diff --git a/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java b/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
index 2c715e7aa33c0c2c6f4b6a028811091781a5e5cb..bd18ed513df4eb3a113def678515fc9c395c5eff 100644
--- a/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
+++ b/s3/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/S3Client.java
@@ -54,26 +54,26 @@ import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.GetObjectMetadataRequest;
 
 /**
  * S3 Storage client for YCSB framework.
- * 
+ *
  * Properties to set:
- * 
+ *
  * s3.accessKeyId=access key S3 aws
  * s3.secretKey=secret key S3 aws
  * s3.endPoint=s3.amazonaws.com
  * s3.region=us-east-1
- * The parameter table is the name of the Bucket where to upload the files. 
+ * The parameter table is the name of the Bucket where to upload the files.
  * This must be created before to start the benchmark
  * The size of the file to upload is determined by two parameters:
  * - fieldcount this is the number of fields of a record in YCSB
  * - fieldlength this is the size in bytes of a single field in the record
- * together these two parameters define the size of the file to upload, 
+ * together these two parameters define the size of the file to upload,
  * the size in bytes is given by the fieldlength multiplied by the fieldcount.
- * The name of the file is determined by the parameter key. 
+ * The name of the file is determined by the parameter key.
  *This key is automatically generated by YCSB.
  *
  */
 public class S3Client extends DB {
- 
+
   private static AmazonS3Client s3Client;
   private static String sse;
   private static SSECustomerKey ssecKey;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
 
   /**
   * Cleanup any state for this storage.
-  * Called once per S3 instance; 
+  * Called once per S3 instance;
   */
   @Override
   public void cleanup() throws DBException {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   }
   /**
   * Delete a file from S3 Storage.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
         } catch (Exception e){
           System.err.println("The file properties doesn't exist "+e.toString());
           e.printStackTrace();
-        } 
+        }
         try {
           System.out.println("Inizializing the S3 connection");
           s3Credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(accessKeyId, secretKey);
@@ -242,42 +242,42 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * Create a new File in the Bucket. Any field/value pairs in the specified
   * values HashMap will be written into the file with the specified record
   * key.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
   *      The record key of the file to insert.
   * @param values
-  *            A HashMap of field/value pairs to insert in the file. 
+  *            A HashMap of field/value pairs to insert in the file.
   *            Only the content of the first field is written to a byteArray
-  *            multiplied by the number of field. In this way the size 
-  *            of the file to upload is determined by the fieldlength 
+  *            multiplied by the number of field. In this way the size
+  *            of the file to upload is determined by the fieldlength
   *            and fieldcount parameters.
   * @return OK on success, ERROR otherwise. See the
   *         {@link DB} class's description for a discussion of error codes.
-  */    
+  */
   @Override
-  public Status insert(String bucket, String key, 
+  public Status insert(String bucket, String key,
       HashMap<String, ByteIterator> values) {
     return writeToStorage(bucket, key, values, true, sse, ssecKey);
   }
   /**
   * Read a file from the Bucket. Each field/value pair from the result
   * will be stored in a HashMap.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
   *            The record key of the file to read.
   * @param fields
-  *            The list of fields to read, or null for all of them, 
+  *            The list of fields to read, or null for all of them,
   *            it is null by default
   * @param result
   *          A HashMap of field/value pairs for the result
   * @return OK on success, ERROR otherwise.
   */
   @Override
-  public Status read(String bucket, String key, Set<String> fields, 
+  public Status read(String bucket, String key, Set<String> fields,
         HashMap<String, ByteIterator> result) {
     return readFromStorage(bucket, key, result, ssecKey);
   }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * Update a file in the database. Any field/value pairs in the specified
   * values HashMap will be written into the file with the specified file
   * key, overwriting any existing values with the same field name.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
@@ -295,14 +295,14 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * @return OK on success, ERORR otherwise.
   */
   @Override
-  public Status update(String bucket, String key, 
+  public Status update(String bucket, String key,
         HashMap<String, ByteIterator> values) {
     return writeToStorage(bucket, key, values, false, sse, ssecKey);
   }
   /**
   * Perform a range scan for a set of files in the bucket. Each
   * field/value pair from the result will be stored in a HashMap.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param startkey
@@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * @return OK on success, ERROR otherwise.
   */
   @Override
-  public Status scan(String bucket, String startkey, int recordcount, 
+  public Status scan(String bucket, String startkey, int recordcount,
         Set<String> fields, Vector<HashMap<String, ByteIterator>> result) {
     return scanFromStorage(bucket, startkey, recordcount, result, ssecKey);
   }
   /**
-  * Upload a new object to S3 or update an object on S3. 
-  * 
+  * Upload a new object to S3 or update an object on S3.
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * @param updateMarker
   *            A boolean value. If true a new object will be uploaded
   *            to S3. If false an existing object will be re-uploaded
-  * 
+  *
   */
-  protected Status writeToStorage(String bucket, String key, 
-        HashMap<String, ByteIterator> values, Boolean updateMarker, 
+  protected Status writeToStorage(String bucket, String key,
+        HashMap<String, ByteIterator> values, Boolean updateMarker,
             String sseLocal, SSECustomerKey ssecLocal) {
     int totalSize = 0;
     int fieldCount = values.size(); //number of fields to concatenate
     // getting the first field in the values
-    Object keyToSearch = values.keySet().toArray()[0]; 
+    Object keyToSearch = values.keySet().toArray()[0];
     // getting the content of just one field
-    byte[] sourceArray = values.get(keyToSearch).toArray(); 
+    byte[] sourceArray = values.get(keyToSearch).toArray();
     int sizeArray = sourceArray.length; //size of each array
     if (updateMarker){
       totalSize = sizeArray*fieldCount;
@@ -352,18 +352,18 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
         GetObjectRequest getObjectRequest = null;
         GetObjectMetadataRequest getObjectMetadataRequest = null;
         if (ssecLocal != null) {
-          getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket, 
+          getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket,
               key).withSSECustomerKey(ssecLocal);
-          getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket, 
+          getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket,
               key).withSSECustomerKey(ssecLocal);
         } else {
           getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket, key);
-          getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket, 
+          getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket,
               key);
         }
-        S3Object object = 
+        S3Object object =
             s3Client.getObject(getObjectRequest);
-        ObjectMetadata objectMetadata = 
+        ObjectMetadata objectMetadata =
             s3Client.getObjectMetadata(getObjectMetadataRequest);
         int sizeOfFile = (int)objectMetadata.getContentLength();
         fieldCount = sizeOfFile/sizeArray;
@@ -386,28 +386,28 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
       PutObjectRequest putObjectRequest = null;
       if (sseLocal.equals("true")) {
         metadata.setSSEAlgorithm(ObjectMetadata.AES_256_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION);
-        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key, 
+        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key,
             input, metadata);
       } else if (ssecLocal != null) {
-        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key, 
+        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key,
             input, metadata).withSSECustomerKey(ssecLocal);
       } else {
-        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key, 
+        putObjectRequest = new PutObjectRequest(bucket, key,
             input, metadata);
       }
-      
+
       try {
-        PutObjectResult res = 
+        PutObjectResult res =
             s3Client.putObject(putObjectRequest);
         if(res.getETag() == null) {
           return Status.ERROR;
         } else {
           if (sseLocal.equals("true")) {
-            System.out.println("Uploaded object encryption status is " + 
-                res.getSSEAlgorithm()); 
+            System.out.println("Uploaded object encryption status is " +
+                res.getSSEAlgorithm());
           } else if (ssecLocal != null) {
-            System.out.println("Uploaded object encryption status is " + 
-                res.getSSEAlgorithm()); 
+            System.out.println("Uploaded object encryption status is " +
+                res.getSSEAlgorithm());
           }
         }
       } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -425,34 +425,34 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   }
 
   /**
-  * Download an object from S3. 
-  * 
+  * Download an object from S3.
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param key
   *            The file key of the object to upload/update.
   * @param result
   *            The Hash map where data from the object are written
-  * 
+  *
   */
-  protected Status readFromStorage(String bucket, String key, 
+  protected Status readFromStorage(String bucket, String key,
         HashMap<String, ByteIterator> result, SSECustomerKey ssecLocal) {
     try {
       GetObjectRequest getObjectRequest = null;
       GetObjectMetadataRequest getObjectMetadataRequest = null;
       if (ssecLocal != null) {
-        getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket, 
+        getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket,
             key).withSSECustomerKey(ssecLocal);
-        getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket, 
+        getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket,
             key).withSSECustomerKey(ssecLocal);
       } else {
         getObjectRequest = new GetObjectRequest(bucket, key);
-        getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket, 
+        getObjectMetadataRequest = new GetObjectMetadataRequest(bucket,
             key);
       }
-      S3Object object = 
+      S3Object object =
           s3Client.getObject(getObjectRequest);
-      ObjectMetadata objectMetadata = 
+      ObjectMetadata objectMetadata =
           s3Client.getObjectMetadata(getObjectMetadataRequest);
       InputStream objectData = object.getObjectContent(); //consuming the stream
       // writing the stream to bytes and to results
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
 
   /**
   * Perform an emulation of a database scan operation on a S3 bucket.
-  * 
+  *
   * @param bucket
   *            The name of the bucket
   * @param startkey
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
   * @param result
   *            A Vector of HashMaps, where each HashMap is a set field/value
   *            pairs for one file
-  * 
+  *
   */
-  protected Status scanFromStorage(String bucket, String startkey, 
+  protected Status scanFromStorage(String bucket, String startkey,
       int recordcount, Vector<HashMap<String, ByteIterator>> result,
           SSECustomerKey ssecLocal) {
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
       summaries.addAll(listing.getObjectSummaries());
     }
     for (S3ObjectSummary summary : summaries) {
-      String summaryKey = summary.getKey();               
+      String summaryKey = summary.getKey();
       keyList.add(summaryKey);
     }
     // Sorting the list of files in Alphabetical order
@@ -515,19 +515,19 @@ public class S3Client extends DB {
         counter = counter + 1;
       }
     }
-    // Checking if the total number of file is bigger than the file to read, 
+    // Checking if the total number of file is bigger than the file to read,
     // if not using the total number of Files
     if (recordcount < keyList.size()) {
       numberOfIteration = recordcount;
     } else {
       numberOfIteration = keyList.size();
     }
-    // Reading the Files starting from the startkey File till the end 
+    // Reading the Files starting from the startkey File till the end
     // of the Files or Till the recordcount number
     for (int i = startkeyNumber; i < numberOfIteration; i++){
-      HashMap<String, ByteIterator> resultTemp = 
+      HashMap<String, ByteIterator> resultTemp =
           new HashMap<String, ByteIterator>();
-      readFromStorage(bucket, keyList.get(i), resultTemp, 
+      readFromStorage(bucket, keyList.get(i), resultTemp,
           ssecLocal);
       result.add(resultTemp);
     }