diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</name>
+
+	<parent>
+    		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+    		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
+    		<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	</parent>
+
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.0.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
+					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+					</includes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<filesets>
+						<fileset>
+							<directory>.</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>teststore*</include>
+								<include>edu*</include>
+								<include>actual*</include>
+								<include>build*</include>
+								<include>expect*</include>
+								<include>ClusterController*</include>
+							</includes>
+						</fileset>
+					</filesets>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.pregelix</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<type>jar</type>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunction.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunction.java
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+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunction.java
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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.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public interface IFunction {
+
+    public void open(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, RecordDescriptor rd, IFrameWriter... writer) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void process(Object[] tuple) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    public void close() throws HyracksDataException;
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunctionFactory.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunctionFactory.java
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+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IFunctionFactory.java
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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.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public interface IFunctionFactory extends Serializable {
+
+    public IFunction createFunction();
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRecordDescriptorFactory.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRecordDescriptorFactory.java
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+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRecordDescriptorFactory.java
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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.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public interface IRecordDescriptorFactory extends Serializable {
+
+    public RecordDescriptor createRecordDescriptor() throws HyracksDataException;
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHook.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHook.java
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+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHook.java
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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.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public interface IRuntimeHook {
+
+    public void configure(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHookFactory.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHookFactory.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IRuntimeHookFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public interface IRuntimeHookFactory extends Serializable {
+
+    public IRuntimeHook createRuntimeHook();
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+
+public interface IUpdateFunction extends IFunction {
+
+    /**
+     * update the tuple pointed by tupleRef called after process,
+     * one-input-tuple-at-a-time
+     * 
+     * @param tupleRef
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    public void update(ITupleReference tupleRef) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+}
diff --git a/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunctionFactory.java b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunctionFactory.java
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index 0000000..b974c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/dataflow/std/base/IUpdateFunctionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.dataflow.std.base;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public interface IUpdateFunctionFactory extends Serializable {
+
+    public IUpdateFunction createFunction();
+
+}