diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index ed04555..cc9dea7 100644
--- hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
@@ -40,5 +40,9 @@
org.apache.hadoop
hadoop-yarn-server-common
+
+ org.apache.hadoop
+ hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager
+
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/HistoryWriter.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/HistoryWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032d09e
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/HistoryWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttempt;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainer;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * The base class of writing the application history
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class HistoryWriter {
+
+ public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HistoryWriter.class);
+
+ protected ExecutorService taskRunner;
+
+ public HistoryWriter() {
+ taskRunner = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+ .setNameFormat("WritingHistoryTask #%d").build());
+ }
+
+ public void writeApplicationAsync(RMApp app) {
+ taskRunner.submit(new WritingHistoryTask(
+ new WritingAppHistoryEvent(app)));
+ }
+
+ protected abstract void writeApplication(RMApp app) throws Exception;
+
+ public void writeApplicationAttemptAsync(RMAppAttempt appAttempt) {
+ taskRunner.submit(new WritingHistoryTask(
+ new WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent(appAttempt)));
+ }
+
+ protected abstract void writeApplicationAttempt(
+ RMAppAttempt app) throws Exception;
+
+ public void writeContainerAsync(RMContainer container) {
+ taskRunner.submit(new WritingHistoryTask(
+ new WritingContainerHistoryEvent(container)));
+ }
+
+ protected abstract void writeContainer(
+ RMContainer container) throws Exception;
+
+ /**
+ * The worker thread of executing the writing history task
+ *
+ */
+ private final class WritingHistoryTask implements Callable {
+
+ private WritingHistoryEvent event;
+
+ public WritingHistoryTask(WritingHistoryEvent event) {
+ this.event = event;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public Throwable call() {
+ try {
+ switch(event.getType()) {
+ case WRITING_APP:
+ WritingAppHistoryEvent appEvent = (WritingAppHistoryEvent) event;
+ writeApplication(appEvent.getApplication());
+ break;
+ case WRITING_APP_ATTEMPT:
+ WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent appAttemptEvent =
+ (WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent) event;
+ writeApplicationAttempt(appAttemptEvent.getApplicationAttempt());
+ break;
+ case WRITING_CONTAINER:
+ WritingContainerHistoryEvent containerEvent =
+ (WritingContainerHistoryEvent) event;
+ writeContainer(containerEvent.getContainer());
+ break;
+ default:
+ LOG.error("Unknown WritingHistoryEvent type: " + event.getType());
+ }
+ } catch (Throwable t) {
+ return t;
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+}
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd30f9
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttempt;
+
+
+public class WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent extends WritingHistoryEvent {
+
+ private RMAppAttempt appAttempt;
+
+ public WritingAppAttemptHistoryEvent(RMAppAttempt appAttempt) {
+ super(WritingHistoryEventType.WRITING_APP_ATTEMPT);
+ this.appAttempt = appAttempt;
+ }
+
+ public RMAppAttempt getApplicationAttempt() {
+ return appAttempt;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppHistoryEvent.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppHistoryEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51d43b5
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingAppHistoryEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
+
+
+public class WritingAppHistoryEvent extends WritingHistoryEvent {
+
+ private RMApp app;
+
+ public WritingAppHistoryEvent(RMApp app) {
+ super(WritingHistoryEventType.WRITING_APP);
+ this.app = app;
+ }
+
+ public RMApp getApplication() {
+ return app;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingContainerHistoryEvent.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingContainerHistoryEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ec930
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingContainerHistoryEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainer;
+
+
+public class WritingContainerHistoryEvent extends WritingHistoryEvent {
+
+ private RMContainer container;
+
+ public WritingContainerHistoryEvent(RMContainer container) {
+ super(WritingHistoryEventType.WRITING_CONTAINER);
+ this.container = container;
+ }
+
+ public RMContainer getContainer() {
+ return container;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEvent.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..486aa06
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.AbstractEvent;
+
+
+public class WritingHistoryEvent extends AbstractEvent {
+
+ public WritingHistoryEvent(WritingHistoryEventType type) {
+ super(type);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEventType.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEventType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70443cf
--- /dev/null
+++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/WritingHistoryEventType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hadoop.yarn.server.applicationhistoryservice;
+
+
+public enum WritingHistoryEventType {
+ WRITING_APP,
+ WRITING_APP_ATTEMPT,
+ WRITING_CONTAINER
+}