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[6/6] flink git commit: [FLINK-2275] [tests] Aigrated test from execute() to collect()

[FLINK-2275] [tests] Aigrated test from execute() to collect()

 -> for package 'org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators'

 Seactivated unstable test (see comment section https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2275)

This closes #866


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/commit/a137321a
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/tree/a137321a
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/diff/a137321a

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: a137321acfce02d62ce48e03b5de37c388152d28
Parents: 4e9e0d6
Author: mjsax <mj...@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
Authored: Thu Jun 25 01:49:23 2015 +0200
Committer: Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org>
Committed: Wed Jul 1 16:58:26 2015 +0200

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 .../streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java |   2 +
 .../test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java  |  59 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java    |   8 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java      | 140 +++--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java   |  38 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java |  22 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java   | 100 ++--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java     |  83 ++-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java     |  57 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java    |  82 ++-
 .../javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java    | 204 +++----
 .../javaApiOperators/GroupReduceITCase.java     | 532 ++++++++++---------
 .../flink/test/javaApiOperators/JoinITCase.java | 320 +++++------
 .../flink/test/javaApiOperators/MapITCase.java  |  95 ++--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/PartitionITCase.java  |  75 +--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/ProjectITCase.java    |  25 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/ReduceITCase.java     | 141 +++--
 .../ReplicatingDataSourceITCase.java            |  35 +-
 .../javaApiOperators/SortPartitionITCase.java   |  96 ++--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/SumMinMaxITCase.java  |  43 +-
 .../test/javaApiOperators/TypeHintITCase.java   |  65 +--
 .../test/javaApiOperators/UnionITCase.java      |  46 +-
 .../util/CollectionDataSets.java                |  14 +
 23 files changed, 1016 insertions(+), 1266 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java b/flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java
index 2af56c1..4b763b2 100644
--- a/flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java
+++ b/flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/KafkaITCase.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ public class KafkaITCase {
 	 *
 	 */
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testPersistentSourceWithOffsetUpdates() throws Exception {
 		LOG.info("Starting testPersistentSourceWithOffsetUpdates()");
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java
index ea7fc5a..d02f228 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/AggregateITCase.java
@@ -18,17 +18,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.aggregation.Aggregations;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple1;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple3;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
@@ -38,31 +36,15 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment;
 public class AggregateITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 
-	public AggregateITCase(TestExecutionMode mode){
+	public AggregateITCase(TestExecutionMode mode) {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testFullAggregate() throws Exception {
 		/*
-				 * Full Aggregate
-				 */
+		 * Full Aggregate
+		 */
 
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
@@ -70,36 +52,38 @@ public class AggregateITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Integer, Long>> aggregateDs = ds
 				.aggregate(Aggregations.SUM, 0)
 				.and(Aggregations.MAX, 1)
-						.project(0, 1);
+				.project(0, 1);
+
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, Long>> result = aggregateDs.collect();
 
-		aggregateDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		String expected = "231,6\n";
 
-		expected = "231,6\n";
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testGroupedAggregate() throws Exception {
 		/*
-				 * Grouped Aggregate
-				 */
+		 * Grouped Aggregate
+		 */
 
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> aggregateDs = ds.groupBy(1)
 				.aggregate(Aggregations.SUM, 0)
-						.project(1, 0);
+				.project(1, 0);
 
-		aggregateDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> result = aggregateDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1\n" +
 				"2,5\n" +
 				"3,15\n" +
 				"4,34\n" +
 				"5,65\n" +
 				"6,111\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -114,11 +98,12 @@ public class AggregateITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> aggregateDs = ds.groupBy(1)
 				.aggregate(Aggregations.MIN, 0)
 				.aggregate(Aggregations.MIN, 0)
-						.project(0);
+				.project(0);
+
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = aggregateDs.collect();
 
-		aggregateDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		String expected = "1\n";
 
-		expected = "1\n";
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java
index 7faa6cc..7bc8480 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CoGroupITCase.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ public class CoGroupITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 	@Test
 	public void testCoGroupOnTwoCustomTypeInputsWithKeyExtractors() throws Exception {
 		/*
-				 * CoGroup on two custom type inputs with key extractors
-				 */
+		 * CoGroup on two custom type inputs with key extractors
+		 */
 
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
@@ -515,7 +515,9 @@ public class CoGroupITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
-	
+
+
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	//  UDF classes
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java
index 74868a0..63d1ec7 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/CrossITCase.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.CrossFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichCrossFunction;
@@ -30,11 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets.CustomType;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
@@ -47,22 +44,6 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testCorretnessOfCrossOnTwoTupleInputs() throws Exception {
 		/*
@@ -75,10 +56,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Integer, String>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new Tuple5Cross());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, String>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
+		String expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
 				"1,HalloHallo Welt\n" +
 				"2,HalloHallo Welt wie\n" +
 				"1,Hallo WeltHallo\n" +
@@ -87,6 +67,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"2,Hallo Welt wieHallo\n" +
 				"3,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt\n" +
 				"4,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt wie\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -101,10 +83,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new Tuple3ReturnLeft());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
@@ -113,6 +94,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -127,10 +110,10 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new Tuple5ReturnRight());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> result = crossDs
+				.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,0,Hallo,1\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,0,Hallo,1\n" +
 				"1,1,0,Hallo,1\n" +
 				"1,1,0,Hallo,1\n" +
 				"2,2,1,Hallo Welt,2\n" +
@@ -140,6 +123,7 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"2,3,2,Hallo Welt wie,1\n" +
 				"2,3,2,Hallo Welt wie,1\n";
 
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -156,10 +140,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Integer, Integer>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new Tuple5CrossBC()).withBroadcastSet(intDs, "ints");
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Integer, Integer>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "2,0,55\n" +
+		String expected = "2,0,55\n" +
 				"3,0,55\n" +
 				"3,0,55\n" +
 				"3,0,55\n" +
@@ -168,6 +151,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"3,0,55\n" +
 				"4,2,55\n" +
 				"4,4,55\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -182,10 +167,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Integer, String>> crossDs = ds.crossWithHuge(ds2).with(new Tuple5Cross());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, String>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
+		String expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
 				"1,HalloHallo Welt\n" +
 				"2,HalloHallo Welt wie\n" +
 				"1,Hallo WeltHallo\n" +
@@ -194,6 +178,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"2,Hallo Welt wieHallo\n" +
 				"3,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt\n" +
 				"4,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt wie\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -208,10 +194,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Integer, String>> crossDs = ds.crossWithTiny(ds2).with(new Tuple5Cross());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, String>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
+		String expected = "0,HalloHallo\n" +
 				"1,HalloHallo Welt\n" +
 				"2,HalloHallo Welt wie\n" +
 				"1,Hallo WeltHallo\n" +
@@ -220,6 +205,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"2,Hallo Welt wieHallo\n" +
 				"3,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt\n" +
 				"4,Hallo Welt wieHallo Welt wie\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -236,12 +223,11 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				.projectFirst(2, 1)
 				.projectSecond(3)
 				.projectFirst(0)
-					.projectSecond(4,1);
+				.projectSecond(4,1);
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple6<String, Long, String, Integer, Long, Long>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "Hi,1,Hallo,1,1,1\n" +
+		String expected = "Hi,1,Hallo,1,1,1\n" +
 				"Hi,1,Hallo Welt,1,2,2\n" +
 				"Hi,1,Hallo Welt wie,1,1,3\n" +
 				"Hello,2,Hallo,2,1,1\n" +
@@ -250,6 +236,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"Hello world,2,Hallo,3,1,1\n" +
 				"Hello world,2,Hallo Welt,3,2,2\n" +
 				"Hello world,2,Hallo Welt wie,3,1,3\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -266,12 +254,11 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				.projectSecond(3)
 				.projectFirst(2, 1)
 				.projectSecond(4,1)
-						.projectFirst(0);
+				.projectFirst(0);
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple6<String, String, Long, Long, Long, Integer>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "Hallo,Hi,1,1,1,1\n" +
+		String expected = "Hallo,Hi,1,1,1,1\n" +
 				"Hallo Welt,Hi,1,2,2,1\n" +
 				"Hallo Welt wie,Hi,1,1,3,1\n" +
 				"Hallo,Hello,2,1,1,2\n" +
@@ -281,6 +268,7 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"Hallo Welt,Hello world,2,2,2,3\n" +
 				"Hallo Welt wie,Hello world,2,1,3,3\n";
 
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -295,10 +283,10 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2);
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "(1,1,Hi),(2,2,1,Hallo Welt,2)\n" +
+		String expected = "(1,1,Hi),(2,2,1,Hallo Welt,2)\n"
+				+
 				"(1,1,Hi),(1,1,0,Hallo,1)\n" +
 				"(1,1,Hi),(2,3,2,Hallo Welt wie,1)\n" +
 				"(2,2,Hello),(2,2,1,Hallo Welt,2)\n" +
@@ -307,6 +295,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"(3,2,Hello world),(2,2,1,Hallo Welt,2)\n" +
 				"(3,2,Hello world),(1,1,0,Hallo,1)\n" +
 				"(3,2,Hello world),(2,3,2,Hallo Welt wie,1)\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -321,10 +311,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<CustomType> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmallCustomTypeDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<CustomType> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new CustomTypeCross());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<CustomType> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,0,HiHi\n"
+		String expected = "1,0,HiHi\n"
 				+ "2,1,HiHello\n"
 				+ "2,2,HiHello world\n"
 				+ "2,1,HelloHi\n"
@@ -333,6 +322,8 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				+ "2,2,Hello worldHi\n"
 				+ "4,3,Hello worldHello\n"
 				+ "4,4,Hello worldHello world";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -347,10 +338,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<CustomType> ds2 = CollectionDataSets.getSmallCustomTypeDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> crossDs = ds.cross(ds2).with(new MixedCross());
 
-		crossDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = crossDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "2,0,HalloHi\n" +
+		String expected = "2,0,HalloHi\n" +
 				"3,0,HalloHello\n" +
 				"3,0,HalloHello world\n" +
 				"3,0,Hallo WeltHi\n" +
@@ -359,24 +349,26 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"3,0,Hallo Welt wieHi\n" +
 				"4,2,Hallo Welt wieHello\n" +
 				"4,4,Hallo Welt wieHello world\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class Tuple5Cross implements CrossFunction<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple2<Integer, String>> {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-		
+
 		@Override
 		public Tuple2<Integer, String> cross(
 				Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long> first,
 				Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long> second)
 				throws Exception {
-			
+
 				return new Tuple2<Integer, String>(first.f2+second.f2, first.f3+second.f3);
 		}
 
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class CustomTypeCross implements CrossFunction<CustomType, CustomType, CustomType> {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -384,12 +376,12 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		@Override
 		public CustomType cross(CustomType first, CustomType second)
 				throws Exception {
-			
+
 			return new CustomType(first.myInt * second.myInt, first.myLong + second.myLong, first.myString + second.myString);
 		}
-		
+
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class MixedCross implements CrossFunction<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, CustomType, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -401,12 +393,12 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 			return new Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>(first.f0 + second.myInt, first.f2 * second.myLong, first.f3 + second.myString);
 		}
-		
+
 	}
-	
-	
+
+
 	public static class Tuple3ReturnLeft implements CrossFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
-		
+
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 		@Override
@@ -417,9 +409,9 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			return first;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class Tuple5ReturnRight implements CrossFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> {
-		
+
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 		@Override
@@ -427,29 +419,29 @@ public class CrossITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> first,
 				Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long> second)
 				throws Exception {
-			
+
 			return second;
 		}
 
 
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class Tuple5CrossBC extends RichCrossFunction<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple3<Integer, Integer, Integer>> {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-		
+
 		private int broadcast = 42;
-		
+
 		@Override
 		public void open(Configuration config) {
-			
+
 			Collection<Integer> ints = this.getRuntimeContext().getBroadcastVariable("ints");
 			int sum = 0;
 			for(Integer i : ints) {
 				sum += i;
 			}
 			broadcast = sum;
-			
+
 		}
 
 		@Override

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java
index 5dc3867..b49bd33 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSinkITCase.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 	}
 
 	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
 
 	@Rule
 	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testIntSortingParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Integer> ds = CollectionDataSets.getIntegerDataSet(env);
@@ -70,14 +68,13 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "5\n5\n5\n5\n5\n4\n4\n4\n4\n3\n3\n3\n2\n2\n1\n";
+		String expected = "5\n5\n5\n5\n5\n4\n4\n4\n4\n3\n3\n3\n2\n2\n1\n";
 		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
 
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testStringSortingParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<String> ds = CollectionDataSets.getStringDataSet(env);
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "Hello\n" +
+		String expected = "Hello\n" +
 				"Hello world\n" +
 				"Hello world, how are you?\n" +
 				"Hi\n" +
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testTupleSortingSingleAscParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
@@ -107,7 +103,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
@@ -130,12 +126,10 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"21,6,Comment#15\n";
 
 		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
-
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testTupleSortingSingleDescParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "21,6,Comment#15\n" +
+		String expected = "21,6,Comment#15\n" +
 				"20,6,Comment#14\n" +
 				"19,6,Comment#13\n" +
 				"18,6,Comment#12\n" +
@@ -164,13 +158,12 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"1,1,Hi\n";
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
 
+		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testTupleSortingDualParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
@@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "16,6,Comment#10\n" +
+		String expected = "16,6,Comment#10\n" +
 				"17,6,Comment#11\n" +
 				"18,6,Comment#12\n" +
 				"19,6,Comment#13\n" +
@@ -199,13 +192,12 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"1,1,Hi\n";
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
 
+		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testTupleSortingNestedParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Tuple2<Integer, Integer>, String, Integer>> ds =
@@ -217,7 +209,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected =
+		String expected =
 				"((2,1),a,3)\n" +
 				"((2,2),b,4)\n" +
 				"((1,2),a,1)\n" +
@@ -231,7 +223,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testTupleSortingNestedParallelism1_2() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Tuple2<Integer, Integer>, String, Integer>> ds =
@@ -243,7 +234,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected =
+		String expected =
 				"((2,1),a,3)\n" +
 				"((1,3),a,2)\n" +
 				"((1,2),a,1)\n" +
@@ -257,7 +248,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testPojoSortingSingleParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<CollectionDataSets.POJO> ds = CollectionDataSets.getMixedPojoDataSet(env);
@@ -265,7 +255,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected = "1 First (10,100,1000,One) 10100\n" +
+		String expected = "1 First (10,100,1000,One) 10100\n" +
 				"2 First_ (10,105,1000,One) 10200\n" +
 				"3 First (11,102,3000,One) 10200\n" +
 				"4 First_ (11,106,1000,One) 10300\n" +
@@ -275,12 +265,10 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"8 Third_ (30,300,1000,Three) 10100\n";
 
 		compareResultsByLinesInMemoryWithStrictOrder(expected, resultPath);
-
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testPojoSortingDualParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<CollectionDataSets.POJO> ds = CollectionDataSets.getMixedPojoDataSet(env);
@@ -291,7 +279,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected =
+		String expected =
 				"5 First (11,102,2000,One) 10100\n" +
 				"3 First (11,102,3000,One) 10200\n" +
 				"1 First (10,100,1000,One) 10100\n" +
@@ -307,7 +295,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testPojoSortingNestedParallelism1() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<CollectionDataSets.POJO> ds = CollectionDataSets.getMixedPojoDataSet(env);
@@ -319,7 +306,7 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		env.execute();
 
-		expected =
+		String expected =
 				"2 First_ (10,105,1000,One) 10200\n" +
 				"1 First (10,100,1000,One) 10100\n" +
 				"4 First_ (11,106,1000,One) 10300\n" +
@@ -334,7 +321,6 @@ public class DataSinkITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testSortingParallelism4() throws Exception {
-
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Long> ds = env.generateSequence(0, 1000);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java
index 9755caa..aa40754 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DataSourceITCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment;
@@ -30,44 +31,35 @@ import org.junit.Assert;
 /**
  * Tests for the DataSource
  */
-
 public class DataSourceITCase extends JavaProgramTestBase {
 
-	private String resultPath;
 	private String inputPath;
-	private String expectedResult;
-
 
 	@Override
 	protected void preSubmit() throws Exception {
 		inputPath = createTempFile("input", "ab\n"
 				+ "cd\n"
 				+ "ef\n");
-		resultPath = getTempDirPath("result");
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected void testProgram() throws Exception {
 		/*
-				 * Test passing a configuration object to an input format
-				 */
+		 * Test passing a configuration object to an input format
+		 */
 
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 		Configuration ifConf = new Configuration();
 		ifConf.setString("prepend", "test");
 
 		DataSet<String> ds = env.createInput(new TestInputFormat(new Path(inputPath))).withParameters(ifConf);
-		ds.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<String> result = ds.collect();
 
-		expectedResult= "ab\n"
+		String expectedResult = "ab\n"
 				+ "cd\n"
 				+ "ef\n";
-	}
-	
-	@Override
-	protected void postSubmit() throws Exception {
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expectedResult, resultPath);
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expectedResult);
 	}
 
 	private static class TestInputFormat extends TextInputFormat {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java
index 4568ab6..02dbb76 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/DistinctITCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment;
@@ -32,11 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets.CustomType;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets.POJO;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
@@ -48,22 +45,6 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testCorrectnessOfDistinctOnTuplesWithKeyFieldSelector() throws Exception {
 		/*
@@ -75,17 +56,17 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.getSmall3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> distinctDs = ds.union(ds).distinct(0, 1, 2);
 
-		distinctDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = distinctDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testCorrectnessOfDistinctOnTuplesWithKeyFieldSelectorWithNotAllFieldsSelected()
-	throws Exception{
+	public void testCorrectnessOfDistinctOnTuplesWithKeyFieldSelectorWithNotAllFieldsSelected() throws Exception{
 		/*
 		 * check correctness of distinct on tuples with key field selector with not all fields selected
 		 */
@@ -93,13 +74,14 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long,  Integer, String, Long>> ds = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
-				DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> distinctDs = ds.union(ds).distinct(0).project(0);
+		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> distinctDs = ds.union(ds).distinct(0).project(0);
 
-		distinctDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = distinctDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1\n" +
+		String expected = "1\n" +
 				"2\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -111,15 +93,13 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long,  Integer, String, Long>> ds = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
-		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> reduceDs = ds.union(ds)
-				.distinct(new KeySelector1()).project(0);
+		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> reduceDs = ds.union(ds).distinct(new KeySelector1()).project(0);
 
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		String expected = "1\n" + "2\n";
 
-		expected = "1\n" +
-				"2\n";
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class KeySelector1 implements KeySelector<Tuple5<Integer, Long,  Integer, String, Long>, Integer> {
@@ -143,15 +123,16 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				.distinct(new KeySelector3())
 				.map(new Mapper3());
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1\n" +
+		String expected = "1\n" +
 				"2\n" +
 				"3\n" +
 				"4\n" +
 				"5\n" +
 				"6\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Mapper3 extends RichMapFunction<CustomType, Tuple1<Integer>> {
@@ -180,17 +161,17 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.getSmall3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> distinctDs = ds.union(ds).distinct();
 
-		distinctDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = distinctDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testCorrectnessOfDistinctOnCustomTypeWithTupleReturningTypeExtractor() throws
-			Exception{
+	public void testCorrectnessOfDistinctOnCustomTypeWithTupleReturningTypeExtractor() throws Exception{
 		/*
 		 * check correctness of distinct on custom type with tuple-returning type extractor
 		 */
@@ -200,12 +181,11 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get5TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Integer, Long>> reduceDs = ds
 				.distinct(new KeySelector2())
-						.project(0,4);
+				.project(0,4);
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, Long>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1\n" +
 				"2,1\n" +
 				"2,2\n" +
 				"3,2\n" +
@@ -215,6 +195,8 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"5,1\n" +
 				"5,2\n" +
 				"5,3\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class KeySelector2 implements KeySelector<Tuple5<Integer, Long, Integer, String, Long>, Tuple2<Integer, Long>> {
@@ -234,14 +216,14 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple5<Integer, Long,  Integer, String, Long>> ds = CollectionDataSets.getSmall5TupleDataSet(env);
-		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> reduceDs = ds.union(ds)
-						.distinct("f0").project(0);
+		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> reduceDs = ds.union(ds).distinct("f0").project(0);
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1\n" +
+		String expected = "1\n" +
 				"2\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -255,10 +237,11 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<POJO> ds = CollectionDataSets.getDuplicatePojoDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Integer> reduceDs = ds.distinct("nestedPojo.longNumber").map(new Mapper2());
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Integer> result = reduceDs.collect();
+
+		String expected = "10000\n20000\n30000\n";
 
-		expected = "10000\n20000\n30000\n";
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Mapper2 implements MapFunction<CollectionDataSets.POJO, Integer> {
@@ -278,10 +261,11 @@ public class DistinctITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<POJO> ds = CollectionDataSets.getDuplicatePojoDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Integer> reduceDs = ds.distinct().map(new Mapper1());
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Integer> result = reduceDs.collect();
+
+		String expected = "10000\n20000\n30000\n";
 
-		expected = "10000\n20000\n30000\n";
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Mapper1 implements MapFunction<CollectionDataSets.POJO, Integer> {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java
index c46bc46..993b137 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FilterITCase.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.FilterFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichFilterFunction;
@@ -27,11 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets.CustomType;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
@@ -43,22 +40,6 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testAllRejectingFilter() throws Exception {
 		/*
@@ -71,10 +52,11 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter1());
 
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "\n";
+		String expected = "\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter1 implements FilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -97,10 +79,9 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter2());
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
@@ -121,6 +102,8 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"19,6,Comment#13\n" +
 				"20,6,Comment#14\n" +
 				"21,6,Comment#15\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter2 implements FilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -143,12 +126,14 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter3());
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "3,2,Hello world\n" +
+		String expected = "3,2,Hello world\n"
+				+
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n";
 
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
+
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter3 implements FilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -163,18 +148,17 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 	@Test
 	public void testFilterOnIntegerTupleField() throws Exception {
 		/*
-				 * Test filter on Integer tuple field.
-				 */
+		 * Test filter on Integer tuple field.
+		 */
 
 		final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter4());
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "2,2,Hello\n" +
+		String expected = "2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
 				"6,3,Luke Skywalker\n" +
 				"8,4,Comment#2\n" +
@@ -184,6 +168,8 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"16,6,Comment#10\n" +
 				"18,6,Comment#12\n" +
 				"20,6,Comment#14\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter4 implements FilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -206,13 +192,14 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<String> ds = CollectionDataSets.getStringDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<String> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter5());
-		filterDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<String> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "Hi\n" +
 				"Hello\n" +
 				"Hello world\n" +
 				"Hello world, how are you?\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter5 implements FilterFunction<String> {
@@ -235,12 +222,14 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<CustomType> ds = CollectionDataSets.getCustomTypeDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<CustomType> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new Filter6());
-		filterDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<CustomType> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "3,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
+		String expected = "3,3,Hello world, how are you?\n"
+				+
 				"3,4,I am fine.\n" +
 				"3,5,Luke Skywalker\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class Filter6 implements FilterFunction<CustomType> {
@@ -265,13 +254,14 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new RichFilter1()).withBroadcastSet(ints, "ints");
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"3,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class RichFilter1 extends RichFilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -306,14 +296,15 @@ public class FilterITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> filterDs = ds.
 				filter(new RichFilter2()).withBroadcastSet(intDs, "ints");
-		filterDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = filterDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "11,5,Comment#5\n" +
+		String expected = "11,5,Comment#5\n" +
 				"12,5,Comment#6\n" +
 				"13,5,Comment#7\n" +
 				"14,5,Comment#8\n" +
 				"15,5,Comment#9\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class RichFilter2 extends RichFilterFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java
index 15d98dd..3eb870d 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FirstNITCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.MapFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.operators.Order;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
@@ -29,11 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple3;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
@@ -43,22 +41,6 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testFirstNOnUngroupedDS() throws Exception {
 		/*
@@ -70,10 +52,11 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple1<Integer>> seven = ds.first(7).map(new OneMapper()).sum(0);
 
-		seven.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple1<Integer>> result = seven.collect();
 
-		expected = "(7)\n";
+		String expected = "(7)\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -88,10 +71,11 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> first = ds.groupBy(1).first(4)
 				.map(new OneMapper2()).groupBy(0).sum(1);
 
-		first.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> result = first.collect();
+
+		String expected = "(1,1)\n(2,2)\n(3,3)\n(4,4)\n(5,4)\n(6,4)\n";
 
-		expected = "(1,1)\n(2,2)\n(3,3)\n(4,4)\n(5,4)\n(6,4)\n";
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -104,17 +88,18 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> first = ds.groupBy(1).sortGroup(0, Order.DESCENDING).first(3)
-															.project(1,0);
+				.project(1,0);
 
-		first.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> result = first.collect();
 
-		expected = "(1,1)\n"
+		String expected = "(1,1)\n"
 				+ "(2,3)\n(2,2)\n"
 				+ "(3,6)\n(3,5)\n(3,4)\n"
 				+ "(4,10)\n(4,9)\n(4,8)\n"
 				+ "(5,15)\n(5,14)\n(5,13)\n"
 				+ "(6,21)\n(6,20)\n(6,19)\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -137,13 +122,13 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			}
 		}, Order.DESCENDING).first(1);
 
-		b.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		ee.execute();
+		List<String> result = b.collect();
 
-		expected = "a\nb";
+		String expected = "a\nb";
 
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class OneMapper implements MapFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple1<Integer>> {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 		private final Tuple1<Integer> one = new Tuple1<Integer>(1);
@@ -152,7 +137,7 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			return one;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	public static class OneMapper2 implements MapFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple2<Long, Integer>> {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 		private final Tuple2<Long, Integer> one = new Tuple2<Long, Integer>(0l,1);
@@ -162,5 +147,5 @@ public class FirstNITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			return one;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java
index 37cf1fc..4962da8 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/FlatMapITCase.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.FlatMapFunction;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichFlatMapFunction;
@@ -28,11 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets.CustomType;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
 import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;
-import org.junit.After;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;
@@ -44,22 +41,6 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-	private String expected;
-
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception{
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception{
-		compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testNonPassingFlatMap() throws Exception {
 		/*
@@ -72,10 +53,11 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<String> nonPassingFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper1());
 
-		nonPassingFlatMapDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<String> result = nonPassingFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected = "\n";
+		String expected = "\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper1 implements FlatMapFunction<String, String> {
@@ -101,10 +83,9 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<String> duplicatingFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper2());
 
-		duplicatingFlatMapDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<String> result = duplicatingFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected = 	"Hi\n" + "HI\n" +
+		String expected = "Hi\n" + "HI\n" +
 				"Hello\n" + "HELLO\n" +
 				"Hello world\n" + "HELLO WORLD\n" +
 				"Hello world, how are you?\n" + "HELLO WORLD, HOW ARE YOU?\n" +
@@ -112,6 +93,8 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"Luke Skywalker\n" + "LUKE SKYWALKER\n" +
 				"Random comment\n" + "RANDOM COMMENT\n" +
 				"LOL\n" + "LOL\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper2 implements FlatMapFunction<String, String> {
@@ -136,10 +119,9 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> varyingTuplesMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper3());
 
-		varyingTuplesMapDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = varyingTuplesMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected =  "1,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello\n" + "2,2,Hello\n" +
 				"4,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
 				"5,3,I am fine.\n" + "5,3,I am fine.\n" +
@@ -153,6 +135,8 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"17,6,Comment#11\n" + "17,6,Comment#11\n" +
 				"19,6,Comment#13\n" +
 				"20,6,Comment#14\n" + "20,6,Comment#14\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper3 implements FlatMapFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
@@ -180,10 +164,9 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> typeConversionFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper4());
 
-		typeConversionFlatMapDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = typeConversionFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected = 	"1,0,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "1,0,Hi\n" +
 				"2,1,Hello\n" +
 				"2,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"3,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
@@ -204,6 +187,8 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"6,18,Comment#13\n" +
 				"6,19,Comment#14\n" +
 				"6,20,Comment#15\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper4 implements FlatMapFunction<CustomType, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
@@ -212,8 +197,7 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				new Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>();
 
 		@Override
-		public void flatMap(CustomType value, Collector<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> out)
-		throws Exception {
+		public void flatMap(CustomType value, Collector<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> out) throws Exception {
 			outTuple.setField(value.myInt, 0);
 			outTuple.setField(value.myLong, 1);
 			outTuple.setField(value.myString, 2);
@@ -233,10 +217,10 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<String> typeConversionFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper5());
 
-		typeConversionFlatMapDs.writeAsText(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<String> result = typeConversionFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected = 	"Hi\n" + "Hello\n" + "Hello world\n" +
+		String expected = "Hi\n" + "Hello\n" + "Hello world\n"
+				+
 				"Hello world, how are you?\n" +
 				"I am fine.\n" + "Luke Skywalker\n" +
 				"Comment#1\n" +	"Comment#2\n" +
@@ -247,21 +231,21 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"Comment#11\n" + "Comment#12\n" +
 				"Comment#13\n" + "Comment#14\n" +
 				"Comment#15\n";
+
+		compareResultAsText(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper5 implements FlatMapFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>,String> {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 		@Override
-		public void flatMap(Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> value,
-				Collector<String> out) throws Exception {
+		public void flatMap(Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> value, Collector<String> out) throws Exception {
 			out.collect(value.f2);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testFlatMapperIfUDFReturnsInputObjectMultipleTimesWhileChangingIt() throws
-			Exception {
+	public void testFlatMapperIfUDFReturnsInputObjectMultipleTimesWhileChangingIt() throws Exception {
 		/*
 		 * Test flatmapper if UDF returns input object
 		 * multiple times and changes it in between
@@ -273,10 +257,9 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> inputObjFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new FlatMapper6());
 
-		inputObjFlatMapDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = inputObjFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected =	"0,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "0,1,Hi\n" +
 				"0,2,Hello\n" + "1,2,Hello\n" +
 				"0,2,Hello world\n" + "1,2,Hello world\n" + "2,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"0,3,I am fine.\n" +
@@ -292,6 +275,8 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"0,6,Comment#12\n" + "1,6,Comment#12\n" +
 				"0,6,Comment#13\n" + "1,6,Comment#13\n" + "2,6,Comment#13\n" +
 				"0,6,Comment#15\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class FlatMapper6 implements FlatMapFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
@@ -321,10 +306,9 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> bcFlatMapDs = ds.
 				flatMap(new RichFlatMapper1()).withBroadcastSet(ints, "ints");
-		bcFlatMapDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = bcFlatMapDs.collect();
 
-		expected = 	"55,1,Hi\n" +
+		String expected = "55,1,Hi\n" +
 				"55,2,Hello\n" +
 				"55,2,Hello world\n" +
 				"55,3,Hello world, how are you?\n" +
@@ -345,6 +329,8 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				"55,6,Comment#13\n" +
 				"55,6,Comment#14\n" +
 				"55,6,Comment#15\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	public static class RichFlatMapper1 extends RichFlatMapFunction<Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>, Tuple3<Integer,Long,String>> {
@@ -370,5 +356,5 @@ public class FlatMapITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			out.collect(outTuple);
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/flink/blob/a137321a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java
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diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java
index 3e9fde7..7e6de04 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/javaApiOperators/GroupCombineITCase.java
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 /*
-* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-* or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-* distributed with this work for additional information
-* regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-* to you 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.
-*/
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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 package org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators;
 
@@ -32,38 +32,29 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple3;
 import org.apache.flink.test.javaApiOperators.util.CollectionDataSets;
 import org.apache.flink.test.util.MultipleProgramsTestBase;
 import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;
-import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-
+import java.util.List;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 /**
-* The GroupCombine operator is not easy to test because it is essentially just a combiner. The result can be
-* the result of a normal groupReduce at any stage its execution. The basic idea is to preserve the grouping key
-* in the partial result, so that we can do a reduceGroup afterwards to finalize the results for verification.
-* In addition, we can use hashPartition to partition the data and check if no shuffling (just combining) has
-* been performed.
-*/
+ * The GroupCombine operator is not easy to test because it is essentially just a combiner. The result can be
+ * the result of a normal groupReduce at any stage its execution. The basic idea is to preserve the grouping key
+ * in the partial result, so that we can do a reduceGroup afterwards to finalize the results for verification.
+ * In addition, we can use hashPartition to partition the data and check if no shuffling (just combining) has
+ * been performed.
+ */
 public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	public GroupCombineITCase(TestExecutionMode mode) {
 		super(mode);
 	}
 
-	private String resultPath;
-
-	private String expected;
-
 	private static String identityResult = "1,1,Hi\n" +
 			"2,2,Hello\n" +
 			"3,2,Hello world\n" +
@@ -86,21 +77,6 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 			"20,6,Comment#14\n" +
 			"21,6,Comment#15\n";
 
-	@Rule
-	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
-
-	@Before
-	public void before() throws Exception {
-		resultPath = tempFolder.newFile().toURI().toString();
-	}
-
-	@After
-	public void after() throws Exception {
-		if (expected != null) {
-			compareResultsByLinesInMemory(expected, resultPath);
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testAllGroupCombineIdentity() throws Exception {
 
@@ -108,19 +84,15 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> ds = CollectionDataSets.get3TupleDataSet(env);
 
-
 		DataSet<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> reduceDs = ds
 				// combine
 				.combineGroup(new IdentityFunction())
 				// fully reduce
 				.reduceGroup(new IdentityFunction());
 
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
-		env.execute();
-
-		expected = identityResult;
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, identityResult);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -136,11 +108,9 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				// fully reduce
 				.reduceGroup(new IdentityFunction());
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		expected = identityResult;
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, identityResult);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -157,12 +127,9 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				// fully reduce
 				.reduceGroup(new IdentityFunction());
 
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
-		env.execute();
-
-		expected = identityResult;
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, identityResult);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -182,11 +149,9 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				// fully reduce
 				.reduceGroup(new IdentityFunction());
 
-		reduceDs.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = reduceDs.collect();
 
-		env.execute();
-
-		expected = identityResult;
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, identityResult);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -201,7 +166,7 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				// wrap values as Kv pairs with the grouping key as key
 				.map(new Tuple3KvWrapper());
 
-		dsWrapped
+		List<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> result = dsWrapped
 				.groupBy(0)
 				// reduce partially
 				.combineGroup(new Tuple3toTuple3GroupReduce())
@@ -214,19 +179,16 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 					public Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> map(Tuple2<Long, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> value) throws Exception {
 						return value.f1;
 					}
-				})
-				.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
+				}).collect();
 
-
-		env.execute();
-
-		expected = "1,1,combined\n" +
+		String expected = "1,1,combined\n" +
 				"5,4,combined\n" +
 				"15,9,combined\n" +
 				"34,16,combined\n" +
 				"65,25,combined\n" +
 				"111,36,combined\n";
+
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -241,33 +203,29 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				// wrap values as Kv pairs with the grouping key as key
 				.map(new Tuple3KvWrapper());
 
-		dsWrapped
+		List<Tuple2<Integer, Long>> result = dsWrapped
 				.groupBy(0)
-						// reduce partially
+				// reduce partially
 				.combineGroup(new Tuple3toTuple2GroupReduce())
 				.groupBy(0)
-						// reduce fully to check result
+				// reduce fully to check result
 				.reduceGroup(new Tuple2toTuple2GroupReduce())
-						//unwrap
+				//unwrap
 				.map(new MapFunction<Tuple2<Long,Tuple2<Integer,Long>>, Tuple2<Integer,Long>>() {
 					@Override
 					public Tuple2<Integer, Long> map(Tuple2<Long, Tuple2<Integer, Long>> value) throws Exception {
 						return value.f1;
 					}
-				})
-				.writeAsCsv(resultPath);
+				}).collect();
 
-
-
-		env.execute();
-
-		expected = "1,3\n" +
+		String expected = "1,3\n" +
 				"5,20\n" +
 				"15,58\n" +
 				"34,52\n" +
 				"65,70\n" +
 				"111,96\n";
 
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -284,7 +242,9 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		// partition and group data
 		UnsortedGrouping<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> partitionedDS = ds.partitionByHash(0).groupBy(1);
 
-		partitionedDS.combineGroup(new GroupCombineFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple2<Long, Integer>>() {
+		List<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> result = partitionedDS
+				.combineGroup(
+						new GroupCombineFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple2<Long, Integer>>() {
 			@Override
 			public void combine(Iterable<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> values, Collector<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> out) throws Exception {
 				int count = 0;
@@ -295,29 +255,17 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 				}
 				out.collect(new Tuple2(key, count));
 			}
-		}).writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
-		env.execute();
-
-		String notExpected = "6,6\n" +
-							"5,5\n" +
-							"4,4\n" +
-							"3,3\n" +
-							"2,2\n" +
-							"1,1\n";
+		}).collect();
 
-		// check
+		String[] localExpected = new String[] { "(6,6)", "(5,5)" + "(4,4)", "(3,3)", "(2,2)", "(1,1)" };
 
-		ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
-		readAllResultLines(list, resultPath);
-
-		String[] result = list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
-		Arrays.sort(result);
-
-		String[] expected = notExpected.split("\n");
-		Arrays.sort(expected);
+		String[] resultAsStringArray = new String[result.size()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < resultAsStringArray.length; ++i) {
+			resultAsStringArray[i] = result.get(i).toString();
+		}
+		Arrays.sort(resultAsStringArray);
 
-		Assert.assertEquals("The two arrays were identical.", false, Arrays.equals(expected, result));
+		Assert.assertEquals("The two arrays were identical.", false, Arrays.equals(localExpected, resultAsStringArray));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -334,28 +282,29 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 		// partition and group data
 		UnsortedGrouping<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> partitionedDS = ds.partitionByHash(0).groupBy(1);
 
-		partitionedDS.combineGroup(new GroupCombineFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple2<Long, Integer>>() {
-			@Override
-			public void combine(Iterable<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> values, Collector<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> out) throws Exception {
-				int count = 0;
-				long key = 0;
-				for (Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> value : values) {
-					key = value.f1;
-					count++;
-				}
-				out.collect(new Tuple2(key, count));
-			}
-		}).writeAsCsv(resultPath);
-
-		env.execute();
+		List<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> result = partitionedDS
+				.combineGroup(
+				new GroupCombineFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple2<Long, Integer>>() {
+					@Override
+					public void combine(Iterable<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> values, Collector<Tuple2<Long, Integer>> out) throws Exception {
+						int count = 0;
+						long key = 0;
+						for (Tuple3<Integer, Long, String> value : values) {
+							key = value.f1;
+							count++;
+						}
+						out.collect(new Tuple2(key, count));
+					}
+				}).collect();
 
-		expected = "6,6\n" +
+		String expected = "6,6\n" +
 				"5,5\n" +
 				"4,4\n" +
 				"3,3\n" +
 				"2,2\n" +
 				"1,1\n";
 
+		compareResultAsTuples(result, expected);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -373,15 +322,15 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 		// all methods on DataSet
 		ds.combineGroup(new GroupCombineFunctionExample())
-				.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
+		.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
 
 		// all methods on UnsortedGrouping
 		ds.groupBy(0).combineGroup(new GroupCombineFunctionExample())
-				.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
+		.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
 
 		// all methods on SortedGrouping
 		ds.groupBy(0).sortGroup(0, Order.ASCENDING).combineGroup(new GroupCombineFunctionExample())
-				.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
+		.output(new DiscardingOutputFormat<Tuple1<String>>());
 
 		env.execute();
 	}
@@ -407,7 +356,7 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 	}
 
 	public static class IdentityFunction implements GroupCombineFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>>,
-													GroupReduceFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
+	GroupReduceFunction<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
 
 		@Override
 		public void combine(Iterable<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> values, Collector<Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> out) throws Exception {
@@ -427,6 +376,7 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	public static class Tuple3toTuple3GroupReduce implements KvGroupReduce<Long, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>> {
 
+		@Override
 		public void combine(Iterable<Tuple2<Long, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>>> values, Collector<Tuple2<Long, Tuple3<Integer, Long, String>>> out) throws Exception {
 			int i = 0;
 			long l = 0;
@@ -478,6 +428,7 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 
 	public static class Tuple2toTuple2GroupReduce implements KvGroupReduce<Long, Tuple2<Integer, Long>, Tuple2<Integer, Long>, Tuple2<Integer, Long>> {
 
+		@Override
 		public void combine(Iterable<Tuple2<Long, Tuple2<Integer, Long>>> values, Collector<Tuple2<Long, Tuple2<Integer, Long>>> out) throws Exception {
 			int i = 0;
 			long l = 0;
@@ -516,5 +467,4 @@ public class GroupCombineITCase extends MultipleProgramsTestBase {
 	public interface KvGroupReduce<K, V, INT, OUT> extends CombineAndReduceGroup<Tuple2<K, V>, Tuple2<K, INT>, Tuple2<K, OUT>> {
 	}
 
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}