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Change in asterixdb[master]: [ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry

From Ali Alsuliman <al...@gmail.com>:

Ali Alsuliman has uploaded this change for review. ( https://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu/c/asterixdb/+/11944 )


Change subject: [ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry
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[ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry

- user model changes: no
- storage format changes: no
- interface changes: yes

Details:
When writing an index entry, set the corresponding null flags
for keys that are considered null. When reading an index entry,
examine the null flags to read the index entry properly.

 - add INullIntrospector interface that can be used by Hyracks
   to know if a key is null or not.

Change-Id: I5fc9c40af68c7b6aaa54ecb440c8fe1e90046231
---
M asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
A asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
M asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
A hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
90 files changed, 506 insertions(+), 194 deletions(-)



  git pull ssh://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu:29418/asterixdb refs/changes/44/11944/1

diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
index 4cc6e43..35ee6dd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.comparators.ListItemBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.valueproviders.PrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AnyBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedLinearizeComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SecondaryCorrelatedTreeIndexOperationsHelper;
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@
         registeredClasses.put("FixedLengthTypeTrait", FixedLengthTypeTrait.class);
         registeredClasses.put("VarLengthTypeTrait", VarLengthTypeTrait.class);
 
+        // INullIntrospector
+        registeredClasses.put("NullIntrospector", NullIntrospector.class);
+
         // ILSMOperationTrackerFactory
         registeredClasses.put("PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
         registeredClasses.put("SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index f8ba574..9975f4c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StoragePathUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDatasetId;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IExtensionMetadataEntity;
@@ -1539,7 +1541,8 @@
 
     private ITupleReference getTupleToBeDeleted(TxnId txnId, IMetadataIndex metadataIndex, ITupleReference searchKey)
             throws AlgebricksException, HyracksDataException {
-        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits());
+        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits(),
+                TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
         List<ITupleReference> results = new ArrayList<>();
         searchIndex(txnId, metadataIndex, searchKey, valueExtractor, results);
         if (results.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
index 047b823..125db21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.ITypedAdapterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.AdapterIdentifier;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.IDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataNode;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.feeds.BuiltinFeedPolicies;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat;
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.opcallbacks.PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory;
@@ -428,7 +431,8 @@
                             storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider(),
                             appContext.getMetadataMergePolicyFactory(),
                             StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, true, bloomFilterKeyFields,
-                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true,
+                            TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             DatasetLocalResourceFactory dsLocalResourceFactory =
                     new DatasetLocalResourceFactory(datasetId, lsmBtreeFactory);
             // TODO(amoudi) Creating the index should be done through the same code path as
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7c19282..5654d16 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.ArrayIndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
         int[] filterFields = IndexUtil.getFilterFields(dataset, index, filterTypeTraits);
         int[] btreeFields = IndexUtil.getBtreeFieldsIfFiltered(dataset, index);
         IStorageComponentProvider storageComponentProvider = mdProvider.getStorageComponentProvider();
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = storageComponentProvider.getTypeTraitProvider();
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = getTypeTraits(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = getCmpFactories(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = mdProvider.getStorageProperties().getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@
                         filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, null, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false);
+                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false,
+                        typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7f56f2c..6276044 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.FilesIndexDescription;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.IndexingConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
         ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider =
                 storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider();
         boolean hasBloomFilter = bloomFilterFields != null;
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = mdProvider.getDataFormat().getTypeTraitProvider();
         switch (dataset.getDatasetType()) {
             case EXTERNAL:
                 return index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))
@@ -89,12 +92,14 @@
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter)
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE)
                         : new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter);
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             case INTERNAL:
                 AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider =
                         new AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider(dataset.getDatasetId());
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
                         bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory,
-                        hasBloomFilter);
+                        hasBloomFilter, typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
index c9fb39c..9b19bb5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@
     private byte[] tupleBytes;
     private ByteBuffer buf;
 
-    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.tupleReference = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f496efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public class NullIntrospector implements INullIntrospector {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final INullIntrospector INSTANCE = new NullIntrospector();
+
+    private NullIntrospector() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
+        return (bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG || bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG)
+                && length == 1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
index 1788445..97fe9c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
     // WARNING: the byte sizes depend on the serializer!
     // currently assuming a serializer that adds a 1-byte type indicator before the data
+    private static final ITypeTraits ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1);
     private static final ITypeTraits ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits TWO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(2 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits FOUR_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(4 + 1);
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@
             return null;
         }
         switch (type.getTypeTag()) {
+            case NULL:
+            case MISSING:
+                return ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
             case BOOLEAN:
             case TINYINT:
                 return ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 336204c..e4214cc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 870cfe3..65bb2f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index 5cffd95..a1f53bd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index b2060b6..b489474 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index e73a11e..a1d1502 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
index a333dc4..f9cdfcf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
index d46f5f5..bcd71a3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
                 getVirtualBufferCacheProvider(), SynchronousSchedulerProvider.INSTANCE, MERGE_POLICY_FACTORY,
                 MERGE_POLICY_PROPERTIES, DURABLE, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 LSMTreeOperatorTestHelper.DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, true, btreefields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
index 2d092f1..872502b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     protected void createPrimaryIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         btreeFactory = new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, null, null);
         IIndexBuilderFactory indexBuilderFactory =
                 new IndexBuilderFactory(storageManager, primarySplitProvider, btreeFactory, false);
         IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor primaryCreateOp = new IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, indexBuilderFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
index 8c327f7..17fe593 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.FieldPrefixSlotManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameCompressor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -46,10 +47,17 @@
 
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
 
-    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold) {
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
+
+    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.ratioThreshold = ratioThreshold;
         this.occurrenceThreshold = occurrenceThreshold;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -163,7 +171,8 @@
         int prefixTupleIndex = 0;
         uncompressedTupleCount = 0;
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference tupleToWrite =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
         tupleToWrite.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
@@ -340,7 +349,8 @@
         KeyPartition kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
         keyPartitions.add(kp);
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
index 4cf145b..4589bed1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeLeafFrameType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IIndex;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
@@ -34,20 +35,25 @@
 
 public class BTreeResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private String path;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@
         IIOManager ioManager = ctx.getIoManager();
         FileReference resourceRef = ioManager.resolve(path);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
index 7a21495..d817327 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResourceFactory;
@@ -28,24 +29,29 @@
 
 public class BTreeResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public IResource createResource(FileReference fileRef) {
         return new BTreeResource(fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, typeTraits, comparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
index 6584df3..10eab69 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
         this.slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
 
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = tupleWriter.getTypeTraits();
-        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits);
-        this.compressor = new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2);
+        ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits = tupleWriter.getNullTypeTraits();
+        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
+        this.compressor =
+                new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2, nullTypeTraits, tupleWriter.getNullIntrospector());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
index b767537..2c728a7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 public class FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference {
 
-    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     // assumes tuple index refers to prefix tuples
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 5b89a19..f4b1948 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements IBTreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public static final byte UPDATE_BIT_OFFSET = 6;
 
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 083462b..87f46b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
-import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
-public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
+public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
     protected final boolean updateAware;
     protected boolean isUpdated;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 7089e79..e2aa759 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory extends TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
index 0c06bc3..09340b6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -54,9 +56,10 @@
 
     public static DiskBTree createDiskBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new DiskBTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -65,9 +68,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, IPageManager freePageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e159612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * An introspector that tells whether data is {@code NULL} or not.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface INullIntrospector extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
+
+    boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
index ca7217e..6273b68 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
         int fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        // TODO(ali): fix if needed
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 11f86c9..8eff435 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
     protected int dataStartOff;
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
     protected int[] decodedFieldSlots;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
         this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
         setFieldCount(typeTraits.length);
     }
@@ -57,11 +59,12 @@
         for (int i = fieldStartIndex; i < end; i++) {
             if (!typeTraits[i].isFixedLength()) {
                 cumul += encDec.decode();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
+            } else if (nullTypeTraits != null && isNull(buf, tupleStartOff, i)) {
+                cumul += nullTypeTraits.getFixedLength();
             } else {
                 cumul += typeTraits[i].getFixedLength();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
             }
+            decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
         }
         dataStartOff = encDec.getPos();
     }
@@ -127,4 +130,21 @@
     public int getTupleSize() {
         return dataStartOff - tupleStartOff + decodedFieldSlots[fieldCount - 1];
     }
+
+    private boolean isNull(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        return BitOperationUtils.getBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index eb6fe2a..2528518 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.encoding.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
@@ -30,10 +31,14 @@
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.VarLenIntDecoder decoder = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector; // can be null
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -80,10 +85,16 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // write data fields
+        // write data fields and set null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, i);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@
     public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(numFields);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -105,9 +116,15 @@
             }
         }
 
-        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        for (int i = startField, targetField = 0; i < startField + numFields; i++, targetField++) {
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, targetField);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -145,8 +162,40 @@
         return typeTraits;
     }
 
+    public ITypeTraits getNullTypeTraits() {
+        return nullTypeTraits;
+    }
+
+    public INullIntrospector getNullIntrospector() {
+        return nullIntrospector;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getCopySpaceRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
         return bytesRequired(tuple);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Given a field index, this method finds its corresponding bit in the null flags section and sets it.
+     *
+     * @param flags data
+     * @param flagsOffset start of the null flags data
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     */
+    private void setNullFlag(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        BitOperationUtils.setBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index a0fa505..586f243 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -20,20 +20,26 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory implements ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    protected ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
+    protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
index d94a5e1..e16baf9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -54,12 +55,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path,
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index f398370..e4c29ba 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
index bf4b06c..863ae56 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -57,12 +58,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, buddyBtreeFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path, storageManager,
                 mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, bloomFilterKeyFields, durable,
-                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
index 91ebee1..39c8aed 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] buddyBtreeFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, buddyBtreeFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
index 6098a1d..656ae02 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, isPrimary, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, serviceCtx.getTracer(),
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index a2c16b8..e926a48 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -57,10 +58,12 @@
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.hasBloomFilter = hasBloomFilter;
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
                 isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties,
                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                 pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
index 7c924b5..76916ec 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter extends LSMBTreeTupleWriter {
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
+
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         // Third parameter is never used locally, just give false.
-        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware);
+        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
index 02cd900..dd43ef4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,18 +22,20 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
index 2a5e232..e5c365a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     private boolean resetFieldCount = false;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
@@ -94,4 +95,10 @@
     public int getTupleStart() {
         return tupleStartOff;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
index 09ced10..bcbf93f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMTreeTupleWriter;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
     private boolean isAntimatter;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public LSMBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int bytesWritten = -1;
         if (isAntimatter) {
+            // TODO(ali): check this with secondary primary-key index
             bytesWritten = super.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, numKeyFields, targetBuf, targetOff);
             // Set antimatter bit to 1.
             BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
@@ -100,4 +103,10 @@
     public void setAntimatter(boolean isDelete) {
         this.isAntimatter = isDelete;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
index ad4f6eb..03bce23 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
 
@@ -30,15 +31,16 @@
     private final boolean isAntimatter;
 
     public LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter,
-            boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
index 021f416..018c0d3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.impls.ExternalBTree;
@@ -76,15 +77,16 @@
             boolean needKeyDupCheck, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] filterCmpFactories,
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer, ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory,
-            boolean hasBloomFilter) throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+            boolean hasBloomFilter, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -136,21 +139,21 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
             ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory, ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
-            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         // This is the tuple writer that can do both inserts and deletes
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         // This is the leaf frame factory for transaction components since it
         // can be used for both inserts and deletes
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory transactionLeafFrameFactory =
@@ -185,7 +188,8 @@
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory, int[] buddyBTreeFields, boolean durable,
-            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         ITypeTraits[] buddyBtreeTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] buddyBtreeCmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < buddyBtreeTypeTraits.length; i++) {
@@ -193,15 +197,15 @@
             buddyBtreeCmpFactories[i] = cmpFactories[buddyBTreeFields[i]];
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeInteriorFrameFactory =
                 new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
 
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
index fbd74dc..d905a0a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class LsmResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     protected String path;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     protected LsmResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -156,6 +162,16 @@
         mergePolicyFactory = (ILSMMergePolicyFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("mergePolicyFactory"));
         mergePolicyProperties = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("mergePolicyProperties"), Map.class);
         durable = json.get("durable").asBoolean();
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullTypeTraits")) {
+            nullTypeTraits = (ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullTypeTraits"));
+        } else {
+            nullTypeTraits = null;
+        }
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullIntrospector")) {
+            nullIntrospector = (INullIntrospector) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullIntrospector"));
+        } else {
+            nullIntrospector = null;
+        }
     }
 
     protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
@@ -206,6 +222,16 @@
         json.set("mergePolicyFactory", mergePolicyFactory.toJson(registry));
         json.putPOJO("mergePolicyProperties", mergePolicyProperties);
         json.put("durable", durable);
+        if (nullTypeTraits != null) {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", nullTypeTraits.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", null);
+        }
+        if (nullIntrospector != null) {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", nullIntrospector.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", null);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
index a138f01..e97a779 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
 public abstract class LsmResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.cmpFactories = cmpFactories;
@@ -74,5 +78,7 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
index 0af1f3f..8550385 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@
 
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
-
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
index 09c9699..79c6123 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             int[] invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         // ToDo: totally replace tokenizerFactory with full-text config
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index de65e3e..f2d5a37 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@
         for (IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache : virtualBufferCaches) {
             InMemoryInvertedIndex memInvIndex =
                     createInMemoryInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), i);
-            BTree deleteKeysBTree =
-                    BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache),
-                            invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                            ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false);
+            BTree deleteKeysBTree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache,
+                    new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
+                    BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
+                    ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false, null, null);
             LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent mutableComponent = new LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent(this, memInvIndex,
                     deleteKeysBTree, virtualBufferCache, filterHelper == null ? null : filterHelper.createFilter());
             memoryComponents.add(mutableComponent);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
index 6998861..c2e07b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
             btreeCmpFactories[tokenTypeTraits.length + i] = invListCmpFactories[i];
         }
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, virtualFreePageManager, btreeTypeTraits,
-                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false);
+                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
index 0f26435..7a45c5d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createDiskBTree(bufferCache, getBTreeTypeTraits(tokenTypeTraits), tokenCmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false,
+                null, null);
         this.numTokenFields = btree.getComparatorFactories().length;
         this.numInvListKeys = invListCmpFactories.length;
         this.invListsFile = invListsFile;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
index cfbb779..3ce26c5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < invListFields.length; i++) {
             allFields[i + tokenTypeTraits.length] = invListFields[i];
         }
-        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields);
+        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields, null, null);
 
         InvertedIndexUtils.verifyHasVarSizeTypeTrait(invListFields);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
index ee2bc58..a5515b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         super(bufferCache, fileId, invListFields, stats);
         this.isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     public VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor(IBufferCache bufferCache, int fileId,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         currentElementIxForScan = 0;
         isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
index ab71c0a..75d0cfe 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             throws HyracksDataException {
         super(frameSize, fields);
 
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields, null, null);
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(fields);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
index 8e1db66..1e69076 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     public VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(typeTraits);
 
-        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
index 707d85d..6958fd5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     public InvertedIndexSearchResult(ITypeTraits[] invListFields, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             ISimpleFrameBufferManager bufferManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.invListFields = invListFields;
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
         initTypeTraits(invListFields);
         this.ctx = ctx;
         appender = new InvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAppender(ctx.getInitialFrameSize());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
index dcde832..bee6be6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, IBufferCache diskBufferCache,
             IPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory =
                 BTreeUtils.getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
index bfae1cd..c7a59f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 635f1ac..31f78d8 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
index e4a8287..a0d0220 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, boolean durable) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
index 6edf877..ed4c5b5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories) {
         super(storageManager, rteeTypeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
         this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
index e28d5a2..ef9eb47 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.tuples.RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference;
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference implements ILSMTreeTupleReference {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
     private final int storedKeyFieldCount; //double field count to be stored for the mbr secondary key
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean isAntimatter() {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Check antimatter bit.
         return BitOperationUtils.getBit(buf, tupleStartOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
index ce6bdeb..ae2d642 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter implements ILSMTreeTupleWriter {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int valueFieldCount; //value(or payload or primary key) field count (same for an input tuple and a stored tuple)
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void setAntimatterBit(byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Set antimatter bit to 1.
         BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
index ba6015d..cf44b2f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 61e2326..8f7f3f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements ITreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 40b0481..42a9662 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     public int writeTupleFields(ITreeIndexTupleReference[] refs, int startField, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 4536a0c..0069cc3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
index 8c0f5a5..9d91e14 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager =
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index ad9198c..786a6af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         IMetadataPageManager freePageManager = freePageManagerFactory.createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache());
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
index 2e2f306..82cd909 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     public static final int FIELD_COUNT = 2;
     public static final ITypeTraits[] TYPE_TRAITS = { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS, IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS };
     public static final BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory TUPLE_WRITER_FACTORY =
-            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false);
+            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false, null, null);
     public static final ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory META_FRAME_FACTORY = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
     public static final int KEY_FIELDS_COUNT = 1;
     public static final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] CMP_FACTORIES = { IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE };
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index 89399bd..a7b4c4d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
index 7a24727..97e5e46 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
         cmpFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
index 5b86b4f..720dd59 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
         ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers =
                 { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index fe05828..e9b9e7f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(btreeFileId, 0), true);
         try {
 
-            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, null, null);
             BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriter);
             frame.setPage(page);
             frame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index dcdbdc6..6b94b03 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields) throws HyracksDataException {
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                 BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(),
-                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false);
+                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
index 9d66b64..eaa1c28 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
             IPageManager pageManager) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
-        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false);
+        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false,
+                null, null);
         BTreeTestContext testCtx = new BTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, btree);
         return testCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
index 1d41280..3313443 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Before
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index 8d8ec23..2476761 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index ab068ae..6dec9f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
index 2954854..0a4b37b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), true, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
index 3450531..8e2d6dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     protected TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 229b027..7d9b24a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable,
                 bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
index eebfb2b..dd42838 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index fb1244f..66af4b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
index 60a054e..baa5508 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager = new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(bufferCache, metaFrameFactory);
         btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, file,
-                freePageManager, false);
+                freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
index c476a8c..c57badc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
index 3307093..1eb4646 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
     protected void init(int pageSize, int numPages, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         bufferCache = new VirtualBufferCache(new HeapBufferAllocator(), pageSize, numPages);
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IPageManager freePageManager = new VirtualFreePageManager(bufferCache);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
index 4501485..1455fb3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         this.batchSize = batchSize;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         tupleCmp = new TupleComparator(cmp);
-        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
         tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
         int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
         tuples = new ArrayList<TypeAwareTupleReference>();
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
index f487bf1..1b46fd7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 new ThreadCountingTracker(), ioScheduler, NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.INSTANCE,
                 NoOpPageWriteCallbackFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
index b81167b..0a34c45 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             for (int numFields = numKeyFields; numFields <= maxFieldSerdes.length; numFields++) {
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter maxMatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 ITupleReference maxTuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(maxFieldSerdes, (Object[]) maxFields);
                 ByteBuffer maxMatterBuf = writeTuple(maxTuple, maxMatterTupleWriter);
                 // Tuple reference should work for both matter and antimatter tuples (doesn't matter which factory creates it).
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@
                 }
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 ITupleReference tuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(fieldSerdes, (Object[]) fields);
-                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter antimatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false);
-                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false, null, null);
+                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, null, null);
                 ByteBuffer matterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, matterTupleWriter);
                 ByteBuffer antimatterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, antimatterTupleWriter);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
index 6da04e7..928f60c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
                     ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, needKeyDupCheck, filterTypeTraits,
                     filterCmp, btreefields, filterfields, true, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, ITracer.NONE,
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         } else {
             lsmTree = LSMBTreeUtil.createLSMTree(ioManager, virtualBufferCaches, file, diskBufferCache, typeTraits,
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                     true, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                     updateAware, new Tracer(LSMBTreeTestContext.class.getSimpleName(),
                             ITraceCategoryRegistry.CATEGORIES_ALL, new TraceCategoryRegistry()),
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         }
         LSMBTreeTestContext testCtx = new LSMBTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, lsmTree, filtered);
         return testCtx;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
index 143204f..612ca4b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     @Test
     public void test() throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMComponentFilterReference filter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         Assert.assertEquals(filter.getLength(), 0);
         Assert.assertFalse(filter.isMaxTupleSet() || filter.isMinTupleSet());
         filter.writeMaxTuple(TupleUtils.createIntegerTuple(false, Integer.MAX_VALUE));
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         Assert.assertTrue(filter.getLength() == 20);
         byte[] serFilter = filter.getByteArray();
         LSMComponentFilterReference deserFilter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter((new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS })));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         deserFilter.set(serFilter, 0, 20);
         Assert.assertTrue(deserFilter.isMaxTupleSet() && deserFilter.isMinTupleSet());
         Assert.assertEquals(

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Change in asterixdb[master]: [ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry

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Change subject: [ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry
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[ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry

- user model changes: no
- storage format changes: no
- interface changes: yes

Details:
When writing an index entry, set the corresponding null flags
for keys that are considered null. When reading an index entry,
examine the null flags to read the index entry properly.

 - add INullIntrospector interface that can be used by Hyracks
   to know if a key is null or not.

Change-Id: I5fc9c40af68c7b6aaa54ecb440c8fe1e90046231
---
M asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
A asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
M asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
A hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
90 files changed, 506 insertions(+), 194 deletions(-)



  git pull ssh://asterix-gerrit.ics.uci.edu:29418/asterixdb refs/changes/44/11944/1

diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
index 4cc6e43..35ee6dd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.comparators.ListItemBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.valueproviders.PrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AnyBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedLinearizeComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SecondaryCorrelatedTreeIndexOperationsHelper;
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@
         registeredClasses.put("FixedLengthTypeTrait", FixedLengthTypeTrait.class);
         registeredClasses.put("VarLengthTypeTrait", VarLengthTypeTrait.class);
 
+        // INullIntrospector
+        registeredClasses.put("NullIntrospector", NullIntrospector.class);
+
         // ILSMOperationTrackerFactory
         registeredClasses.put("PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
         registeredClasses.put("SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index f8ba574..9975f4c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StoragePathUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDatasetId;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IExtensionMetadataEntity;
@@ -1539,7 +1541,8 @@
 
     private ITupleReference getTupleToBeDeleted(TxnId txnId, IMetadataIndex metadataIndex, ITupleReference searchKey)
             throws AlgebricksException, HyracksDataException {
-        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits());
+        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits(),
+                TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
         List<ITupleReference> results = new ArrayList<>();
         searchIndex(txnId, metadataIndex, searchKey, valueExtractor, results);
         if (results.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
index 047b823..125db21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.ITypedAdapterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.AdapterIdentifier;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.IDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataNode;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.feeds.BuiltinFeedPolicies;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat;
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.opcallbacks.PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory;
@@ -428,7 +431,8 @@
                             storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider(),
                             appContext.getMetadataMergePolicyFactory(),
                             StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, true, bloomFilterKeyFields,
-                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true,
+                            TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             DatasetLocalResourceFactory dsLocalResourceFactory =
                     new DatasetLocalResourceFactory(datasetId, lsmBtreeFactory);
             // TODO(amoudi) Creating the index should be done through the same code path as
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7c19282..5654d16 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.ArrayIndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
         int[] filterFields = IndexUtil.getFilterFields(dataset, index, filterTypeTraits);
         int[] btreeFields = IndexUtil.getBtreeFieldsIfFiltered(dataset, index);
         IStorageComponentProvider storageComponentProvider = mdProvider.getStorageComponentProvider();
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = storageComponentProvider.getTypeTraitProvider();
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = getTypeTraits(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = getCmpFactories(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = mdProvider.getStorageProperties().getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@
                         filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, null, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false);
+                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false,
+                        typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7f56f2c..6276044 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.FilesIndexDescription;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.IndexingConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
         ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider =
                 storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider();
         boolean hasBloomFilter = bloomFilterFields != null;
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = mdProvider.getDataFormat().getTypeTraitProvider();
         switch (dataset.getDatasetType()) {
             case EXTERNAL:
                 return index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))
@@ -89,12 +92,14 @@
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter)
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE)
                         : new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter);
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             case INTERNAL:
                 AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider =
                         new AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider(dataset.getDatasetId());
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
                         bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory,
-                        hasBloomFilter);
+                        hasBloomFilter, typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
index c9fb39c..9b19bb5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@
     private byte[] tupleBytes;
     private ByteBuffer buf;
 
-    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.tupleReference = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f496efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public class NullIntrospector implements INullIntrospector {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final INullIntrospector INSTANCE = new NullIntrospector();
+
+    private NullIntrospector() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
+        return (bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG || bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG)
+                && length == 1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
index 1788445..97fe9c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
     // WARNING: the byte sizes depend on the serializer!
     // currently assuming a serializer that adds a 1-byte type indicator before the data
+    private static final ITypeTraits ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1);
     private static final ITypeTraits ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits TWO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(2 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits FOUR_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(4 + 1);
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@
             return null;
         }
         switch (type.getTypeTag()) {
+            case NULL:
+            case MISSING:
+                return ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
             case BOOLEAN:
             case TINYINT:
                 return ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 336204c..e4214cc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 870cfe3..65bb2f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index 5cffd95..a1f53bd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index b2060b6..b489474 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index e73a11e..a1d1502 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
index a333dc4..f9cdfcf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
index d46f5f5..bcd71a3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
                 getVirtualBufferCacheProvider(), SynchronousSchedulerProvider.INSTANCE, MERGE_POLICY_FACTORY,
                 MERGE_POLICY_PROPERTIES, DURABLE, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 LSMTreeOperatorTestHelper.DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, true, btreefields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
index 2d092f1..872502b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     protected void createPrimaryIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         btreeFactory = new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, null, null);
         IIndexBuilderFactory indexBuilderFactory =
                 new IndexBuilderFactory(storageManager, primarySplitProvider, btreeFactory, false);
         IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor primaryCreateOp = new IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, indexBuilderFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
index 8c327f7..17fe593 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.FieldPrefixSlotManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameCompressor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -46,10 +47,17 @@
 
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
 
-    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold) {
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
+
+    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.ratioThreshold = ratioThreshold;
         this.occurrenceThreshold = occurrenceThreshold;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -163,7 +171,8 @@
         int prefixTupleIndex = 0;
         uncompressedTupleCount = 0;
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference tupleToWrite =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
         tupleToWrite.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
@@ -340,7 +349,8 @@
         KeyPartition kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
         keyPartitions.add(kp);
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
index 4cf145b..4589bed1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeLeafFrameType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IIndex;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
@@ -34,20 +35,25 @@
 
 public class BTreeResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private String path;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@
         IIOManager ioManager = ctx.getIoManager();
         FileReference resourceRef = ioManager.resolve(path);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
index 7a21495..d817327 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResourceFactory;
@@ -28,24 +29,29 @@
 
 public class BTreeResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public IResource createResource(FileReference fileRef) {
         return new BTreeResource(fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, typeTraits, comparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
index 6584df3..10eab69 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
         this.slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
 
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = tupleWriter.getTypeTraits();
-        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits);
-        this.compressor = new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2);
+        ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits = tupleWriter.getNullTypeTraits();
+        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
+        this.compressor =
+                new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2, nullTypeTraits, tupleWriter.getNullIntrospector());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
index b767537..2c728a7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 public class FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference {
 
-    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     // assumes tuple index refers to prefix tuples
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 5b89a19..f4b1948 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements IBTreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public static final byte UPDATE_BIT_OFFSET = 6;
 
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 083462b..87f46b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
-import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
-public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
+public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
     protected final boolean updateAware;
     protected boolean isUpdated;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 7089e79..e2aa759 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory extends TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
index 0c06bc3..09340b6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -54,9 +56,10 @@
 
     public static DiskBTree createDiskBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new DiskBTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -65,9 +68,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, IPageManager freePageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e159612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * An introspector that tells whether data is {@code NULL} or not.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface INullIntrospector extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
+
+    boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
index ca7217e..6273b68 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
         int fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        // TODO(ali): fix if needed
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 11f86c9..8eff435 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
     protected int dataStartOff;
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
     protected int[] decodedFieldSlots;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
         this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
         setFieldCount(typeTraits.length);
     }
@@ -57,11 +59,12 @@
         for (int i = fieldStartIndex; i < end; i++) {
             if (!typeTraits[i].isFixedLength()) {
                 cumul += encDec.decode();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
+            } else if (nullTypeTraits != null && isNull(buf, tupleStartOff, i)) {
+                cumul += nullTypeTraits.getFixedLength();
             } else {
                 cumul += typeTraits[i].getFixedLength();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
             }
+            decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
         }
         dataStartOff = encDec.getPos();
     }
@@ -127,4 +130,21 @@
     public int getTupleSize() {
         return dataStartOff - tupleStartOff + decodedFieldSlots[fieldCount - 1];
     }
+
+    private boolean isNull(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        return BitOperationUtils.getBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index eb6fe2a..2528518 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.encoding.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
@@ -30,10 +31,14 @@
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.VarLenIntDecoder decoder = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector; // can be null
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -80,10 +85,16 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // write data fields
+        // write data fields and set null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, i);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@
     public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(numFields);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -105,9 +116,15 @@
             }
         }
 
-        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        for (int i = startField, targetField = 0; i < startField + numFields; i++, targetField++) {
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, targetField);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -145,8 +162,40 @@
         return typeTraits;
     }
 
+    public ITypeTraits getNullTypeTraits() {
+        return nullTypeTraits;
+    }
+
+    public INullIntrospector getNullIntrospector() {
+        return nullIntrospector;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getCopySpaceRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
         return bytesRequired(tuple);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Given a field index, this method finds its corresponding bit in the null flags section and sets it.
+     *
+     * @param flags data
+     * @param flagsOffset start of the null flags data
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     */
+    private void setNullFlag(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        BitOperationUtils.setBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index a0fa505..586f243 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -20,20 +20,26 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory implements ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    protected ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
+    protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
index d94a5e1..e16baf9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -54,12 +55,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path,
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index f398370..e4c29ba 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
index bf4b06c..863ae56 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -57,12 +58,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, buddyBtreeFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path, storageManager,
                 mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, bloomFilterKeyFields, durable,
-                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
index 91ebee1..39c8aed 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] buddyBtreeFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, buddyBtreeFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
index 6098a1d..656ae02 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, isPrimary, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, serviceCtx.getTracer(),
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index a2c16b8..e926a48 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -57,10 +58,12 @@
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.hasBloomFilter = hasBloomFilter;
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
                 isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties,
                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                 pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
index 7c924b5..76916ec 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter extends LSMBTreeTupleWriter {
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
+
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         // Third parameter is never used locally, just give false.
-        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware);
+        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
index 02cd900..dd43ef4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,18 +22,20 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
index 2a5e232..e5c365a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     private boolean resetFieldCount = false;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
@@ -94,4 +95,10 @@
     public int getTupleStart() {
         return tupleStartOff;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
index 09ced10..bcbf93f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMTreeTupleWriter;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
     private boolean isAntimatter;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public LSMBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int bytesWritten = -1;
         if (isAntimatter) {
+            // TODO(ali): check this with secondary primary-key index
             bytesWritten = super.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, numKeyFields, targetBuf, targetOff);
             // Set antimatter bit to 1.
             BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
@@ -100,4 +103,10 @@
     public void setAntimatter(boolean isDelete) {
         this.isAntimatter = isDelete;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
index ad4f6eb..03bce23 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
 
@@ -30,15 +31,16 @@
     private final boolean isAntimatter;
 
     public LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter,
-            boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
index 021f416..018c0d3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.impls.ExternalBTree;
@@ -76,15 +77,16 @@
             boolean needKeyDupCheck, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] filterCmpFactories,
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer, ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory,
-            boolean hasBloomFilter) throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+            boolean hasBloomFilter, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -136,21 +139,21 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
             ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory, ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
-            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         // This is the tuple writer that can do both inserts and deletes
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         // This is the leaf frame factory for transaction components since it
         // can be used for both inserts and deletes
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory transactionLeafFrameFactory =
@@ -185,7 +188,8 @@
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory, int[] buddyBTreeFields, boolean durable,
-            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         ITypeTraits[] buddyBtreeTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] buddyBtreeCmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < buddyBtreeTypeTraits.length; i++) {
@@ -193,15 +197,15 @@
             buddyBtreeCmpFactories[i] = cmpFactories[buddyBTreeFields[i]];
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeInteriorFrameFactory =
                 new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
 
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
index fbd74dc..d905a0a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class LsmResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     protected String path;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     protected LsmResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -156,6 +162,16 @@
         mergePolicyFactory = (ILSMMergePolicyFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("mergePolicyFactory"));
         mergePolicyProperties = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("mergePolicyProperties"), Map.class);
         durable = json.get("durable").asBoolean();
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullTypeTraits")) {
+            nullTypeTraits = (ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullTypeTraits"));
+        } else {
+            nullTypeTraits = null;
+        }
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullIntrospector")) {
+            nullIntrospector = (INullIntrospector) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullIntrospector"));
+        } else {
+            nullIntrospector = null;
+        }
     }
 
     protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
@@ -206,6 +222,16 @@
         json.set("mergePolicyFactory", mergePolicyFactory.toJson(registry));
         json.putPOJO("mergePolicyProperties", mergePolicyProperties);
         json.put("durable", durable);
+        if (nullTypeTraits != null) {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", nullTypeTraits.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", null);
+        }
+        if (nullIntrospector != null) {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", nullIntrospector.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", null);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
index a138f01..e97a779 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
 public abstract class LsmResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.cmpFactories = cmpFactories;
@@ -74,5 +78,7 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
index 0af1f3f..8550385 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@
 
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
-
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
index 09c9699..79c6123 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             int[] invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         // ToDo: totally replace tokenizerFactory with full-text config
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index de65e3e..f2d5a37 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@
         for (IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache : virtualBufferCaches) {
             InMemoryInvertedIndex memInvIndex =
                     createInMemoryInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), i);
-            BTree deleteKeysBTree =
-                    BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache),
-                            invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                            ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false);
+            BTree deleteKeysBTree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache,
+                    new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
+                    BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
+                    ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false, null, null);
             LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent mutableComponent = new LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent(this, memInvIndex,
                     deleteKeysBTree, virtualBufferCache, filterHelper == null ? null : filterHelper.createFilter());
             memoryComponents.add(mutableComponent);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
index 6998861..c2e07b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
             btreeCmpFactories[tokenTypeTraits.length + i] = invListCmpFactories[i];
         }
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, virtualFreePageManager, btreeTypeTraits,
-                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false);
+                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
index 0f26435..7a45c5d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createDiskBTree(bufferCache, getBTreeTypeTraits(tokenTypeTraits), tokenCmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false,
+                null, null);
         this.numTokenFields = btree.getComparatorFactories().length;
         this.numInvListKeys = invListCmpFactories.length;
         this.invListsFile = invListsFile;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
index cfbb779..3ce26c5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < invListFields.length; i++) {
             allFields[i + tokenTypeTraits.length] = invListFields[i];
         }
-        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields);
+        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields, null, null);
 
         InvertedIndexUtils.verifyHasVarSizeTypeTrait(invListFields);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
index ee2bc58..a5515b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         super(bufferCache, fileId, invListFields, stats);
         this.isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     public VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor(IBufferCache bufferCache, int fileId,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         currentElementIxForScan = 0;
         isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
index ab71c0a..75d0cfe 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             throws HyracksDataException {
         super(frameSize, fields);
 
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields, null, null);
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(fields);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
index 8e1db66..1e69076 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     public VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(typeTraits);
 
-        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
index 707d85d..6958fd5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     public InvertedIndexSearchResult(ITypeTraits[] invListFields, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             ISimpleFrameBufferManager bufferManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.invListFields = invListFields;
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
         initTypeTraits(invListFields);
         this.ctx = ctx;
         appender = new InvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAppender(ctx.getInitialFrameSize());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
index dcde832..bee6be6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, IBufferCache diskBufferCache,
             IPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory =
                 BTreeUtils.getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
index bfae1cd..c7a59f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 635f1ac..31f78d8 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
index e4a8287..a0d0220 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, boolean durable) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
index 6edf877..ed4c5b5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories) {
         super(storageManager, rteeTypeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
         this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
index e28d5a2..ef9eb47 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.tuples.RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference;
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference implements ILSMTreeTupleReference {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
     private final int storedKeyFieldCount; //double field count to be stored for the mbr secondary key
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean isAntimatter() {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Check antimatter bit.
         return BitOperationUtils.getBit(buf, tupleStartOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
index ce6bdeb..ae2d642 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter implements ILSMTreeTupleWriter {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int valueFieldCount; //value(or payload or primary key) field count (same for an input tuple and a stored tuple)
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void setAntimatterBit(byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Set antimatter bit to 1.
         BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
index ba6015d..cf44b2f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 61e2326..8f7f3f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements ITreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 40b0481..42a9662 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     public int writeTupleFields(ITreeIndexTupleReference[] refs, int startField, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 4536a0c..0069cc3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
index 8c0f5a5..9d91e14 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager =
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index ad9198c..786a6af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         IMetadataPageManager freePageManager = freePageManagerFactory.createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache());
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
index 2e2f306..82cd909 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     public static final int FIELD_COUNT = 2;
     public static final ITypeTraits[] TYPE_TRAITS = { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS, IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS };
     public static final BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory TUPLE_WRITER_FACTORY =
-            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false);
+            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false, null, null);
     public static final ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory META_FRAME_FACTORY = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
     public static final int KEY_FIELDS_COUNT = 1;
     public static final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] CMP_FACTORIES = { IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE };
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index 89399bd..a7b4c4d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
index 7a24727..97e5e46 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
         cmpFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
index 5b86b4f..720dd59 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
         ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers =
                 { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index fe05828..e9b9e7f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(btreeFileId, 0), true);
         try {
 
-            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, null, null);
             BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriter);
             frame.setPage(page);
             frame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index dcdbdc6..6b94b03 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields) throws HyracksDataException {
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                 BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(),
-                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false);
+                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
index 9d66b64..eaa1c28 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
             IPageManager pageManager) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
-        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false);
+        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false,
+                null, null);
         BTreeTestContext testCtx = new BTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, btree);
         return testCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
index 1d41280..3313443 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Before
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index 8d8ec23..2476761 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index ab068ae..6dec9f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
index 2954854..0a4b37b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), true, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
index 3450531..8e2d6dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     protected TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 229b027..7d9b24a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable,
                 bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
index eebfb2b..dd42838 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index fb1244f..66af4b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
index 60a054e..baa5508 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager = new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(bufferCache, metaFrameFactory);
         btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, file,
-                freePageManager, false);
+                freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
index c476a8c..c57badc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
index 3307093..1eb4646 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
     protected void init(int pageSize, int numPages, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         bufferCache = new VirtualBufferCache(new HeapBufferAllocator(), pageSize, numPages);
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IPageManager freePageManager = new VirtualFreePageManager(bufferCache);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
index 4501485..1455fb3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         this.batchSize = batchSize;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         tupleCmp = new TupleComparator(cmp);
-        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
         tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
         int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
         tuples = new ArrayList<TypeAwareTupleReference>();
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
index f487bf1..1b46fd7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 new ThreadCountingTracker(), ioScheduler, NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.INSTANCE,
                 NoOpPageWriteCallbackFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
index b81167b..0a34c45 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             for (int numFields = numKeyFields; numFields <= maxFieldSerdes.length; numFields++) {
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter maxMatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 ITupleReference maxTuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(maxFieldSerdes, (Object[]) maxFields);
                 ByteBuffer maxMatterBuf = writeTuple(maxTuple, maxMatterTupleWriter);
                 // Tuple reference should work for both matter and antimatter tuples (doesn't matter which factory creates it).
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@
                 }
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 ITupleReference tuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(fieldSerdes, (Object[]) fields);
-                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter antimatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false);
-                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false, null, null);
+                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, null, null);
                 ByteBuffer matterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, matterTupleWriter);
                 ByteBuffer antimatterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, antimatterTupleWriter);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
index 6da04e7..928f60c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
                     ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, needKeyDupCheck, filterTypeTraits,
                     filterCmp, btreefields, filterfields, true, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, ITracer.NONE,
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         } else {
             lsmTree = LSMBTreeUtil.createLSMTree(ioManager, virtualBufferCaches, file, diskBufferCache, typeTraits,
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                     true, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                     updateAware, new Tracer(LSMBTreeTestContext.class.getSimpleName(),
                             ITraceCategoryRegistry.CATEGORIES_ALL, new TraceCategoryRegistry()),
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         }
         LSMBTreeTestContext testCtx = new LSMBTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, lsmTree, filtered);
         return testCtx;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
index 143204f..612ca4b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     @Test
     public void test() throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMComponentFilterReference filter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         Assert.assertEquals(filter.getLength(), 0);
         Assert.assertFalse(filter.isMaxTupleSet() || filter.isMinTupleSet());
         filter.writeMaxTuple(TupleUtils.createIntegerTuple(false, Integer.MAX_VALUE));
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         Assert.assertTrue(filter.getLength() == 20);
         byte[] serFilter = filter.getByteArray();
         LSMComponentFilterReference deserFilter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter((new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS })));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         deserFilter.set(serFilter, 0, 20);
         Assert.assertTrue(deserFilter.isMaxTupleSet() && deserFilter.isMinTupleSet());
         Assert.assertEquals(

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PS1, Line 72: // TODO(ali): fix if needed
As we discussed, we won't run into issues currently because the format of the tuple will be rewritten by the type aware writer before it goes into storage. However, let's file an issue to properly set the null flags here too to avoid future surprises in case tuples written by this writer are compared.



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[ASTERIXDB-2791][IDX] Set null flags when writing an index entry

- user model changes: no
- storage format changes: no
- interface changes: yes

Details:
When writing an index entry, set the corresponding null flags
for keys that are considered null. When reading an index entry,
examine the null flags to read the index entry properly.

 - add INullIntrospector interface that can be used by Hyracks
   to know if a key is null or not.

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M asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
M asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
A asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
M asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
A hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
M hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
90 files changed, 506 insertions(+), 194 deletions(-)

Approvals:
  Murtadha Hubail: Looks good to me, approved
  Ali Alsuliman: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  Jenkins: Verified; Verified

Objections:
  Anon. E. Moose #1000171: Violations found



diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
index 4cc6e43..35ee6dd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/io/PersistedResourceRegistry.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.comparators.ListItemBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.valueproviders.PrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.AnyBinaryComparatorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.OrderedLinearizeComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.SecondaryCorrelatedTreeIndexOperationsHelper;
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@
         registeredClasses.put("FixedLengthTypeTrait", FixedLengthTypeTrait.class);
         registeredClasses.put("VarLengthTypeTrait", VarLengthTypeTrait.class);
 
+        // INullIntrospector
+        registeredClasses.put("NullIntrospector", NullIntrospector.class);
+
         // ILSMOperationTrackerFactory
         registeredClasses.put("PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
         registeredClasses.put("SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory", SecondaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory.class);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index f8ba574..9975f4c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.transactions.TxnId;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.utils.StoragePathUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.ExtensionMetadataDatasetId;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IExtensionMetadataEntity;
@@ -1539,7 +1541,8 @@
 
     private ITupleReference getTupleToBeDeleted(TxnId txnId, IMetadataIndex metadataIndex, ITupleReference searchKey)
             throws AlgebricksException, HyracksDataException {
-        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits());
+        IValueExtractor<ITupleReference> valueExtractor = new TupleCopyValueExtractor(metadataIndex.getTypeTraits(),
+                TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
         List<ITupleReference> results = new ArrayList<>();
         searchIndex(txnId, metadataIndex, searchKey, valueExtractor, results);
         if (results.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
index 047b823..125db21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/bootstrap/MetadataBootstrap.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.external.api.ITypedAdapterFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.AdapterIdentifier;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.ExternalFile;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.TypeTraitProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.IDatasetDetails;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataManager;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.MetadataNode;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.feeds.BuiltinFeedPolicies;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.MetadataUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat;
 import org.apache.asterix.transaction.management.opcallbacks.PrimaryIndexOperationTrackerFactory;
@@ -428,7 +431,8 @@
                             storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider(),
                             appContext.getMetadataMergePolicyFactory(),
                             StorageConstants.DEFAULT_COMPACTION_POLICY_PROPERTIES, true, bloomFilterKeyFields,
-                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                            bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, true, null, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true,
+                            TypeTraitProvider.INSTANCE.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             DatasetLocalResourceFactory dsLocalResourceFactory =
                     new DatasetLocalResourceFactory(datasetId, lsmBtreeFactory);
             // TODO(amoudi) Creating the index should be done through the same code path as
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7c19282..5654d16 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/ArrayBTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.context.IStorageComponentProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.ArrayIndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
         int[] filterFields = IndexUtil.getFilterFields(dataset, index, filterTypeTraits);
         int[] btreeFields = IndexUtil.getBtreeFieldsIfFiltered(dataset, index);
         IStorageComponentProvider storageComponentProvider = mdProvider.getStorageComponentProvider();
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = storageComponentProvider.getTypeTraitProvider();
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = getTypeTraits(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = getCmpFactories(mdProvider, dataset, index, recordType, metaType);
         double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = mdProvider.getStorageProperties().getBloomFilterFalsePositiveRate();
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@
                         filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, null, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate,
-                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false);
+                        index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory, false,
+                        typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
index 7f56f2c..6276044 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/declared/BTreeResourceFactoryProvider.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.FilesIndexDescription;
 import org.apache.asterix.external.indexing.IndexingConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.NullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IResourceFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Dataset;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.entities.Index;
 import org.apache.asterix.metadata.utils.IndexUtil;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.utils.Pair;
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
         ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider =
                 storageComponentProvider.getIoOperationSchedulerProvider();
         boolean hasBloomFilter = bloomFilterFields != null;
+        ITypeTraitProvider typeTraitProvider = mdProvider.getDataFormat().getTypeTraitProvider();
         switch (dataset.getDatasetType()) {
             case EXTERNAL:
                 return index.getIndexName().equals(IndexingConstants.getFilesIndexName(dataset.getDatasetName()))
@@ -89,12 +92,14 @@
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter)
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE)
                         : new ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields, opTrackerFactory,
                                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
-                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter);
+                                bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, false, btreeFields, hasBloomFilter,
+                                typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             case INTERNAL:
                 AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider =
                         new AsterixVirtualBufferCacheProvider(dataset.getDatasetId());
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@
                         pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider,
                         mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, true, bloomFilterFields,
                         bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, index.isPrimaryIndex(), btreeFields, compDecompFactory,
-                        hasBloomFilter);
+                        hasBloomFilter, typeTraitProvider.getTypeTrait(BuiltinType.ANULL), NullIntrospector.INSTANCE);
             default:
                 throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_UNKNOWN_DATASET_TYPE,
                         dataset.getDatasetType().toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
index c9fb39c..9b19bb5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/valueextractors/TupleCopyValueExtractor.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@
     private byte[] tupleBytes;
     private ByteBuffer buf;
 
-    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+    public TupleCopyValueExtractor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.tupleReference = tupleWriter.createTupleReference();
     }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f496efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/NullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged;
+
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG;
+import static org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public class NullIntrospector implements INullIntrospector {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public static final INullIntrospector INSTANCE = new NullIntrospector();
+
+    private NullIntrospector() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
+        return (bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_MISSING_TYPE_TAG || bytes[offset] == SERIALIZED_NULL_TYPE_TAG)
+                && length == 1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNode toJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry) throws HyracksDataException {
+        return registry.getClassIdentifier(getClass(), serialVersionUID);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("squid:S1172") // unused parameter
+    public static IJsonSerializable fromJson(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
index 1788445..97fe9c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/formats/nontagged/TypeTraitProvider.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
     // WARNING: the byte sizes depend on the serializer!
     // currently assuming a serializer that adds a 1-byte type indicator before the data
+    private static final ITypeTraits ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1);
     private static final ITypeTraits ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(1 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits TWO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(2 + 1);
     private static final ITypeTraits FOUR_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT = new FixedLengthTypeTrait(4 + 1);
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@
             return null;
         }
         switch (type.getTypeTag()) {
+            case NULL:
+            case MISSING:
+                return ZERO_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
             case BOOLEAN:
             case TINYINT:
                 return ONE_BYTE_TYPE_TRAIT;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
index 336204c..e4214cc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexScanOperatorTest.java
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index 870cfe3..65bb2f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
index 5cffd95..a1f53bd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreePrimaryIndexStatsOperatorTest.java
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
index b2060b6..b489474 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexInsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
index e73a11e..a1d1502 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexSearchOperatorTest.java
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
index a333dc4..f9cdfcf 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/btree/BTreeSecondaryIndexUpsertOperatorTest.java
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createPrimaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.primaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.primaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
     protected IResourceFactory createSecondaryResourceFactory() {
         return new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, DataSetConstants.secondaryTypeTraits,
-                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory);
+                DataSetConstants.secondaryComparatorFactories, pageManagerFactory, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
index d46f5f5..bcd71a3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeOperatorTestHelper.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
                 getVirtualBufferCacheProvider(), SynchronousSchedulerProvider.INSTANCE, MERGE_POLICY_FACTORY,
                 MERGE_POLICY_PROPERTIES, DURABLE, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 LSMTreeOperatorTestHelper.DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE, true, btreefields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
index 2d092f1..872502b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/tests/am/rtree/AbstractRTreeOperatorTest.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     protected void createPrimaryIndex() throws Exception {
         JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
         btreeFactory = new BTreeResourceFactory(storageManager, primaryTypeTraits, primaryComparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, null, null);
         IIndexBuilderFactory indexBuilderFactory =
                 new IndexBuilderFactory(storageManager, primarySplitProvider, btreeFactory, false);
         IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor primaryCreateOp = new IndexCreateOperatorDescriptor(spec, indexBuilderFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
index 8c327f7..17fe593 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/compressors/FieldPrefixCompressor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.FieldPrefixSlotManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrame;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameCompressor;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -46,10 +47,17 @@
 
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
 
-    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold) {
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
+
+    public FieldPrefixCompressor(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, float ratioThreshold, int occurrenceThreshold,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.ratioThreshold = ratioThreshold;
         this.occurrenceThreshold = occurrenceThreshold;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -163,7 +171,8 @@
         int prefixTupleIndex = 0;
         uncompressedTupleCount = 0;
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference tupleToWrite =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
         tupleToWrite.setFieldCount(fieldCount);
@@ -340,7 +349,8 @@
         KeyPartition kp = new KeyPartition(maxCmps);
         keyPartitions.add(kp);
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference prevTuple =
                 new BTreeFieldPrefixTupleReference(tupleWriter.createTupleReference());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
index 4cf145b..4589bed1 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IIOManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.frames.BTreeLeafFrameType;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.util.BTreeUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IIndex;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
@@ -34,20 +35,25 @@
 
 public class BTreeResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private String path;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@
         IIOManager ioManager = ctx.getIoManager();
         FileReference resourceRef = ioManager.resolve(path);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, comparatorFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                resourceRef, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
index 7a21495..d817327 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeResourceFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResource;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.IResourceFactory;
@@ -28,24 +29,29 @@
 
 public class BTreeResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     private final IStorageManager storageManager;
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories;
     private final IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory;
+    private final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    private final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public BTreeResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
-            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory) {
+            IBinaryComparatorFactory[] comparatorFactories, IPageManagerFactory pageManagerFactory,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.comparatorFactories = comparatorFactories;
         this.pageManagerFactory = pageManagerFactory;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public IResource createResource(FileReference fileRef) {
         return new BTreeResource(fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, typeTraits, comparatorFactories,
-                pageManagerFactory);
+                pageManagerFactory, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
index 6584df3..10eab69 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/frames/BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame.java
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
         this.slotManager = new FieldPrefixSlotManager();
 
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = tupleWriter.getTypeTraits();
-        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits);
-        this.compressor = new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2);
+        ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits = tupleWriter.getNullTypeTraits();
+        this.framePrefixTuple = new FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
+        this.compressor =
+                new FieldPrefixCompressor(typeTraits, 0.001f, 2, nullTypeTraits, tupleWriter.getNullIntrospector());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
index b767537..2c728a7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/impls/FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 public class FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference {
 
-    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public FieldPrefixPrefixTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     // assumes tuple index refers to prefix tuples
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 5b89a19..f4b1948 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements IBTreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public static final byte UPDATE_BIT_OFFSET = 6;
 
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 083462b..87f46b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
-import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriter;
 
-public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
+// TODO(ali): this is broken if updateAware is enabled
+public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
     protected final boolean updateAware;
     protected boolean isUpdated;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 7089e79..e2aa759 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/tuples/BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory extends TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     protected final boolean updateAware;
 
-    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+    public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.updateAware = updateAware;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware);
+        return new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
index 0c06bc3..09340b6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeUtils.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPageManager;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.common.MultiComparator;
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -54,9 +56,10 @@
 
     public static DiskBTree createDiskBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IPageManager freePageManager, boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new DiskBTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
@@ -65,9 +68,10 @@
 
     public static BTree createBTree(IBufferCache bufferCache, IPageManager freePageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType leafType, FileReference file,
-            boolean updateAware) throws HyracksDataException {
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, leafType);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         return new BTree(bufferCache, freePageManager, interiorFrameFactory, leafFrameFactory, cmpFactories,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e159612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/api/INullIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * An introspector that tells whether data is {@code NULL} or not.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface INullIntrospector extends Serializable, IJsonSerializable {
+
+    boolean isNull(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
+
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
index ca7217e..6273b68 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/SimpleTupleWriter.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
         int fieldSlotsBytes = getFieldSlotsBytes(tuple);
+        // TODO(ali): fix if needed
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 11f86c9..8eff435 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
     protected int dataStartOff;
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final VarLenIntDecoder encDec = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
     protected int[] decodedFieldSlots;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
         this.fieldStartIndex = 0;
         setFieldCount(typeTraits.length);
     }
@@ -57,11 +59,12 @@
         for (int i = fieldStartIndex; i < end; i++) {
             if (!typeTraits[i].isFixedLength()) {
                 cumul += encDec.decode();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
+            } else if (nullTypeTraits != null && isNull(buf, tupleStartOff, i)) {
+                cumul += nullTypeTraits.getFixedLength();
             } else {
                 cumul += typeTraits[i].getFixedLength();
-                decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
             }
+            decodedFieldSlots[field++] = cumul;
         }
         dataStartOff = encDec.getPos();
     }
@@ -127,4 +130,21 @@
     public int getTupleSize() {
         return dataStartOff - tupleStartOff + decodedFieldSlots[fieldCount - 1];
     }
+
+    private boolean isNull(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        return BitOperationUtils.getBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index eb6fe2a..2528518 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.encoding.VarLenIntEncoderDecoder;
@@ -30,10 +31,14 @@
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriter implements ITreeIndexTupleWriter {
 
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
-    protected VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.VarLenIntDecoder decoder = VarLenIntEncoderDecoder.createDecoder();
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits; // can be null
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector; // can be null
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(tuple);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -80,10 +85,16 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // write data fields
+        // write data fields and set null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < tuple.getFieldCount(); i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, i);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@
     public int writeTupleFields(ITupleReference tuple, int startField, int numFields, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int runner = targetOff;
         int nullFlagsBytes = getNullFlagsBytes(numFields);
-        // write null indicator bits
+        // reset null indicator bits
         for (int i = 0; i < nullFlagsBytes; i++) {
             targetBuf[runner++] = (byte) 0;
         }
@@ -105,9 +116,15 @@
             }
         }
 
-        for (int i = startField; i < startField + numFields; i++) {
-            System.arraycopy(tuple.getFieldData(i), tuple.getFieldStart(i), targetBuf, runner, tuple.getFieldLength(i));
-            runner += tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+        for (int i = startField, targetField = 0; i < startField + numFields; i++, targetField++) {
+            byte[] fieldData = tuple.getFieldData(i);
+            int fieldOffset = tuple.getFieldStart(i);
+            int fieldLength = tuple.getFieldLength(i);
+            if (nullIntrospector != null && nullIntrospector.isNull(fieldData, fieldOffset, fieldLength)) {
+                setNullFlag(targetBuf, targetOff, targetField);
+            }
+            System.arraycopy(fieldData, fieldOffset, targetBuf, runner, fieldLength);
+            runner += fieldLength;
         }
 
         return runner - targetOff;
@@ -145,8 +162,40 @@
         return typeTraits;
     }
 
+    public ITypeTraits getNullTypeTraits() {
+        return nullTypeTraits;
+    }
+
+    public INullIntrospector getNullIntrospector() {
+        return nullIntrospector;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getCopySpaceRequired(ITupleReference tuple) {
         return bytesRequired(tuple);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Given a field index, this method finds its corresponding bit in the null flags section and sets it.
+     *
+     * @param flags data
+     * @param flagsOffset start of the null flags data
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     */
+    private void setNullFlag(byte[] flags, int flagsOffset, int fieldIdx) {
+        int adjustedFieldIdx = getAdjustedFieldIdx(fieldIdx);
+        int flagByteIdx = adjustedFieldIdx / 8;
+        int flagBitIdx = 7 - (adjustedFieldIdx % 8);
+        BitOperationUtils.setBit(flags, flagsOffset + flagByteIdx, (byte) flagBitIdx);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adjusts the field index in case the null flags section starts with some other special-purpose fields.
+     *
+     * @param fieldIdx logical field index
+     * @return adjusted field index
+     */
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        return fieldIdx;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index a0fa505..586f243 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/common/tuples/TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -20,20 +20,26 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory;
 
 public class TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory implements ITreeIndexTupleWriterFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    protected ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
+    protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
-    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
+    public TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     @Override
     public TypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits);
+        return new TypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
index d94a5e1..e16baf9 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -54,12 +55,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path,
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index f398370..e4c29ba 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, bloomFilterKeyFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
index bf4b06c..863ae56 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -57,12 +58,13 @@
             ILSMOperationTrackerFactory opTrackerProvider, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
-            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(typeTraits, cmpFactories, buddyBtreeFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, path, storageManager,
                 mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, null, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
                 mergePolicyFactory.createMergePolicy(mergePolicyProperties, serviceCtx),
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, bloomFilterKeyFields, durable,
-                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer());
+                metadataPageManagerFactory, serviceCtx.getTracer(), nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
index 91ebee1..39c8aed 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/ExternalBTreeWithBuddyLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -45,12 +46,13 @@
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] buddyBtreeFields,
-            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, null,
                 ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, buddyBtreeFields,
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields, NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE,
-                hasBloomFilter);
+                hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@
                 bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory,
                 mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter);
+                ioSchedulerProvider, durable, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
index 6098a1d..656ae02 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IJsonSerializable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.utils.LSMBTreeUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, boolean durable,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
         this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@
                 opTrackerProvider.getOperationTracker(serviceCtx, this), ioSchedulerProvider.getIoScheduler(serviceCtx),
                 ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, isPrimary, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, durable, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, serviceCtx.getTracer(),
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index a2c16b8..e926a48 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/dataflow/LSMBTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -57,10 +58,12 @@
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
             Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, boolean isPrimary, int[] btreeFields,
-            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter) {
+            ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory, boolean hasBloomFilter,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
         this.hasBloomFilter = hasBloomFilter;
         this.bloomFilterKeyFields = bloomFilterKeyFields;
         this.bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate = bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate;
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@
                 isPrimary, fileRef.getRelativePath(), storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties,
                 filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory,
                 pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter);
+                compressorDecompressorFactory, hasBloomFilter, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
index 7c924b5..76916ec 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter.java
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter extends LSMBTreeTupleWriter {
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
+
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         // Third parameter is never used locally, just give false.
-        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware);
+        super(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
index 02cd900..dd43ef4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,18 +22,20 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
index 2a5e232..e5c365a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleReference.java
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     private boolean resetFieldCount = false;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
     }
 
@@ -94,4 +95,10 @@
     public int getTupleStart() {
         return tupleStartOff;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
index 09ced10..bcbf93f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.util.BitOperationUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMTreeTupleWriter;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
     private boolean isAntimatter;
     private final int numKeyFields;
 
-    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+    public LSMBTreeTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter, boolean updateAware,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public LSMBTreeTupleReference createTupleReference() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleReference(typeTraits, numKeyFields, updateAware, nullTypeTraits);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
     public int writeTuple(ITupleReference tuple, byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
         int bytesWritten = -1;
         if (isAntimatter) {
+            // TODO(ali): check this with secondary primary-key index
             bytesWritten = super.writeTupleFields(tuple, 0, numKeyFields, targetBuf, targetOff);
             // Set antimatter bit to 1.
             BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
@@ -100,4 +103,10 @@
     public void setAntimatter(boolean isDelete) {
         this.isAntimatter = isDelete;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getAdjustedFieldIdx(int fieldIdx) {
+        // 2 bits when update-aware: 1 for antimatter and 1 for the update, otherwise, only 1 bit for the antimatter
+        return updateAware ? fieldIdx + 2 : fieldIdx + 1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
index ad4f6eb..03bce23 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 
 public class LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory extends BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory {
 
@@ -30,15 +31,16 @@
     private final boolean isAntimatter;
 
     public LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, int numKeyFields, boolean isAntimatter,
-            boolean updateAware) {
-        super(typeTraits, updateAware);
+            boolean updateAware, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
+        super(typeTraits, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         this.numKeyFields = numKeyFields;
         this.isAntimatter = isAntimatter;
     }
 
     @Override
     public BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter createTupleWriter() {
-        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware);
+        return new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, isAntimatter, updateAware, nullTypeTraits,
+                nullIntrospector);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
index 021f416..018c0d3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/utils/LSMBTreeUtil.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.DiskBTree;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.btree.tuples.BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexFrameFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.tuples.TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.btree.impls.ExternalBTree;
@@ -76,15 +77,16 @@
             boolean needKeyDupCheck, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] filterCmpFactories,
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer, ICompressorDecompressorFactory compressorDecompressorFactory,
-            boolean hasBloomFilter) throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+            boolean hasBloomFilter, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory bulkLoadTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
 
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -136,21 +139,21 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy,
             ILSMOperationTracker opTracker, ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler,
             ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory, ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
-            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer)
-            throws HyracksDataException {
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+            boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer,
+            ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits, INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, true, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         // This is the tuple writer that can do both inserts and deletes
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory transactionTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         // This is the leaf frame factory for transaction components since it
         // can be used for both inserts and deletes
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory transactionLeafFrameFactory =
@@ -185,7 +188,8 @@
             double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, ILSMMergePolicy mergePolicy, ILSMOperationTracker opTracker,
             ILSMIOOperationScheduler ioScheduler, ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory ioOpCallbackFactory,
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory, int[] buddyBTreeFields, boolean durable,
-            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
+            IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory, ITracer tracer, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) throws HyracksDataException {
         ITypeTraits[] buddyBtreeTypeTraits = new ITypeTraits[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] buddyBtreeCmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[buddyBTreeFields.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < buddyBtreeTypeTraits.length; i++) {
@@ -193,15 +197,15 @@
             buddyBtreeCmpFactories[i] = cmpFactories[buddyBTreeFields[i]];
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(buddyBtreeTypeTraits, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeInteriorFrameFactory =
                 new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory buddyBtreeLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(buddyBtreeTupleWriterFactory);
 
-        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, false);
-        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false);
+        LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
+        LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits,
+                cmpFactories.length, false, nullTypeTraits, nullIntrospector);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
index fbd74dc..d905a0a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.io.IPersistedResourceRegistry;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class LsmResource implements IResource {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
     protected String path;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResource(String path, IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.path = path;
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 
     protected LsmResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json) throws HyracksDataException {
@@ -156,6 +162,16 @@
         mergePolicyFactory = (ILSMMergePolicyFactory) registry.deserialize(json.get("mergePolicyFactory"));
         mergePolicyProperties = OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(json.get("mergePolicyProperties"), Map.class);
         durable = json.get("durable").asBoolean();
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullTypeTraits")) {
+            nullTypeTraits = (ITypeTraits) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullTypeTraits"));
+        } else {
+            nullTypeTraits = null;
+        }
+        if (json.hasNonNull("nullIntrospector")) {
+            nullIntrospector = (INullIntrospector) registry.deserialize(json.get("nullIntrospector"));
+        } else {
+            nullIntrospector = null;
+        }
     }
 
     protected void appendToJson(final ObjectNode json, IPersistedResourceRegistry registry)
@@ -206,6 +222,16 @@
         json.set("mergePolicyFactory", mergePolicyFactory.toJson(registry));
         json.putPOJO("mergePolicyProperties", mergePolicyProperties);
         json.put("durable", durable);
+        if (nullTypeTraits != null) {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", nullTypeTraits.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullTypeTraits", null);
+        }
+        if (nullIntrospector != null) {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", nullIntrospector.toJson(registry));
+        } else {
+            json.set("nullIntrospector", null);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
index a138f01..e97a779 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/dataflow/LsmResourceFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IMetadataPageManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.INullIntrospector;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallbackFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider;
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMMergePolicyFactory;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 
 public abstract class LsmResourceFactory implements IResourceFactory {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2L;
     protected final IStorageManager storageManager;
     protected final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     protected final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
     protected final ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory;
     protected final Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties;
     protected final boolean durable;
+    protected final ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits;
+    protected final INullIntrospector nullIntrospector;
 
     public LsmResourceFactory(IStorageManager storageManager, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits,
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories, ITypeTraits[] filterTypeTraits,
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
             ILSMPageWriteCallbackFactory pageWriteCallbackFactory,
             IMetadataPageManagerFactory metadataPageManagerFactory, IVirtualBufferCacheProvider vbcProvider,
             ILSMIOOperationSchedulerProvider ioSchedulerProvider, ILSMMergePolicyFactory mergePolicyFactory,
-            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable) {
+            Map<String, String> mergePolicyProperties, boolean durable, ITypeTraits nullTypeTraits,
+            INullIntrospector nullIntrospector) {
         this.storageManager = storageManager;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         this.cmpFactories = cmpFactories;
@@ -74,5 +78,7 @@
         this.mergePolicyFactory = mergePolicyFactory;
         this.mergePolicyProperties = mergePolicyProperties;
         this.durable = durable;
+        this.nullTypeTraits = nullTypeTraits;
+        this.nullIntrospector = nullIntrospector;
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
index 0af1f3f..8550385 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResource.java
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@
 
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
-
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.tokenizerFactory = tokenizerFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
index 09c9699..79c6123 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/dataflow/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             int[] invertedIndexFieldsForNonBulkLoadOps, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         // ToDo: totally replace tokenizerFactory with full-text config
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index de65e3e..f2d5a37 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@
         for (IVirtualBufferCache virtualBufferCache : virtualBufferCaches) {
             InMemoryInvertedIndex memInvIndex =
                     createInMemoryInvertedIndex(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), i);
-            BTree deleteKeysBTree =
-                    BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache),
-                            invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                            ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false);
+            BTree deleteKeysBTree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache,
+                    new VirtualFreePageManager(virtualBufferCache), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
+                    BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
+                    ioManager.resolveAbsolutePath(fileManager.getBaseDir() + "_virtual_del_" + i), false, null, null);
             LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent mutableComponent = new LSMInvertedIndexMemoryComponent(this, memInvIndex,
                     deleteKeysBTree, virtualBufferCache, filterHelper == null ? null : filterHelper.createFilter());
             memoryComponents.add(mutableComponent);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
index 6998861..c2e07b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/inmemory/InMemoryInvertedIndex.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
             btreeCmpFactories[tokenTypeTraits.length + i] = invListCmpFactories[i];
         }
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(virtualBufferCache, virtualFreePageManager, btreeTypeTraits,
-                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false);
+                btreeCmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFileRef, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
index 0f26435..7a45c5d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/OnDiskInvertedIndex.java
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         this.tokenTypeTraits = tokenTypeTraits;
         this.tokenCmpFactories = tokenCmpFactories;
         this.btree = BTreeUtils.createDiskBTree(bufferCache, getBTreeTypeTraits(tokenTypeTraits), tokenCmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, btreeFile, pageManagerFactory.createPageManager(bufferCache), false,
+                null, null);
         this.numTokenFields = btree.getComparatorFactories().length;
         this.numInvListKeys = invListCmpFactories.length;
         this.invListsFile = invListsFile;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
index cfbb779..3ce26c5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementInvertedListBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < invListFields.length; i++) {
             allFields[i + tokenTypeTraits.length] = invListFields[i];
         }
-        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields);
+        this.writer = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(allFields, null, null);
 
         InvertedIndexUtils.verifyHasVarSizeTypeTrait(invListFields);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
index ee2bc58..a5515b3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         super(bufferCache, fileId, invListFields, stats);
         this.isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     public VariableSizeElementOnDiskInvertedListCursor(IBufferCache bufferCache, int fileId,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         currentElementIxForScan = 0;
         isInit = true;
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(invListFields);
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
index ab71c0a..75d0cfe 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAccessor.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             throws HyracksDataException {
         super(frameSize, fields);
 
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(fields, null, null);
         this.tupleReference = new VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(fields);
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
index 8e1db66..1e69076 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/ondisk/variablesize/VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     public VariableSizeInvertedListTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(typeTraits);
 
-        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits);
+        this.tupleReference = new TypeAwareTupleReference(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
index 707d85d..6958fd5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/search/InvertedIndexSearchResult.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     public InvertedIndexSearchResult(ITypeTraits[] invListFields, IHyracksTaskContext ctx,
             ISimpleFrameBufferManager bufferManager) throws HyracksDataException {
         this.invListFields = invListFields;
-        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields);
+        this.tupleWriter = new TypeAwareTupleWriter(invListFields, null, null);
         initTypeTraits(invListFields);
         this.ctx = ctx;
         appender = new InvertedListSearchResultFrameTupleAppender(ctx.getInitialFrameSize());
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
index dcde832..bee6be6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/util/InvertedIndexUtils.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] invListCmpFactories, IBufferCache diskBufferCache,
             IPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory) throws HyracksDataException {
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(invListTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory =
                 BTreeUtils.getLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -225,7 +226,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
index bfae1cd..c7a59f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResource.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 635f1ac..31f78d8 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             boolean isPointMBR, double bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate) {
         super(storageManager, typeTraits, cmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
index e4a8287..a0d0220 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResource.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             ILinearizeComparatorFactory linearizeCmpFactory, int[] rtreeFields, boolean isPointMBR, boolean durable) {
         super(path, storageManager, typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.btreeCmpFactories = btreeCmpFactories;
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
index 6edf877..ed4c5b5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/dataflow/LSMRTreeWithAntiMatterLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeComparatorFactories) {
         super(storageManager, rteeTypeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, filterFields,
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
-                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable);
+                vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable, null, null);
         this.valueProviderFactories = valueProviderFactories;
         this.rtreePolicyType = rtreePolicyType;
         this.linearizeCmpFactory = linearizeCmpFactory;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
index e28d5a2..ef9eb47 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.tuples.RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference;
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleReferenceForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference implements ILSMTreeTupleReference {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
     private final int storedKeyFieldCount; //double field count to be stored for the mbr secondary key
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean isAntimatter() {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Check antimatter bit.
         return BitOperationUtils.getBit(buf, tupleStartOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
index ce6bdeb..ae2d642 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/tuples/LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 
 public class LSMRTreeTupleWriterForPointMBR extends RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter implements ILSMTreeTupleWriter {
+
     private final int inputKeyFieldCount; //double field count for mbr secondary key of an input tuple
     private final int valueFieldCount; //value(or payload or primary key) field count (same for an input tuple and a stored tuple)
     private final int inputTotalFieldCount; //total field count (key + value fields) of an input tuple.
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     }
 
     protected void setAntimatterBit(byte[] targetBuf, int targetOff) {
+        // TODO(ali): antimatterAware should be checked?
         // Set antimatter bit to 1.
         BitOperationUtils.setBit(targetBuf, targetOff, ANTIMATTER_BIT_OFFSET);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
index ba6015d..cf44b2f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/utils/LSMRTreeUtils.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@
             rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory = rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory;
         }
         BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory btreeTupleWriterFactory =
-                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false);
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(btreeTypeTraits, false, null, null);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeInteriorFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(
                 rtreeInteriorFrameTupleWriterFactory, valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, isPointMBR);
         RTreeFrameFactory rtreeLeafFrameFactory = new RTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(rtreeLeafFrameTupleWriterFactory,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
index 61e2326..8f7f3f0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference extends TypeAwareTupleReference implements ITreeIndexTupleReference {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleReference(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
index 40b0481..42a9662 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public class RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter extends TypeAwareTupleWriter {
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     public int writeTupleFields(ITreeIndexTupleReference[] refs, int startField, ByteBuffer targetBuf, int targetOff) {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
index 4536a0c..0069cc3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/tuples/RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public RTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(ITypeTraits[] typeTraits) {
-        super(typeTraits);
+        super(typeTraits, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
index 8c0f5a5..9d91e14 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager =
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
-                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index ad9198c..786a6af 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         IMetadataPageManager freePageManager = freePageManagerFactory.createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache());
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
index 2e2f306..82cd909 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchCursorTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     public static final int FIELD_COUNT = 2;
     public static final ITypeTraits[] TYPE_TRAITS = { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS, IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS };
     public static final BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory TUPLE_WRITER_FACTORY =
-            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false);
+            new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(TYPE_TRAITS, false, null, null);
     public static final ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory META_FRAME_FACTORY = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
     public static final int KEY_FIELDS_COUNT = 1;
     public static final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] CMP_FACTORIES = { IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE };
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index 89399bd..a7b4c4d 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(harness.getBufferCache(), metaFrameFactory);
         index = BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(keySerdes),
                 SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(keySerdes, keySerdes.length), BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM,
-                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false);
+                harness.getFileReference(), freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
index 7a24727..97e5e46 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeStatsTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
         int keyFieldCount = 1;
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = new IBinaryComparatorFactory[keyFieldCount];
         cmpFactories[0] = IntegerBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE;
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
index 5b86b4f..720dd59 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/BTreeUpdateSearchTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
         ISerializerDeserializer[] recDescSers =
                 { IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, IntegerSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE };
 
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
index fe05828..e9b9e7f 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/FieldPrefixNSMTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         ICachedPage page = bufferCache.pin(BufferedFileHandle.getDiskPageId(btreeFileId, 0), true);
         try {
 
-            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false);
+            BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter tupleWriter = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriter(typeTraits, false, null, null);
             BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame frame = new BTreeFieldPrefixNSMLeafFrame(tupleWriter);
             frame.setPage(page);
             frame.initBuffer((byte) 0);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index dcdbdc6..6b94b03 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/multithread/BTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             int[] bloomFilterKeyFields) throws HyracksDataException {
         return BTreeUtils.createBTree(harness.getBufferCache(), typeTraits, cmpFactories,
                 BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, harness.getFileReference(),
-                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false);
+                harness.getPageManagerFactory().createPageManager(harness.getBufferCache()), false, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
index 9d66b64..eaa1c28 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/btree/util/BTreeTestContext.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
             IPageManager pageManager) throws Exception {
         ITypeTraits[] typeTraits = SerdeUtils.serdesToTypeTraits(fieldSerdes);
         IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories = SerdeUtils.serdesToComparatorFactories(fieldSerdes, numKeyFields);
-        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false);
+        BTree btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, leafType, file, pageManager, false,
+                null, null);
         BTreeTestContext testCtx = new BTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, btree);
         return testCtx;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
index 1d41280..3313443 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeExamplesTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories, btreeFields,
                 filterFields, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Before
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
index 8d8ec23..2476761 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeModificationOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
index ab068ae..6dec9f4 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeSearchOperationCallbackTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
index 2954854..0a4b37b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/LSMBTreeUpdateInPlaceTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 NoOpOperationTrackerFactory.INSTANCE.getOperationTracker(null, null), harness.getIOScheduler(),
                 harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(), harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null,
                 null, true, harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), true, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, HAS_BLOOM_FILTER, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
index 3450531..8e2d6dd 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResource.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                 storageManager, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                 btreeFields, filterFields, opTrackerProvider, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory,
                 metadataPageManagerFactory, vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, durable,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     protected TestLsmBtreeLocalResource(IPersistedResourceRegistry registry, JsonNode json, int[] bloomFilterKeyFields,
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
index 229b027..7d9b24a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeLocalResourceFactory.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                 opTrackerFactory, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                 vbcProvider, ioSchedulerProvider, mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyProperties, durable,
                 bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, isPrimary, btreeFields,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, hasBloomFilter, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
index eebfb2b..dd42838 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/impl/TestLsmBtreeUtil.java
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
             int[] btreeFields, int[] filterFields, boolean durable, IMetadataPageManagerFactory freePageManagerFactory,
             boolean updateAware, ITracer tracer) throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory insertTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, false, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory deleteTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, true, updateAware, null, null);
         LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory copyTupleWriterFactory =
-                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware);
+                new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, cmpFactories.length, updateAware, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory insertLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(insertTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory copyTupleLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(copyTupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory deleteLeafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(deleteTupleWriterFactory);
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
         LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory filterFrameFactory = null;
         LSMComponentFilterManager filterManager = null;
         if (filterCmpFactories != null) {
-            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits);
+            TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory filterTupleWriterFactory =
+                    new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(filterTypeTraits, null, null);
             filterHelper = new ComponentFilterHelper(filterTupleWriterFactory, filterCmpFactories);
             filterFrameFactory = new LSMComponentFilterFrameFactory(filterTupleWriterFactory);
             filterManager = new LSMComponentFilterManager(filterFrameFactory);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
index fb1244f..66af4b2 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/multithread/LSMBTreeMultiThreadTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 harness.getOperationTracker(), harness.getIOScheduler(), harness.getIOOperationCallbackFactory(),
                 harness.getPageWriteCallbackFactory(), true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 harness.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
index 60a054e..baa5508 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/BTreeRunner.java
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
         ITreeIndexMetadataFrameFactory metaFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
         LinkedMetaDataPageManager freePageManager = new LinkedMetaDataPageManager(bufferCache, metaFrameFactory);
         btree = BTreeUtils.createBTree(bufferCache, typeTraits, cmpFactories, BTreeLeafFrameType.REGULAR_NSM, file,
-                freePageManager, false);
+                freePageManager, false, null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
index c476a8c..c57badc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/ConcurrentSkipListRunner.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
index 3307093..1eb4646 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemoryBTreeRunner.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
     protected void init(int pageSize, int numPages, ITypeTraits[] typeTraits, IBinaryComparatorFactory[] cmpFactories)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         bufferCache = new VirtualBufferCache(new HeapBufferAllocator(), pageSize, numPages);
-        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory = new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false);
+        BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory tupleWriterFactory =
+                new BTreeTypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, false, null, null);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory leafFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMLeafFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         ITreeIndexFrameFactory interiorFrameFactory = new BTreeNSMInteriorFrameFactory(tupleWriterFactory);
         IPageManager freePageManager = new VirtualFreePageManager(bufferCache);
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
index 4501485..1455fb3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/InMemorySortRunner.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         this.batchSize = batchSize;
         this.typeTraits = typeTraits;
         tupleCmp = new TupleComparator(cmp);
-        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+        tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
         tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
         int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
         tuples = new ArrayList<TypeAwareTupleReference>();
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             this.dataGen = dataGen;
             this.numBatches = numBatches;
             this.skipList = skipList;
-            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits);
+            tupleWriterFactory = new TypeAwareTupleWriterFactory(typeTraits, null, null);
             tupleWriter = tupleWriterFactory.createTupleWriter();
             int numTuples = numBatches * batchSize;
             tuples = new TypeAwareTupleReference[numTuples];
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
index f487bf1..1b46fd7 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/perf/LSMTreeRunner.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                 new ThreadCountingTracker(), ioScheduler, NoOpIOOperationCallbackFactory.INSTANCE,
                 NoOpPageWriteCallbackFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null, null, null, true,
                 TestStorageManagerComponentHolder.getMetadataPageManagerFactory(), false, ITracer.NONE,
-                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null);
+                NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, bloomFilterKeyFields != null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
index b81167b..0a34c45 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/tuples/LSMBTreeTuplesTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             for (int numFields = numKeyFields; numFields <= maxFieldSerdes.length; numFields++) {
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter maxMatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(maxTypeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 ITupleReference maxTuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(maxFieldSerdes, (Object[]) maxFields);
                 ByteBuffer maxMatterBuf = writeTuple(maxTuple, maxMatterTupleWriter);
                 // Tuple reference should work for both matter and antimatter tuples (doesn't matter which factory creates it).
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@
                 }
                 // Create and write tuple to bytes using an LSMBTreeTupleWriter.
                 ITupleReference tuple = TupleUtils.createTuple(fieldSerdes, (Object[]) fields);
-                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false);
+                LSMBTreeTupleWriter matterTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, false, null, null);
                 LSMBTreeTupleWriter antimatterTupleWriter =
-                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false);
-                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter = new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false);
+                        new LSMBTreeTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, true, false, null, null);
+                LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter copyTupleWriter =
+                        new LSMBTreeCopyTupleWriter(typeTraits, numKeyFields, false, null, null);
                 ByteBuffer matterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, matterTupleWriter);
                 ByteBuffer antimatterBuf = writeTuple(tuple, antimatterTupleWriter);
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
index 6da04e7..928f60c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/btree/util/LSMBTreeTestContext.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
                     ioScheduler, ioOpCallbackFactory, pageWriteCallbackFactory, needKeyDupCheck, filterTypeTraits,
                     filterCmp, btreefields, filterfields, true, metadataPageManagerFactory, updateAware, ITracer.NONE,
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         } else {
             lsmTree = LSMBTreeUtil.createLSMTree(ioManager, virtualBufferCaches, file, diskBufferCache, typeTraits,
                     cmpFactories, bloomFilterKeyFields, bloomFilterFalsePositiveRate, mergePolicy, opTracker,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                     true, metadataPageManagerFactory,
                     updateAware, new Tracer(LSMBTreeTestContext.class.getSimpleName(),
                             ITraceCategoryRegistry.CATEGORIES_ALL, new TraceCategoryRegistry()),
-                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true);
+                    NoOpCompressorDecompressorFactory.INSTANCE, true, null, null);
         }
         LSMBTreeTestContext testCtx = new LSMBTreeTestContext(fieldSerdes, lsmTree, filtered);
         return testCtx;
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
index 143204f..612ca4b 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/test/LSMComponentFilterReferenceTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     @Test
     public void test() throws HyracksDataException {
         LSMComponentFilterReference filter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         Assert.assertEquals(filter.getLength(), 0);
         Assert.assertFalse(filter.isMaxTupleSet() || filter.isMinTupleSet());
         filter.writeMaxTuple(TupleUtils.createIntegerTuple(false, Integer.MAX_VALUE));
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         Assert.assertTrue(filter.getLength() == 20);
         byte[] serFilter = filter.getByteArray();
         LSMComponentFilterReference deserFilter = new LSMComponentFilterReference(
-                new TypeAwareTupleWriter((new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS })));
+                new TypeAwareTupleWriter(new ITypeTraits[] { IntegerPointable.TYPE_TRAITS }, null, null));
         deserFilter.set(serFilter, 0, 20);
         Assert.assertTrue(deserFilter.isMaxTupleSet() && deserFilter.isMinTupleSet());
         Assert.assertEquals(

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