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[2/2] incubator-asterixdb-hyracks git commit: Add flush() to IFrameWriter

Add flush() to IFrameWriter

This change introduces flush() method in frame writers. It is
intended to be used for long running jobs (Feeds) to flush contents
of frames all the way to storage.

Change-Id: I85424bab7965b71aac709280af066e1655457aa3
Reviewed-on: https://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu/584
Tested-by: Jenkins <je...@fulliautomatix.ics.uci.edu>
Reviewed-by: Murtadha Hubail <hu...@gmail.com>


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/commit/637e9552
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/tree/637e9552
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/diff/637e9552

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 637e95524fdf5268f9d1c5b8d488a64eec57138e
Parents: 0b64267
Author: Abdullah Alamoudi <ba...@gmail.com>
Authored: Tue Jan 26 21:57:52 2016 +0400
Committer: abdullah alamoudi <ba...@gmail.com>
Committed: Fri Jan 29 15:45:47 2016 -0800

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 ...estedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java |  7 ++--
 .../NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory.java    | 15 +++++---
 ...actOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java |  2 +-
 .../operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java      |  5 +++
 .../MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java   |  6 ++-
 .../meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java  |  5 +++
 .../operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java   |  5 ++-
 .../operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java     |  5 +++
 .../std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java     |  7 +++-
 .../std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java    |  5 ++-
 .../PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java    | 12 +++++-
 .../operators/std/PrinterRuntimeFactory.java    |  2 +-
 .../std/RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory.java     |  4 ++
 .../operators/std/SinkWriterRuntime.java        | 17 +++++----
 .../operators/std/SinkWriterRuntimeFactory.java |  2 +-
 .../std/StreamLimitRuntimeFactory.java          |  5 +++
 .../std/StreamProjectRuntimeFactory.java        |  5 +++
 .../std/StreamSelectRuntimeFactory.java         |  5 +++
 .../std/StringStreamingRuntimeFactory.java      |  5 +++
 .../operators/std/UnnestRuntimeFactory.java     |  5 +++
 .../apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameAppender.java | 18 +++++++--
 .../apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameWriter.java   | 14 ++++---
 .../hyracks/api/dataflow/IDataWriter.java       | 11 +++---
 .../comm/channels/NetworkOutputChannel.java     |  6 +++
 .../nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java      |  4 --
 .../MaterializedPartitionInputChannel.java      |  7 +++-
 .../partitions/MaterializedPartitionWriter.java |  5 +++
 .../MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java        | 24 ++++++++++--
 .../nc/partitions/PipelinedPartition.java       | 10 ++++-
 .../ConnectorSenderProfilingFrameWriter.java    |  5 +++
 .../ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory.java        | 10 ++++-
 .../common/comm/io/AbstractFrameAppender.java   | 12 +++---
 .../comm/io/FrameDeserializingDataWriter.java   |  5 +++
 .../common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldAppender.java |  4 +-
 .../comm/io/FrameFixedFieldTupleAppender.java   |  4 +-
 .../common/comm/io/FrameOutputStream.java       |  2 +-
 .../comm/io/FrameTupleAppenderWrapper.java      | 13 ++++---
 .../common/comm/io/SerializingDataWriter.java   |  8 +++-
 .../dataflow/common/comm/util/FrameUtils.java   | 20 +++++-----
 .../dataflow/common/io/RunFileWriter.java       |  5 +++
 .../FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest.java       | 39 ++++++++++----------
 ...tractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable.java |  6 +++
 .../LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter.java       |  9 ++++-
 .../MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor.java     |  9 ++++-
 .../std/connectors/PartitionDataWriter.java     | 10 ++++-
 ...tDeserializedFileScanOperatorDescriptor.java |  5 +++
 .../AbstractFileWriteOperatorDescriptor.java    |  5 +++
 .../file/DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java   |  2 +-
 .../DeserializedPreclusteredGroupOperator.java  |  8 ++++
 .../std/group/HashSpillableTableFactory.java    |  8 ++--
 .../ExternalGroupMergeOperatorNodePushable.java |  4 +-
 .../std/group/hash/GroupingHashTable.java       |  2 +-
 .../PreclusteredGroupOperatorNodePushable.java  |  5 +++
 .../preclustered/PreclusteredGroupWriter.java   |  2 +-
 .../dataflow/std/join/InMemoryHashJoin.java     |  2 +-
 .../dataflow/std/join/NestedLoopJoin.java       |  2 +-
 ...timizedHybridHashJoinOperatorDescriptor.java | 10 ++---
 .../DeserializedMapperOperatorDescriptor.java   |  4 ++
 ...ConstantTupleSourceOperatorNodePushable.java |  2 +-
 .../std/misc/IdentityOperatorDescriptor.java    |  7 +++-
 .../std/misc/LimitOperatorDescriptor.java       |  9 ++++-
 .../misc/MaterializingOperatorDescriptor.java   | 19 ++++------
 .../std/misc/PrinterOperatorDescriptor.java     |  5 +++
 .../std/misc/SplitOperatorDescriptor.java       |  7 ++++
 .../std/misc/SplitVectorOperatorDescriptor.java | 29 ++++++++++-----
 .../dataflow/std/sort/AbstractFrameSorter.java  |  2 +-
 .../std/sort/ExternalSortRunGenerator.java      | 13 ++++---
 .../dataflow/std/sort/HeapSortRunGenerator.java |  8 ++--
 .../dataflow/std/sort/TupleSorterHeapSort.java  |  2 +-
 .../std/union/UnionAllOperatorDescriptor.java   |  7 ++++
 .../util/DeserializedOperatorNodePushable.java  |  5 +++
 .../btree/helper/DataGenOperatorDescriptor.java |  4 +-
 .../comm/SerializationDeserializationTest.java  |  7 +++-
 .../tests/rewriting/ErrorReportingTest.java     |  4 ++
 .../rewriting/SuperActivityRewritingTest.java   |  4 ++
 .../tests/unit/TopKRunGeneratorTest.java        | 29 ++++++++-------
 .../examples/text/WordTupleParserFactory.java   |  2 +-
 .../hdfs/lib/TextKeyValueParserFactory.java     |  2 +-
 .../BTreeSearchOperatorNodePushable.java        |  7 ++--
 .../storage/am/btree/test/FramewriterTest.java  |  4 +-
 .../IndexBulkLoadOperatorNodePushable.java      |  6 ++-
 ...xInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java |  5 +++
 .../IndexSearchOperatorNodePushable.java        |  7 +++-
 ...eIndexDiskOrderScanOperatorNodePushable.java |  2 +-
 .../TreeIndexStatsOperatorNodePushable.java     |  2 +-
 ...xInsertUpdateDeleteOperatorNodePushable.java |  2 +-
 .../BinaryTokenizerOperatorNodePushable.java    |  7 +++-
 87 files changed, 466 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java
index fefc72e..9f0960d 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory.java
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ public class NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory extends AbstractAccumulati
     public IAggregatorDescriptor createAggregator(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, RecordDescriptor inRecordDesc,
             RecordDescriptor outRecordDescriptor, int[] keys, int[] partialKeys) throws HyracksDataException {
 
-        final AggregatorOutput outputWriter = new AggregatorOutput(subplans, keyFieldIdx.length,
-                decorFieldIdx.length);
+        final AggregatorOutput outputWriter = new AggregatorOutput(subplans, keyFieldIdx.length, decorFieldIdx.length);
         final NestedTupleSourceRuntime[] pipelines = new NestedTupleSourceRuntime[subplans.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < subplans.length; i++) {
             try {
@@ -132,8 +131,8 @@ public class NestedPlansAccumulatingAggregatorFactory extends AbstractAccumulati
             }
 
             @Override
-            public boolean outputPartialResult(ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder, IFrameTupleAccessor accessor,
-                    int tIndex, AggregateState state) throws HyracksDataException {
+            public boolean outputPartialResult(ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder, IFrameTupleAccessor accessor, int tIndex,
+                    AggregateState state) throws HyracksDataException {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("this method should not be called");
             }
 

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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory.java
index 2ca933a..4b63155 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/aggreg/NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory.java
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ public class NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory implements IAggregatorDescripto
             }
 
             @Override
-            public boolean outputPartialResult(ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder, IFrameTupleAccessor accessor,
-                    int tIndex, AggregateState state) throws HyracksDataException {
+            public boolean outputPartialResult(ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder, IFrameTupleAccessor accessor, int tIndex,
+                    AggregateState state) throws HyracksDataException {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("this method should not be called");
             }
 
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ public class NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory implements IAggregatorDescripto
                 for (int f = 0; f < w; f++) {
                     tb.addField(accessor, tIndex, f);
                 }
-                FrameUtils.appendToWriter(outputWriter, outputAppender, tb.getFieldEndOffsets(),
-                        tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize());
+                FrameUtils.appendToWriter(outputWriter, outputAppender, tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0,
+                        tb.getSize());
             }
         }
 
         @Override
         public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
-            outputAppender.flush(outputWriter, true);
+            outputAppender.write(outputWriter, true);
         }
 
         public void setInputIdx(int inputIdx) {
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ public class NestedPlansRunningAggregatorFactory implements IAggregatorDescripto
         public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+            outputAppender.flush(outputWriter);
+        }
+
     }
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java
index e57a4ba..e94f4b7 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractOneInputOneOutputOneFramePushRuntime extends Abstr
 
     protected void flushAndReset() throws HyracksDataException {
         if (appender.getTupleCount() > 0) {
-            appender.flush(writer, true);
+            appender.write(writer, true);
         }
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java
index 69876b0..d1fb703 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/base/SinkRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ public class SinkRuntimeFactory implements IPushRuntimeFactory {
             @Override
             public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                // flush() is meaningless for sink operators
+            }
         };
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/group/MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/group/MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/group/MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java
index b7a73d4..2368a9c 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/group/MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/group/MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.IAggregatorDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.group.preclustered.PreclusteredGroupWriter;
 
@@ -90,6 +89,11 @@ public class MicroPreClusteredGroupRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOut
             public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
                 pgw.close();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                pgw.flush();
+            }
         };
 
     }

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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
index 8322cdc..f2afe98 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ public class AlgebricksMetaOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityOper
             public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
                 startOfPipeline.fail();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                startOfPipeline.flush();
+            }
         };
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java
index 25eb229..ac9bae2 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/meta/SubplanRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ public class SubplanRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntimeFacto
                         tb.addFieldEndOffset();
                     }
                 }
-
             }
 
             IFrameWriter endPipe = new TupleOuterProduct();
@@ -166,6 +165,10 @@ public class SubplanRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntimeFacto
                 }
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                writer.flush();
+            }
         };
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java
index 79d9b7d..1877d64 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/AssignRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ public class AssignRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntimeFactor
                     writer.fail();
                 }
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
         };
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
index a2b9652..2b7c2da 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -52,13 +52,18 @@ public class EmptyTupleSourceRuntimeFactory implements IPushRuntimeFactory {
                 if (!appender.append(tb.getFieldEndOffsets(), tb.getByteArray(), 0, tb.getSize())) {
                     throw new IllegalStateException();
                 }
-                appender.flush(writer, true);
+                appender.write(writer, true);
             }
 
             @Override
             public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
                 writer.close();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
         };
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-asterixdb-hyracks/blob/637e9552/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
index 5fcb9ef..0f1e50d 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ public class NestedTupleSourceRuntimeFactory implements IPushRuntimeFactory {
             writer.fail();
         }
 
-        public void forceFlush() throws HyracksDataException {
-            appender.flush(writer, true);
+        @Override
+        public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+            writer.flush();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java
index 3d1eb06..b7f11d8 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor.java
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ public class PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityO
                     if (isOpen[i]) {
                         try {
                             tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[i], false);
-                            // ? by JF why didn't clear the buffer ?
-                            tupleAppender.flush(writers[i], false);
+                            tupleAppender.write(writers[i], false);
                         } catch (Throwable th) {
                             if (hde == null) {
                                 hde = new HyracksDataException();
@@ -114,6 +113,14 @@ public class PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityO
             }
 
             @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
+                    tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[i], false);
+                    tupleAppender.flush(writers[i]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
             public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
                 HyracksDataException hde = null;
                 for (int i = 0; i < outputArity; i++) {
@@ -172,6 +179,7 @@ public class PartitioningSplitOperatorDescriptor extends AbstractSingleActivityO
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     throw new HyracksDataException(e);
                 }
+                tupleAppender.reset(writeBuffers[outputIndex], false);
                 FrameUtils.appendToWriter(writers[outputIndex], tupleAppender, tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(),
                         tupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, tupleBuilder.getSize());
             }

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diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PrinterRuntimeFactory.java b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PrinterRuntimeFactory.java
index b77f7b8..021784a 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PrinterRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/PrinterRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ public class PrinterRuntimeFactory implements IPushRuntimeFactory {
     public IPushRuntime createPushRuntime(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
         IAWriter w = PrinterBasedWriterFactory.INSTANCE.createWriter(printColumns, System.out, printerFactories,
                 inputRecordDesc);
-        return new SinkWriterRuntime(w, ctx, System.out, inputRecordDesc);
+        return new SinkWriterRuntime(w, System.out, inputRecordDesc);
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ public class RunningAggregateRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRun
                 }
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
         };
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/SinkWriterRuntime.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/SinkWriterRuntime.java
@@ -24,14 +24,12 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.data.IAWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.operators.base.AbstractOneInputSinkPushRuntime;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 
 public class SinkWriterRuntime extends AbstractOneInputSinkPushRuntime {
 
-    private final IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
     private final PrintStream printStream;
     private final IAWriter writer;
     private RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc;
@@ -39,18 +37,16 @@ public class SinkWriterRuntime extends AbstractOneInputSinkPushRuntime {
     private boolean autoClose = false;
     private boolean first = true;
 
-    public SinkWriterRuntime(IAWriter writer, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, PrintStream printStream,
-            RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc) {
+    public SinkWriterRuntime(IAWriter writer, PrintStream printStream, RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc) {
         this.writer = writer;
-        this.ctx = ctx;
         this.printStream = printStream;
         this.inputRecordDesc = inputRecordDesc;
         this.tAccess = new FrameTupleAccessor(inputRecordDesc);
     }
 
-    public SinkWriterRuntime(IAWriter writer, IHyracksTaskContext ctx, PrintStream printStream,
-            RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc, boolean autoClose) {
-        this(writer, ctx, printStream, inputRecordDesc);
+    public SinkWriterRuntime(IAWriter writer, PrintStream printStream, RecordDescriptor inputRecordDesc,
+            boolean autoClose) {
+        this(writer, printStream, inputRecordDesc);
         this.autoClose = autoClose;
     }
 
@@ -95,4 +91,9 @@ public class SinkWriterRuntime extends AbstractOneInputSinkPushRuntime {
     @Override
     public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // flush() makes no sense to sink operators
+    }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/SinkWriterRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/SinkWriterRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ public class SinkWriterRuntimeFactory implements IPushRuntimeFactory {
             throw new AlgebricksException(e);
         }
         IAWriter w = writerFactory.createWriter(fields, filePrintStream, printerFactories, inputRecordDesc);
-        return new SinkWriterRuntime(w, ctx, filePrintStream, inputRecordDesc, true);
+        return new SinkWriterRuntime(w, filePrintStream, inputRecordDesc, true);
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamLimitRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamLimitRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ public class StreamLimitRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntimeF
                 return lim;
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
+
         };
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamProjectRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamProjectRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public class StreamProjectRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntim
 
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
+
         };
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamSelectRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StreamSelectRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ public class StreamSelectRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntime
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
         };
     }
 

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StringStreamingRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/StringStreamingRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ public class StringStreamingRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRunt
                 // close the following operator in the chain
                 super.close();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                ps.flush();
+            }
         };
     }
 }

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--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/UnnestRuntimeFactory.java
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/runtime/operators/std/UnnestRuntimeFactory.java
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public class UnnestRuntimeFactory extends AbstractOneInputOneOutputRuntimeFactor
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                appender.flush(writer);
+            }
         };
     }
 

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameAppender.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameAppender.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameAppender.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameAppender.java
@@ -48,12 +48,22 @@ public interface IFrameAppender {
     ByteBuffer getBuffer();
 
     /**
-     * Flush the frame content to the given writer.
-     * Clear the inner buffer after flush if {@code clear} is <code>true</code>.
+     * Write the frame content to the given writer.
+     * Clear the inner buffer after write if {@code clear} is <code>true</code>.
      *
      * @param outWriter the output writer
-     * @param clear     indicate whether to clear the inside frame after flushed or not.
+     * @param clear     indicate whether to clear the inside frame after writing or not.
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
-    void flush(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clear) throws HyracksDataException;
+    void write(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clear) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write currently buffered records to {@code writer} then flushes {@code writer}. The inside frame is always cleared
+     * @param writer the FrameWriter to write to and flush
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    public default void flush(IFrameWriter writer) throws HyracksDataException {
+        write(writer, true);
+        writer.flush();
+    }
 }

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameWriter.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/comm/IFrameWriter.java
@@ -39,14 +39,13 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
  * <ul>
  * <li>{@link IFrameWriter#close()} to give up any resources owned by the {@link IFrameWriter} and enter the CLOSED state.</li>
  * <li>{@link IFrameWriter#nextFrame(ByteBuffer)} to provide data to the {@link IFrameWriter}. The call returns normally on success and the {@link IFrameWriter} remains in the OPENED state. On failure, the call throws a {@link HyracksDataException}, the {@link IFrameWriter} remains in the OPENED state.</li>
+ * <li>{@link IFrameWriter#flush()} to push tuples that are ready in the output frame. The {@link IFrameWriter} remains in the OPENED state.</li>
  * <li>{@link IFrameWriter#fail()} to indicate that stream is to be aborted. The {@link IFrameWriter} enters the FAILED state.</li>
  * </ul>
  * In the FAILED state, the only call allowed is the {@link IFrameWriter#close()} to move the {@link IFrameWriter} into the CLOSED
  * state and give up all resources.
  * No calls are allowed when the {@link IFrameWriter} is in the CLOSED state.
  * Note: If the call to {@link IFrameWriter#open()} failed, the {@link IFrameWriter#close()} must still be called by the producer.
- *
- * @author vinayakb
  */
 public interface IFrameWriter {
     /**
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ public interface IFrameWriter {
 
     /**
      * Provide data to the stream of this {@link IFrameWriter}.
-     *
      * @param buffer
      *            - Buffer containing data.
      * @throws HyracksDataException
@@ -64,16 +62,22 @@ public interface IFrameWriter {
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
+     * request the frame to push its content forward and flush its consumers
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    public default void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        throw new HyracksDataException("flush() is not supported in this IFrameWriter");
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Indicate that a failure was encountered and the current stream is to be
      * aborted.
-     *
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
     public void fail() throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
      * Close this {@link IFrameWriter} and give up all resources.
-     *
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException;

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/IDataWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/dataflow/IDataWriter.java
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 /**
  * Accepts data from data producers.
- * 
- * @author vinayakb
  */
 public interface IDataWriter<T> {
     /**
      * Pushes data to the acceptor.
-     * 
      * @param data
      *            - Data pushed to the acceptor. <code>null</code> indicates the
      *            end of stream.
@@ -38,14 +35,18 @@ public interface IDataWriter<T> {
 
     /**
      * Indicates that the stream has failed.
-     * 
      * @throws HyracksDataException
      */
     public void fail() throws HyracksDataException;
 
     /**
+     * Request the writer to flush its content
+     * @throws HyracksDataException
+     */
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    /**
      * Closes this writer.
-     * 
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException;

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/NetworkOutputChannel.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/comm/channels/NetworkOutputChannel.java
@@ -118,4 +118,10 @@ public class NetworkOutputChannel implements IFrameWriter {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // At the network boundary.
+        // This frame writer always pushes its content
+    }
 }
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/dataset/DatasetPartitionWriter.java
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public class DatasetPartitionWriter implements IFrameWriter {
 
     private final ResultSetId resultSetId;
 
-    private final boolean asyncMode;
-
     private final boolean orderedResult;
 
     private final int partition;
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public class DatasetPartitionWriter implements IFrameWriter {
         this.manager = manager;
         this.jobId = jobId;
         this.resultSetId = rsId;
-        this.asyncMode = asyncMode;
         this.orderedResult = orderedResult;
         this.partition = partition;
         this.nPartitions = nPartitions;
@@ -139,5 +136,4 @@ public class DatasetPartitionWriter implements IFrameWriter {
             }
         }
     }
-
 }

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializedPartitionInputChannel.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializedPartitionInputChannel.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class MaterializedPartitionInputChannel implements IInputChannel {
                 ByteBuffer destFrame = emptyQueue.poll();
                 buffer.position(0);
                 buffer.limit(buffer.capacity());
-                if (destFrame.capacity() < buffer.capacity()){
+                if (destFrame.capacity() < buffer.capacity()) {
                     throw new HyracksDataException("should never happen");
                 }
                 destFrame.clear();
@@ -137,5 +137,10 @@ public class MaterializedPartitionInputChannel implements IInputChannel {
         public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
             monitor.notifyEndOfStream(MaterializedPartitionInputChannel.this);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+            // materialize operators should only send their output once all of their input has been consumed. hence, this is a no op
+        }
     }
 }
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@@ -103,4 +103,9 @@ public class MaterializedPartitionWriter implements IFrameWriter {
 
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // materialize writer is kind of a sink operator, hence, flush() is a no op.
+    }
 }
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/MaterializingPipelinedPartition.java
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ public class MaterializingPipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition
 
     private boolean failed;
 
+    protected boolean flushRequest;
+
     public MaterializingPipelinedPartition(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, PartitionManager manager, PartitionId pid,
             TaskAttemptId taId, Executor executor) {
         this.ctx = ctx;
@@ -93,8 +95,9 @@ public class MaterializingPipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition
                             MaterializingPipelinedPartition.this.wait();
                         }
                     }
-                    IFileHandle fh = fRef == null ? null : ioManager.open(fRef,
-                            IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_ONLY, IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
+                    IFileHandle fh = fRef == null ? null
+                            : ioManager.open(fRef, IIOManager.FileReadWriteMode.READ_ONLY,
+                                    IIOManager.FileSyncMode.METADATA_ASYNC_DATA_ASYNC);
                     try {
                         writer.open();
                         try {
@@ -103,9 +106,14 @@ public class MaterializingPipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition
                                 ByteBuffer buffer = ctx.allocateFrame();
                                 boolean fail = false;
                                 boolean done = false;
+                                boolean flush = false;
                                 while (!fail && !done) {
                                     synchronized (MaterializingPipelinedPartition.this) {
-                                        while (offset >= size && !eos && !failed) {
+                                        if (flushRequest) {
+                                            flushRequest = false;
+                                            flush = true;
+                                        }
+                                        while (offset >= size && !eos && !failed && !flush) {
                                             try {
                                                 MaterializingPipelinedPartition.this.wait();
                                             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -126,6 +134,10 @@ public class MaterializingPipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition
                                         offset += readLen;
                                         buffer.flip();
                                         writer.nextFrame(buffer);
+                                        if (flush) {
+                                            writer.flush();
+                                            flush = false;
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
@@ -195,4 +207,10 @@ public class MaterializingPipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition
             notifyAll();
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        flushRequest = true;
+        notifyAll();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/PipelinedPartition.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/PipelinedPartition.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/PipelinedPartition.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/partitions/PipelinedPartition.java
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public class PipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition {
 
     @Override
     public void nextFrame(ByteBuffer buffer) throws HyracksDataException {
-        ensureConnected();
         if (!failed) {
+            ensureConnected();
             delegate.nextFrame(buffer);
         }
     }
@@ -117,4 +117,12 @@ public class PipelinedPartition implements IFrameWriter, IPartition {
             delegate.close();
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (!failed) {
+            ensureConnected();
+            delegate.flush();
+        }
+    }
 }
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ConnectorSenderProfilingFrameWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ConnectorSenderProfilingFrameWriter.java
@@ -69,4 +69,9 @@ public class ConnectorSenderProfilingFrameWriter implements IFrameWriter {
     public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
         writer.fail();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        writer.flush();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/nc/profiling/ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory.java
@@ -80,10 +80,16 @@ public class ProfilingPartitionWriterFactory implements IPartitionWriterFactory
             @Override
             public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
                 closeTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                ((Task) ctx).setPartitionSendProfile(new PartitionProfile(new PartitionId(ctx.getJobletContext()
-                        .getJobId(), cd.getConnectorId(), senderIndex, receiverIndex), openTime, closeTime, mrep));
+                ((Task) ctx)
+                        .setPartitionSendProfile(new PartitionProfile(new PartitionId(ctx.getJobletContext().getJobId(),
+                                cd.getConnectorId(), senderIndex, receiverIndex), openTime, closeTime, mrep));
                 writer.close();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                writer.flush();
+            }
         };
     }
 }
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/AbstractFrameAppender.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/AbstractFrameAppender.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/AbstractFrameAppender.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/AbstractFrameAppender.java
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ public class AbstractFrameAppender implements IFrameAppender {
 
     protected boolean hasEnoughSpace(int fieldCount, int tupleLength) {
         return tupleDataEndOffset + FrameHelper.calcSpaceInFrame(fieldCount, tupleLength)
-                + tupleCount * FrameConstants.SIZE_LEN
-                <= FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize());
+                + tupleCount * FrameConstants.SIZE_LEN <= FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize());
     }
 
-    private void reset(ByteBuffer buffer, boolean clear) {
+    protected void reset(ByteBuffer buffer, boolean clear) {
         array = buffer.array();
         if (clear) {
             IntSerDeUtils.putInt(array, FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize()), 0);
@@ -59,9 +58,8 @@ public class AbstractFrameAppender implements IFrameAppender {
             tupleDataEndOffset = FrameConstants.TUPLE_START_OFFSET;
         } else {
             tupleCount = IntSerDeUtils.getInt(array, FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize()));
-            tupleDataEndOffset = tupleCount == 0 ?
-                    FrameConstants.TUPLE_START_OFFSET :
-                    IntSerDeUtils.getInt(array, FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize())
+            tupleDataEndOffset = tupleCount == 0 ? FrameConstants.TUPLE_START_OFFSET
+                    : IntSerDeUtils.getInt(array, FrameHelper.getTupleCountOffset(frame.getFrameSize())
                             - tupleCount * FrameConstants.SIZE_LEN);
         }
     }
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ public class AbstractFrameAppender implements IFrameAppender {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void flush(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clearFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
+    public void write(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clearFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
         getBuffer().clear();
         if (getTupleCount() > 0) {
             outWriter.nextFrame(getBuffer());

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameDeserializingDataWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameDeserializingDataWriter.java
@@ -58,4 +58,9 @@ public class FrameDeserializingDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
     @Override
     public void fail() {
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        writer.flush();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldAppender.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldAppender.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldAppender.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldAppender.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldAppender extends AbstractFrameAppender implements IF
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void flush(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clearFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
-        super.flush(outWriter, clearFrame);
+    public void write(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clearFrame) throws HyracksDataException {
+        super.write(outWriter, clearFrame);
         if (clearFrame) {
             if (leftOverSize > 0) {
                 if (!canHoldNewTuple(0, leftOverSize)) {

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldTupleAppender.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameFixedFieldTupleAppender.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppender implements IFrameTupleAppender, IFrame
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void flush(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clear) throws HyracksDataException {
-        lastAppender.flush(outWriter, clear);
+    public void write(IFrameWriter outWriter, boolean clear) throws HyracksDataException {
+        lastAppender.write(outWriter, clear);
     }
 }

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameOutputStream.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameOutputStream.java
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ public class FrameOutputStream extends ByteArrayAccessibleOutputStream {
     }
 
     public void flush(IFrameWriter writer) throws HyracksDataException {
-        frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+        frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
     }
 }

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameTupleAppenderWrapper.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameTupleAppenderWrapper.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameTupleAppenderWrapper.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/FrameTupleAppenderWrapper.java
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ public class FrameTupleAppenderWrapper {
         outputWriter.open();
     }
 
+    public void write() throws HyracksDataException {
+        frameTupleAppender.write(outputWriter, true);
+    }
+
     public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
-        frameTupleAppender.flush(outputWriter, true);
+        frameTupleAppender.flush(outputWriter);
     }
 
     public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -64,8 +68,7 @@ public class FrameTupleAppenderWrapper {
 
     public void appendSkipEmptyField(int[] fieldSlots, byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)
             throws HyracksDataException {
-        FrameUtils.appendSkipEmptyFieldToWriter(outputWriter, frameTupleAppender,
-                fieldSlots, bytes, offset, length);
+        FrameUtils.appendSkipEmptyFieldToWriter(outputWriter, frameTupleAppender, fieldSlots, bytes, offset, length);
     }
 
     public void append(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -88,8 +91,8 @@ public class FrameTupleAppenderWrapper {
 
     public void appendConcat(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor0, int tIndex0, int[] fieldSlots1, byte[] bytes1, int offset1,
             int dataLen1) throws HyracksDataException {
-        FrameUtils.appendConcatToWriter(outputWriter, frameTupleAppender, accessor0, tIndex0,
-                fieldSlots1, bytes1, offset1, dataLen1);
+        FrameUtils.appendConcatToWriter(outputWriter, frameTupleAppender, accessor0, tIndex0, fieldSlots1, bytes1,
+                offset1, dataLen1);
     }
 
     public void appendProjection(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor, int tIndex, int[] fields) throws HyracksDataException {

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+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/SerializingDataWriter.java
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ public class SerializingDataWriter implements IOpenableDataWriter<Object[]> {
         if (!open) {
             throw new HyracksDataException("Closing SerializingDataWriter that has not been opened");
         }
-        tupleAppender.flush(frameWriter, true);
+        tupleAppender.write(frameWriter, true);
         frameWriter.close();
         open = false;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override
     public void writeData(Object[] data) throws HyracksDataException {
         if (!open) {
@@ -88,4 +89,9 @@ public class SerializingDataWriter implements IOpenableDataWriter<Object[]> {
     public void fail() throws HyracksDataException {
         frameWriter.fail();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        tupleAppender.flush(frameWriter);
+    }
 }

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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/util/FrameUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/util/FrameUtils.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.appendSkipEmptyField(fieldSlots, bytes, offset, length)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.appendSkipEmptyField(fieldSlots, bytes, offset, length)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.append(bytes, offset, length)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.append(bytes, offset, length)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.append(tupleAccessor, tStartOffset, tEndOffset)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.append(tupleAccessor, tStartOffset, tEndOffset)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.append(tupleAccessor, tIndex)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.append(tupleAccessor, tIndex)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         if (!tupleAppender.append(fieldEndOffsets, byteArray, start, size)) {
 
             flushedBytes = tupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            tupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            tupleAppender.write(writer, true);
 
             if (!tupleAppender.append(fieldEndOffsets, byteArray, start, size)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.appendConcat(accessor0, tIndex0, accessor1, tIndex1)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.appendConcat(accessor0, tIndex0, accessor1, tIndex1)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.appendConcat(accessor0, tIndex0, fieldSlots1, bytes1, offset1, dataLen1)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.appendConcat(accessor0, tIndex0, fieldSlots1, bytes1, offset1, dataLen1)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!frameTupleAppender.appendProjection(accessor, tIndex, fields)) {
             flushedBytes = frameTupleAppender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            frameTupleAppender.flush(writer, true);
+            frameTupleAppender.write(writer, true);
             if (!frameTupleAppender.appendProjection(accessor, tIndex, fields)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("The output cannot be fit into a frame.");
             }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!appender.appendField(array, start, length)) {
             flushedBytes = appender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            appender.flush(writer, true);
+            appender.write(writer, true);
             if (!appender.appendField(array, start, length)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("Could not write frame: the size of the tuple is too long");
             }
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class FrameUtils {
         int flushedBytes = 0;
         if (!appender.appendField(accessor, tid, fid)) {
             flushedBytes = appender.getBuffer().capacity();
-            appender.flush(writer, true);
+            appender.write(writer, true);
             if (!appender.appendField(accessor, tid, fid)) {
                 throw new HyracksDataException("Could not write frame: the size of the tuple is too long");
             }

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@@ -86,4 +86,9 @@ public class RunFileWriter implements IFrameWriter {
         }
         return new RunFileReader(file, ioManager, size, true);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // this is a kind of a sink operator and hence, flush() is a no op
+    }
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index 05710ad..699674e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/largeobject/FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/common/comm/io/largeobject/FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrame;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAccessor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameTupleAppender;
@@ -44,6 +41,8 @@ import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAccessor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.comm.io.FrameTupleAppender;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.IntegerSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
 
@@ -51,22 +50,19 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
     static final int TEST_FRAME_SIZE = 256;
 
     FrameFixedFieldAppender appender;
-    static ISerializerDeserializer[] fields = new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
-            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer(),
-            IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
-            new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer(),
-    };
+    static ISerializerDeserializer[] fields = new ISerializerDeserializer[] { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer(), IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+            new UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer(), };
     static RecordDescriptor recordDescriptor = new RecordDescriptor(fields);
     static ArrayTupleBuilder tupleBuilder = new ArrayTupleBuilder(recordDescriptor.getFieldCount());
 
-    class SequetialDataVerifier implements IFrameWriter {
+    class SequentialDataVerifier implements IFrameWriter {
 
         private final IFrameTupleAccessor accessor;
         private IFrameTupleAccessor innerAccessor;
         private int tid;
 
-        public SequetialDataVerifier(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor) {
+        public SequentialDataVerifier(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor) {
             this.accessor = accessor;
             this.innerAccessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(recordDescriptor);
         }
@@ -87,7 +83,8 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
         private void validate(IFrameTupleAccessor innerAccessor, int i) {
             assertTrue(tid < accessor.getTupleCount());
             assertEquals(accessor.getTupleLength(tid), innerAccessor.getTupleLength(i));
-            assertArrayEquals(Arrays.copyOfRange(accessor.getBuffer().array(), accessor.getTupleStartOffset(tid),
+            assertArrayEquals(
+                    Arrays.copyOfRange(accessor.getBuffer().array(), accessor.getTupleStartOffset(tid),
                             accessor.getTupleEndOffset(tid)),
                     Arrays.copyOfRange(innerAccessor.getBuffer().array(), innerAccessor.getTupleStartOffset(i),
                             innerAccessor.getTupleEndOffset(i)));
@@ -103,6 +100,10 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
         public void close() throws HyracksDataException {
             assertEquals(accessor.getTupleCount(), tid);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        }
     }
 
     @Before
@@ -119,13 +120,13 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
         for (int tid = 0; tid < accessor.getTupleCount(); tid++) {
             for (int fid = 0; fid < fields.length; fid++) {
                 if (!appender.appendField(accessor, tid, fid)) {
-                    appender.flush(writer, true);
+                    appender.write(writer, true);
                     if (!appender.appendField(accessor, tid, fid)) {
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        appender.flush(writer, true);
+        appender.write(writer, true);
         writer.close();
     }
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
     }
 
     private IFrameWriter prepareValidator(IFrameTupleAccessor accessor) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return new SequetialDataVerifier(accessor);
+        return new SequentialDataVerifier(accessor);
     }
 
     enum DATA_TYPE {
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
 
     private IFrameTupleAccessor prepareData(DATA_TYPE type) throws HyracksDataException {
         IFrameTupleAccessor accessor = new FrameTupleAccessor(recordDescriptor);
-        IFrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(
-                new VSizeFrame(new FrameManager(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE)), true);
+        IFrameTupleAppender appender = new FrameTupleAppender(new VSizeFrame(new FrameManager(INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE)),
+                true);
         int i = 0;
         do {
             switch (type) {
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ public class FrameFixedFieldTupleAppenderTest {
                     makeABigObjectTuple(tupleBuilder, i++);
                     break;
             }
-        } while (appender
-                .append(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0, tupleBuilder.getSize()));
+        } while (appender.append(tupleBuilder.getFieldEndOffsets(), tupleBuilder.getByteArray(), 0,
+                tupleBuilder.getSize()));
         accessor.reset(appender.getBuffer());
         return accessor;
     }

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable.java
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--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/base/AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable.java
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@ package org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.std.base;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.comm.IFrameWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.RecordDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 public abstract class AbstractUnaryInputSinkOperatorNodePushable extends AbstractUnaryInputOperatorNodePushable {
     @Override
     public final void setOutputFrameWriter(int index, IFrameWriter writer, RecordDescriptor recordDesc) {
         throw new IllegalStateException();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        // Sink operator, nothing to flush
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter.java
index ee8c656..830075c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
         for (int i = 0; i < pWriters.length; ++i) {
             if (isWriterOpen[i]) {
                 try {
-                    appenders[i].flush(pWriters[i], true);
+                    appenders[i].write(pWriters[i], true);
                 } catch (Throwable th) {
                     if (closeException == null) {
                         closeException = new HyracksDataException(th);
@@ -151,4 +151,11 @@ public class LocalityAwarePartitionDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
             throw closeException;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < pWriters.length; ++i) {
+            appenders[i].flush(pWriters[i]);
+        }
+    }
 }

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor.java
index 4d73fa5..7d60ce5 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor.java
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ public class MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor extends AbstractMToNConnectorDes
                     epWriters[i].open();
                 }
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+                for (IFrameWriter writer : epWriters) {
+                    writer.flush();
+                }
+            }
         };
     }
 
@@ -126,4 +133,4 @@ public class MToNReplicatingConnectorDescriptor extends AbstractMToNConnectorDes
         NonDeterministicFrameReader frameReader = new NonDeterministicFrameReader(channelReader);
         return new PartitionCollector(ctx, getConnectorId(), index, expectedPartitions, frameReader, channelReader);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/PartitionDataWriter.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/PartitionDataWriter.java
index 336272c..646883f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/PartitionDataWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/dataflow/std/connectors/PartitionDataWriter.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class PartitionDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
             if (isOpen[i]) {
                 if (allocatedFrame) {
                     try {
-                        appenders[i].flush(pWriters[i], true);
+                        appenders[i].write(pWriters[i], true);
                     } catch (Throwable th) {
                         if (closeException == null) {
                             closeException = new HyracksDataException(th);
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ public class PartitionDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
         for (int i = 0; i < tupleCount; ++i) {
             int h = tpc.partition(tupleAccessor, i, consumerPartitionCount);
             FrameUtils.appendToWriter(pWriters[h], appenders[h], tupleAccessor, i);
-
         }
     }
 
@@ -142,4 +141,11 @@ public class PartitionDataWriter implements IFrameWriter {
             throw failException;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() throws HyracksDataException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < consumerPartitionCount; i++) {
+            appenders[i].flush(pWriters[i]);
+        }
+    }
 }