diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResource.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResource.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d317aa417620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResource.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * 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.spark
+
+case class ExternalResource[T](
+    name: String,
+    shared: Boolean = false,
+    params: Seq[_],
+    init: (Int, Seq[_]) => T = null,  // Initialization function
+    term: (Int, T, Seq[_]) => Unit = null,  // Termination function
+    partitionAffined: Boolean = false, // partition speficication preferred
+    expiration: Int = -1) extends Serializable  {
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResourceManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResourceManager.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c247d72a92b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ExternalResourceManager.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * 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.spark
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.{HashMap, Stack}
+
+class ExternalResourceManager {
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 03ea672c813d1..1e8f97676ca22 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends SparkStatusAPI with Logging {
     bc
   }
 
+  // second argument here to use string ok?
+  def registerExternalResource(name: String, externalResource: String): Unit = {
+
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add a file to be downloaded with this Spark job on every node.
    * The `path` passed can be either a local file, a file in HDFS (or other Hadoop-supported
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/TestExternal.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/TestExternal.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db537691fdfbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/TestExternal.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * 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.spark
+
+import java.sql.{DriverManager, Connection}
+
+object TestExternal {
+  def main (args: Array[String]) {
+    val sparkConf = new SparkConf().setAppName("test external")
+    val sc = new SparkContext(sparkConf)
+    args(0) match {
+      case "1" => test1(sc)
+      case "2" => test2(sc)
+      case _ => println("error paras")
+    }
+    sc.stop()
+  }
+
+  def test1(sc: SparkContext) = {
+    def init(a: Int, b: Seq[Any]): String = {
+      b(2).asInstanceOf[String]
+    }
+    def term(a: Int, b: String, c: Seq[Any]): Unit = {
+
+    }
+    val external = new ExternalResource[String]("test external", true, Seq(1, 2, "wf"), init _, term _)
+
+    val wf = sc.broadcast(external)
+
+    sc.parallelize(1 to 40, 4).foreachPartition { iter =>
+
+      val external = wf.value
+
+      val seq = external.params
+
+      val init = external.init
+
+      println(init(1, seq))
+    }
+  }
+
+  def test2(sc: SparkContext) = {
+
+    val driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
+    val url = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/mysql"
+    val username = "ken"
+    val password = "km"
+    var myparams=Array(driver, url, username, password)
+
+    def myinit(split: Int, params: Seq[_]): Connection = {
+      require(params.size > 3, s"parameters error, current param size: " + params.size)
+      val p = params
+      val driver = p(0).toString
+      val url = p(1).toString
+      val username = p(2).toString
+      val password = p(3).toString
+
+      var connection:Connection = null
+      try {
+        val loader = Option(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
+        ).getOrElse(getClass.getClassLoader)
+        val x = Class.forName(driver, true, loader)
+        println(x.toString)
+        println("get driver class " + x)
+        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password)
+      } catch {
+        case e: Throwable => e.printStackTrace
+      }
+      connection
+    }
+
+    def myterm(split: Int, conn: Any, params: Seq[_]) = {
+      require(Option(conn) != None, "Connection error")
+      try{
+        val c = conn.asInstanceOf[Connection]
+        c.close()
+      }catch {
+        case e: Throwable => e.printStackTrace
+      }
+    }
+
+    val external = new ExternalResource[Connection]("mysql ExtRsc test", false, myparams, myinit _ ,
+      myterm _)
+
+    val wf = sc.broadcast(external)
+    sc.addJar("file:///home/kf/Downloads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.18.jar")
+    sc.parallelize(1 to 40, 4).foreachPartition { iter =>
+
+      val external = wf.value
+
+      val seq = external.params
+
+      val init = external.init
+
+      println(init(1, seq))
+    }
+  }
+
+}