i = 0; i < numPages; ++i) {
-                buffers[i] = ByteBuffer.allocate(pageSize);
-            }
-            return buffers;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void test01() throws Exception {
-
-        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES);
-        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
-        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
-        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
-        bufferCache.createFile(file);
-        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
-        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
-
-        // declare fields
-        int fieldCount = 2;
-        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
-        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(ITypeTrait.VARIABLE_LENGTH);
-        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(4);
-
-        // declare keys
-        int keyFieldCount = 2;
-        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
-        cmps[0] = UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-        cmps[1] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-
-        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
-
-        TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
-        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new
-        // SimpleTupleWriterFactory();
-        IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new NSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        // IBTreeLeafFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new
-        // FieldPrefixNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeInteriorFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new NSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new MetaDataFrameFactory();
-
-        IBTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = leafFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = interiorFrameFactory.getFrame();
-        IBTreeMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.getFrame();
-
-        BTree btree = new BTree(bufferCache, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
-        btree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
-        btree.open(fileId);
-
-        Random rnd = new Random();
-        rnd.setSeed(50);
-
-        ByteBuffer frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
-        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
-        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
-
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] btreeSerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        RecordDescriptor btreeRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(btreeSerde);
-        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), btreeRecDesc);
-        accessor.reset(frame);
-        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-
-        List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<String>();
-        tokens.add("computer");
-        tokens.add("hyracks");
-        tokens.add("fast");
-        tokens.add("university");
-        tokens.add("science");
-        tokens.add("major");
-
-        int maxId = 10000;
-        int addProb = 0;
-        int addProbStep = 2;
-
-        BTreeOpContext opCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
-
-            addProb += addProbStep;
-            for (int j = 0; j < maxId; j++) {
-                if ((Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % addProb) == 0) {
-                    tb.reset();
-                    UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(tokens.get(i), dos);
-                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-                    IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(j, dos);
-                    tb.addFieldEndOffset();
-
-                    appender.reset(frame, true);
-                    appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
-
-                    tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
-
-                    try {
-                        btree.insert(tuple, opCtx);
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        int numPages = btree.getMaxPage(metaFrame);
-        System.out.println("NUMPAGES: " + numPages);
-
-        // build query as tuple reference
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] querySerde = { UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
-        RecordDescriptor queryRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(querySerde);
-
-        FrameTupleAppender queryAppender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
-        ArrayTupleBuilder queryTb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(querySerde.length);
-        DataOutput queryDos = queryTb.getDataOutput();
-
-        IFrameTupleAccessor queryAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), queryRecDesc);
-        queryAccessor.reset(frame);
-        FrameTupleReference queryTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-
-        String query = "computer hyracks fast";
-        char queryDelimiter = ' ';
-        IBinaryTokenizer queryTokenizer = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(queryDelimiter);
-
-        queryTb.reset();
-        UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(query, queryDos);
-        queryTb.addFieldEndOffset();
-
-        queryAppender.reset(frame, true);
-        queryAppender.append(queryTb.getFieldEndOffsets(), queryTb.getByteArray(), 0, queryTb.getSize());
-        queryTuple.reset(queryAccessor, 0);
-
-        int numKeyFields = 1;
-        int numValueFields = 1;
-        ISerializerDeserializer[] resultSerde = new ISerializerDeserializer[numValueFields];
-        for (int i = 0; i < numValueFields; i++) {
-            resultSerde[i] = btreeSerde[numKeyFields + i];
-        }
-        RecordDescriptor resultRecDesc = new RecordDescriptor(resultSerde);
-        FrameTupleAccessor resultAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), resultRecDesc);
-        FrameTupleReference resultTuple = new FrameTupleReference();
-
-        SimpleConjunctiveSearcher searcher = new SimpleConjunctiveSearcher(ctx, btree, btreeRecDesc, queryTokenizer,
-                numKeyFields, numValueFields);
-
-        long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        searcher.search(queryTuple, 0);
-        long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        System.out.println("SEARCH TIME: " + (timeEnd - timeStart) + "ms");
-
-        // System.out.println("INTERSECTION RESULTS");
-        IInvertedIndexResultCursor resultCursor = searcher.getResultCursor();
-        while (resultCursor.hasNext()) {
-            resultCursor.next();
-            resultAccessor.reset(resultCursor.getBuffer());
-            for (int i = 0; i < resultAccessor.getTupleCount(); i++) {
-                resultTuple.reset(resultAccessor, i);
-                for (int j = 0; j < resultTuple.getFieldCount(); j++) {
-                    ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(resultTuple.getFieldData(j),
-                            resultTuple.getFieldStart(j), resultTuple.getFieldLength(j));
-                    DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-                    Object o = resultSerde[j].deserialize(dataIn);
-                    System.out.print(o + " ");
-                }
-                System.out.println();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * IBinaryComparator[] searchCmps = new IBinaryComparator[1];
-         * searchCmps[0] =
-         * UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
-         * MultiComparator searchCmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits,
-         * searchCmps);
-         * 
-         * // ordered scan IBTreeCursor scanCursor = new
-         * RangeSearchCursor(leafFrame); RangePredicate nullPred = new
-         * RangePredicate(true, null, null, true, true, null); BTreeOpContext
-         * searchOpCtx = btree.createOpContext(BTreeOp.BTO_SEARCH, leafFrame,
-         * interiorFrame, metaFrame); btree.search(scanCursor, nullPred,
-         * searchOpCtx);
-         * 
-         * try { while (scanCursor.hasNext()) { scanCursor.next();
-         * ITupleReference frameTuple = scanCursor.getTuple(); String rec =
-         * cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, btreeSerde); System.out.println(rec); } }
-         * catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally {
-         * scanCursor.close(); }
-         */
-
-        btree.close();
-        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
-        bufferCache.close();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java
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index 47c75cf..0000000
--- a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/invertedindex/tokenizers/TokenizerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +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.storage.am.invertedindex.tokenizers;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.DataInput;
-import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.DataOutputStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryHashFunction;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.hash.UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
-
-public class TokenizerTest {
-
-    // testing DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
-    @Test
-    public void test01() throws Exception {
-        Random rnd = new Random(50);
-
-        int numDocs = 100;
-        int maxWords = 1000;
-        int maxWordLength = 50;
-        char delimiter = ' ';
-
-        DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer tok = new DelimitedUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(delimiter);
-
-        // create a bunch of documents
-        for (int i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
-
-            // create a single document with a bunch of words
-            int words = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWords) + 1;
-            StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-            for (int j = 0; j < words; j++) {
-                int len = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % maxWordLength) + 1;
-                String s = randomString(len, rnd);
-                strBuilder.append(s);
-                if (j < words - 1)
-                    strBuilder.append(delimiter);
-            }
-
-            String doc = strBuilder.toString();
-
-            // serialize document into baaos
-            ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(doc, dos);
-            byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
-
-            // use binary tokenizer and compare with Java tokenizer
-            String[] cmpTokens = doc.split(new String(new char[] { delimiter }));
-            int cmpCounter = 0;
-
-            tok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
-            while (tok.hasNext()) {
-                tok.next();
-
-                // write token to outputstream
-                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-                DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);
-                tok.writeToken(dosWrite);
-
-                // deserialize token to get string object
-                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
-                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-                String s = UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
-
-                Assert.assertEquals(s, cmpTokens[cmpCounter++]);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    // testing HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer
-    @Test
-    public void test02() throws Exception {
-        Random rnd = new Random(50);
-
-        int numStrings = 1000;
-        int maxStrLen = 100;
-        int minQ = 2;
-        int maxQ = 10;
-
-        // we test the correctness of HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer as
-        // follows:
-        // 1.1. tokenize the string into q-gram strings
-        // 1.2. serialize q-gram strings into bytes
-        // 1.3. compute hashed gram with UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory
-        // 2.1. serialize string into bytes
-        // 2.2. tokenize serialized string into hashed q-grams
-        // 2.3. test whether hashed grams from 1.3. and 2.3. are equal
-        for (int i = 0; i < numStrings; i++) {
-            int q = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxQ - minQ)) + minQ;
-            int strLen = (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % (maxStrLen - q)) + q;
-            String str = randomString(strLen, rnd);
-
-            // randomly choose pre and postfixing
-            boolean prePost = false;
-            if (Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % 2 == 0)
-                prePost = true;
-
-            HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer qgramTok = new HashedQGramUTF8StringBinaryTokenizer(q, prePost);
-
-            String extendedString = str;
-            if (prePost) {
-                // pre and postfix string
-                StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-                for (int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++)
-                    strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPreChar());
-                strBuilder.append(str);
-                for (int j = 0; j < q - 1; j++)
-                    strBuilder.append(qgramTok.getPostChar());
-                extendedString = strBuilder.toString();
-            }
-
-            // generate q-grams in deserialized form
-            ArrayList<String> javaGrams = new ArrayList<String>();
-            for (int j = 0; j < extendedString.length() - q + 1; j++) {
-                javaGrams.add(extendedString.substring(j, j + q));
-            }
-
-            // serialize string for use in binary gram tokenizer
-            ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaos = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baaos);
-            UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(str, dos);
-            byte[] data = baaos.toByteArray();
-
-            qgramTok.reset(data, 0, data.length);
-
-            int counter = 0;
-            while (qgramTok.hasNext()) {
-                qgramTok.next();
-
-                // write token to outputstream
-                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosWrite = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-                DataOutputStream dosWrite = new DataOutputStream(baaosWrite);
-                qgramTok.writeToken(dosWrite);
-
-                // deserialize token to get hashed gram
-                ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(baaosWrite.toByteArray());
-                DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
-                Integer binHashedGram = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
-
-                // create hashed gram to test against
-                ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream baaosCmp = new ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream();
-                DataOutputStream dosCmp = new DataOutputStream(baaosCmp);
-                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(javaGrams.get(counter), dosCmp);
-
-                IBinaryHashFunction strHasher = UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryHashFunction();
-                byte[] cmpData = baaosCmp.toByteArray();
-                int cmpHash = strHasher.hash(cmpData, 0, cmpData.length);
-
-                Assert.assertEquals(binHashedGram.intValue(), cmpHash);
-
-                counter++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static String randomString(int length, Random random) {
-        int maxAttempts = 1000;
-        int count = 0;
-        while (count < maxAttempts) {
-            String s = Long.toHexString(Double.doubleToLongBits(random.nextDouble()));
-            StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-            for (int i = 0; i < s.length() && i < length; i++) {
-                strBuilder.append(s.charAt(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) % s.length()));
-            }
-            if (strBuilder.length() > 0)
-                return strBuilder.toString();
-            count++;
-        }
-        return "abc";
-    }
-}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.classpath b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2cc5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.project b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea7e36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..375e12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#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
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99b89a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#Thu Jan 06 11:27:16 PST 2011
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+fullBuildGoals=process-test-resources
+includeModules=false
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+resourceFilterGoals=process-resources resources\:testResources
+skipCompilerPlugin=true
+version=1
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc02dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<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-storage-am-rtree-test</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>junit</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+  		<version>4.8.1</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2ab775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.rtree;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+
+public abstract class AbstractRTreeTest {
+
+    protected final static SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
+    protected final static String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+    protected final static String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+    protected final static String fileName = tmpDir + sep + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());
+
+    protected void print(String str) {
+        System.err.print(str);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
+        File f = new File(fileName);
+        f.deleteOnExit();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/RTreeTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/RTreeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..514b81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/RTreeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,570 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.rtree;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.DoubleSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.impls.TreeDiskOrderScanCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.utility.TreeIndexStats;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.utility.TreeIndexStatsGatherer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.api.IRTreeFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTreeOpContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.tuples.RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class RTreeTest extends AbstractRTreeTest {
+
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
+    private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    // create an R-tree of two dimensions
+    // fill the R-tree with random values using insertions
+    // perform ordered scan
+    @Test
+    public void test01() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 4;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[2] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[3] = cmps[0];
+
+        // declare tuple fields
+        int fieldCount = 7;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[5] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[6] = new TypeTrait(8);
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory,
+                keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IRTreeFrame interiorFrame = (IRTreeFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IRTreeFrame leafFrame = (IRTreeFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        RTree rtree = new RTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        rtree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        rtree.open(fileId);
+
+        ByteBuffer hyracksFrame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(hyracksFrame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        RTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        Random rnd2 = new Random();
+        rnd2.setSeed(50);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            double pk1 = rnd2.nextDouble();
+            int pk2 = rnd2.nextInt();
+            double pk3 = rnd2.nextDouble();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk3, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x)
+                        + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rtree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // rtree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+        // System.err.println();
+
+        String rtreeStats = rtree.printStats();
+        print(rtreeStats);
+
+        // disk-order scan
+        print("DISK-ORDER SCAN:\n");
+        TreeDiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new TreeDiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
+        RTreeOpContext diskOrderScanOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.DISKORDERSCAN, leafFrame, null, null);
+        rtree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame, diskOrderScanOpCtx);
+        try {
+            while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
+                diskOrderCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            diskOrderCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        TreeIndexStatsGatherer statsGatherer = new TreeIndexStatsGatherer(bufferCache, freePageManager, fileId,
+                rtree.getRootPageId());
+        TreeIndexStats stats = statsGatherer.gatherStats(leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        String string = stats.toString();
+        System.err.println(string);
+
+        rtree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+    }
+
+    // create an R-tree of two dimensions
+    // fill the R-tree with random values using insertions
+    // and then delete all the tuples which result of an empty R-tree
+    @Test
+    public void test02() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 4;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[2] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[3] = cmps[0];
+
+        // declare tuple fields
+        int fieldCount = 7;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[5] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[6] = new TypeTrait(8);
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory,
+                keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IRTreeFrame interiorFrame = (IRTreeFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IRTreeFrame leafFrame = (IRTreeFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        RTree rtree = new RTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        rtree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        rtree.open(fileId);
+
+        ByteBuffer hyracksFrame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(hyracksFrame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        RTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            double pk1 = rnd.nextDouble();
+            int pk2 = rnd.nextInt();
+            double pk3 = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk3, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x)
+                        + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rtree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // rtree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+        // System.err.println();
+
+        String rtreeStats = rtree.printStats();
+        print(rtreeStats);
+
+        RTreeOpContext deleteOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.DELETE, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            double pk1 = rnd.nextDouble();
+            int pk2 = rnd.nextInt();
+            double pk3 = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk3, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("DELETING " + i + " " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x)
+                        + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rtree.delete(tuple, deleteOpCtx);
+
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        TreeIndexStatsGatherer statsGatherer = new TreeIndexStatsGatherer(bufferCache, freePageManager, fileId,
+                rtree.getRootPageId());
+        TreeIndexStats stats = statsGatherer.gatherStats(leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        String string = stats.toString();
+        System.err.println(string);
+
+        rtree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+    }
+
+    // create an R-tree of three dimensions
+    // fill the R-tree with random values using insertions
+    // perform ordered scan
+    @Test
+    public void test03() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 6;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[2] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[3] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[4] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[5] = cmps[0];
+
+        // declare tuple fields
+        int fieldCount = 9;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[5] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[6] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[7] = new TypeTrait(4);
+        typeTraits[8] = new TypeTrait(8);
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory,
+                keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IRTreeFrame interiorFrame = (IRTreeFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IRTreeFrame leafFrame = (IRTreeFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        RTree rtree = new RTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        rtree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        rtree.open(fileId);
+
+        ByteBuffer hyracksFrame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(hyracksFrame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        RTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1z = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2z = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            double pk1 = rnd.nextDouble();
+            int pk2 = rnd.nextInt();
+            double pk3 = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1z, p2z), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1z, p2z), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk1, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk2, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk3, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.min(p1z, p2z)
+                        + " " + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1z, p2z) + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rtree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // rtree.printTree(leafFrame, interiorFrame, recDescSers);
+        // System.err.println();
+
+        String rtreeStats = rtree.printStats();
+        print(rtreeStats);
+
+        // disk-order scan
+        print("DISK-ORDER SCAN:\n");
+        TreeDiskOrderScanCursor diskOrderCursor = new TreeDiskOrderScanCursor(leafFrame);
+        RTreeOpContext diskOrderScanOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.DISKORDERSCAN, leafFrame, null, null);
+        rtree.diskOrderScan(diskOrderCursor, leafFrame, metaFrame, diskOrderScanOpCtx);
+        try {
+            while (diskOrderCursor.hasNext()) {
+                diskOrderCursor.next();
+                ITupleReference frameTuple = diskOrderCursor.getTuple();
+                String rec = cmp.printTuple(frameTuple, recDescSers);
+                print(rec + "\n");
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            diskOrderCursor.close();
+        }
+
+        TreeIndexStatsGatherer statsGatherer = new TreeIndexStatsGatherer(bufferCache, freePageManager, fileId,
+                rtree.getRootPageId());
+        TreeIndexStats stats = statsGatherer.gatherStats(leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+        String string = stats.toString();
+        System.err.println(string);
+
+        rtree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/SearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/SearchCursorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb53b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/SearchCursorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+/*
+ * 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.storage.am.rtree;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.TypeTrait;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.ArrayTupleBuilder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.FrameTupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.comparators.DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.DoubleSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.IndexOp;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.api.IRTreeInteriorFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.api.IRTreeLeafFrame;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTree;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTreeOpContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTreeSearchCursor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.SearchPredicate;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.tuples.RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class SearchCursorTest extends AbstractRTreeTest {
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 10;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = 128;
+    private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    // create an R-tree of two dimensions
+    // fill the R-tree with random values using insertions
+    // and then perform range search
+    @Test
+    public void searchCursorTest() throws Exception {
+
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // declare keys
+        int keyFieldCount = 4;
+        IBinaryComparator[] cmps = new IBinaryComparator[keyFieldCount];
+        cmps[0] = DoubleBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE.createBinaryComparator();
+        cmps[1] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[2] = cmps[0];
+        cmps[3] = cmps[0];
+
+        // declare tuple fields
+        int fieldCount = 5;
+        ITypeTrait[] typeTraits = new ITypeTrait[fieldCount];
+        typeTraits[0] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[1] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[2] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[3] = new TypeTrait(8);
+        typeTraits[4] = new TypeTrait(4);
+
+        MultiComparator cmp = new MultiComparator(typeTraits, cmps);
+
+        RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory,
+                keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, keyFieldCount);
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = metaFrameFactory.createFrame();
+
+        IRTreeInteriorFrame interiorFrame = (IRTreeInteriorFrame) interiorFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IRTreeLeafFrame leafFrame = (IRTreeLeafFrame) leafFrameFactory.createFrame();
+        IFreePageManager freePageManager = new LinkedListFreePageManager(bufferCache, fileId, 0, metaFrameFactory);
+
+        RTree rtree = new RTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmp);
+        rtree.create(fileId, leafFrame, metaFrame);
+        rtree.open(fileId);
+
+        ByteBuffer hyracksFrame = ctx.allocateFrame();
+        FrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
+        ArrayTupleBuilder tb = new ArrayTupleBuilder(cmp.getFieldCount());
+        DataOutput dos = tb.getDataOutput();
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers = { DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
+        RecordDescriptor recDesc = new RecordDescriptor(recDescSers);
+        IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(ctx.getFrameSize(), recDesc);
+        accessor.reset(hyracksFrame);
+        FrameTupleReference tuple = new FrameTupleReference();
+
+        RTreeOpContext insertOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.INSERT, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        rnd.setSeed(50);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            int pk = rnd.nextInt();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            if (i % 1000 == 0) {
+                print("INSERTING " + i + " " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x)
+                        + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + "\n");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rtree.insert(tuple, insertOpCtx);
+            } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+            double p1x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p1y = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2x = rnd.nextDouble();
+            double p2y = rnd.nextDouble();
+
+            int pk = rnd.nextInt();
+
+            tb.reset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.min(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1x, p2x), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            DoubleSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(Math.max(p1y, p2y), dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.serialize(pk, dos);
+            tb.addFieldEndOffset();
+
+            appender.reset(hyracksFrame, true);
+            appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+
+            tuple.reset(accessor, 0);
+
+            print(i + " Searching for: " + Math.min(p1x, p2x) + " " + Math.min(p1y, p2y) + " " + Math.max(p1x, p2x)
+                    + " " + Math.max(p1y, p2y) + "\n");
+
+            ITreeIndexCursor searchCursor = new RTreeSearchCursor(interiorFrame, leafFrame);
+            SearchPredicate searchPredicate = new SearchPredicate(tuple, cmp);
+
+            RTreeOpContext searchOpCtx = rtree.createOpContext(IndexOp.SEARCH, leafFrame, interiorFrame, metaFrame);
+            rtree.search(searchCursor, searchPredicate, searchOpCtx);
+
+            ArrayList<Integer> results = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+            try {
+                while (searchCursor.hasNext()) {
+                    searchCursor.next();
+                    ITupleReference frameTuple = searchCursor.getTuple();
+                    ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(frameTuple.getFieldData(4),
+                            frameTuple.getFieldStart(4), frameTuple.getFieldLength(4));
+                    DataInput dataIn = new DataInputStream(inStream);
+                    Integer res = IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE.deserialize(dataIn);
+                    results.add(res);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            } finally {
+                searchCursor.close();
+            }
+
+            System.err.println("There are " + results.size() + " objects that satisfy the query");
+        }
+
+        rtree.close();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca68f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<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-storage-common-test</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>junit</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+  		<version>4.8.1</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<scope>compile</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  	<dependency>
+  		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+  		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
+  		<version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<type>jar</type>
+  		<scope>test</scope>
+  	</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/BufferCacheTest.java b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/BufferCacheTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80502eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/common/BufferCacheTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.ICachedPage;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.BufferedFileHandle;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestStorageManagerComponentHolder;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.test.support.TestUtils;
+
+public class BufferCacheTest {
+    protected static final List<String> openedFiles = new ArrayList<String>();
+    protected static final SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyy-hhmmssSS");
+    protected static final String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+    protected static final String sep = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+
+    private static final int PAGE_SIZE = 256;
+    private static final int NUM_PAGES = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = 20;
+    private static final int HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE = PAGE_SIZE;
+    private IHyracksTaskContext ctx = TestUtils.create(HYRACKS_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+    private static final Random rnd = new Random(50);
+
+    private String getFileName() {
+        String fileName = tmpDir + sep + simpleDateFormat.format(new Date()) + openedFiles.size();
+        openedFiles.add(fileName);
+        return fileName;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void simpleOpenPinCloseTest() throws HyracksDataException {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+        String fileName = getFileName();
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+        bufferCache.createFile(file);
+        int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+        int num = 10;
+        int testPageId = 0;
+
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        ICachedPage page = null;
+
+        // tryPin should fail
+        page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId));
+        Assert.assertNull(page);
+
+        // pin page should succeed
+        page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId), true);
+        page.acquireWriteLatch();
+        try {
+            for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+                page.getBuffer().putInt(i * 4, i);
+            }
+
+            // try pin should succeed         
+            ICachedPage page2 = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(page2);
+            bufferCache.unpin(page2);
+
+        } finally {
+            page.releaseWriteLatch();
+            bufferCache.unpin(page);
+        }
+
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+
+        boolean exceptionThrown = false;
+
+        // tryPin should fail since file is not open
+        try {
+            page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId));
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
+
+        // pin should fail since file is not open
+        exceptionThrown = false;
+        try {
+            page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId), false);
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
+
+        // open file again
+        bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+
+        // tryPin should succeed because page should still be cached        
+        page = bufferCache.tryPin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId));
+        Assert.assertNotNull(page);
+        page.acquireReadLatch();
+        try {
+            // verify contents of page
+            for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+                Assert.assertEquals(page.getBuffer().getInt(i * 4), i);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            page.releaseReadLatch();
+            bufferCache.unpin(page);
+        }
+
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileId);
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void simpleMaxOpenFilesTest() throws HyracksDataException {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+
+        List<Integer> fileIds = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_OPEN_FILES; i++) {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+            fileIds.add(fileId);
+        }
+
+        boolean exceptionThrown = false;
+
+        // since all files are open, next open should fail
+        try {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
+
+        // close a random file
+        int ix = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % fileIds.size();
+        bufferCache.closeFile(fileIds.get(ix));
+        fileIds.remove(ix);
+
+        // now open should succeed again
+        exceptionThrown = false;
+        try {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+            fileIds.add(fileId);
+
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertFalse(exceptionThrown);
+
+        for (Integer i : fileIds) {
+            bufferCache.closeFile(i.intValue());
+        }
+
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void contentCheckingMaxOpenFilesTest() throws HyracksDataException {
+        TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.init(PAGE_SIZE, NUM_PAGES, MAX_OPEN_FILES);
+        IBufferCache bufferCache = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getBufferCache(ctx);
+        IFileMapProvider fmp = TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getFileMapProvider(ctx);
+
+        List<Integer> fileIds = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        Map<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>> pageContents = new HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<Integer>>();
+        int num = 10;
+        int testPageId = 0;
+
+        // open max number of files and write some stuff into their first page
+        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_OPEN_FILES; i++) {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+            fileIds.add(fileId);
+
+            ICachedPage page = null;
+            page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(fileId, testPageId), true);
+            page.acquireWriteLatch();
+            try {
+                ArrayList<Integer> values = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+                for (int j = 0; j < num; j++) {
+                    int x = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt());
+                    page.getBuffer().putInt(j * 4, x);
+                    values.add(x);
+                }
+                pageContents.put(fileId, values);
+            } finally {
+                page.releaseWriteLatch();
+                bufferCache.unpin(page);
+            }
+        }
+
+        boolean exceptionThrown = false;
+
+        // since all files are open, next open should fail
+        try {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
+
+        // close a few random files
+        ArrayList<Integer> closedFileIds = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        int filesToClose = 5;
+        for (int i = 0; i < filesToClose; i++) {
+            int ix = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % fileIds.size();
+            bufferCache.closeFile(fileIds.get(ix));
+            closedFileIds.add(fileIds.get(ix));
+            fileIds.remove(ix);
+        }
+
+        // now open a few new files
+        for (int i = 0; i < filesToClose; i++) {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+            fileIds.add(fileId);
+        }
+
+        // since all files are open, next open should fail
+        try {
+            String fileName = getFileName();
+            FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(fileName));
+            bufferCache.createFile(file);
+            int fileId = fmp.lookupFileId(file);
+            bufferCache.openFile(fileId);
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        }
+        Assert.assertTrue(exceptionThrown);
+
+        // close a few random files again        
+        for (int i = 0; i < filesToClose; i++) {
+            int ix = Math.abs(rnd.nextInt()) % fileIds.size();
+            bufferCache.closeFile(fileIds.get(ix));
+            closedFileIds.add(fileIds.get(ix));
+            fileIds.remove(ix);
+        }
+
+        // now open those closed files again and verify their contents
+        for (int i = 0; i < filesToClose; i++) {
+            int closedFileId = closedFileIds.get(i);
+            bufferCache.openFile(closedFileId);
+            fileIds.add(closedFileId);
+
+            // pin first page and verify contents
+            ICachedPage page = null;
+            page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(closedFileId, testPageId), false);
+            page.acquireReadLatch();
+            try {
+                ArrayList<Integer> values = pageContents.get(closedFileId);
+                for (int j = 0; j < values.size(); j++) {
+                    Assert.assertEquals(values.get(j).intValue(), page.getBuffer().getInt(j * 4));
+                }
+            } finally {
+                page.releaseReadLatch();
+                bufferCache.unpin(page);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (Integer i : fileIds) {
+            bufferCache.closeFile(i.intValue());
+        }
+
+        bufferCache.close();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void cleanup() throws Exception {
+        for (String s : openedFiles) {
+            File f = new File(s);
+            f.deleteOnExit();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
index 4a391bc..13abbd7 100644
--- a/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks-tests</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</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
+    <module>hyracks-storage-common-test</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-btree-test</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex-test</module>
+    <module>hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test</module>
   </modules>
 </project>