diff --git a/docs/Gemfile.lock b/docs/Gemfile.lock
index fc60fc6f6fddbb9b18a85ed1f472a444e0ed4cea..4acb2ba79d5cde699cf9dd4d379bf17c3c93e068 100644
--- a/docs/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/docs/Gemfile.lock
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ GEM
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.1)
     minitest (5.15.0)
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
-    nokogiri (1.13.4-x86_64-linux)
+    nokogiri (1.13.6-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     octokit (4.22.0)
       faraday (>= 0.9)
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/crds.md b/docs/api-reference/crds.md
index fb3f02ac941870dd085d06027d972e6003c7aadb..f0962d47400dfb85f8f9a2b695fec49cc45fe6e8 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference/crds.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference/crds.md
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ Resource Types:
           A list of resource types that can be scaled for this `benchmark` resource. For each resource type the concrete values are defined in the `execution` object.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#benchmarkspecslosindex">slos</a></b></td>
+        <td>[]object</td>
+        <td>
+          List of resource values for the specified resource type.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
         <td><b><a href="#benchmarkspecsut">sut</a></b></td>
         <td>object</td>
@@ -146,6 +153,15 @@ Resource Types:
             <i>Default</i>: <br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>waitForResourcesEnabled</b></td>
+        <td>boolean</td>
+        <td>
+          If true, Theodolite waits to create the resource for the SUT until the infrastructure resources are ready, and analogously, Theodolite waits to create the load-gen resource until the resources of the SUT are ready.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Default</i>: false<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
       </tr></tbody>
 </table>
 
@@ -727,6 +743,63 @@ The fileSystem resourceSet loads the Kubernetes manifests from the filesystem.
 </table>
 
 
+### benchmark.spec.slos[index]
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#benchmarkspec)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>name</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          The name of the SLO.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>offset</b></td>
+        <td>integer</td>
+        <td>
+          Hours by which the start and end timestamp will be shifted (for different timezones).<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>prometheusUrl</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Connection string for Promehteus.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>sloType</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          The type of the SLO. It must match 'lag trend'.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>properties</b></td>
+        <td>map[string]string</td>
+        <td>
+          (Optional) SLO specific additional arguments.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Default</i>: map[]<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
 ### benchmark.spec.sut
 <sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#benchmarkspec)</sup></sup>
 
@@ -1765,7 +1838,7 @@ Contains the Kafka configuration.
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
-        <td><b><a href="#executionspecload">load</a></b></td>
+        <td><b><a href="#executionspecloads">loads</a></b></td>
         <td>object</td>
         <td>
           Specifies the load values that are benchmarked.<br/>
@@ -1778,13 +1851,6 @@ Contains the Kafka configuration.
           Specifies the scaling resource that is benchmarked.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
-      </tr><tr>
-        <td><b><a href="#executionspecslosindex">slos</a></b></td>
-        <td>[]object</td>
-        <td>
-          List of resource values for the specified resource type.<br/>
-        </td>
-        <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
         <td><b>name</b></td>
         <td>string</td>
@@ -1794,6 +1860,13 @@ Contains the Kafka configuration.
             <i>Default</i>: <br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#executionspecslosindex">slos</a></b></td>
+        <td>[]object</td>
+        <td>
+          List of SLOs with their properties, which differ from the benchmark definition.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
       </tr></tbody>
 </table>
 
@@ -1906,35 +1979,83 @@ Defines the overall parameter for the execution.
         <td><b>repetitions</b></td>
         <td>integer</td>
         <td>
-          Numper of repititions for each experiments.<br/>
+          Number of repititions for each experiment.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>restrictions</b></td>
-        <td>[]string</td>
+        <td><b><a href="#executionspecexecutionstrategy">strategy</a></b></td>
+        <td>object</td>
         <td>
-          List of restriction strategys used to delimit the search space.<br/>
+          Defines the used strategy for the execution, either 'LinearSearch', 'BinarySearch' or 'InitialGuessSearch'.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>strategy</b></td>
+        <td><b>loadGenerationDelay</b></td>
+        <td>integer</td>
+        <td>
+          Seconds to wait between the start of the SUT and the load generator.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>metric</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          <br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+### execution.spec.execution.strategy
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#executionspecexecution)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+Defines the used strategy for the execution, either 'LinearSearch', 'BinarySearch' or 'InitialGuessSearch'.
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>name</b></td>
         <td>string</td>
         <td>
-          Defines the used strategy for the execution, either 'LinearSearch' or 'BinarySearch'<br/>
+          <br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>loadGenerationDelay</b></td>
-        <td>integer</td>
+        <td><b>guessStrategy</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
         <td>
-          Seconds to wait between the start of the SUT and the load generator.<br/>
+          <br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>restrictions</b></td>
+        <td>[]string</td>
+        <td>
+          List of restriction strategies used to delimit the search space.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>searchStrategy</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          <br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
       </tr></tbody>
 </table>
 
 
-### execution.spec.load
+### execution.spec.loads
 <sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#executionspec)</sup></sup>
 
 
@@ -2019,24 +2140,10 @@ Specifies the scaling resource that is benchmarked.
         </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody><tr>
-        <td><b>offset</b></td>
-        <td>integer</td>
-        <td>
-          Hours by which the start and end timestamp will be shifted (for different timezones).<br/>
-        </td>
-        <td>true</td>
-      </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>prometheusUrl</b></td>
-        <td>string</td>
-        <td>
-          Connection string for Promehteus.<br/>
-        </td>
-        <td>true</td>
-      </tr><tr>
-        <td><b>sloType</b></td>
+        <td><b>name</b></td>
         <td>string</td>
         <td>
-          The type of the SLO. It must match 'lag trend'.<br/>
+          The name of the SLO. It must match a SLO specified in the Benchmark.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>true</td>
       </tr><tr>
@@ -2047,7 +2154,7 @@ Specifies the scaling resource that is benchmarked.
           <br/>
             <i>Default</i>: map[]<br/>
         </td>
-        <td>false</td>
+        <td>true</td>
       </tr></tbody>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/slo-checker/generic/app/main.py b/slo-checker/generic/app/main.py
index f36c8739da00128ad94feb1f2d7871df7e2ff137..e483c26b4f421d00e093ad70ff8d12d0a9bb9e62 100644
--- a/slo-checker/generic/app/main.py
+++ b/slo-checker/generic/app/main.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def aggr_query(values: dict, warmup: int, aggr_func):
     df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(values)
     df.columns = ['timestamp', 'value']
     filtered = df[df['timestamp'] >= (df['timestamp'][0] + warmup)]
-    filtered['value'] = filtered['value'].astype(int)
+    filtered['value'] = filtered['value'].astype(float).astype(int)
     return filtered['value'].aggregate(aggr_func)
 
 def check_result(result, operator: str, threshold):
diff --git a/slo-checker/generic/resources/test-1-rep-success.json b/slo-checker/generic/resources/test-1-rep-success.json
index b70f461cf620d8eee8c4d9d93feb46db7498626f..9a6db686ec632f72f0d1981657826a8443b4c348 100644
--- a/slo-checker/generic/resources/test-1-rep-success.json
+++ b/slo-checker/generic/resources/test-1-rep-success.json
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
                     ],
                     [
                         1.634624989695E9,
-                        "1854284"
+                        "3970.0000000000005"
                     ]
                 ]
             }
diff --git a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
index c901e61360c05b2f1cf2b1767a20f624eb262231..d73ec0105c7f97d0e425307fc4f21fd84d1e9b46 100644
--- a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ spec:
         properties:
           spec:
             type: object
-            required: ["sut", "loadGenerator", "resourceTypes", "loadTypes"]
+            required: ["sut", "loadGenerator", "resourceTypes", "loadTypes", "slos"]
             properties:
               name:
                 description: This field exists only for technical reasons and should not be set by the user. The value of the field will be overwritten.
                 type: string
                 default: ""
+              waitForResourcesEnabled:
+                description: If true, Theodolite waits to create the resource for the SUT until the infrastructure resources are ready, and analogously, Theodolite waits to create the load-gen resource until the resources of the SUT are ready.
+                type: boolean
+                default: false
               infrastructure:
                 description: (Optional) A list of file names that reference Kubernetes resources that are deployed on the cluster to create the required infrastructure.
                 type: object
@@ -425,6 +429,31 @@ spec:
                             additionalProperties: true
                             x-kubernetes-map-type: "granular"
                             default: {}
+              slos: # def of service level objectives
+                description: List of resource values for the specified resource type.
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  type: object
+                  required: ["name", "sloType", "prometheusUrl", "offset"]
+                  properties:
+                    name:
+                      description: The name of the SLO.
+                      type: string
+                    sloType:
+                      description: The type of the SLO. It must match 'lag trend'.
+                      type: string
+                    prometheusUrl:
+                      description: Connection string for Promehteus.
+                      type: string
+                    offset:
+                      description: Hours by which the start and end timestamp will be shifted (for different timezones).
+                      type: integer
+                    properties:
+                      description: (Optional) SLO specific additional arguments.
+                      type: object
+                      additionalProperties: true
+                      x-kubernetes-map-type: "granular"
+                      default: { }
               kafkaConfig:
                 description: Contains the Kafka configuration.
                 type: object
diff --git a/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml b/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
index 92a8ca18d87009143620097caf2abfe8da202c82..0db251864bac3e6f2541534eec8895297b21cf39 100644
--- a/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/crd/crd-execution.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
         properties:
           spec:
             type: object
-            required: ["benchmark", "load", "resources", "slos", "execution", "configOverrides"]
+            required: ["benchmark", "loads", "resources", "execution", "configOverrides"]
             properties:
               name:
                 description: This field exists only for technical reasons and should not be set by the user. The value of the field will be overwritten.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
               benchmark:
                 description: The name of the benchmark this execution is referring to.
                 type: string
-              load: # definition of the load dimension
+              loads: # definition of the load dimension
                 description: Specifies the load values that are benchmarked.
                 type: object
                 required: ["loadType", "loadValues"]
@@ -56,21 +56,15 @@ spec:
                     items:
                       type: integer
               slos: # def of service level objectives
-                description:  List of resource values for the specified resource type.
+                description:  List of SLOs with their properties, which differ from the benchmark definition.
                 type: array
                 items:
                   type: object
-                  required: ["sloType", "prometheusUrl", "offset"]
+                  required: ["name", "properties"]
                   properties:
-                    sloType:
-                      description: The type of the SLO. It must match 'lag trend'.
+                    name:
+                      description: The name of the SLO. It must match a SLO specified in the Benchmark.
                       type: string
-                    prometheusUrl:
-                      description: Connection string for Promehteus.
-                      type: string
-                    offset:
-                      description: Hours by which the start and end timestamp will be shifted (for different timezones).
-                      type: integer
                     properties:
                         description: (Optional) SLO specific additional arguments.
                         type: object
@@ -80,25 +74,35 @@ spec:
               execution: # def execution config
                 description: Defines the overall parameter for the execution.
                 type: object
-                required: ["strategy", "duration", "repetitions", "restrictions"]
+                required: ["strategy", "duration", "repetitions"]
                 properties:
-                  strategy:
-                    description: Defines the used strategy for the execution, either 'LinearSearch' or 'BinarySearch'
+                  metric:
                     type: string
+                  strategy:
+                    description: Defines the used strategy for the execution, either 'LinearSearch', 'BinarySearch' or 'InitialGuessSearch'.
+                    type: object
+                    required: ["name"]
+                    properties:
+                      name:
+                        type: string
+                      restrictions:
+                        description: List of restriction strategies used to delimit the search space.
+                        type: array
+                        items:
+                          type: string
+                      guessStrategy:
+                        type: string
+                      searchStrategy:
+                        type: string
                   duration:
                     description: Defines the duration of each experiment in seconds.
                     type: integer
                   repetitions:
-                    description: Numper of repititions for each experiments.
+                    description: Number of repititions for each experiment.
                     type: integer
                   loadGenerationDelay:
                     description: Seconds to wait between the start of the SUT and the load generator.
                     type: integer
-                  restrictions:
-                    description: List of restriction strategys used to delimit the search space.
-                    type: array
-                    items:
-                      type: string
               configOverrides:
                 description:  List of patchers that are used to override existing configurations.
                 type: array
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
index 62920091e831ff914fb67e85a67cd3f1d98995ab..be7116c46f8222eeba0f3bffd086f7cc2b6ee227 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ spec:
           resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
             loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
+  slos:
+    - name: "lag trend"
+      sloType: "lag trend"
+      prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
+      offset: 0
+      properties:
+        threshold: 3000
+        externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+        warmup: 60 # in seconds
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-execution.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-execution.yaml
index 576a74b90dfc38483de79502ac14d42f6bedfb49..87e6275a8409177394dd313f2f1f0436e2162577 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-execution.yaml
@@ -4,27 +4,25 @@ metadata:
   name: theodolite-example-execution
 spec:
   benchmark: "example-benchmark"
-  load:
+  loads:
     loadType: "NumSensors"
     loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
   resources:
     resourceType: "Instances"
     resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   slos:
-    - sloType: "lag trend"
-      prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
-      offset: 0
+    - name: "lag trend"
       properties:
         threshold: 2000
-        externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
-        warmup: 60 # in seconds
   execution:
-    strategy: "LinearSearch"
+    strategy:
+      name: "RestrictionSearch"
+      restrictions:
+        - "LowerBound"
+      searchStrategy: "LinearSearch"
     duration: 300 # in seconds
     repetitions: 1
     loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds
-    restrictions:
-      - "LowerBound"
   configOverrides: []
   # - patcher:
   #     type: "NodeSelectorPatcher"
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Config.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Config.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c429d6b3f456c345c7ab2adb1ccd95635603ef4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Config.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy.SearchStrategy
+
+/**
+ * Config class that represents a configuration of a theodolite run.
+ *
+ * @param loads the possible loads of the execution
+ * @param resources the possible resources of the execution
+ * @param searchStrategy the [SearchStrategy] of the execution
+ * @param metric the Metric of the execution
+ */
+@RegisterForReflection
+data class Config(
+        val loads: List<Int>,
+        val resources: List<Int>,
+        val searchStrategy: SearchStrategy,
+        val metric: Metric
+)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExecutionRunner.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExecutionRunner.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a63269bb8ebb009ecd858be145523c4029814888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExecutionRunner.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core
+
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy.SearchStrategy
+
+
+class ExecutionRunner (private val searchStrategy: SearchStrategy,
+                       private val resources: List<Int>, private val loads: List<Int>,
+                       private val metric: Metric, private val executionId: Int) {
+
+    /**
+     * Run all experiments for given loads and resources.
+     * Called by [rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.execution.TheodoliteExecutor] to run an Execution.
+     */
+    fun run() {
+
+        val ioHandler = IOHandler()
+        val resultsFolder = ioHandler.getResultFolderURL()
+
+        //execute benchmarks for each load for the demand metric, or for each resource amount for capacity metric
+        try {
+            searchStrategy.applySearchStrategyByMetric(loads, resources, metric)
+
+        } finally {
+            ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
+                    searchStrategy.experimentRunner.results,
+                    "${resultsFolder}exp${executionId}-result"
+            )
+            // Create expXYZ_demand.csv file or expXYZ_capacity.csv depending on metric
+            when(metric) {
+                Metric.DEMAND ->
+                    ioHandler.writeToCSVFile(
+                            "${resultsFolder}exp${executionId}_demand",
+                            calculateMetric(loads, searchStrategy.experimentRunner.results),
+                            listOf("load","resources")
+                    )
+                Metric.CAPACITY ->
+                    ioHandler.writeToCSVFile(
+                            "${resultsFolder}exp${executionId}_capacity",
+                            calculateMetric(resources, searchStrategy.experimentRunner.results),
+                            listOf("resource", "loads")
+                    )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun calculateMetric(xValues: List<Int>, results: Results): List<List<String>> {
+        return xValues.map { listOf(it.toString(), results.getOptYDimensionValue(it).toString()) }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExperimentRunner.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExperimentRunner.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..830469320d98cf66cd9395e3cdf74b2443758c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ExperimentRunner.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class acts as an interface for the theodolite core to run experiments.
+ * The results of the experiments are stored in [results].
+ *
+ * @property results
+ */
+abstract class ExperimentRunner(val results: Results) {
+
+    var run: AtomicBoolean = AtomicBoolean(true)
+
+    /**
+     * Run an experiment for the given parametrization, evaluate the
+     * experiment and save the result.
+     *
+     * @param load to be tested.
+     * @param resource to be tested.
+     * @return True, if the number of resources are suitable for the
+     *     given load, false otherwise (demand metric), or
+     *     True, if there is a load suitable for the
+     *     given resource, false otherwise.
+     */
+    abstract fun runExperiment(load: Int, resource: Int): Boolean
+
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandler.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandler.kt
index 8b580c733ab7ae527d99c676223f4b09b392c6fd..4d2cab0da938b18950def8cfb5cc6f104e110125 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.core
 
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
 import mu.KotlinLogging
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Results.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Results.kt
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16e6b517e1f570fd17a1b9688aff4f41ec8c9884
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+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/Results.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+
+/**
+ * Central class that saves the state of an execution of Theodolite. For an execution, it is used to save the result of
+ * individual experiments. Further, it is used by the RestrictionStrategy to
+ * perform the [theodolite.strategies.restriction.RestrictionStrategy].
+ */
+@RegisterForReflection
+class Results (val metric: Metric) {
+    // (load, resource) -> Boolean map
+    private val results: MutableMap<Pair<Int, Int>, Boolean> = mutableMapOf()
+
+    // if metric is "demand"  : load     -> resource
+    // if metric is "capacity": resource -> load
+    private var optInstances: MutableMap<Int, Int> = mutableMapOf()
+
+
+    /**
+     * Set the result for an experiment and update the [optInstances] list accordingly.
+     *
+     * @param experiment A pair that identifies the experiment by the Load and Resource.
+     * @param successful the result of the experiment. Successful == true and Unsuccessful == false.
+     */
+    fun setResult(experiment: Pair<Int, Int>, successful: Boolean) {
+        this.results[experiment] = successful
+
+        when (metric) {
+            Metric.DEMAND ->
+                if (successful) {
+                    if (optInstances.containsKey(experiment.first)) {
+                        if (optInstances[experiment.first]!! > experiment.second) {
+                            optInstances[experiment.first] = experiment.second
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        optInstances[experiment.first] = experiment.second
+                    }
+                } else if (!optInstances.containsKey(experiment.first)) {
+                    optInstances[experiment.first] = Int.MAX_VALUE
+                }
+            Metric.CAPACITY ->
+                if (successful) {
+                    if (optInstances.containsKey(experiment.second)) {
+                        if (optInstances[experiment.second]!! < experiment.first) {
+                            optInstances[experiment.second] = experiment.first
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        optInstances[experiment.second] = experiment.first
+                    }
+                } else if (!optInstances.containsKey(experiment.second)) {
+                    optInstances[experiment.second] = Int.MIN_VALUE
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the result for an experiment.
+     *
+     * @param experiment A pair that identifies the experiment by the Load and Resource.
+     * @return true if the experiment was successful and false otherwise. If the result has not been reported so far,
+     * null is returned.
+     *
+     */
+    fun getResult(experiment: Pair<Int, Int>): Boolean? {
+        return this.results[experiment]
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the smallest suitable number of instances for a specified x-Value.
+     * The x-Value corresponds to the...
+     * - load, if the metric is "demand".
+     * - resource, if the metric is "capacity".
+     *
+     * @param xValue the Value of the x-dimension of the current metric
+     *
+     * @return the smallest suitable number of resources/loads (depending on metric).
+     * If there is no experiment that has been executed yet, there is no experiment
+     * for the given [xValue] or there is none marked successful yet, null is returned.
+     */
+    fun getOptYDimensionValue(xValue: Int?): Int? {
+        if (xValue != null) {
+            val res = optInstances[xValue]
+            if (res != Int.MAX_VALUE && res != Int.MIN_VALUE) {
+                return res
+            }
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the largest x-Value that has been tested and reported so far (successful or unsuccessful),
+     * which is smaller than the specified x-Value.
+     *
+     * The x-Value corresponds to the...
+     * - load, if the metric is "demand".
+     * - resource, if the metric is "capacity".
+     *
+     * @param xValue the Value of the x-dimension of the current metric
+     *
+     * @return the largest tested x-Value or null, if there wasn't any tested which is smaller than the [xValue].
+     */
+    fun getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(xValue: Int): Int? {
+        var maxBenchmarkedXValue: Int? = null
+        for (instance in optInstances) {
+            val instanceXValue= instance.key
+            if (instanceXValue <= xValue) {
+                if (maxBenchmarkedXValue == null) {
+                    maxBenchmarkedXValue = instanceXValue
+                } else if (maxBenchmarkedXValue < instanceXValue) {
+                    maxBenchmarkedXValue = instanceXValue
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return maxBenchmarkedXValue
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the results are empty.
+     *
+     * @return true if [results] is empty.
+     */
+    fun isEmpty(): Boolean{
+        return results.isEmpty()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/Metric.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/Metric.kt
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db161d10c61fae512e28ba059e604835d22aeb96
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+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/Metric.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies
+
+enum class Metric(val value: String) {
+    DEMAND("demand"),
+    CAPACITY("capacity");
+
+    companion object {
+        fun from(metric: String): Metric =
+                values().find { it.value == metric } ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Requested Metric does not exist")
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d2925c798e29705f3333130e8c9f09e32d7ec31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies
+
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.guessstrategy.PrevInstanceOptGuess
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy.LowerBoundRestriction
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy.RestrictionStrategy
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy.*
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+
+/**
+ * Factory for creating [SearchStrategy] and [RestrictionStrategy] strategies.
+ */
+class StrategyFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Create a [SearchStrategy].
+     *
+     * @param executor The [theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor] that executes individual experiments.
+     * @param searchStrategyObject Specifies the [SearchStrategy]. Must either be an object with name 'FullSearch',
+     * 'LinearSearch', 'BinarySearch', 'RestrictionSearch' or 'InitialGuessSearch'.
+     * @param results The [Results] saves the state of the Theodolite benchmark run.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the [SearchStrategy] was not one of the allowed options.
+     */
+    fun createSearchStrategy(executor: ExperimentRunner, name: String, searchStrategy: String, restrictions: List<String>,
+                             guessStrategy: String, results: Results): SearchStrategy {
+
+        var strategy : SearchStrategy = when (name) {
+            "FullSearch" -> FullSearch(executor)
+            "LinearSearch" -> LinearSearch(executor)
+            "BinarySearch" -> BinarySearch(executor)
+            "RestrictionSearch" -> when (searchStrategy){
+                "FullSearch" -> composeSearchRestrictionStrategy(executor, FullSearch(executor), results, restrictions)
+                "LinearSearch" -> composeSearchRestrictionStrategy(executor, LinearSearch(executor), results, restrictions)
+                "BinarySearch" -> composeSearchRestrictionStrategy(executor, BinarySearch(executor), results, restrictions)
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Search Strategy $searchStrategy for RestrictionSearch not found")
+            }
+            "InitialGuessSearch" -> when (guessStrategy){
+                "PrevResourceMinGuess" -> InitialGuessSearchStrategy(executor, PrevInstanceOptGuess(), results)
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Guess Strategy $guessStrategy not found")
+            }
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Search Strategy not found")
+        }
+
+        return strategy
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a [RestrictionStrategy].
+     *
+     * @param results The [Results] saves the state of the Theodolite benchmark run.
+     * @param restrictionStrings Specifies the list of [RestrictionStrategy] that are used to restrict the amount
+     * of Resource for a fixed load or resource (depending on the metric).
+     * Must equal the string 'LowerBound'.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if param searchStrategyString was not one of the allowed options.
+     */
+    private fun createRestrictionStrategy(results: Results, restrictionStrings: List<String>): Set<RestrictionStrategy> {
+        return restrictionStrings
+            .map { restriction ->
+                when (restriction) {
+                    "LowerBound" -> LowerBoundRestriction(results)
+                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Restriction Strategy $restrictionStrings not found")
+                }
+            }.toSet()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a RestrictionSearch, if the provided restriction list is not empty. Otherwise just return the given
+     * searchStrategy.
+     *
+     * @param executor The [theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor] that executes individual experiments.
+     * @param searchStrategy The [SearchStrategy] to use.
+     * @param results The [Results] saves the state of the Theodolite benchmark run.
+     * @param restrictions The [RestrictionStrategy]'s to use.
+     */
+    private fun composeSearchRestrictionStrategy(executor: ExperimentRunner, searchStrategy: SearchStrategy,
+                                                 results: Results, restrictions: List<String>): SearchStrategy {
+        if(restrictions.isNotEmpty()){
+            return RestrictionSearch(executor,searchStrategy,createRestrictionStrategy(results, restrictions))
+        }
+        return searchStrategy
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ab5c1b6d10da318c4b5b3f24d6cc521ff247e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.guessstrategy
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+
+/**
+ * Base class for the implementation of Guess strategies. Guess strategies are strategies to determine the resource
+ * demand (demand metric) or load (capacity metric) we start with in our initial guess search strategy.
+ */
+
+@RegisterForReflection
+abstract class GuessStrategy {
+    /**
+     * Computing the resource demand (demand metric) or load (capacity metric) for the initial guess search strategy
+     * to start with.
+     *
+     * @param valuesToCheck List of all possible resources/loads.
+     * @param lastOptValue Previous minimal/maximal resource/load value for the given load/resource.
+     *
+     * @return the resource/load to start the initial guess search strategy with or null
+     */
+    abstract fun firstGuess(valuesToCheck: List<Int>, lastOptValue: Int?): Int?
+}
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diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/PrevInstanceOptGuess.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/PrevInstanceOptGuess.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b2d7b1b0e6c4133b939742a83afc55fabb7b101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/guessstrategy/PrevInstanceOptGuess.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.guessstrategy
+
+
+/**
+ * [PrevInstanceOptGuess] is a [GuessStrategy] that implements the function [firstGuess],
+ * where it returns the optimal result of the previous run.
+ */
+
+class PrevInstanceOptGuess() : GuessStrategy(){
+
+    /**
+     * If the metric is
+     *
+     * - "demand", [valuesToCheck] is a List of resources and [lastOptValue] a resource value.
+     * - "capacity", [valuesToCheck] is a List of loads and [lastOptValue] a load value.
+     *
+     * @param valuesToCheck List of all possible resources/loads.
+     * @param lastOptValue Previous minimal/maximal resource/load value for the given load/resource.
+     *
+     * @return the value of [lastOptValue] if given otherwise the first element of the [valuesToCheck] list or null
+     */
+    override fun firstGuess(valuesToCheck: List<Int>, lastOptValue: Int?): Int? {
+
+        if (lastOptValue != null) return lastOptValue
+        else if(valuesToCheck.isNotEmpty()) return valuesToCheck[0]
+        else return null
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestriction.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestriction.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e5a51018fd742abbb18edb1d788a6644e94d2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestriction.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy
+
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+
+/**
+ * The [LowerBoundRestriction] sets the lower bound of the resources to be examined in the experiment to the value
+ * needed to successfully execute the previous smaller load (demand metric), or sets the lower bound of the loads
+ * to be examined in the experiment to the largest value, which still successfully executed the previous smaller
+ * resource (capacity metric).
+ *
+ * @param results [Result] object used as a basis to restrict the resources.
+ */
+class LowerBoundRestriction(results: Results) : RestrictionStrategy(results) {
+
+    override fun apply(xValue: Int, yValues: List<Int>): List<Int> {
+        val maxXValue: Int? = this.results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(xValue)
+        var lowerBound: Int? = this.results.getOptYDimensionValue(maxXValue)
+        if (lowerBound == null) {
+            lowerBound = yValues[0]
+        }
+        return yValues.filter { x -> x >= lowerBound }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/RestrictionStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/RestrictionStrategy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16532c32e2c9c64ac69d1c5ed32f6ec0d3345747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/RestrictionStrategy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+
+/**
+ * A 'Restriction Strategy' restricts a list of resources or loads depending on the metric based on the current
+ * results of all previously performed benchmarks.
+ *
+ * @param results the [Results] object
+ */
+@RegisterForReflection
+abstract class RestrictionStrategy(val results: Results) {
+    /**
+     * Apply the restriction of the given resource list for the given load based on the results object (demand metric),
+     * or apply the restriction of the given load list for the given resource based on the results object (capacity metric).
+     *
+     * @param xValue The value to be examined in the experiment, can be load (demand metric) or resource (capacity metric).
+     * @param yValues List of values to be restricted, can be resources (demand metric) or loads (capacity metric).
+     * @return Returns a list containing only elements that have not been filtered out by the
+     * restriction (possibly empty).
+     */
+    abstract fun apply(xValue: Int, yValues: List<Int>): List<Int>
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c339c449e85a0fa73484d60a455016931cee473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+/**
+ *  Binary-search-like implementation for determining the smallest suitable number of instances.
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ */
+class BinarySearch(experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner) : SearchStrategy(experimentRunner) {
+    override fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int? {
+        val result = binarySearchDemand(load, resources, 0, resources.size - 1)
+        if (result == -1) {
+            return null
+        }
+        return resources[result]
+    }
+
+    override fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>): Int? {
+        val result = binarySearchCapacity(resource, loads, 0, loads.size - 1)
+        if (result == -1) {
+            return null
+        }
+        return loads[result]
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Apply binary search for the demand metric.
+     *
+     * @param load the load to perform experiments for.
+     * @param resources the list of resources in which binary search is performed.
+     * @param lower lower bound for binary search (inclusive).
+     * @param upper upper bound for binary search (inclusive).
+     */
+    private fun binarySearchDemand(load: Int, resources: List<Int>, lower: Int, upper: Int): Int {
+        if (lower > upper) {
+            throw IllegalArgumentException()
+        }
+        // special case:  length == 1, so lower and upper bounds are the same
+        if (lower == upper) {
+            val res = resources[lower]
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resource '$res'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)) return lower
+            else {
+                if (lower + 1 == resources.size) return -1
+                return lower + 1
+            }
+        } else {
+            // apply binary search for a list with
+            // length >= 2 and adjust upper and lower depending on the result for `resources[mid]`
+            val mid = (upper + lower) / 2
+            val res = resources[mid]
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resource '$res'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)) {
+                // case length = 2
+                if (mid == lower) {
+                    return lower
+                }
+                return binarySearchDemand(load, resources, lower, mid - 1)
+            } else {
+                return binarySearchDemand(load, resources, mid + 1, upper)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Apply binary search for the capacity metric.
+     *
+     * @param resource the resource to perform experiments for.
+     * @param loads the list of loads in which binary search is performed.
+     * @param lower lower bound for binary search (inclusive).
+     * @param upper upper bound for binary search (inclusive).
+     */
+    private fun binarySearchCapacity(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>, lower: Int, upper: Int): Int {
+        if (lower > upper) {
+            throw IllegalArgumentException()
+        }
+        // length = 1, so lower and upper bounds are the same
+        if (lower == upper) {
+            val load = loads[lower]
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resource '$resource'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) return lower
+            else {
+                if (lower + 1 == loads.size) return -1
+                return lower - 1
+            }
+        } else {
+            // apply binary search for a list with
+            // length > 2 and adjust upper and lower depending on the result for `resources[mid]`
+            val mid = (upper + lower + 1) / 2 //round to next int
+            val load = loads[mid]
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resource '$resource'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) {
+                // length = 2, so since we round down mid is equal to lower
+                if (mid == upper) {
+                    return upper
+                }
+                return binarySearchCapacity(resource, loads, mid + 1, upper)
+            } else {
+                return binarySearchCapacity(resource, loads, lower, mid - 1)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7cd1dfe08cfef7ea42f0a663bbc80eb63f8ca9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+/**
+ * [SearchStrategy] that executes an experiment for a load and a resource list (demand metric) or for a resource and a
+ * load list (capacity metric) in a linear-search-like fashion, but **without stopping** once the desired
+ * resource (demand) or load (capacity) is found.
+ *
+ * @see LinearSearch for a SearchStrategy that stops once the desired resource (demand) or load (capacity) is found.
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ */
+class FullSearch(experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner) : SearchStrategy(experimentRunner) {
+
+    override fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int? {
+        var minimalSuitableResources: Int? = null
+        for (res in resources) {
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resources '$res'" }
+            val result = this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)
+            if (result && minimalSuitableResources == null) {
+                minimalSuitableResources = res
+            }
+        }
+        return minimalSuitableResources
+    }
+
+    override fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>): Int? {
+        var maxSuitableLoad: Int? = null
+        for (load in loads) {
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with resources '$resource' and load '$load'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) maxSuitableLoad = load
+        }
+        return maxSuitableLoad
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d257bb329729cab033e10195e7a9df3260aeeb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.guessstrategy.GuessStrategy
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+/**
+ *  Search strategy implementation for determining the smallest suitable resource demand.
+ *  Starting with a resource amount provided by a guess strategy.
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ * @param guessStrategy Strategy that provides us with a guess for the first resource amount.
+ * @param results current results of all previously performed benchmarks.
+ */
+class InitialGuessSearchStrategy(
+        experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner,
+        private val guessStrategy: GuessStrategy,
+        private var results: Results
+) : SearchStrategy(experimentRunner) {
+
+    override fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int? {
+
+        var lastLowestResource : Int? = null
+
+        // Getting the lastLowestResource from results and calling firstGuess() with it
+        if (!results.isEmpty()) {
+            val maxLoad: Int? = this.results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(load)
+            lastLowestResource = this.results.getOptYDimensionValue(maxLoad)
+        }
+        lastLowestResource = this.guessStrategy.firstGuess(resources, lastLowestResource)
+
+        if (lastLowestResource != null) {
+            val resourcesToCheck: List<Int>
+            val startIndex: Int = resources.indexOf(lastLowestResource)
+
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resources '$lastLowestResource'" }
+
+            // If the first experiment passes, starting downward linear search
+            // otherwise starting upward linear search
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, lastLowestResource)) {
+
+                resourcesToCheck = resources.subList(0, startIndex).reversed()
+                if (resourcesToCheck.isEmpty()) return lastLowestResource
+
+                var currentMin: Int = lastLowestResource
+                for (res in resourcesToCheck) {
+
+                    logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resources '$res'" }
+                    if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)) {
+                        currentMin = res
+                    }
+                }
+                return currentMin
+            }
+            else {
+                if (resources.size <= startIndex + 1) {
+                    logger.info{ "No more resources left to check." }
+                    return null
+                }
+                resourcesToCheck = resources.subList(startIndex + 1, resources.size)
+
+                for (res in resourcesToCheck) {
+
+                    logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resources '$res'" }
+                    if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)) return res
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            logger.info { "lastLowestResource was null." }
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    override fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>): Int?{
+
+        var lastMaxLoad : Int? = null
+
+        // Getting the lastLowestLoad from results and calling firstGuess() with it
+        if (!results.isEmpty()) {
+            val maxResource: Int? = this.results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(resource)
+            lastMaxLoad = this.results.getOptYDimensionValue(maxResource)
+        }
+        lastMaxLoad = this.guessStrategy.firstGuess(loads, lastMaxLoad)
+
+        if (lastMaxLoad != null) {
+            val loadsToCheck: List<Int>
+            val startIndex: Int = loads.indexOf(lastMaxLoad)
+
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with resource '$resource' and load '$lastMaxLoad'" }
+
+            // If the first experiment passes, starting upwards linear search
+            // otherwise starting downward linear search
+            if (!this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(lastMaxLoad, resource)) {
+                // downward search
+
+                loadsToCheck = loads.subList(0, startIndex).reversed()
+                if (loadsToCheck.isNotEmpty()) {
+                    for (load in loadsToCheck) {
+
+                        logger.info { "Running experiment with resource '$resource' and load '$load'" }
+                        if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) {
+                            return load
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                // upward search
+                if (loads.size <= startIndex + 1) {
+                    return lastMaxLoad
+                }
+                loadsToCheck = loads.subList(startIndex + 1, loads.size)
+
+                var currentMax: Int = lastMaxLoad
+                for (load in loadsToCheck) {
+                    logger.info { "Running experiment with resource '$resource' and load '$load'" }
+                    if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) {
+                        currentMax = load
+                    }
+                }
+                return currentMax
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            logger.info { "lastMaxLoad was null." }
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3276f05e141d15652012952991a47a1fde30ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+/**
+ *  Linear-search-like implementation for determining the smallest/biggest suitable number of resources/loads,
+ *  depending on the metric.
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ */
+class LinearSearch(experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner) : SearchStrategy(experimentRunner) {
+
+    override fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int? {
+        for (res in resources) {
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '$load' and resources '$res'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, res)) return res
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    override fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>): Int? {
+        var maxSuitableLoad: Int? = null
+        for (load in loads) {
+            logger.info { "Running experiment with resources '$resource' and load '$load'" }
+            if (this.experimentRunner.runExperiment(load, resource)) {
+                maxSuitableLoad = load
+            } else break
+        }
+        return maxSuitableLoad
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..703a7de8b9e084b2bb55bc9270b9d07ea6adfe83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy.RestrictionStrategy
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+/**
+ *  Strategy that combines a SearchStrategy and a set of RestrictionStrategy.
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ * @param searchStrategy the [SearchStrategy] that is executed as part of this [RestrictionSearch].
+ * @param restrictionStrategies the set of [RestrictionStrategy] that are connected conjunctive to restrict the Resource.
+ *
+ */
+@RegisterForReflection
+class RestrictionSearch(
+        experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner,
+        private val searchStrategy: SearchStrategy,
+        private val restrictionStrategies: Set<RestrictionStrategy>
+) : SearchStrategy(experimentRunner) {
+
+    /**
+     * Restricting the possible resources and calling findSuitableResource of the given [SearchStrategy].
+     */
+    override fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int? {
+        var restrictedResources = resources
+        for (strategy in this.restrictionStrategies) {
+            restrictedResources = restrictedResources.intersect(strategy.apply(load, resources).toSet()).toList()
+        }
+        return this.searchStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, restrictedResources)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restricting the possible loads and calling findSuitableLoad of the given [SearchStrategy].
+     */
+    override fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>): Int? {
+        var restrictedLoads = loads
+        for (strategy in this.restrictionStrategies) {
+            restrictedLoads = restrictedLoads.intersect(strategy.apply(resource, loads).toSet()).toList()
+        }
+        return this.searchStrategy.findSuitableLoad(resource, restrictedLoads)
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d08581ff70c509f54a9b8e5f972bb3661cb0b8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+/**
+ *  Base class for the implementation for SearchStrategies. SearchStrategies determine the smallest suitable number
+ *  of resources/loads for a load/resource (depending on the metric).
+ *
+ * @param experimentRunner Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
+ * @param guessStrategy Guess strategy for the initial resource amount in case the InitialGuessStrategy is selected.
+ * @param results the [Results] object.
+ */
+@RegisterForReflection
+abstract class SearchStrategy(val experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner) {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Calling findSuitableResource or findSuitableLoad for each load/resource depending on the chosen metric.
+     *
+     * @param loads List of possible loads for the experiments.
+     * @param resources List of possible resources for the experiments.
+     * @param metric The [Metric] for the experiments, either "demand" or "capacity".
+     */
+    fun applySearchStrategyByMetric(loads: List<Int>, resources: List<Int>, metric: Metric) {
+
+        when(metric) {
+            Metric.DEMAND ->
+                for (load in loads) {
+                    if (experimentRunner.run.get()) {
+                        this.findSuitableResource(load, resources)
+                    }
+                }
+            Metric.CAPACITY ->
+                for (resource in resources) {
+                    if (experimentRunner.run.get()) {
+                        this.findSuitableLoad(resource, loads)
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the smallest suitable resource from the specified resource list for the given load.
+     *
+     * @param load the load to be tested.
+     * @param resources List of all possible resources.
+     *
+     * @return suitable resource for the specified load, or null if no suitable resource exists.
+     */
+    abstract fun findSuitableResource(load: Int, resources: List<Int>): Int?
+
+    /**
+     * Find the biggest suitable load from the specified load list for the given resource amount.
+     *
+     * @param resource the resource to be tested.
+     * @param loads List of all possible loads.
+     *
+     * @return suitable load for the specified resource amount, or null if no suitable load exists.
+     */
+    abstract fun findSuitableLoad(resource: Int, loads: List<Int>) : Int?
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Action.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Action.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Action.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Action.kt
index 8bd16d04d6a5e5ef3f362ff7d5611bf73e367a7e..2ecf486323f0ed1e71be1fe069d93dc81edddc65 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Action.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Action.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.ActionCommandFailedException
-import theodolite.util.Configuration
+
 
 @JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommand.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommand.kt
index 9f0578f7d1456d823a29049daae6dbe886c95e2a..eefacbea9268f44969fd88d7650d5ddc5e00fb8e 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommand.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Status
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.ExecListener
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.ExecWatch
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.util.ActionCommandFailedException
-import theodolite.util.Configuration
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ActionCommandFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandFailedException.kt
similarity index 76%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ActionCommandFailedException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandFailedException.kt
index c1a8fc401961370d2f07bfffe43f0ae4dc441d25..8472b0cc9b46a952dbeb14eb73093c821cd6ed57 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ActionCommandFailedException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandFailedException.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 class ActionCommandFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : DeploymentFailedException(message,e) {
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeployment.kt
similarity index 93%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkDeployment.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeployment.kt
index fd01ecd986775ef704949743fef0d19f5492e9a6..df303b3b85175d6133e8bc9e7a2748cf8c46464c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 /**
  *  A BenchmarkDeployment contains the necessary infrastructure to execute a benchmark.
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..544f8bd5ae227ca682e688dff9fc9df0efec60c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
+
+/**
+ * This interface is needed for test purposes.
+ */
+interface BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder {
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a Deployment that can be deployed.
+     * @return a BenchmarkDeployment.
+     */
+    fun buildDeployment(
+        load: Int,
+        loadPatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+        resource: Int,
+        resourcePatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+        configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
+        loadGenerationDelay: Long,
+        afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+        waitForResourcesEnabled: Boolean
+    ): BenchmarkDeployment
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
index eea5b15cb1db7242328033a1bc46fb224d287bc2..43c478b983d879135b00e6208df8bb36b7978c8f 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
 
 @RegisterForReflection
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Configuration.kt
similarity index 90%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Configuration.kt
index 0a63cfa84de9e60fba04707372ef884d77a1543b..e28e2a2a7644222f656bdebd05d122cd853ac456 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Configuration.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Configuration.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import theodolite.execution.ExecutionModes
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 // Defaults
 private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/DeploymentFailedException.kt
similarity index 75%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/DeploymentFailedException.kt
index 9f4caedf3db1e09dca7924bf0035c6ace0b835d7..cde0021255b471354e8513139cad0f6e083f804a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/DeploymentFailedException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/DeploymentFailedException.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 
 open class DeploymentFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : TheodoliteException(message,e)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionFailedException.kt
similarity index 75%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionFailedException.kt
index 2e181dad35786d386226f8a57dfffbc2c3966754..8924dd18199e0ff937c783873878c6f245d01ea5 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionFailedException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionFailedException.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 open class ExecutionFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : TheodoliteException(message,e)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionModes.kt
similarity index 74%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionModes.kt
index 370b87e062d942a512e059ee4041dca776376ddf..e8e4b642689c455b7be6c32d0bdedad58861238c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/ExecutionModes.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExecutionModes.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 enum class ExecutionModes(val value: String) {
     OPERATOR("operator"),
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExperimentRunnerImpl.kt
similarity index 52%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExperimentRunnerImpl.kt
index 2e938be3a6e503a5e7e3f94c18a9454e173db5b0..e1ce46ea24fc97bb7b0421b8e3507c8e989d654a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ExperimentRunnerImpl.kt
@@ -1,57 +1,53 @@
-package theodolite.execution
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.evaluation.AnalysisExecutor
-import theodolite.execution.operator.EventCreator
-import theodolite.util.*
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.EventCreator
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo.AnalysisExecutor
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.Instant
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 @RegisterForReflection
-class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
-    benchmark: Benchmark,
+class ExperimentRunnerImpl(
     results: Results,
-    executionDuration: Duration,
-    configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-    slos: List<BenchmarkExecution.Slo>,
-    repetitions: Int,
-    executionId: Int,
-    loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-    afterTeardownDelay: Long,
-    executionName: String
-) : BenchmarkExecutor(
-    benchmark,
-    results,
-    executionDuration,
-    configurationOverrides,
-    slos,
-    repetitions,
-    executionId,
-    loadGenerationDelay,
-    afterTeardownDelay,
-    executionName
+    private val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder: BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder,
+    private val executionDuration: Duration,
+    private val configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
+    private val slos: List<Slo>,
+    private val repetitions: Int,
+    private val executionId: Int,
+    private val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
+    private val afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+    private val executionName: String,
+    private val loadPatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+    private val resourcePatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+    private val waitForResourcesEnabled: Boolean
+) : ExperimentRunner(
+    results
 ) {
     private val eventCreator = EventCreator()
     private val mode = Configuration.EXECUTION_MODE
 
-    override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
+    override fun runExperiment(load: Int, resource: Int): Boolean {
         var result = false
         val executionIntervals: MutableList<Pair<Instant, Instant>> = ArrayList()
 
         for (i in 1.rangeTo(repetitions)) {
             if (this.run.get()) {
                 logger.info { "Run repetition $i/$repetitions" }
-                executionIntervals.add(runSingleExperiment(load, res))
+                executionIntervals.add(runSingleExperiment(
+                        load, resource))
             } else {
                 break
             }
         }
-
         /**
          * Analyse the experiment, if [run] is true, otherwise the experiment was canceled by the user.
          */
@@ -60,41 +56,44 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
                 AnalysisExecutor(slo = it, executionId = executionId)
                     .analyze(
                         load = load,
-                        res = res,
-                        executionIntervals = executionIntervals
+                        resource = resource,
+                        executionIntervals = executionIntervals,
+                        metric = this.results.metric
                     )
             }
 
             result = (false !in experimentResults)
-            this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
-        }
-
-        if(!this.run.get()) {
+            this.results.setResult(Pair(load, resource), result)
+        } else {
             throw ExecutionFailedException("The execution was interrupted")
         }
-
         return result
     }
 
-    private fun runSingleExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Pair<Instant, Instant> {
-        val benchmarkDeployment = benchmark.buildDeployment(
+    private fun runSingleExperiment(load: Int, resource: Int): Pair<Instant, Instant> {
+        val benchmarkDeployment = benchmarkDeploymentBuilder.buildDeployment(
             load,
-            res,
+            this.loadPatcherDefinitions,
+            resource,
+            this.resourcePatcherDefinitions,
             this.configurationOverrides,
             this.loadGenerationDelay,
-            this.afterTeardownDelay
+            this.afterTeardownDelay,
+            this.waitForResourcesEnabled
         )
-        val from = Instant.now()
+        val from: Instant
 
         try {
             benchmarkDeployment.setup()
+            from = Instant.now()
+
             this.waitAndLog()
             if (mode == ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value) {
                 eventCreator.createEvent(
                     executionName = executionName,
                     type = "NORMAL",
                     reason = "Start experiment",
-                    message = "load: ${load.get()}, resources: ${res.get()}")
+                    message = "load: $load, resources: $resource")
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             this.run.set(false)
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
                     executionName = executionName,
                     type = "WARNING",
                     reason = "Start experiment failed",
-                    message = "load: ${load.get()}, resources: ${res.get()}")
+                    message = "load: $load, resources: $resource")
             }
             throw ExecutionFailedException("Error during setup the experiment", e)
         }
@@ -130,4 +129,25 @@ class BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
         }
         return Pair(from, to)
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Wait while the benchmark is running and log the number of minutes executed every 1 minute.
+     */
+    fun waitAndLog() {
+        logger.info { "Execution of a new experiment started." }
+
+        var secondsRunning = 0L
+
+        while (run.get() && secondsRunning < executionDuration.toSeconds()) {
+            secondsRunning++
+            Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(1).toMillis())
+
+            if ((secondsRunning % 60) == 0L) {
+                logger.info { "Executed: ${secondsRunning / 60} minutes." }
+            }
+        }
+
+        logger.debug { "Executor shutdown gracefully." }
+
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
index e95a637ab88f11902062de73b0c34603b08aded3..44dacc044e2af477814be0399d23a5b14818bcee 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
 import java.io.BufferedReader
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sContextFactory.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sContextFactory.kt
index 38224f26a38a241e92b38e8b92a7fa5b4e198f5e..880449d1952247bd7bf1784e083acc14ee59fea5 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sContextFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sContextFactory.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManager.kt
similarity index 90%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManager.kt
index 5b4880b45db76d9e68e87fda0ece5b04966439c8..66bfb2572bfcb5cb53d579a8af1c94c2b39bb532 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManager.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
similarity index 89%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
index b30032c524b1e421301e0e9d1ffe83772b43d900..be567ccd8ec969a4964886e20f141fa4fad17b88 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.NewTopic
-import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
-import theodolite.k8s.ResourceByLabelHandler
-import theodolite.k8s.TopicManager
-import theodolite.util.KafkaConfig
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.kafka.TopicManager
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KafkaConfig
+import theodolite.benchmark.RolloutManager
 import java.time.Duration
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
     private val sutAfterActions: List<Action>,
     private val loadGenBeforeActions: List<Action>,
     private val loadGenAfterActions: List<Action>,
+    private val rolloutMode: Boolean,
     val appResources: List<HasMetadata>,
     val loadGenResources: List<HasMetadata>,
     private val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
@@ -41,25 +41,28 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
     private val LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL_NAME = "app.kubernetes.io/name"
     private val LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL_VALUE = "kafka-exporter"
 
+
+
     /**
      * Setup a [KubernetesBenchmark] using the [TopicManager] and the [K8sManager]:
      *  - Create the needed topics.
      *  - Deploy the needed resources.
      */
     override fun setup() {
+        val rolloutManager = RolloutManager(rolloutMode, client)
         if (this.topics.isNotEmpty()) {
             val kafkaTopics = this.topics
                 .filter { !it.removeOnly }
                 .map { NewTopic(it.name, it.numPartitions, it.replicationFactor) }
             kafkaController.createTopics(kafkaTopics)
         }
+
         sutBeforeActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
-        appResources.forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
+        rolloutManager.rollout(appResources)
         logger.info { "Wait ${this.loadGenerationDelay} seconds before starting the load generator." }
         Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(this.loadGenerationDelay).toMillis())
         loadGenBeforeActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
-        loadGenResources.forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
-
+        rolloutManager.rollout(loadGenResources)
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..67fe92afb8aa4c9edda2474fc6307c16c21a41f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatchHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+class KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder (val kubernetesBenchmark: KubernetesBenchmark,
+                                            private var client: NamespacedKubernetesClient)
+    : BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a deployment.
+     * First loads all required resources and then patches them to the concrete load and resources for the experiment for the demand metric
+     * or loads all loads and then patches them to the concrete load and resources for the experiment.
+     * Afterwards patches additional configurations(cluster depending) into the resources (or loads).
+     * @param load concrete load that will be benchmarked in this experiment (demand metric), or scaled (capacity metric).
+     * @param resource concrete resource that will be scaled for this experiment (demand metric), or benchmarked (capacity metric).
+     * @param configurationOverrides
+     * @return a [BenchmarkDeployment]
+     */
+    override fun buildDeployment(
+            load: Int,
+            loadPatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+            resource: Int,
+            resourcePatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+            configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
+            loadGenerationDelay: Long,
+            afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+            waitForResourcesEnabled: Boolean
+    ): BenchmarkDeployment {
+        logger.info { "Using ${this.client.namespace} as namespace." }
+
+        val appResources = loadKubernetesResources(kubernetesBenchmark.sut.resources, this.client).toResourceMap()
+        val loadGenResources = loadKubernetesResources(kubernetesBenchmark.loadGenerator.resources, this.client).toResourceMap()
+
+        // patch the load dimension the resources
+        loadPatcherDefinitions.forEach { patcherDefinition ->
+            loadGenResources[patcherDefinition.resource] =
+                PatchHandler.patchResource(loadGenResources, patcherDefinition, load.toString())
+        }
+        resourcePatcherDefinitions.forEach { patcherDefinition ->
+            appResources[patcherDefinition.resource] =
+                PatchHandler.patchResource(appResources, patcherDefinition, resource.toString())
+        }
+
+        // Patch the given overrides
+        configurationOverrides.forEach { override ->
+            override?.let {
+                if (appResources.keys.contains(it.patcher.resource)) {
+                    appResources[it.patcher.resource] =
+                        PatchHandler.patchResource(appResources, override.patcher, override.value)
+                } else {
+                    loadGenResources[it.patcher.resource] =
+                        PatchHandler.patchResource(loadGenResources, override.patcher, override.value)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        val kafkaConfig = kubernetesBenchmark.kafkaConfig
+
+        return KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
+                sutBeforeActions = kubernetesBenchmark.sut.beforeActions,
+                sutAfterActions = kubernetesBenchmark.sut.afterActions,
+                loadGenBeforeActions = kubernetesBenchmark.loadGenerator.beforeActions,
+                loadGenAfterActions = kubernetesBenchmark.loadGenerator.afterActions,
+                appResources = appResources.toList().flatMap { it.second },
+                loadGenResources = loadGenResources.toList().flatMap { it.second },
+                loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
+                afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay,
+                kafkaConfig = if (kafkaConfig != null) mapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer) else mapOf(),
+                topics = kafkaConfig?.topics ?: listOf(),
+                client = this.client,
+                rolloutMode = waitForResourcesEnabled
+        )
+    }
+
+}
+
+private fun Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>>.toResourceMap(): MutableMap<String, List<HasMetadata>> {
+    return this.toMap()
+        .toMutableMap()
+        .map { Pair(it.key, listOf(it.value)) }
+        .toMap()
+        .toMutableMap()
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Main.kt
similarity index 57%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Main.kt
index 17b3d4e7b86f9e430abfb6093e79aa7865cd5923..cbd7c3106b39c4571d559d4071cd4ac16e180bc8 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Main.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Main.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-package theodolite.execution
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator
-import theodolite.util.Configuration
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.TheodoliteOperator
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.standalone.TheodoliteStandalone
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -17,9 +19,12 @@ object Main {
         val mode = Configuration.EXECUTION_MODE
         logger.info { "Start Theodolite with mode $mode" }
 
+        val namespace = Configuration.NAMESPACE
+        val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
+
         when (mode.lowercase()) {
-            ExecutionModes.STANDALONE.value -> TheodoliteStandalone().start()
-            ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value -> TheodoliteOperator().start()
+            ExecutionModes.STANDALONE.value -> TheodoliteStandalone(client).start()
+            ExecutionModes.OPERATOR.value -> TheodoliteOperator(client).start()
             else -> {
                 logger.error { "MODE $mode not found" }
                 exitProcess(1)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt
index 518b8eae211dd064e3c12b0713382bf3b12bb1ba..c65235f5fef304a7644399573380b4147704cb6c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceByLabelHandler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSet.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSet.kt
similarity index 92%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSet.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSet.kt
index 19fc85845ae99c7a5e4f7369db4b6cd383c3131b..9910d0ac89a9b423047f4f20f07a8015cbb24f9a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSet.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSet.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSets.kt
similarity index 56%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSets.kt
index 0626a6e24369348d50b60fbb555665c58dd17281..f57835a1e2459b0ce8989a4f1c745cc272e5f1e9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ResourceSets.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSets.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
+
+/**
+ * Loads [KubernetesResource]s.
+ */
+fun loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet: List<ResourceSets>, client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
+    return resourceSet.flatMap { it.loadResourceSet(client) }
+}
 
 @JsonDeserialize
 @RegisterForReflection
-class ResourceSets: KubernetesResource {
+class ResourceSets : KubernetesResource {
     @JsonProperty("configMap")
     @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
     var configMap: ConfigMapResourceSet? = null
@@ -20,14 +26,14 @@ class ResourceSets: KubernetesResource {
     @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
     var fileSystem: FileSystemResourceSet? = null
 
+
     fun loadResourceSet(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
-        // TODO Find out whether field access (::configMap) is really what we want to do here (see #362)
-        return if (::configMap != null) {
-                configMap?.getResourceSet(client= client) !!
-            } else if (::fileSystem != null) {
-                fileSystem?.getResourceSet(client= client ) !!
-            } else {
-                throw DeploymentFailedException("Could not load resourceSet.")
-            }
+        return if (this.configMap != null) {
+            configMap?.getResourceSet(client = client)!!
+        } else if (this.fileSystem != null) {
+            fileSystem?.getResourceSet(client = client)!!
+        } else {
+            throw DeploymentFailedException("Could not load resourceSet.")
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/RolloutManager.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/RolloutManager.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f760bb407ec2a6c4ab2ee08d3521ad72d12dd25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/RolloutManager.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package theodolite.benchmark
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.DaemonSet
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.ReplicaSet
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.batch.v1.Job
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.K8sManager
+
+private var SLEEP_TIME_MS = 500L
+class RolloutManager(private val blockUntilResourcesReady: Boolean, private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
+
+    fun rollout(resources: List<HasMetadata>) {
+        resources
+            .forEach { K8sManager(client).deploy(it) }
+
+        if (blockUntilResourcesReady) {
+            resources
+                .forEach {
+                    when (it) {
+                        is Deployment -> waitFor { client.apps().deployments().withName(it.metadata.name).isReady }
+                        is StatefulSet -> waitFor { client.apps().statefulSets().withName(it.metadata.name).isReady }
+                        is DaemonSet -> waitFor { client.apps().daemonSets().withName(it.metadata.name).isReady }
+                        is ReplicaSet -> waitFor { client.apps().replicaSets().withName(it.metadata.name).isReady }
+                        is Job -> waitFor { client.batch().v1().cronjobs().withName(it.metadata.name).isReady }
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun waitFor(isResourceReady: () -> Boolean) {
+        while (!isResourceReady()) {
+            Thread.sleep(SLEEP_TIME_MS)
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Shutdown.kt
similarity index 58%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Shutdown.kt
index 29ac39c122f68636e08c6c5ecd5a6c01751edafb..e970c84d345031b79f8afeedf56591e071bb154f 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/Shutdown.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/Shutdown.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-package theodolite.execution
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  * @property benchmarkExecution
  * @property benchmark
  */
-class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
+class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution,
+               private val benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark,
+               private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
 
     /**
      * Run
@@ -22,15 +23,19 @@ class Shutdown(private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution, private val b
      */
     fun run() {
         // Build Configuration to teardown
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder(benchmark, this.client)
         try {
             logger.info { "Received shutdown signal -> Shutting down" }
             val deployment =
-                benchmark.buildDeployment(
-                    load = LoadDimension(0, emptyList()),
-                    res = Resource(0, emptyList()),
+                    benchmarkDeploymentBuilder.buildDeployment(
+                    load = 0,
+                    loadPatcherDefinitions = emptyList(),
+                    resource = 0,
+                    resourcePatcherDefinitions = emptyList(),
                     configurationOverrides = benchmarkExecution.configOverrides,
                     loadGenerationDelay = 0L,
-                    afterTeardownDelay = 5L
+                    afterTeardownDelay = 5L,
+                    waitForResourcesEnabled = benchmark.waitForResourcesEnabled
                 )
             deployment.teardown()
             logger.info { "Finished teardown of all benchmark resources." }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteException.kt
similarity index 72%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteException.kt
index fc7453bae6aaa4c5c526eee72c006562ea887eb5..6a4374c3e3c9435c498c8e15e8c5efaa01fd89cd 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TheodoliteException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteException.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 open class TheodoliteException (message: String, e: Exception? = null) : Exception(message,e)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69615522ba9bbd5ef0944528eacbf1dce318caf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExecutionRunner
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinitionFactory
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.StrategyFactory
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Config
+import rocks.theodolite.core.IOHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo.SloFactory
+import java.io.File
+import java.time.Duration
+
+
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
+
+/**
+ * The Theodolite executor runs all the experiments defined with the given execution and benchmark configuration.
+ *
+ * @property benchmarkExecution Configuration of a execution
+ * @property benchmark Configuration of a benchmark
+ * @constructor Create empty Theodolite executor
+ */
+class TheodoliteExecutor(
+        private val benchmarkExecution: BenchmarkExecution,
+        private val benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark,
+        private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
+) {
+    /**
+     * An executor object, configured with the specified benchmark, evaluation method, experiment duration
+     * and overrides which are given in the execution.
+     */
+    lateinit var experimentRunner: ExperimentRunner
+
+    /**
+     * Creates all required components to start Theodolite.
+     *
+     * @return a [Config], that contains a list of LoadDimension s,
+     *          a list of Resource s , and the [restrictionSearch].
+     * The [SearchStrategy] is configured and able to find the minimum required resource for the given load.
+     */
+    private fun buildConfig(): Config {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from(benchmarkExecution.execution.metric))
+        val strategyFactory = StrategyFactory()
+
+        val executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(benchmarkExecution.execution.duration)
+
+        val resourcePatcherDefinition =
+            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
+                benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceType,
+                this.benchmark.resourceTypes
+            )
+
+        val loadDimensionPatcherDefinition =
+            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
+                benchmarkExecution.loads.loadType,
+                this.benchmark.loadTypes
+            )
+
+        val slos = SloFactory().createSlos(this.benchmarkExecution, this.benchmark)
+
+        experimentRunner =
+            ExperimentRunnerImpl(
+                benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = KubernetesBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder(this.benchmark,this.client),
+                results = results,
+                executionDuration = executionDuration,
+                configurationOverrides = benchmarkExecution.configOverrides,
+                slos = slos,
+                repetitions = benchmarkExecution.execution.repetitions,
+                executionId = benchmarkExecution.executionId,
+                loadGenerationDelay = benchmarkExecution.execution.loadGenerationDelay,
+                afterTeardownDelay = benchmarkExecution.execution.afterTeardownDelay,
+                executionName = benchmarkExecution.name,
+                loadPatcherDefinitions = loadDimensionPatcherDefinition,
+                resourcePatcherDefinitions = resourcePatcherDefinition,
+                waitForResourcesEnabled = this.benchmark.waitForResourcesEnabled
+            )
+
+        if (benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues != benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues.sorted()) {
+            benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues = benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues.sorted()
+            logger.info {
+                "Load values are not sorted correctly, Theodolite sorts them in ascending order." +
+                        "New order is: ${benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues != benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues.sorted()) {
+            benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues = benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues.sorted()
+            logger.info {
+                "Load values are not sorted correctly, Theodolite sorts them in ascending order." +
+                        "New order is: ${benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues}"
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Config(
+            loads = benchmarkExecution.loads.loadValues,
+            resources = benchmarkExecution.resources.resourceValues,
+            searchStrategy = strategyFactory.createSearchStrategy(experimentRunner, benchmarkExecution.execution.strategy.name,
+                    benchmarkExecution.execution.strategy.searchStrategy, benchmarkExecution.execution.strategy.restrictions,
+                    benchmarkExecution.execution.strategy.guessStrategy, results),
+            metric = Metric.from(benchmarkExecution.execution.metric)
+        )
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the Infrastructure, increments the executionId, calls the [ExecutionRunner] that runs
+     * all experiments which are specified in the corresponding execution and benchmark objects.
+     */
+    fun setupAndRunExecution() {
+        setupInfrastructure()
+
+        val ioHandler = IOHandler()
+        val resultsFolder = ioHandler.getResultFolderURL()
+        this.benchmarkExecution.executionId = getAndIncrementExecutionID(resultsFolder + "expID.txt")
+        ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(this.benchmarkExecution, "${resultsFolder}exp${this.benchmarkExecution.executionId}-execution-configuration")
+        ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
+                benchmark,
+            "${resultsFolder}exp${this.benchmarkExecution.executionId}-benchmark-configuration"
+        )
+
+        val config = buildConfig()
+
+        val executionRunner = ExecutionRunner(config.searchStrategy, config.resources, config.loads,config.metric,
+                                              this.benchmarkExecution.executionId)
+
+        executionRunner.run()
+
+        teardownInfrastructure()
+    }
+
+    private fun setupInfrastructure() {
+        benchmark.infrastructure.beforeActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
+        val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
+        loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.infrastructure.resources, this.client)
+                .map { it.second }
+                .forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
+    }
+
+    private fun teardownInfrastructure() {
+        val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
+        loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.infrastructure.resources, this.client)
+                .map { it.second }
+                .forEach { kubernetesManager.remove(it) }
+        benchmark.infrastructure.afterActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
+    }
+
+    private fun getAndIncrementExecutionID(fileURL: String): Int {
+        val ioHandler = IOHandler()
+        var executionID = 0
+        if (File(fileURL).exists()) {
+            executionID = ioHandler.readFileAsString(fileURL).toInt() + 1
+        }
+        ioHandler.writeStringToTextFile(fileURL, (executionID).toString())
+        return executionID
+    }
+
+    private fun calculateMetric(xValues: List<Int>, results: Results): List<List<String>> {
+        return xValues.map { listOf(it.toString(), results.getOptYDimensionValue(it).toString()) }
+    }
+
+    fun getExecution(): BenchmarkExecution {
+        return this.benchmarkExecution
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/kafka/TopicManager.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/kafka/TopicManager.kt
index ed1e06571d20c53fc82439833c8a31800a48b602..e9a0cb4b3c0863baf54a8dda58b96c81a80af60d 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/TopicManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/kafka/TopicManager.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.kafka
 
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClient
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/BenchmarkExecution.kt
similarity index 58%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/BenchmarkExecution.kt
index f2dda487d390c5f771e4f47c0f9c7ebf2cf971e7..167423ec911cd740b0ee0246e8512dde8402f1e9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/BenchmarkExecution.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/BenchmarkExecution.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 
 /**
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import kotlin.properties.Delegates
  * A BenchmarkExecution consists of:
  *  - A [name].
  *  - The [benchmark] that should be executed.
- *  - The [load] that should be checked in the benchmark.
+ *  - The [loads]s that should be checked in the benchmark.
  *  - The [resources] that should be checked in the benchmark.
- *  - A list of [slos] that are used for the evaluation of the experiments.
+ *  - The [slos] further restrict the Benchmark SLOs for the evaluation of the experiments.
  *  - An [execution] that encapsulates: the strategy, the duration, and the restrictions
  *  for the execution of the benchmark.
  *  - [configOverrides] additional configurations.
@@ -28,48 +28,55 @@ class BenchmarkExecution : KubernetesResource {
     var executionId: Int = 0
     lateinit var name: String
     lateinit var benchmark: String
-    lateinit var load: LoadDefinition
+    lateinit var loads: LoadDefinition
     lateinit var resources: ResourceDefinition
-    lateinit var slos: List<Slo>
+    lateinit var slos: List<SloConfiguration>
     lateinit var execution: Execution
     lateinit var configOverrides: MutableList<ConfigurationOverride?>
 
     /**
-     * This execution encapsulates the [strategy], the [duration], the [repetitions], and the [restrictions]
+     * This execution encapsulates the [strategy], the [duration], and the [repetitions],
      *  which are used for the concrete benchmark experiments.
      */
     @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
     class Execution : KubernetesResource {
-        lateinit var strategy: String
+        var metric = "demand"
+        lateinit var strategy: Strategy
         var duration by Delegates.notNull<Long>()
         var repetitions by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
-        lateinit var restrictions: List<String>
         var loadGenerationDelay = 0L
         var afterTeardownDelay = 5L
     }
 
     /**
-     * Measurable metric.
-     * [sloType] determines the type of the metric.
-     * It is evaluated using the [theodolite.evaluation.ExternalSloChecker] by data measured by Prometheus.
-     * The evaluation checks if a [threshold] is reached or not.
-     * [offset] determines the shift in hours by which the start and end timestamps should be shifted.
-     * The [warmup] determines after which time the metric should be evaluated to avoid starting interferences.
-     * The [warmup] time unit depends on the Slo: for the lag trend it is in seconds.
+     * This Strategy encapsulates the [restrictions], [guessStrategy] and [searchStrategy],
+     * which are used for restricting the resources, the guess Strategy for the
+     * [theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.InitialGuessSearchStrategy] and the name of the actual
+     * [theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.SearchStrategy] which is used.
      */
     @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
-    class Slo : KubernetesResource {
-        lateinit var sloType: String
-        lateinit var prometheusUrl: String
-        var offset by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
-        lateinit var properties: MutableMap<String, String>
+    class Strategy : KubernetesResource {
+        lateinit var name: String
+        var restrictions = emptyList<String>()
+        var guessStrategy = ""
+        var searchStrategy = ""
     }
 
     /**
-     * Represents a Load that should be created and checked.
-     * It can be set to [loadValues].
+     * Further SLO configurations for the SLOs specified in the Benchmark.
+     */
+    @JsonDeserialize
+    @RegisterForReflection
+    class SloConfiguration : KubernetesResource {
+        lateinit var name: String
+        var properties: MutableMap<String, String>? = null
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Represents the Loads that should be created and checked if the demand metric is in use or
+     * represents a Load that can be scaled to [loadValues] if the capacity metric is in use.
      */
     @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
@@ -79,7 +86,8 @@ class BenchmarkExecution : KubernetesResource {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Represents a resource that can be scaled to [resourceValues].
+     * Represents a resource that can be scaled to [resourceValues] if the demand metric is in use or
+     * represents the Resources that should be created and checked if the capacity metric is in use.
      */
     @JsonDeserialize
     @RegisterForReflection
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9c1412af7e6a86fbb248e8be7d1a97259a59c8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Action
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ResourceSets
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KafkaConfig
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
+import kotlin.properties.Delegates
+
+/**
+ * Represents a benchmark in Kubernetes. An example for this is the BenchmarkType.yaml
+ * Contains a of:
+ * - [name] of the benchmark,
+ * - [appResource] list of the resources that have to be deployed for the benchmark,
+ * - [loadGenResource] resource that generates the load,
+ * - [resourceTypes] types of scaling resources,
+ * - [loadTypes] types of loads that can be scaled for the benchmark,
+ * - [kafkaConfig] for the [theodolite.k8s.TopicManager],
+ * - [namespace] for the client,
+ * - [path] under which the resource yamls can be found.
+ *
+ *  This class is used for the parsing(in the [theodolite.execution.TheodoliteStandalone]) and
+ *  for the deserializing in the [theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator].
+ * @constructor construct an empty Benchmark.
+ */
+@JsonDeserialize
+@RegisterForReflection
+class KubernetesBenchmark : KubernetesResource {
+    lateinit var name: String
+    var waitForResourcesEnabled = false
+    lateinit var resourceTypes: List<TypeName>
+    lateinit var loadTypes: List<TypeName>
+    lateinit var slos: MutableList<Slo>
+    var kafkaConfig: KafkaConfig? = null
+    lateinit var infrastructure: Resources
+    lateinit var sut: Resources
+    lateinit var loadGenerator: Resources
+
+    /**
+     * The TypeName encapsulates a list of [PatcherDefinition] along with a typeName that specifies for what the [PatcherDefinition] should be used.
+     */
+    @RegisterForReflection
+    @JsonDeserialize
+    class TypeName {
+        lateinit var typeName: String
+        lateinit var patchers: List<PatcherDefinition>
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Measurable metric.
+     * [sloType] determines the type of the metric.
+     * It is evaluated using the [theodolite.evaluation.ExternalSloChecker] by data measured by Prometheus.
+     * The evaluation checks if a [threshold] is reached or not.
+     * [offset] determines the shift in hours by which the start and end timestamps should be shifted.
+     * The [warmup] determines after which time the metric should be evaluated to avoid starting interferences.
+     * The [warmup] time unit depends on the Slo: for the lag trend it is in seconds.
+     */
+    @JsonDeserialize
+    @RegisterForReflection
+    class Slo : KubernetesResource {
+        lateinit var name: String
+        lateinit var sloType: String
+        lateinit var prometheusUrl: String
+        var offset by Delegates.notNull<Int>()
+        lateinit var properties: MutableMap<String, String>
+    }
+
+    @JsonDeserialize
+    @RegisterForReflection
+    class Resources {
+        lateinit var resources: List<ResourceSets>
+        lateinit var beforeActions: List<Action>
+        lateinit var afterActions: List<Action>
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt
index 0ec6decbdea5e192721a4f9b6d0d85ea65665a5a..f480177e4482ab48df01593fdc10ea459a87ca43 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRD.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespaced
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Group
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Kind
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Version
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
 
 @JsonDeserialize
 @Version("v1")
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
similarity index 72%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
index 2b2dcc07f9c37f1712109e3d092f2db0c139e1c8..768cd7c4f7edf2f254905539214177638ad5283c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkExecutionList.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResourceList
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt
similarity index 77%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt
index dc2c6f9ba971367c0bb142a54745629eb29c07d5..928a411725f5eaf71839f4b7109b69ff40eb8807 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkState.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt
similarity index 87%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt
index d4a17dbefb6cf3a53d545c32cb18e1d9acd7067f..691e5e1a83da5ccb3897f0b6342ee78ce437ba6b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkStatus.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt
index 3be0aaf2a30cd4ef279edd34854eb936cc6e7e7c..df7b0f0c1ca326db21885beb1c714060aa56b251 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRD.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespaced
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Group
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Kind
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Version
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
 
 @JsonDeserialize
 @Version("v1")
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt
index 9ce38d9f56a968ccc408966e56609ee4f70570a4..d74d70eb8e91246946923532967534aa46b958f7 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionState.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparator.kt
similarity index 74%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparator.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparator.kt
index 81bf350b58901bc10535f143d5ccdb295b5fe85f..9e859c3e943df4c72a2265941f14ea218b35ab12 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparator.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparator.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 
 class ExecutionStateComparator(private val preferredState: ExecutionState): Comparator<ExecutionCRD> {
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt
index 1f843ccf9152676e778bc4ed359776e37205e998..6bec7197ddde61185ca37b3e0e96f471a910a0aa 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatus.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KafkaConfig.kt
similarity index 92%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KafkaConfig.kt
index 4e72ccb0d86749a6538c26556241ac114ef8d9a4..adde94c5126e370816966e6991670b6d400ba79a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/KafkaConfig.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KafkaConfig.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.KafkaConfig.TopicWrapper
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KafkaConfig.TopicWrapper
 import kotlin.properties.Delegates
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
similarity index 72%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
index 8ad0a493d948bf5f78741052100766dcf6e316ec..be34662bd63b39808099a968ec4b89b5499ef34b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/KubernetesBenchmarkList.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResourceList
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt
index 84343ea7e8d7d420bcf320f36be02c39c41a1945..96593914cf07c427c924a1631a00f76dc3649ed3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/AbstractStateHandler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResourceList
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt
index c20b2ba87e386dc7c0a14245e03bedfb067720e6..90229d9533ea69116a460162b8b4046eb0b3aea6 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateChecker.kt
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
-import theodolite.benchmark.Action
-import theodolite.benchmark.ActionSelector
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.ResourceSets
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkState
-import theodolite.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Action
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ActionSelector
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ResourceSets
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.loadKubernetesResources
 
 class BenchmarkStateChecker(
-    private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
-    private val benchmarkStateHandler: BenchmarkStateHandler,
-    private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
+        private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
+        private val benchmarkStateHandler: BenchmarkStateHandler,
+        private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient,
 
 ) {
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class BenchmarkStateChecker(
      * @return true if the required resources are found, else false
      */
     fun checkIfResourceIsInfrastructure(resourcesSets: List<ResourceSets>, selector: ActionSelector): Boolean {
-        val resources = resourcesSets.flatMap { it.loadResourceSet(this.client) }
+        val resources = loadKubernetesResources(resourcesSets, this.client)
         if (resources.isEmpty()) {
             return false
         }
@@ -176,9 +177,9 @@ class BenchmarkStateChecker(
     fun checkResources(benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark): BenchmarkState {
         return try {
             val appResources =
-                benchmark.loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet = benchmark.sut.resources)
+                    loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet = benchmark.sut.resources, this.client)
             val loadGenResources =
-                benchmark.loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet = benchmark.loadGenerator.resources)
+                    loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet = benchmark.loadGenerator.resources, this.client)
             if (appResources.isNotEmpty() && loadGenResources.isNotEmpty()) {
                 BenchmarkState.READY
             } else {
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ class BenchmarkStateChecker(
             BenchmarkState.PENDING
         }
     }
+
+
 }
 
 private fun <K, V> Map<K, V>.containsMatchLabels(matchLabels: Map<V, V>): Boolean {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt
similarity index 80%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt
index 3b46859737d86a34b58a5514c0ae31ae215b9c7d..9a272b43f911bf523adf7c64c5ab34793b7a7dc5 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateHandler.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import theodolite.model.crd.*
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 
 class BenchmarkStateHandler(val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) :
     AbstractStateHandler<BenchmarkCRD>(
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
similarity index 84%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
index e67be01ea80178b6d6bfb01b32bfd28c111addb9..a84bacb8296d62b8d6863046561dc797443e6084 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ClusterSetup.kt
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.Shutdown
-import theodolite.k8s.K8sContextFactory
-import theodolite.k8s.ResourceByLabelHandler
-import theodolite.model.crd.*
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.K8sContextFactory
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ResourceByLabelHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.*
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Shutdown
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 class ClusterSetup(
-    private val executionCRDClient: MixedOperation<ExecutionCRD, BenchmarkExecutionList, Resource<ExecutionCRD>>,
-    private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
-    private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
+        private val executionCRDClient: MixedOperation<ExecutionCRD, BenchmarkExecutionList, Resource<ExecutionCRD>>,
+        private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
+        private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
 
 ) {
     private val serviceMonitorContext = K8sContextFactory().create(
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ClusterSetup(
                 if (benchmark != null) {
                     execution.spec.name = execution.metadata.name
                     benchmark.spec.name = benchmark.metadata.name
-                    Shutdown(execution.spec, benchmark.spec).run()
+                    Shutdown(execution.spec, benchmark.spec, client).run()
                 } else {
                     throw IllegalStateException("Execution with state ${ExecutionState.RUNNING.value} was found, but no corresponding benchmark. " +
                             "Could not initialize cluster.")
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/EventCreator.kt
similarity index 83%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/EventCreator.kt
index fab098ebd5fe765a455d787ddb7fcbfbb6c9ffc7..6803da62f045efcaf1b5504a33b42b2200d16baa 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/EventCreator.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/EventCreator.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EventBuilder
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EventSource
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectReference
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.util.Configuration
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Configuration
 import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.NoSuchElementException
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 class EventCreator {
-    val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE)
+    private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE)
 
     fun createEvent(executionName: String, type: String, message: String, reason: String) {
         val uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ class EventCreator {
             event.source = source
 
             event.involvedObject = objectRef
-            client.v1().events().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE).createOrReplace(event)
+            this.client.v1().events().inNamespace(Configuration.NAMESPACE).createOrReplace(event)
         } catch (e: NoSuchElementException) {
                 logger.warn {"Could not create event: type: $type, message: $message, reason: $reason, no corresponding execution found."}
         }
     }
 
     private fun buildObjectReference(executionName: String): ObjectReference {
-        val exec = TheodoliteOperator()
-            .getExecutionClient(client = client)
+        val exec = TheodoliteOperator(this.client)
+            .getExecutionClient()
             .list()
             .items
             .first{it.metadata.name == executionName}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
index 25c627a350e3939530c4b453ec6db846b546cc08..58120d25d7e26daab015c01fece85cf72344bffa 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandler.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.model.crd.*
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  * @see BenchmarkExecution
  */
 class ExecutionEventHandler(
-    private val controller: TheodoliteController,
-    private val stateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler
+        private val controller: TheodoliteController,
+        private val stateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler
 ) : ResourceEventHandler<ExecutionCRD> {
 
     private val gson: Gson = GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().create()
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
similarity index 92%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
index 340044e5be954d4d7673120e5bf2cba5aed02d92..6264b574d2be297865fab3b2a4d020bc57c56678 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionStateHandler.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.MicroTime
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 import java.lang.Thread.sleep
 import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/LeaderElector.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/LeaderElector.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/LeaderElector.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/LeaderElector.kt
index 558d06ce03074c38741b6c0a72c6ffa6eff96019..8a713d040e931a0e60266059c4faa44fdf5bddbc 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/LeaderElector.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/LeaderElector.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandler.kt
similarity index 90%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandler.kt
index 28563ac5a640d0226224b812a8e0691cde83942a..eaa3b39ec1391cb1e27573dfc85345add4c32330 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 private const val MAX_RETRIES: Int = 5
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
similarity index 69%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
index d9cb33b189da02b807301dde8550f2ae532d7e5a..9fdc409e159791f30b62f899e0f4d7aa7bcab319 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteController.kt
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.execution.TheodoliteExecutor
-import theodolite.model.crd.*
-import theodolite.patcher.ConfigOverrideModifier
-import theodolite.util.ExecutionStateComparator
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TheodoliteExecutor
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.*
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.ConfigOverrideModifier
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionStateComparator
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.loadKubernetesResources
 import java.lang.Thread.sleep
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 const val DEPLOYED_FOR_EXECUTION_LABEL_NAME = "deployed-for-execution"
 const val DEPLOYED_FOR_BENCHMARK_LABEL_NAME = "deployed-for-benchmark"
 const val CREATED_BY_LABEL_NAME = "app.kubernetes.io/created-by"
-const val CREATED_BY_LABEL_VALUE = "theodolite"
+const val CREATED_BY_LABEL_VALUE = "rocks/theodolite"
 
 /**
  * The controller implementation for Theodolite.
@@ -25,10 +30,12 @@ const val CREATED_BY_LABEL_VALUE = "theodolite"
  */
 
 class TheodoliteController(
-    private val executionCRDClient: MixedOperation<ExecutionCRD, BenchmarkExecutionList, Resource<ExecutionCRD>>,
-    private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
-    private val executionStateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler,
-    private val benchmarkStateChecker: BenchmarkStateChecker
+        private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient,
+        private val executionCRDClient: MixedOperation<ExecutionCRD, BenchmarkExecutionList, Resource<ExecutionCRD>>,
+        private val benchmarkCRDClient: MixedOperation<BenchmarkCRD, KubernetesBenchmarkList, Resource<BenchmarkCRD>>,
+        private val executionStateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler,
+        private val benchmarkStateChecker: BenchmarkStateChecker,
+
 ) {
     lateinit var executor: TheodoliteExecutor
 
@@ -68,28 +75,28 @@ class TheodoliteController(
     private fun runExecution(execution: BenchmarkExecution, benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark) {
         try {
             val modifier = ConfigOverrideModifier(
-            execution = execution,
-            resources = benchmark.loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.sut.resources).map { it.first }
-                    + benchmark.loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.loadGenerator.resources).map { it.first }
-        )
-        modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
-            labelValue = execution.name,
-            labelName = DEPLOYED_FOR_EXECUTION_LABEL_NAME
-        )
-        modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
-            labelValue = benchmark.name,
-            labelName = DEPLOYED_FOR_BENCHMARK_LABEL_NAME
-        )
-        modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
-            labelValue = CREATED_BY_LABEL_VALUE,
-            labelName = CREATED_BY_LABEL_NAME
-        )
+                    execution = execution,
+                    resources = loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.sut.resources, this.client).map { it.first }
+                            + loadKubernetesResources(benchmark.loadGenerator.resources, this.client).map { it.first }
+            )
+            modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
+                labelValue = execution.name,
+                labelName = DEPLOYED_FOR_EXECUTION_LABEL_NAME
+            )
+            modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
+                labelValue = benchmark.name,
+                labelName = DEPLOYED_FOR_BENCHMARK_LABEL_NAME
+            )
+            modifier.setAdditionalLabels(
+                labelValue = CREATED_BY_LABEL_VALUE,
+                labelName = CREATED_BY_LABEL_NAME
+            )
 
-        executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(execution.name, ExecutionState.RUNNING)
-        executionStateHandler.startDurationStateTimer(execution.name)
+            executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(execution.name, ExecutionState.RUNNING)
+            executionStateHandler.startDurationStateTimer(execution.name)
 
-            executor = TheodoliteExecutor(execution, benchmark)
-            executor.run()
+            executor = TheodoliteExecutor(execution, benchmark, this.client)
+            executor.setupAndRunExecution()
             when (executionStateHandler.getExecutionState(execution.name)) {
                 ExecutionState.RESTART -> runExecution(execution, benchmark)
                 ExecutionState.RUNNING -> {
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ class TheodoliteController(
         if (restart) {
             executionStateHandler.setExecutionState(this.executor.getExecution().name, ExecutionState.RESTART)
         }
-        this.executor.executor.run.set(false)
+        this.executor.experimentRunner.run.set(false)
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
similarity index 62%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
index ada30ec945dd602dabe3ddb5f0e635a4eeea7b5f..bdaa2692d374b4002a1f890f706e2c1ec0d8733c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/TheodoliteOperator.kt
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.SharedInformerFactory
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.internal.KubernetesDeserializer
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkExecutionList
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
-import theodolite.util.Configuration
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Configuration
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkExecutionList
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.KubernetesBenchmarkList
 
 
-private const val DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
 private const val EXECUTION_SINGULAR = "execution"
 private const val BENCHMARK_SINGULAR = "benchmark"
 private const val API_VERSION = "v1"
@@ -27,10 +25,7 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  *
  * **See Also:** [Kubernetes Operator Pattern](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/)
  */
-class TheodoliteOperator {
-    private val namespace = Configuration.NAMESPACE
-
-    private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
+class TheodoliteOperator(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
     private lateinit var controller: TheodoliteController
     private lateinit var executionStateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler
     private lateinit var benchmarkStateHandler: BenchmarkStateHandler
@@ -39,7 +34,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
 
     fun start() {
         LeaderElector(
-            client = client,
+            client = this.client,
             name = Configuration.COMPONENT_NAME
         ).getLeadership(::startOperator)
     }
@@ -48,7 +43,7 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
      * Start the operator.
      */
     private fun startOperator() {
-        logger.info { "Becoming the leading operator. Use namespace '$namespace'." }
+        logger.info { "Becoming the leading operator. Use namespace '${this.client.namespace}'." }
         client.use {
             KubernetesDeserializer.registerCustomKind(
                 "$GROUP/$API_VERSION",
@@ -63,28 +58,26 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
             )
 
             ClusterSetup(
-                executionCRDClient = getExecutionClient(client),
-                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient(client),
-                client = client
+                executionCRDClient = getExecutionClient(),
+                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient(),
+                client = this.client
             ).clearClusterState()
 
             controller = getController(
-                client = client,
-                executionStateHandler = getExecutionStateHandler(client = client),
-                benchmarkStateChecker = getBenchmarkStateChecker(client = client)
+                executionStateHandler = getExecutionStateHandler(),
+                benchmarkStateChecker = getBenchmarkStateChecker()
 
             )
-            getExecutionEventHandler(controller, client).startAllRegisteredInformers()
+            getExecutionEventHandler(controller).startAllRegisteredInformers()
             controller.run()
         }
     }
 
-    fun getExecutionEventHandler(
-        controller: TheodoliteController,
-        client: NamespacedKubernetesClient
+    private fun getExecutionEventHandler(
+            controller: TheodoliteController,
     ): SharedInformerFactory {
-        val factory = client.informers()
-            .inNamespace(client.namespace)
+        val factory = this.client.informers()
+            .inNamespace(this.client.namespace)
 
         factory.sharedIndexInformerForCustomResource(
             ExecutionCRD::class.java,
@@ -92,46 +85,46 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         ).addEventHandler(
             ExecutionEventHandler(
                 controller = controller,
-                stateHandler = ExecutionStateHandler(client)
+                stateHandler = ExecutionStateHandler(this.client)
             )
         )
         return factory
     }
 
-    fun getExecutionStateHandler(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): ExecutionStateHandler {
+    fun getExecutionStateHandler(): ExecutionStateHandler {
         if (!::executionStateHandler.isInitialized) {
-            this.executionStateHandler = ExecutionStateHandler(client = client)
+            this.executionStateHandler = ExecutionStateHandler(client = this.client)
         }
         return executionStateHandler
     }
 
-    fun getBenchmarkStateHandler(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) : BenchmarkStateHandler {
+    fun getBenchmarkStateHandler() : BenchmarkStateHandler {
         if (!::benchmarkStateHandler.isInitialized) {
-            this.benchmarkStateHandler = BenchmarkStateHandler(client = client)
+            this.benchmarkStateHandler = BenchmarkStateHandler(client = this.client)
         }
         return benchmarkStateHandler
     }
 
-    fun getBenchmarkStateChecker(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) : BenchmarkStateChecker {
+    fun getBenchmarkStateChecker() : BenchmarkStateChecker {
         if (!::benchmarkStateChecker.isInitialized) {
             this.benchmarkStateChecker = BenchmarkStateChecker(
-                client = client,
-                benchmarkStateHandler = getBenchmarkStateHandler(client = client),
-                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient(client = client))
+                client = this.client,
+                benchmarkStateHandler = getBenchmarkStateHandler(),
+                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient())
         }
         return benchmarkStateChecker
     }
 
 
     fun getController(
-        client: NamespacedKubernetesClient,
-        executionStateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler,
-        benchmarkStateChecker: BenchmarkStateChecker
+            executionStateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler,
+            benchmarkStateChecker: BenchmarkStateChecker
     ): TheodoliteController {
         if (!::controller.isInitialized) {
             this.controller = TheodoliteController(
-                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient(client),
-                executionCRDClient = getExecutionClient(client),
+                client = this.client,
+                benchmarkCRDClient = getBenchmarkClient(),
+                executionCRDClient = getExecutionClient(),
                 executionStateHandler = executionStateHandler,
                 benchmarkStateChecker = benchmarkStateChecker
             )
@@ -139,21 +132,21 @@ class TheodoliteOperator {
         return this.controller
     }
 
-    fun getExecutionClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
+    fun getExecutionClient(): MixedOperation<
             ExecutionCRD,
             BenchmarkExecutionList,
             Resource<ExecutionCRD>> {
-        return client.customResources(
+        return this.client.customResources(
             ExecutionCRD::class.java,
             BenchmarkExecutionList::class.java
         )
     }
 
-    fun getBenchmarkClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): MixedOperation<
+    fun getBenchmarkClient(): MixedOperation<
             BenchmarkCRD,
             KubernetesBenchmarkList,
             Resource<BenchmarkCRD>> {
-        return client.customResources(
+        return this.client.customResources(
             BenchmarkCRD::class.java,
             KubernetesBenchmarkList::class.java
         )
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a20a26b351e730de60497ac014b3aba855ac01f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization
+
+/**
+ * A Patcher is able to modify values of a Kubernetes resource, see [Patcher].
+ *
+ * An AbstractPatcher is created with up to three parameters.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * **For example** to patch the load dimension of a load generator, the patcher should be created as follow:
+ *
+ * k8sResource: `uc-1-workload-generator.yaml`
+ * container: `workload`
+ * variableName: `NUM_SENSORS`
+ *
+ */
+abstract class AbstractPatcher : Patcher {
+
+    override fun patch(resources: List<HasMetadata>, value: String) : List<HasMetadata> {
+        return resources
+            .map { Serialization.clone(it)}
+            .map { patchSingleResource(it, value) }
+    }
+
+    abstract fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt
similarity index 89%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt
index 8f77b1b95f3bf5cc9422cda55cb261048cebaeb6..c45808b5a81e5ffdfa5fd09b263ae49312a8d7fa 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifier.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
-import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
 
 /**
  * The ConfigOverrideModifier makes it possible to update the configuration overrides of an execution.
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
similarity index 56%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
index bdc107910edc8ddfb41e7757c775977086a25a26..d884c9ee1b6925bc985ad1da69a46f6589917b01 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 
 /**
  * The DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher takes the total load that should be generated
@@ -10,29 +10,29 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
  * The number of instances are set for the load generator and the given variable is set to the
  * load per instance.
  *
- * @property k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
  * @property maxVolume per load generator instance
  * @property container Container to be patched.
  * @property variableName Name of the environment variable to be patched.
  */
 class DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-    k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
     private val maxVolume: Int,
-    container: String,
-    variableName: String
-) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
+    private val container: String,
+    private val variableName: String
+) : Patcher {
 
-    private val replicaPatcher = ReplicaPatcher(k8sResource)
-    private val envVarPatcher = EnvVarPatcher(k8sResource, container, variableName)
+    override fun patch(resources: List<HasMetadata>, value: String) : List<HasMetadata> {
+        return resources.flatMap { patchSingeResource(it, value)}
+    }
 
-    override fun <T> patch(value: T) {
+    fun patchSingeResource(k8sResource: HasMetadata, value: String): List<HasMetadata> {
+        var resource = k8sResource
         // calculate number of load generator instances and load per instance
-        val load = Integer.parseInt(value.toString())
+        val load = Integer.parseInt(value)
         val loadGenInstances = (load + maxVolume - 1) / maxVolume
         val loadPerInstance = load / loadGenInstances
 
         // Patch instance values and load value of generators
-        replicaPatcher.patch(loadGenInstances.toString())
-        envVarPatcher.patch(loadPerInstance.toString())
+        val resourceList = ReplicaPatcher().patch(listOf(resource), loadGenInstances.toString())
+        return EnvVarPatcher(this.container, this.variableName).patch(resourceList, loadPerInstance.toString())
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt
similarity index 77%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt
index 416aec74a3af9b74594f5e6cd018682bf91cbf63..33d6c8d9b6f5f82a49e7cd414e4b273708c0e68a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcher.kt
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Container
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVar
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 
 /**
  * The EnvVarPatcher allows to modify the value of an environment variable
  *
- * @property k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
  * @property container Container to be patched.
  * @property variableName Name of the environment variable to be patched.
  */
 class EnvVarPatcher(
-    private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
     private val container: String,
     private val variableName: String
-) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
 
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
             this.setEnv(
-                k8sResource, this.container,
-                mapOf(this.variableName to value) as Map<kotlin.String, kotlin.String>
+                resource, this.container,
+                mapOf(this.variableName to value)
             )
+            return resource
         }
+        return resource
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f54416501bc742499a958566a179b7fad320318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization
+
+/**
+ * The Image patcher allows to change the image of a container.
+ *
+ * @param container Container to be patched.
+ */
+class ImagePatcher(
+    private val container: String) :
+    AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patch(resources: List<HasMetadata>, value: String) : List<HasMetadata> {
+        return resources
+            .map { Serialization.clone(it) }
+            .map { patchSingleResource(it, value as kotlin.String) }
+    }
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            (resource).spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                it.image = value
+            }
+            return resource
+        } else if (resource is StatefulSet) {
+            (resource).spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                it.image = value
+            }
+            return resource
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
similarity index 53%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
index d02948ad341207051c4653ba9400ac0ffe5b03aa..88ad707ec48b0c2c2b3a62cc46f004ced64dbb69 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/InvalidPatcherConfigurationException.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.DeploymentFailedException
 
 class InvalidPatcherConfigurationException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : DeploymentFailedException(message,e)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8bb5be97e780479884e6cb8e551c03340b04f8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.GenericKubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+
+class LabelPatcher(
+    val variableName: String) :
+    AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
+            is Deployment -> {
+                if (resource.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+            is StatefulSet -> {
+                if (resource.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+            is Service -> {
+                if (resource.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+
+            }
+            is ConfigMap -> {
+                if (resource.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+            is GenericKubernetesResource -> {
+                if (resource.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..725c9cf8a6a87c23119812c0a5d5ad3280a42e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+
+/**
+ * This patcher is able to set the `spec.selector.matchLabels` for a `Deployment` or `StatefulSet` Kubernetes resource.
+ *
+ * @property variableName The matchLabel which should be set
+ */
+class MatchLabelPatcher(
+    val variableName: String) :
+    AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
+            is Deployment -> {
+                if (resource.spec.selector.matchLabels == null) {
+                    resource.spec.selector.matchLabels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.spec.selector.matchLabels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+            is StatefulSet -> {
+                if (resource.spec.selector.matchLabels == null) {
+                    resource.spec.selector.matchLabels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.spec.selector.matchLabels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a6416a7e77841fa869de7ce2c248882fb486572c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.GenericKubernetesResource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+
+class NamePatcher : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
+            is Deployment -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+            is StatefulSet -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+            is Service -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+            is ConfigMap -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+            is io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.networking.v1.Ingress -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+            is GenericKubernetesResource -> {
+                resource.metadata.name = value
+            }
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3b5ba1a07afa41dd604f2335baf6b58e362f293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+
+/**
+ * The Node selector patcher make it possible to set the NodeSelector of a Kubernetes deployment.
+ *
+ * @param variableName The `label-key` of the node for which the `label-value` is to be patched.
+ */
+class NodeSelectorPatcher(
+    private val variableName: String) :
+    AbstractPatcher() {
+
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            resource.spec.template.spec.nodeSelector = mapOf(variableName to value)
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3b0105768ec339758fd89233a09da233145d641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import kotlin.math.pow
+
+class NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
+    private val numSensors: String,
+    private val loadGenMaxRecords: String,
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            val approxNumSensors = numSensors.toDouble().pow(Integer.parseInt(value).toDouble())
+            val loadGenInstances =
+                (approxNumSensors + loadGenMaxRecords.toDouble() - 1) / loadGenMaxRecords.toDouble()
+            resource.spec.replicas = loadGenInstances.toInt()
+
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6bb2750bb1ca923aa05022884ef7054772a987c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+
+
+class NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
+    private val loadGenMaxRecords: String,
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            val loadGenInstances =
+                (Integer.parseInt(value) + loadGenMaxRecords.toInt() - 1) / loadGenMaxRecords.toInt()
+            resource.spec.replicas = loadGenInstances
+
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatchHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatchHandler.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6873d9ec84cd02b85b2342bbd37d429c706a47ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatchHandler.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+class PatchHandler {
+    companion object {
+        private fun getResourcesToPatch(resources: MutableMap<String, List<HasMetadata>>, patcherDefinition: PatcherDefinition): List<HasMetadata> {
+            return resources[patcherDefinition.resource]
+                ?: throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Could not find resource ${patcherDefinition.resource}")
+
+        }
+        fun patchResource(
+            resources: MutableMap<String, List<HasMetadata>>,
+            patcherDefinition: PatcherDefinition,
+            value: String,
+        ): List<HasMetadata> {
+            val resToPatch = getResourcesToPatch(resources, patcherDefinition)
+            return PatcherFactory.createPatcher(patcherDefinition).patch(resToPatch,value)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/Patcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/Patcher.kt
similarity index 68%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/Patcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/Patcher.kt
index 84b886cb4f06b3e667eb8b8aeaa622e1ee54852e..310b370b97d065fc1ea0c3f7edd81577816ff69c 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/Patcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/Patcher.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 
 /**
@@ -13,8 +14,7 @@ interface Patcher {
      * The patch method modifies a value in the definition of a
      * Kubernetes resource.
      *
-     * @param T The type of value
      * @param value The value to be used.
      */
-    fun <T> patch(value: T)
+    fun patch(resources: List<HasMetadata>, value: String) : List<HasMetadata>
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinition.kt
similarity index 93%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinition.kt
index fd2ac209a52e0d516ffa9ec07e465fa076ae665a..653ed9e03caf86c661e6a52ed59501b478eea7b5 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt
similarity index 83%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt
index 6a1f993e2ac327ec242a8a5bafc3e6cc43475710..be9dcd11b08edf58462f0a1e71c7c3ab548fa66a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactory.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
-import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
-import theodolite.util.TypeName
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
 
 /**
  * The PatcherDefinition Factory creates a [PatcherDefinition]s.
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class PatcherDefinitionFactory {
      * @return A list of PatcherDefinitions which corresponds to the
      *     value of the requiredType.
      */
-    fun createPatcherDefinition(requiredType: String, patcherTypes: List<TypeName>): List<PatcherDefinition> {
+    fun createPatcherDefinition(requiredType: String, patcherTypes: List<KubernetesBenchmark.TypeName>): List<PatcherDefinition> {
         return patcherTypes.firstOrNull { type -> type.typeName == requiredType }
             ?.patchers ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("typeName $requiredType not found.")
     }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4dcf68d2b4ec12facb26755e9f63e298725e195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+/**
+ * The Patcher factory creates [Patcher]s
+ *
+ * @constructor Creates an empty PatcherFactory.
+ */
+class PatcherFactory {
+
+    companion object {
+        /**
+         * Create patcher based on the given [PatcherDefinition] and
+         * the list of KubernetesResources.
+         *
+         * @param patcherDefinition The [PatcherDefinition] for which are
+         *     [Patcher] should be created.
+         * @param k8sResources List of all available Kubernetes resources.
+         *     This is a list of pairs<String, KubernetesResource>:
+         *     The frist corresponds to the filename where the resource is defined.
+         *     The second corresponds to the concrete [KubernetesResource] that should be patched.
+         * @return The created [Patcher].
+         * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no patcher can be created.
+         */
+        fun createPatcher(
+            patcherDefinition: PatcherDefinition,
+        ): Patcher {
+
+            return try {
+                when (patcherDefinition.type) {
+                    "ReplicaPatcher" -> ReplicaPatcher(
+                    )
+                    "NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
+                        loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"]!!,
+                        numSensors = patcherDefinition.properties["numSensors"]!!
+                    )
+                    "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
+                        loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"]!!
+                    )
+                    "DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
+                        maxVolume = patcherDefinition.properties["maxVolume"]!!.toInt(),
+                        container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "EnvVarPatcher" -> EnvVarPatcher(
+                        container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "NodeSelectorPatcher" -> NodeSelectorPatcher(
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "ResourceLimitPatcher" -> ResourceLimitPatcher(
+                        container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
+                        limitedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["limitedResource"]!!
+                    )
+                    "ResourceRequestPatcher" -> ResourceRequestPatcher(
+                        container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
+                        requestedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["requestedResource"]!!
+                    )
+                    "SchedulerNamePatcher" -> SchedulerNamePatcher()
+                    "LabelPatcher" -> LabelPatcher(
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "MatchLabelPatcher" -> MatchLabelPatcher(
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "TemplateLabelPatcher" -> TemplateLabelPatcher(
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
+                    )
+                    "ImagePatcher" -> ImagePatcher(
+                        container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!
+                    )
+                    "NamePatcher" -> NamePatcher()
+                    "ServiceSelectorPatcher" -> ServiceSelectorPatcher(
+                        variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["label"]!!
+                    )
+                    "rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.VolumesConfigMapPatcher" -> VolumesConfigMapPatcher(
+                        volumeName = patcherDefinition.properties["volumeName"]!!
+                    )
+                    else -> throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Patcher type ${patcherDefinition.type} not found.")
+                }
+            } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
+                throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException(
+                    "Could not create patcher with type ${patcherDefinition.type}" +
+                            " Probably a required patcher argument was not specified.", e
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8637b1299e878c4424e7fcaf4eac3bc901428541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+
+/**
+ * The Replica [Patcher] modifies the number of replicas for the given Kubernetes deployment.
+ *
+ */
+class ReplicaPatcher : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            resource.spec.replicas = Integer.parseInt(value)
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt
similarity index 62%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt
index 9dcdffa0407dd4fdaf2d9b0a898bcdf6cebe5a8b..7450e2edfa20f570742fe0336d0d27c76ec83aa2 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcher.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Container
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Quantity
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ResourceRequirements
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-import theodolite.util.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
 
 /**
  * The Resource limit [Patcher] set resource limits for deployments and statefulSets.
@@ -16,30 +12,31 @@ import theodolite.util.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
  * @param limitedResource The resource to be limited (e.g. **cpu or memory**)
  */
 class ResourceLimitPatcher(
-    private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
     private val container: String,
     private val limitedResource: String
-) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
 
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        when (k8sResource) {
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
             is Deployment -> {
-                k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                    setLimits(it, value as kotlin.String)
+                resource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                    setLimits(it, value)
                 }
             }
             is StatefulSet -> {
-                k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                    setLimits(it, value as kotlin.String)
+                resource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                    setLimits(it, value)
                 }
             }
             else -> {
-                throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("ResourceLimitPatcher not applicable for $k8sResource")
+                throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("ResourceLimitPatcher is not applicable for $resource")
             }
         }
+        return resource
     }
 
-    private fun setLimits(container: Container, value: String) {
+
+        private fun setLimits(container: Container, value: String) {
         when {
             container.resources == null -> {
                 val resource = ResourceRequirements()
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt
similarity index 62%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt
index 24cdde40f7f78bd67d115b2dc44f47e180f51ee2..bdcdc9527e8fa4dad9f85917be7d5c1c2fe67c2e 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcher.kt
@@ -1,44 +1,39 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Container
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Quantity
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ResourceRequirements
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-import theodolite.util.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
 
 /**
  * The Resource request [Patcher] set resource limits for deployments and statefulSets.
  *
- * @param k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
  * @param container Container to be patched.
  * @param requestedResource The resource to be requested (e.g. **cpu or memory**)
  */
 class ResourceRequestPatcher(
-    private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
     private val container: String,
     private val requestedResource: String
-) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
 
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        when (k8sResource) {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
             is Deployment -> {
-                k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                    setRequests(it, value as kotlin.String)
+                resource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                    setRequests(it, value)
                 }
             }
             is StatefulSet -> {
-                k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                    setRequests(it, value as kotlin.String)
+                resource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
+                    setRequests(it, value)
                 }
             }
             else -> {
-                throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("ResourceRequestPatcher not applicable for $k8sResource")
+                throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("ResourceRequestPatcher is not applicable for $resource")
             }
         }
+        return resource
     }
-
     private fun setRequests(container: Container, value: String) {
         when {
             container.resources == null -> {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5ac16cdfe25f6b2fd2e4d0a2fb27000f885ffe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+
+/**
+ * The Scheduler name [Patcher] make it possible to set the scheduler which should
+ * be used to deploy the given deployment.
+ * @param k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
+ */
+class SchedulerNamePatcher : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            resource.spec.template.spec.schedulerName = value
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ServiceSelectorPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ServiceSelectorPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b38ae4108748f85e7ac60f3ee3aa8c5d28281432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ServiceSelectorPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
+
+class ServiceSelectorPatcher(
+    private var variableName: String
+    ) : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Service) {
+            if (resource.spec.selector == null) {
+                resource.spec.selector = mutableMapOf()
+            }
+            resource.spec.selector[this.variableName] = value
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..534809cf8c36fb2065cbe3c0823294b346ac05f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+
+/**
+ * This patcher is able to set the field `spec.template.metadata.labels` for a `Deployment` or `StatefulSet` Kubernetes resource.
+ *
+ * @property variableName The label which should be set
+ */
+class TemplateLabelPatcher(
+    val variableName: String) :
+    AbstractPatcher() {
+
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        when (resource) {
+            is Deployment -> {
+                if (resource.spec.template.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.spec.template.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.spec.template.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+            is StatefulSet -> {
+                if (resource.spec.template.metadata.labels == null) {
+                    resource.spec.template.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
+                }
+                resource.spec.template.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = value
+            }
+        }
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..54a459a19b35e74839de647761e8ac22f839ca2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
+
+class VolumesConfigMapPatcher(private var volumeName: String
+) : AbstractPatcher() {
+
+    override fun patchSingleResource(resource: HasMetadata, value: String): HasMetadata {
+        if (resource is Deployment) {
+            if (resource.spec.template.spec.volumes == null) {
+                resource.spec.template.spec.volumes = mutableListOf()
+            }
+            val volumeMounts = resource.spec.template.spec.volumes
+
+            for (mount in volumeMounts) {
+                try {
+                    if (mount.configMap.name == volumeName) {
+                        mount.configMap.name = value
+                    }
+                } catch (_: NullPointerException) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (resource is StatefulSet) {
+            if (resource.spec.template.spec.volumes == null) {
+                resource.spec.template.spec.volumes = mutableListOf()
+            }
+            val volumeMounts = resource.spec.template.spec.volumes
+
+            for (mount in volumeMounts) {
+                try {
+                    if (mount.configMap.name == volumeName) {
+                        mount.configMap.name = value
+                    }
+                } catch (_: NullPointerException) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return resource
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/AnalysisExecutor.kt
similarity index 81%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/AnalysisExecutor.kt
index e59e346da5df34520cef9c35912d53043bdd6529..5e5a09efb9ed5a7ccad251f82d210a40698e7016 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/AnalysisExecutor.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/AnalysisExecutor.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.util.EvaluationFailedException
-import theodolite.util.IOHandler
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.IOHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
 import java.text.Normalizer
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.Instant
@@ -16,8 +14,8 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  * @param slo Slo that is used for the analysis.
  */
 class AnalysisExecutor(
-    private val slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo,
-    private val executionId: Int
+        private val slo: Slo,
+        private val executionId: Int
 ) {
 
     private val fetcher = MetricFetcher(
@@ -29,17 +27,17 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(
      *  Analyses an experiment via prometheus data.
      *  First fetches data from prometheus, then documents them and afterwards evaluate it via a [slo].
      *  @param load of the experiment.
-     *  @param res of the experiment.
+     *  @param resource of the experiment.
      *  @param executionIntervals list of start and end points of experiments
      *  @return true if the experiment succeeded.
      */
-    fun analyze(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource, executionIntervals: List<Pair<Instant, Instant>>): Boolean {
+    fun analyze(load: Int, resource: Int, executionIntervals: List<Pair<Instant, Instant>>, metric: Metric): Boolean {
         var repetitionCounter = 1
 
         try {
             val ioHandler = IOHandler()
             val resultsFolder = ioHandler.getResultFolderURL()
-            val fileURL = "${resultsFolder}exp${executionId}_${load.get()}_${res.get()}_${slo.sloType.toSlug()}"
+            val fileURL = "${resultsFolder}exp${executionId}_${load}_${resource}_${slo.sloType.toSlug()}"
 
             val prometheusData = executionIntervals
                 .map { interval ->
@@ -67,13 +65,15 @@ class AnalysisExecutor(
             val sloChecker = SloCheckerFactory().create(
                 sloType = slo.sloType,
                 properties = slo.properties,
-                load = load
+                load = load,
+                resource = resource,
+                metric = metric
             )
 
             return sloChecker.evaluate(prometheusData)
 
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            throw EvaluationFailedException("Evaluation failed for resource '${res.get()}' and load '${load.get()}", e)
+            throw EvaluationFailedException("Evaluation failed for resource '$resource' and load '$load ", e)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/EvaluationFailedException.kt
similarity index 52%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/EvaluationFailedException.kt
index ebdf5a37b4e82c8d4b1870d065f5e77133154735..564ec926aeba501c55675ba3d25cfa8ebf50b68b 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/EvaluationFailedException.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/EvaluationFailedException.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ExecutionFailedException
 
 class EvaluationFailedException(message: String, e: Exception? = null) : ExecutionFailedException(message,e)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/ExternalSloChecker.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/ExternalSloChecker.kt
similarity index 94%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/ExternalSloChecker.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/ExternalSloChecker.kt
index 7587e8326df98f3c45c016bfd3b2d7db8077e6d1..01b21c845a614ba42581c182d975da5ad645b474 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/ExternalSloChecker.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/ExternalSloChecker.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
 import khttp.post
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.util.PrometheusResponse
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.PrometheusResponse
 import java.net.ConnectException
 
 /**
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/MetricFetcher.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/MetricFetcher.kt
index b6a1857cba513f663876f88d7a7d69ad02c0bc40..962564475d0ad0b56bad8cf99daf12329950eaf3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/MetricFetcher.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/MetricFetcher.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import khttp.get
 import khttp.responses.Response
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.util.PrometheusResponse
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.PrometheusResponse
 import java.net.ConnectException
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.Instant
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PrometheusResponse.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/PrometheusResponse.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PrometheusResponse.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/PrometheusResponse.kt
index 9b0b0dd4e0a5a48072ca576e874cb850c5f8df3b..5222a78bde342fea4a94c69bf1e42e132d0bc706 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PrometheusResponse.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/PrometheusResponse.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import java.util.*
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloChecker.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloChecker.kt
similarity index 81%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloChecker.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloChecker.kt
index 82f903f5be868731d58ebefd6279d5d438bd5eab..f4ac163547421d5f0f07d2511c2e3eeeebdb35b0 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloChecker.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloChecker.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
-import theodolite.util.PrometheusResponse
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.PrometheusResponse
 
 /**
  * A SloChecker can be used to evaluate data from Prometheus.
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloCheckerFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloCheckerFactory.kt
similarity index 95%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloCheckerFactory.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloCheckerFactory.kt
index f57cebfcb13d0e86919ec15a0a479d1258e318a6..810675f159169f31314289d08a59fcc15bf8a243 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloCheckerFactory.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloCheckerFactory.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
+
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
 
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
 
 /**
  * Factory used to potentially create different [SloChecker]s.
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ class SloCheckerFactory {
     fun create(
         sloType: String,
         properties: MutableMap<String, String>,
-        load: LoadDimension
+        load: Int,
+        resource: Int,
+        metric: Metric
     ): SloChecker {
         return when (SloTypes.from(sloType)) {
             SloTypes.GENERIC -> ExternalSloChecker(
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ class SloCheckerFactory {
                     throw IllegalArgumentException("Threshold ratio needs to be an Double greater or equal 0.0")
                 }
                 // cast to int, as rounding is not really necessary
-                val threshold = (load.get() * thresholdRatio).toInt()
+                val threshold = (load * thresholdRatio).toInt()
 
                 ExternalSloChecker(
                     externalSlopeURL = properties["externalSloUrl"]
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloConfigHandler.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloConfigHandler.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloConfigHandler.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloConfigHandler.kt
index 089f40dc6b5ef7d8ac4b063cae68e5e9621d1f50..ed18e4a0b4027ce4284cc83ff4c9520738ec2ba7 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloConfigHandler.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloConfigHandler.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.util.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped
 
 private const val DEFAULT_CONSUMER_LAG_METRIC_BASE = "kafka_consumergroup_lag"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ private const val DEFAULT_DROPPED_RECORDS_QUERY = "sum by(job) (kafka_streams_st
 @ApplicationScoped
 class SloConfigHandler {
     companion object {
-        fun getQueryString(slo: BenchmarkExecution.Slo): String {
+        fun getQueryString(slo: Slo): String {
             return when (slo.sloType.lowercase()) {
                 SloTypes.GENERIC.value -> slo.properties["promQLQuery"] ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("promQLQuery expected")
                 SloTypes.LAG_TREND.value, SloTypes.LAG_TREND_RATIO.value -> slo.properties["promQLQuery"] ?:
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..047f8a657de8aba6f032d36e8b84d7046d5e0209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
+
+class SloFactory {
+
+    fun createSlos(execution: BenchmarkExecution, benchmark: KubernetesBenchmark): List<Slo> {
+        var benchmarkSlos = benchmark.slos
+        var executionSlos = execution.slos
+
+        for(executionSlo in executionSlos) {
+            for(i in 0 until benchmarkSlos.size) {
+                if(executionSlo.name == benchmarkSlos[i].name && executionSlo.properties != null) {
+                    for (executionProperty in executionSlo.properties!!) {
+                        benchmarkSlos[i].properties[executionProperty.key] = executionProperty.value
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return benchmarkSlos
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloJson.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloJson.kt
similarity index 78%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloJson.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloJson.kt
index 205389276f2c1adef6cba6c745baf99744c8d2dd..653ad6b5f998014a0f5b9e8b7397bcd3ce51f729 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloJson.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloJson.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson
-import theodolite.util.PromResult
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.PromResult
 
 class SloJson constructor(
     val results: List<List<PromResult>>,
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloTypes.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloTypes.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloTypes.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloTypes.kt
index 812b50de779d2f3abfd5788b8aee145edc959e6c..07cbcd634ec7b46bd0e66a52f62989660575765f 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/evaluation/SloTypes.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloTypes.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.evaluation
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
 
 enum class SloTypes(val value: String) {
     GENERIC("generic"),
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/standalone/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
similarity index 73%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/standalone/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
index 1bbf3e01f461a19dbe588aedd41be63b84c86162..8cf3959b95374183a989a0217d754aea7eab716a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/standalone/TheodoliteStandalone.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-package theodolite.execution
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.standalone
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.util.YamlParserFromFile
-import theodolite.util.EvaluationFailedException
-import theodolite.util.ExecutionFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TheodoliteExecutor
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.YamlParserFromFile
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo.EvaluationFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ExecutionFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.Shutdown
 import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
+
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
  *
  * @constructor Create empty Theodolite yaml executor
  */
-class TheodoliteStandalone {
+class TheodoliteStandalone (private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
     private val parser = YamlParserFromFile()
 
     fun start() {
@@ -48,11 +52,11 @@ class TheodoliteStandalone {
 
         // Add shutdown hook
         // Use thread{} with start = false, else the thread will start right away
-        val shutdown = thread(start = false) { Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark).run() }
+        val shutdown = thread(start = false) { Shutdown(benchmarkExecution, benchmark, client).run() }
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(shutdown)
 
         try {
-            TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark).run()
+            TheodoliteExecutor(benchmarkExecution, benchmark, client).setupAndRunExecution()
         } catch (e: EvaluationFailedException) {
             logger.error { "Evaluation failed with error: ${e.message}" }
         }catch (e: ExecutionFailedException) {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
similarity index 81%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
index 537b44721bb344c2cd7af71d29dc4fa3da5a7a33..4b054d61c15c13b2058fd4848dd69fc4633610c8 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/ConfigurationOverride.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
 
 /**
  * Representation of a configuration override.
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Parser.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/Parser.kt
similarity index 89%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Parser.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/Parser.kt
index e435b1cbbf18b9f860ceda69f5f7ec66e64c9375..65cd6a39303d3f0f0814c7197bbe15b4919be5d7 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Parser.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/Parser.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util
 
 /**
  * Interface for parsers.
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt
similarity index 92%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt
index 58ca925e6aeeaca4f2f35c97c027ee2d24188e50..f6a1179a880631dea7471b68b34c0823400aaadc 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromFile.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util
 
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromString.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromString.kt
similarity index 90%
rename from theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromString.kt
rename to theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromString.kt
index 99c81f1ed674b2aa21f6aec7b3e0dff1b8c86840..288414422963ad3de8f6b853b949b4af7939bf6a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/YamlParserFromString.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/util/YamlParserFromString.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util
 
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index cf2fac7337d79c1c5daf2b0fac070200cf27f9a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Benchmark.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-/**
- * A Benchmark contains:
- * - The [Resource]s that can be scaled for the benchmark.
- * - The [LoadDimension]s that can be scaled the benchmark.
- * - additional [ConfigurationOverride]s.
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-interface Benchmark {
-
-    fun setupInfrastructure()
-    fun teardownInfrastructure()
-
-    /**
-     * Builds a Deployment that can be deployed.
-     * @return a BenchmarkDeployment.
-     */
-    fun buildDeployment(
-        load: LoadDimension,
-        res: Resource,
-        configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-        loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-        afterTeardownDelay: Long
-    ): BenchmarkDeployment
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6857b9bf8918593dbe5085f40eb28fd8bd809d85..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
-import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
-import theodolite.util.*
-
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-private var DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "default"
-private var DEFAULT_THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES = "./benchmark-resources"
-
-/**
- * Represents a benchmark in Kubernetes. An example for this is the BenchmarkType.yaml
- * Contains a of:
- * - [name] of the benchmark,
- * - [appResource] list of the resources that have to be deployed for the benchmark,
- * - [loadGenResource] resource that generates the load,
- * - [resourceTypes] types of scaling resources,
- * - [loadTypes] types of loads that can be scaled for the benchmark,
- * - [kafkaConfig] for the [theodolite.k8s.TopicManager],
- * - [namespace] for the client,
- * - [path] under which the resource yamls can be found.
- *
- *  This class is used for the parsing(in the [theodolite.execution.TheodoliteStandalone]) and
- *  for the deserializing in the [theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator].
- * @constructor construct an empty Benchmark.
- */
-@JsonDeserialize
-@RegisterForReflection
-class KubernetesBenchmark : KubernetesResource, Benchmark {
-    lateinit var name: String
-    lateinit var resourceTypes: List<TypeName>
-    lateinit var loadTypes: List<TypeName>
-    var kafkaConfig: KafkaConfig? = null
-    lateinit var infrastructure: Resources
-    lateinit var sut: Resources
-    lateinit var loadGenerator: Resources
-    private var namespace = System.getenv("NAMESPACE") ?: DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
-
-    @Transient
-    private var client: NamespacedKubernetesClient = DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(namespace)
-
-    /**
-     * Loads [KubernetesResource]s.
-     * It first loads them via the [YamlParserFromFile] to check for their concrete type and afterwards initializes them using
-     * the [K8sResourceLoader]
-     */
-    @Deprecated("Use `loadResourceSet` from `ResourceSets`")
-    fun loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet: List<ResourceSets>): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
-        return loadResources(resourceSet)
-    }
-
-    private fun loadResources(resourceSet: List<ResourceSets>): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
-        return resourceSet.flatMap { it.loadResourceSet(this.client) }
-    }
-
-    override fun setupInfrastructure() {
-        this.infrastructure.beforeActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
-        val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
-        loadResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
-            .map { it.second }
-            .forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
-    }
-
-    override fun teardownInfrastructure() {
-        val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
-        loadResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
-            .map { it.second }
-            .forEach { kubernetesManager.remove(it) }
-        this.infrastructure.afterActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Builds a deployment.
-     * First loads all required resources and then patches them to the concrete load and resources for the experiment.
-     * Afterwards patches additional configurations(cluster depending) into the resources.
-     * @param load concrete load that will be benchmarked in this experiment.
-     * @param res concrete resource that will be scaled for this experiment.
-     * @param configurationOverrides
-     * @return a [BenchmarkDeployment]
-     */
-    override fun buildDeployment(
-        load: LoadDimension,
-        res: Resource,
-        configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-        loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-        afterTeardownDelay: Long
-    ): BenchmarkDeployment {
-        logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
-
-        val appResources = loadResources(this.sut.resources)
-        val loadGenResources = loadResources(this.loadGenerator.resources)
-
-        val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
-
-        // patch the load dimension the resources
-        load.getType().forEach { patcherDefinition ->
-            patcherFactory.createPatcher(patcherDefinition, loadGenResources).patch(load.get().toString())
-        }
-        res.getType().forEach { patcherDefinition ->
-            patcherFactory.createPatcher(patcherDefinition, appResources).patch(res.get().toString())
-        }
-
-        // Patch the given overrides
-        configurationOverrides.forEach { override ->
-            override?.let {
-                patcherFactory.createPatcher(it.patcher, appResources + loadGenResources).patch(override.value)
-            }
-        }
-
-        val kafkaConfig = this.kafkaConfig
-
-        return KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
-            sutBeforeActions = sut.beforeActions,
-            sutAfterActions = sut.afterActions,
-            loadGenBeforeActions = loadGenerator.beforeActions,
-            loadGenAfterActions = loadGenerator.afterActions,
-            appResources = appResources.map { it.second },
-            loadGenResources = loadGenResources.map { it.second },
-            loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
-            afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay,
-            kafkaConfig = if (kafkaConfig != null) mapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer) else mapOf(),
-            topics = kafkaConfig?.topics ?: listOf(),
-            client = this.client
-        )
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This function can be used to set the Kubernetes client manually. This is for example necessary for testing.
-     *
-     * @param client
-     */
-    fun setClient(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
-        this.client = client
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Resources.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Resources.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index fccbd2c41a646a2ef85ef77c65763e7f793d1e91..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/Resources.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-
-@JsonDeserialize
-@RegisterForReflection
-class Resources {
-
-    lateinit var resources: List<ResourceSets>
-    lateinit var beforeActions: List<Action>
-    lateinit var afterActions: List<Action>
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3238f447be06ce6486bb7f6ca1758700f36ba558..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/BenchmarkExecutor.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.execution
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-import java.time.Duration
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- * The Benchmark Executor runs a single experiment.
- *
- * @property benchmark
- * @property results
- * @property executionDuration
- * @constructor Create empty Benchmark executor
- */
-abstract class BenchmarkExecutor(
-    val benchmark: Benchmark,
-    val results: Results,
-    val executionDuration: Duration,
-    val configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-    val slos: List<BenchmarkExecution.Slo>,
-    val repetitions: Int,
-    val executionId: Int,
-    val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-    val afterTeardownDelay: Long,
-    val executionName: String
-) {
-
-    var run: AtomicBoolean = AtomicBoolean(true)
-
-    /**
-     * Run a experiment for the given parametrization, evaluate the
-     * experiment and save the result.
-     *
-     * @param load load to be tested.
-     * @param res resources to be tested.
-     * @return True, if the number of resources are suitable for the
-     *     given load, false otherwise.
-     */
-    abstract fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean
-
-    /**
-     * Wait while the benchmark is running and log the number of minutes executed every 1 minute.
-     *
-     */
-    fun waitAndLog() {
-        logger.info { "Execution of a new experiment started." }
-
-        var secondsRunning = 0L
-
-        while (run.get() && secondsRunning < executionDuration.toSeconds()) {
-            secondsRunning++
-            Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(1).toMillis())
-
-            if ((secondsRunning % 60) == 0L) {
-                logger.info { "Executed: ${secondsRunning / 60} minutes." }
-            }
-        }
-
-        logger.debug { "Executor shutdown gracefully." }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8596576e0a7984c32b6dabf90c6bbf06961d2bb1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/execution/TheodoliteExecutor.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.execution
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.patcher.PatcherDefinitionFactory
-import theodolite.strategies.StrategyFactory
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.CompositeStrategy
-import theodolite.util.*
-import java.io.File
-import java.time.Duration
-
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- * The Theodolite executor runs all the experiments defined with the given execution and benchmark configuration.
- *
- * @property config Configuration of a execution
- * @property kubernetesBenchmark Configuration of a benchmark
- * @constructor Create empty Theodolite executor
- */
-class TheodoliteExecutor(
-    private val config: BenchmarkExecution,
-    private val kubernetesBenchmark: KubernetesBenchmark
-) {
-    /**
-     * An executor object, configured with the specified benchmark, evaluation method, experiment duration
-     * and overrides which are given in the execution.
-     */
-    lateinit var executor: BenchmarkExecutor
-
-    /**
-     * Creates all required components to start Theodolite.
-     *
-     * @return a [Config], that contains a list of [LoadDimension]s,
-     *          a list of [Resource]s , and the [CompositeStrategy].
-     * The [CompositeStrategy] is configured and able to find the minimum required resource for the given load.
-     */
-    private fun buildConfig(): Config {
-        val results = Results()
-        val strategyFactory = StrategyFactory()
-
-        val executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(config.execution.duration)
-
-        val resourcePatcherDefinition =
-            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
-                config.resources.resourceType,
-                this.kubernetesBenchmark.resourceTypes
-            )
-
-        val loadDimensionPatcherDefinition =
-            PatcherDefinitionFactory().createPatcherDefinition(
-                config.load.loadType,
-                this.kubernetesBenchmark.loadTypes
-            )
-
-        executor =
-            BenchmarkExecutorImpl(
-                benchmark = kubernetesBenchmark,
-                results = results,
-                executionDuration = executionDuration,
-                configurationOverrides = config.configOverrides,
-                slos = config.slos,
-                repetitions = config.execution.repetitions,
-                executionId = config.executionId,
-                loadGenerationDelay = config.execution.loadGenerationDelay,
-                afterTeardownDelay = config.execution.afterTeardownDelay,
-                executionName = config.name
-            )
-
-        if (config.load.loadValues != config.load.loadValues.sorted()) {
-            config.load.loadValues = config.load.loadValues.sorted()
-            logger.info {
-                "Load values are not sorted correctly, Theodolite sorts them in ascending order." +
-                        "New order is: ${config.load.loadValues}"
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (config.resources.resourceValues != config.resources.resourceValues.sorted()) {
-            config.resources.resourceValues = config.resources.resourceValues.sorted()
-            logger.info {
-                "Load values are not sorted correctly, Theodolite sorts them in ascending order." +
-                        "New order is: ${config.resources.resourceValues}"
-            }
-        }
-
-        return Config(
-            loads = config.load.loadValues.map { load -> LoadDimension(load, loadDimensionPatcherDefinition) },
-            resources = config.resources.resourceValues.map { resource ->
-                Resource(
-                    resource,
-                    resourcePatcherDefinition
-                )
-            },
-            compositeStrategy = CompositeStrategy(
-                benchmarkExecutor = executor,
-                searchStrategy = strategyFactory.createSearchStrategy(executor, config.execution.strategy),
-                restrictionStrategies = strategyFactory.createRestrictionStrategy(
-                    results,
-                    config.execution.restrictions
-                )
-            )
-        )
-    }
-
-    fun getExecution(): BenchmarkExecution {
-        return this.config
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Run all experiments which are specified in the corresponding
-     * execution and benchmark objects.
-     */
-    fun run() {
-        kubernetesBenchmark.setupInfrastructure()
-
-        val ioHandler = IOHandler()
-        val resultsFolder = ioHandler.getResultFolderURL()
-        this.config.executionId = getAndIncrementExecutionID(resultsFolder + "expID.txt")
-        ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(this.config, "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}-execution-configuration")
-        ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
-            kubernetesBenchmark,
-            "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}-benchmark-configuration"
-        )
-
-        val config = buildConfig()
-        // execute benchmarks for each load
-        try {
-            for (load in config.loads) {
-                if (executor.run.get()) {
-                    config.compositeStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, config.resources)
-                }
-            }
-        } finally {
-            ioHandler.writeToJSONFile(
-                config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results,
-                "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}-result"
-            )
-            // Create expXYZ_demand.csv file
-            ioHandler.writeToCSVFile(
-                "${resultsFolder}exp${this.config.executionId}_demand",
-                calculateDemandMetric(config.loads, config.compositeStrategy.benchmarkExecutor.results),
-                listOf("load","resources")
-            )
-        }
-        kubernetesBenchmark.teardownInfrastructure()
-    }
-
-    private fun getAndIncrementExecutionID(fileURL: String): Int {
-        val ioHandler = IOHandler()
-        var executionID = 0
-        if (File(fileURL).exists()) {
-            executionID = ioHandler.readFileAsString(fileURL).toInt() + 1
-        }
-        ioHandler.writeStringToTextFile(fileURL, (executionID).toString())
-        return executionID
-    }
-
-    private fun calculateDemandMetric(loadDimensions: List<LoadDimension>, results: Results): List<List<String>> {
-        return loadDimensions.map { listOf(it.get().toString(), results.getMinRequiredInstances(it).get().toString()) }
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index df80e9cbd2503685a7dbed35db5319920dfc42cb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/AbstractPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-
-/**
- * A Patcher is able to modify values of a Kubernetes resource, see [Patcher].
- *
- * An AbstractPatcher is created with up to three parameters.
- *
- * @param k8sResource The Kubernetes resource to be patched.
- * @param container *(optional)* The name of the container to be patched
- * @param variableName *(optional)* The variable name to be patched
- *
- *
- * **For example** to patch the load dimension of a load generator, the patcher should be created as follow:
- *
- * k8sResource: `uc-1-workload-generator.yaml`
- * container: `workload`
- * variableName: `NUM_SENSORS`
- *
- */
-abstract class AbstractPatcher(
-    k8sResource: KubernetesResource
-) : Patcher
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f6753372076c119324dc962112928253633b6b0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ImagePatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-
-/**
- * The Image patcher allows to change the image of a container.
- *
- * @param k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
- * @param container Container to be patched.
- */
-class ImagePatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource, private val container: String) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-
-    override fun <String> patch(imagePath: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                it.image = imagePath as kotlin.String
-            }
-        } else if (k8sResource is StatefulSet) {
-            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == container }.forEach {
-                it.image = imagePath as kotlin.String
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f8c703afa9e826a79f0785abef493d2d448ac74..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/LabelPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource
-
-class LabelPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource, val variableName: String) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-
-    override fun <String> patch(labelValue: String) {
-        if (labelValue is kotlin.String) {
-            when (k8sResource) {
-                is Deployment -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is StatefulSet -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is Service -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is ConfigMap -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is CustomResource<*, *> -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 30ff73b5da3b551119ad085adbc982180e4fc066..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/MatchLabelPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-
-/**
- * This patcher is able to set the `spec.selector.matchLabels` for a `Deployment` or `StatefulSet` Kubernetes resource.
- *
- * @property k8sResource The Kubernetes manifests to patch
- * @property variableName The matchLabel which should be set
- */
-class MatchLabelPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource, val variableName: String) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-
-    override fun <String> patch(labelValue: String) {
-        if (labelValue is kotlin.String) {
-            when (k8sResource) {
-                is Deployment -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is StatefulSet -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.spec.selector.matchLabels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e8cd553a6c6a9ed6fa2c8cc1b84e4cfebe79d73..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-
-/**
- * The Node selector patcher make it possible to set the NodeSelector of a Kubernetes deployment.
- *
- * @param k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
- * @param variableName The `label-key` of the node for which the `label-value` is to be patched.
- */
-class NodeSelectorPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource, private val variableName: String) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.nodeSelector = mapOf(variableName to value as kotlin.String)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index c617917e6894c3a30779dd4257a96365ded35481..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import kotlin.math.pow
-
-class NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-    private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
-    private val numSensors: String,
-    private val loadGenMaxRecords: String
-) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            if (value is kotlin.String) {
-                val approxNumSensors = numSensors.toDouble().pow(Integer.parseInt(value).toDouble())
-                val loadGenInstances =
-                    (approxNumSensors + loadGenMaxRecords.toDouble() - 1) / loadGenMaxRecords.toDouble()
-                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = loadGenInstances.toInt()
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bb37db3cb9fd0d3bca1690d5eb4e622329a9bc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-
-
-class NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-    private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource,
-    private val loadGenMaxRecords: String
-) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            if (value is kotlin.String) {
-                val loadGenInstances =
-                    (Integer.parseInt(value) + loadGenMaxRecords.toInt() - 1) / loadGenMaxRecords.toInt()
-                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = loadGenInstances
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index e92de4dba7de298c9df76600f2c6785f5878103e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/PatcherFactory.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import theodolite.util.InvalidPatcherConfigurationException
-import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
-
-/**
- * The Patcher factory creates [Patcher]s
- *
- * @constructor Creates an empty PatcherFactory.
- */
-class PatcherFactory {
-    /**
-     * Create patcher based on the given [PatcherDefinition] and
-     * the list of KubernetesResources.
-     *
-     * @param patcherDefinition The [PatcherDefinition] for which are
-     *     [Patcher] should be created.
-     * @param k8sResources List of all available Kubernetes resources.
-     *     This is a list of pairs<String, KubernetesResource>:
-     *     The frist corresponds to the filename where the resource is defined.
-     *     The second corresponds to the concrete [KubernetesResource] that should be patched.
-     * @return The created [Patcher].
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no patcher can be created.
-     */
-    fun createPatcher(
-        patcherDefinition: PatcherDefinition,
-        k8sResources: Collection<Pair<String, KubernetesResource>>
-    ): Patcher {
-        val resource =
-            k8sResources.filter { it.first == patcherDefinition.resource }
-                .map { resource -> resource.second }
-                .firstOrNull()
-                ?: throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Could not find resource ${patcherDefinition.resource}")
-
-        return try {
-            when (patcherDefinition.type) {
-                "ReplicaPatcher" -> ReplicaPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource
-                )
-                "NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"]!!,
-                    numSensors = patcherDefinition.properties["numSensors"]!!
-                )
-                "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    loadGenMaxRecords = patcherDefinition.properties["loadGenMaxRecords"]!!
-                )
-                "DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher" -> DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    maxVolume = patcherDefinition.properties["maxVolume"]!!.toInt(),
-                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "EnvVarPatcher" -> EnvVarPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "NodeSelectorPatcher" -> NodeSelectorPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "ResourceLimitPatcher" -> ResourceLimitPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
-                    limitedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["limitedResource"]!!
-                )
-                "ResourceRequestPatcher" -> ResourceRequestPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!,
-                    requestedResource = patcherDefinition.properties["requestedResource"]!!
-                )
-                "SchedulerNamePatcher" -> SchedulerNamePatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource
-                )
-                "LabelPatcher" -> LabelPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "MatchLabelPatcher" -> MatchLabelPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "TemplateLabelPatcher" -> TemplateLabelPatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    variableName = patcherDefinition.properties["variableName"]!!
-                )
-                "ImagePatcher" -> ImagePatcher(
-                    k8sResource = resource,
-                    container = patcherDefinition.properties["container"]!!
-                )
-                else -> throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException("Patcher type ${patcherDefinition.type} not found.")
-            }
-        } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
-            throw InvalidPatcherConfigurationException(
-                "Could not create patcher with type ${patcherDefinition.type}" +
-                        " Probably a required patcher argument was not specified.", e
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cc35f2ed74f9e366c266c3f98f1b3d36d4ba1b8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ReplicaPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-
-/**
- * The Replica [Patcher] modifies the number of replicas for the given Kubernetes deployment.
- *
- * @param k8sResource  Kubernetes resource to be patched.
- */
-class ReplicaPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource) : AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            if (value is kotlin.String) {
-                this.k8sResource.spec.replicas = Integer.parseInt(value)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 348f0c50090a34c91221d3e099c3532375a578da..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-
-/**
- * The Scheduler name [Patcher] make it possible to set the scheduler which should
- * be used to deploy the given deployment.
- * @param k8sResource Kubernetes resource to be patched.
- */
-class SchedulerNamePatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource) : Patcher {
-    override fun <String> patch(value: String) {
-        if (k8sResource is Deployment) {
-            k8sResource.spec.template.spec.schedulerName = value as kotlin.String
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index a524e5c40f90ccf98dc95003cc33dcfceb6f8598..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-
-/**
- * This patcher is able to set the field `spec.template.metadata.labels` for a `Deployment` or `StatefulSet` Kubernetes resource.
- *
- * @property k8sResource The Kubernetes manifests to patch
- * @property variableName The label which should be set
- */
-class TemplateLabelPatcher(private val k8sResource: KubernetesResource, val variableName: String) :
-    AbstractPatcher(k8sResource) {
-
-    override fun <String> patch(labelValue: String) {
-        if (labelValue is kotlin.String) {
-            when (k8sResource) {
-                is Deployment -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-                is StatefulSet -> {
-                    if (k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels == null) {
-                        k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels = mutableMapOf()
-                    }
-                    k8sResource.spec.template.metadata.labels[this.variableName] = labelValue
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 829370e8ce1c181c1a4cb9fdd8ccf0ecefd48d3d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/StrategyFactory.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies
-
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.strategies.restriction.LowerBoundRestriction
-import theodolite.strategies.restriction.RestrictionStrategy
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.BinarySearch
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.FullSearch
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.LinearSearch
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.SearchStrategy
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-/**
- * Factory for creating [SearchStrategy] and [RestrictionStrategy] strategies.
- */
-class StrategyFactory {
-
-    /**
-     * Create a [SearchStrategy].
-     *
-     * @param executor The [theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor] that executes individual experiments.
-     * @param searchStrategyString Specifies the [SearchStrategy]. Must either be the string 'LinearSearch',
-     * or 'BinarySearch'.
-     *
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the [SearchStrategy] was not one of the allowed options.
-     */
-    fun createSearchStrategy(executor: BenchmarkExecutor, searchStrategyString: String): SearchStrategy {
-        return when (searchStrategyString) {
-            "FullSearch" -> FullSearch(executor)
-            "LinearSearch" -> LinearSearch(executor)
-            "BinarySearch" -> BinarySearch(executor)
-            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Search Strategy $searchStrategyString not found")
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Create a [RestrictionStrategy].
-     *
-     * @param results The [Results] saves the state of the Theodolite benchmark run.
-     * @param restrictionStrings Specifies the list of [RestrictionStrategy] that are used to restrict the amount
-     * of [theodolite.util.Resource] for a fixed LoadDimension. Must equal the string
-     * 'LowerBound'.
-     *
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if param searchStrategyString was not one of the allowed options.
-     */
-    fun createRestrictionStrategy(results: Results, restrictionStrings: List<String>): Set<RestrictionStrategy> {
-        return restrictionStrings
-            .map { restriction ->
-                when (restriction) {
-                    "LowerBound" -> LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Restriction Strategy $restrictionStrings not found")
-                }
-            }.toSet()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestriction.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestriction.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 13bfedfe055f2bd428137f89b2986f3967ec797c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestriction.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.restriction
-
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-/**
- * The [LowerBoundRestriction] sets the lower bound of the resources to be examined to the value
- * needed to successfully execute the next smaller load.
- *
- * @param results [Result] object used as a basis to restrict the resources.
- */
-class LowerBoundRestriction(results: Results) : RestrictionStrategy(results) {
-
-    override fun apply(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): List<Resource> {
-        val maxLoad: LoadDimension? = this.results.getMaxBenchmarkedLoad(load)
-        var lowerBound: Resource? = this.results.getMinRequiredInstances(maxLoad)
-        if (lowerBound == null) {
-            lowerBound = resources[0]
-        }
-        return resources.filter { x -> x.get() >= lowerBound.get() }
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/RestrictionStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/RestrictionStrategy.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ab7302d7898daad729b1c94c32d97138b5cdcf4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/RestrictionStrategy.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.restriction
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-/**
- * A 'Restriction Strategy' restricts a list of resources based on the current
- * results of all previously performed benchmarks.
- *
- * @param results the [Results] object
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-abstract class RestrictionStrategy(val results: Results) {
-    /**
-     * Apply the restriction of the given resource list for the given load based on the results object.
-     *
-     * @param load [LoadDimension] for which a subset of resources are required.
-     * @param resources List of [Resource]s to be restricted.
-     * @return Returns a list containing only elements that have not been filtered out by the
-     * restriction (possibly empty).
-     */
-    abstract fun apply(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): List<Resource>
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 28e8194c699cd074026c8cb7e6f3ce4ec347023b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/BinarySearch.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- *  Binary-search-like implementation for determining the smallest suitable number of instances.
- *
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- */
-class BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor) : SearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor) {
-    override fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource? {
-        val result = binarySearch(load, resources, 0, resources.size - 1)
-        if (result == -1) {
-            return null
-        }
-        return resources[result]
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Apply binary search.
-     *
-     * @param load the load dimension to perform experiments for
-     * @param resources the list in which binary search is performed
-     * @param lower lower bound for binary search (inclusive)
-     * @param upper upper bound for binary search (inclusive)
-     */
-    private fun binarySearch(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>, lower: Int, upper: Int): Int {
-        if (lower > upper) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException()
-        }
-        // special case:  length == 1 or 2
-        if (lower == upper) {
-            val res = resources[lower]
-            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-            if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, resources[lower])) return lower
-            else {
-                if (lower + 1 == resources.size) return -1
-                return lower + 1
-            }
-        } else {
-            // apply binary search for a list with
-            // length > 2 and adjust upper and lower depending on the result for `resources[mid]`
-            val mid = (upper + lower) / 2
-            val res = resources[mid]
-            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-            if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, resources[mid])) {
-                if (mid == lower) {
-                    return lower
-                }
-                return binarySearch(load, resources, lower, mid - 1)
-            } else {
-                return binarySearch(load, resources, mid + 1, upper)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/CompositeStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/CompositeStrategy.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index d6ace6f564239e73a0d59f8eb7900f50018482c5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/CompositeStrategy.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.strategies.restriction.RestrictionStrategy
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-/**
- *  Composite strategy that combines a SearchStrategy and a set of RestrictionStrategy.
- *
- * @param searchStrategy the [SearchStrategy] that is executed as part of this [CompositeStrategy].
- * @param restrictionStrategies the set of [RestrictionStrategy] that are connected conjunctive to restrict the [Resource]
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-class CompositeStrategy(
-    benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor,
-    private val searchStrategy: SearchStrategy,
-    val restrictionStrategies: Set<RestrictionStrategy>
-) : SearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor) {
-
-    override fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource? {
-        var restrictedResources = resources.toList()
-        for (strategy in this.restrictionStrategies) {
-            restrictedResources = restrictedResources.intersect(strategy.apply(load, resources).toSet()).toList()
-        }
-        return this.searchStrategy.findSuitableResource(load, restrictedResources)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c4abbdf44f1a1c2f3a27714d796580feedee49..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/FullSearch.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- * [SearchStrategy] that executes experiment for provides resources in a linear-search-like fashion, but **without
- * stopping** once a suitable resource amount is found.
- *
- * @see LinearSearch for a SearchStrategy that stops once a suitable resource amount is found.
- *
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- */
-class FullSearch(benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor) : SearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor) {
-
-    override fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource? {
-        var minimalSuitableResources: Resource? = null
-        for (res in resources) {
-            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-            val result = this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, res)
-            if (result && minimalSuitableResources == null) {
-                minimalSuitableResources = res
-            }
-        }
-        return minimalSuitableResources
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 786a3baf159e94841c1f76c696f030718e8f768f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/GuessStrategy.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-/**
- * Base class for the implementation of Guess strategies. Guess strategies are strategies to determine the resource
- * demand we start with in our initial guess search strategy.
- */
-
-@RegisterForReflection
-abstract class GuessStrategy {
-    /**
-     * Computing the resource demand for the initial guess search strategy to start with.
-     *
-     * @param resources List of all possible [Resource]s.
-     * @param lastLowestResource Previous resource demand needed for the given load.
-     *
-     * @return Returns the resource demand to start the initial guess search strategy with or null
-     */
-    abstract fun firstGuess(resources: List<Resource>, lastLowestResource: Resource?): Resource?
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index d97fb62cc9d37dd50122199e5d089c491784e511..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategy.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- *  Search strategy implementation for determining the smallest suitable resource demand.
- *  Starting with a resource amount provided by a guess strategy.
- *
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- * @param guessStrategy Strategy that provides us with a guess for the first resource amount.
- * @param results current results of all previously performed benchmarks.
- */
-class InitialGuessSearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor, guessStrategy: GuessStrategy, results: Results) :
-        SearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor, guessStrategy, results) {
-
-    override fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource? {
-
-        if(resources.isEmpty()) {
-            logger.info { "You need to specify resources to be checked for the InitialGuessSearchStrategy to work." }
-            return null
-        }
-
-        if(guessStrategy == null){
-            logger.info { "Your InitialGuessSearchStrategy doesn't have a GuessStrategy. This is not supported." }
-            return null
-        }
-
-        if(results == null){
-            logger.info { "The results need to be initialized." }
-            return null
-        }
-
-
-        var lastLowestResource : Resource? = null
-
-        // Getting the lastLowestResource from results and calling firstGuess() with it
-        if (!results.isEmpty()) {
-            val maxLoad: LoadDimension? = this.results.getMaxBenchmarkedLoad(load)
-            lastLowestResource = this.results.getMinRequiredInstances(maxLoad)
-            if (lastLowestResource.get() == Int.MAX_VALUE) lastLowestResource = null
-        }
-        lastLowestResource = this.guessStrategy.firstGuess(resources, lastLowestResource)
-
-        if (lastLowestResource != null) {
-            val resourcesToCheck: List<Resource>
-            val startIndex: Int = resources.indexOf(lastLowestResource)
-
-            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${lastLowestResource.get()}'" }
-
-            // If the first experiment passes, starting downward linear search
-            // otherwise starting upward linear search
-            if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, lastLowestResource)) {
-
-                resourcesToCheck = resources.subList(0, startIndex).reversed()
-                if (resourcesToCheck.isEmpty()) return lastLowestResource
-
-                var currentMin: Resource = lastLowestResource
-                for (res in resourcesToCheck) {
-
-                    logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-                    if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, res)) {
-                        currentMin = res
-                    }
-                }
-                return currentMin
-            }
-            else {
-                if (resources.size <= startIndex + 1) {
-                    logger.info{ "No more resources left to check." }
-                    return null
-                }
-                resourcesToCheck = resources.subList(startIndex + 1, resources.size)
-
-                for (res in resourcesToCheck) {
-
-                    logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-                    if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, res)) return res
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            logger.info { "InitialGuessSearchStrategy called without lastLowestResource value, which is needed as a " +
-                    "starting point!" }
-        }
-        return null
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 85deaf6fa75437199bfc560404eb5b40bb4a986a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/LinearSearch.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-/**
- *  Linear-search-like implementation for determining the smallest suitable number of instances.
- *
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- */
-class LinearSearch(benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor) : SearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor) {
-
-    override fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource? {
-        for (res in resources) {
-
-            logger.info { "Running experiment with load '${load.get()}' and resources '${res.get()}'" }
-            if (this.benchmarkExecutor.runExperiment(load, res)) return res
-        }
-        return null
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/PrevResourceMinGuess.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/PrevResourceMinGuess.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 413eecea27279cd79bad155fbb7d5d18b674a12e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/PrevResourceMinGuess.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-/**
- * This Guess strategy takes the minimal resource demand of the previous load, which is given as an argument for the
- * firstGuess function.
- */
-
-class PrevResourceMinGuess() : GuessStrategy(){
-
-    /**
-     * @param resources List of all possible [Resource]s.
-     * @param lastLowestResource Previous resource demand needed for the given load.
-     *
-     * @return the value of lastLowestResource if given otherwise the first element of the resource list or null
-     */
-    override fun firstGuess(resources: List<Resource>, lastLowestResource: Resource?): Resource? {
-
-        if (lastLowestResource != null) return lastLowestResource
-        else if(resources.isNotEmpty()) return resources[0]
-        else return null
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 97c723f2cfe459081cbb327f6860e48319c8f4f1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/searchstrategy/SearchStrategy.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-/**
- *  Base class for the implementation for SearchStrategies. SearchStrategies determine the smallest suitable number of instances.
- *
- * @param benchmarkExecutor Benchmark executor which runs the individual benchmarks.
- * @param guessStrategy Guess strategy for the initial resource amount in case the InitialGuessStrategy is selected.
- * @param results the [Results] object.
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-abstract class SearchStrategy(val benchmarkExecutor: BenchmarkExecutor, val guessStrategy: GuessStrategy? = null,
-                              val results: Results? = null) {
-    /**
-     * Find smallest suitable resource from the specified resource list for the given load.
-     *
-     * @param load the [LoadDimension] to be tested.
-     * @param resources List of all possible [Resource]s.
-     *
-     * @return suitable resource for the specified load, or null if no suitable resource exists.
-     */
-    abstract fun findSuitableResource(load: LoadDimension, resources: List<Resource>): Resource?
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Config.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Config.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index afbf784e9d6d72939615e367b54891ecd95a3608..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Config.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.CompositeStrategy
-
-/**
- * Config class that represents a configuration of a theodolite run.
- *
- * @param loads the [LoadDimension] of the execution
- * @param resources the [Resource] of the execution
- * @param compositeStrategy the [CompositeStrategy] of the execution
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-data class Config(
-    val loads: List<LoadDimension>,
-    val resources: List<Resource>,
-    val compositeStrategy: CompositeStrategy
-)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/LoadDimension.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/LoadDimension.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index cf26da979b05f0a2bd82289ce371715ea0d67c93..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/LoadDimension.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-
-/**
- * Representation of the load dimensions for a execution of theodolite.
- *
- * @param number the value of this [LoadDimension]
- * @param type [PatcherDefinition] of this [LoadDimension]
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-data class LoadDimension(private val number: Int, private val type: List<PatcherDefinition>) {
-    /**
-     * @return the value of this load dimension.
-     */
-    fun get(): Int {
-        return this.number
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return the list of [PatcherDefinition]
-     */
-    fun getType(): List<PatcherDefinition> {
-        return this.type
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Resource.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Resource.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d6410aa4288e19817e3ba48bfd1bc0d85d006a2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Resource.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-
-/**
- * Representation of the resources for an execution of Theodolite.
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-data class Resource(private val number: Int, private val type: List<PatcherDefinition>) {
-
-    /**
-     * @return the value of this resource.
-     */
-    fun get(): Int {
-        return this.number
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return the list of [PatcherDefinition]
-     */
-    fun getType(): List<PatcherDefinition> {
-        return this.type
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Results.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Results.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2221c2e64f6dbc1776122f20793aa8d04d621d9d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/Results.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-
-/**
- * Central class that saves the state of an execution of Theodolite. For an execution, it is used to save the result of
- * individual experiments. Further, it is used by the RestrictionStrategy to
- * perform the [theodolite.strategies.restriction.RestrictionStrategy].
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-class Results {
-    private val results: MutableMap<Pair<LoadDimension, Resource>, Boolean> = mutableMapOf()
-
-    /**
-     * Set the result for an experiment.
-     *
-     * @param experiment A pair that identifies the experiment by the [LoadDimension] and [Resource].
-     * @param successful the result of the experiment. Successful == true and Unsuccessful == false.
-     */
-    fun setResult(experiment: Pair<LoadDimension, Resource>, successful: Boolean) {
-        this.results[experiment] = successful
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the result for an experiment.
-     *
-     * @param experiment A pair that identifies the experiment by the [LoadDimension] and [Resource].
-     * @return true if the experiment was successful and false otherwise. If the result has not been reported so far,
-     * null is returned.
-     *
-     * @see Resource
-     */
-    fun getResult(experiment: Pair<LoadDimension, Resource>): Boolean? {
-        return this.results[experiment]
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the smallest suitable number of instances for a specified [LoadDimension].
-     *
-     * @param load the [LoadDimension]
-     *
-     * @return the smallest suitable number of resources. If the experiment was not executed yet,
-     * a @see Resource with the constant Int.MAX_VALUE as value is returned.
-     * If no experiments have been marked as either successful or unsuccessful
-     * yet, a Resource with the constant value Int.MIN_VALUE is returned.
-     */
-    fun getMinRequiredInstances(load: LoadDimension?): Resource {
-        if (this.results.isEmpty()) {
-            return Resource(Int.MIN_VALUE, emptyList())
-        }
-
-        var minRequiredInstances = Resource(Int.MAX_VALUE, emptyList())
-        for (experiment in results) {
-            // Get all successful experiments for requested load
-            if (experiment.key.first == load && experiment.value) {
-                if (experiment.key.second.get() < minRequiredInstances.get()) {
-                    // Found new smallest resources
-                    minRequiredInstances = experiment.key.second
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return minRequiredInstances
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the largest [LoadDimension] that has been reported executed successfully (or unsuccessfully) so far, for a
-     * [LoadDimension] and is smaller than the given [LoadDimension].
-     *
-     * @param load the [LoadDimension]
-     *
-     * @return the largest [LoadDimension] or null, if there is none for this [LoadDimension]
-     */
-    fun getMaxBenchmarkedLoad(load: LoadDimension): LoadDimension? {
-        var maxBenchmarkedLoad: LoadDimension? = null
-        for (experiment in results) {
-            if (experiment.key.first.get() <= load.get()) {
-                if (maxBenchmarkedLoad == null) {
-                    maxBenchmarkedLoad = experiment.key.first
-                } else if (maxBenchmarkedLoad.get() < experiment.key.first.get()) {
-                    maxBenchmarkedLoad = experiment.key.first
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return maxBenchmarkedLoad
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks whether the results are empty.
-     *
-     * @return true if [results] is empty.
-     */
-    fun isEmpty(): Boolean{
-        return results.isEmpty()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f20fc7c9ce6757be75d9317e76c23a68b09914bd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/TypeName.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
-import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-
-/**
- * The TypeName encapsulates a list of [PatcherDefinition] along with a typeName that specifies for what the [PatcherDefinition] should be used.
- */
-@RegisterForReflection
-@JsonDeserialize
-class TypeName {
-    lateinit var typeName: String
-    lateinit var patchers: List<PatcherDefinition>
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandlerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandlerTest.kt
similarity index 96%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandlerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandlerTest.kt
index 3b31f389bdeb35e6016a56a98abb1e13bf83ae18..65e84d7dd37eb5b68f77bc2d47d212db2f720a90 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/IOHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/IOHandlerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.core
 
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ internal class IOHandlerTest {
     fun testWriteToJSONFile() {
         temporaryFolder.create()
         val folder = temporaryFolder.newFolder(FOLDER_URL)
-        val testContent = Resource(0, emptyList())
+        val testContentResource = 0
 
         IOHandler().writeToJSONFile(
             fileURL = "${folder.absolutePath}/test-file.json",
-            objectToSave = testContent
+            objectToSave = testContentResource
         )
 
-        val expected = GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(testContent)
+        val expected = GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(testContentResource)
 
         assertEquals(
             expected,
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ResultsTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ResultsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2dbeb44b90f780975af884028335a7e398c7cfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/ResultsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class ResultsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testMinRequiredInstancesWhenSuccessfulDemand() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 1), false)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 2), true)
+
+        val minRequiredInstances = results.getOptYDimensionValue(20000)
+
+        assertNotNull(minRequiredInstances)
+        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenAllSuccessfulDemand() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), true)
+
+        val test1 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(100000)
+
+        assertNotNull(test1)
+        assertEquals(10000, test1)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenLargestNotSuccessfulDemand() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 1), false)
+
+        val test2 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(100000)
+
+        assertNotNull(test2)
+        assertEquals(20000, test2)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testMaxRequiredInstancesWhenSuccessfulCapacity() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("capacity"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 1), false)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 2), true)
+
+        val maxRequiredInstances = results.getOptYDimensionValue(2)
+
+        assertNotNull(maxRequiredInstances)
+        assertEquals(20000, maxRequiredInstances)
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenAllSuccessfulCapacity() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("capacity"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), true)
+
+        val test1 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(5)
+
+        assertNotNull(test1)
+        assertEquals(2, test1)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenLargestNotSuccessfulCapacity() {
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("capacity"))
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(20000, 1), true)
+        results.setResult(Pair(10000, 2), false)
+
+
+        val test2 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedXDimensionValue(5)
+
+        assertNotNull(test2)
+        assertEquals(2, test2)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt
similarity index 53%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt
index b368647e314a4d803b444268c8218aefbee00ad4..79fadb4867a155ee7b4dc86e4bb165947a4f15a4 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/strategies/restriction/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/restrictionstrategy/LowerBoundRestrictionTest.kt
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
-package theodolite.strategies.restriction
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy.LowerBoundRestriction
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
 
 internal class LowerBoundRestrictionTest {
 
     @Test
     fun testNoPreviousResults() {
-        val results = Results()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
         val strategy = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val load = buildLoadDimension(10000)
-        val resources = listOf(
-            buildResourcesDimension(1),
-            buildResourcesDimension(2),
-            buildResourcesDimension(3)
-        )
+        val load = 10000
+        val resources = listOf(1, 2, 3)
         val restriction = strategy.apply(load, resources)
 
         assertEquals(3, restriction.size)
@@ -28,17 +24,13 @@ internal class LowerBoundRestrictionTest {
 
     @Test
     fun testWithSuccessfulPreviousResults() {
-        val results = Results()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
         results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
         results.setResult(20000, 1, false)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, true)
         val strategy = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val load = buildLoadDimension(30000)
-        val resources = listOf(
-            buildResourcesDimension(1),
-            buildResourcesDimension(2),
-            buildResourcesDimension(3)
-        )
+        val load = 30000
+        val resources = listOf(1, 2, 3)
         val restriction = strategy.apply(load, resources)
 
         assertEquals(2, restriction.size)
@@ -49,70 +41,54 @@ internal class LowerBoundRestrictionTest {
     @Disabled
     fun testWithNoSuccessfulPreviousResults() {
         // This test is currently not implemented this way, but might later be the desired behavior.
-        val results = Results()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
         results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
         results.setResult(20000, 1, false)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, false)
         results.setResult(20000, 3, false)
         val strategy = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val load = buildLoadDimension(30000)
-        val resources = listOf(
-            buildResourcesDimension(1),
-            buildResourcesDimension(2),
-            buildResourcesDimension(3)
-        )
+        val load = 30000
+        val resources = listOf(1, 2, 3)
         val restriction = strategy.apply(load, resources)
 
         assertEquals(0, restriction.size)
-        assertEquals(emptyList<Resource>(), restriction)
+        assertEquals(emptyList<Int>(), restriction)
     }
 
 
     @Test
     fun testNoPreviousResults2() {
-        val results = Results()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
         results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, true)
         results.setResult(10000, 1, false)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, true)
 
-        val minRequiredInstances = results.getMinRequiredInstances(LoadDimension(20000, emptyList()))
+        val minRequiredInstances = results.getOptYDimensionValue(20000)
 
         assertNotNull(minRequiredInstances)
-        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!.get())
+        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!)
     }
 
     @Test
     @Disabled
     fun testMinRequiredInstancesWhenNotSuccessful() {
         // This test is currently not implemented this way, but might later be the desired behavior.
-        val results = Results()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
         results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, true)
         results.setResult(10000, 1, false)
         results.setResult(20000, 2, false)
 
-        val minRequiredInstances = results.getMinRequiredInstances(LoadDimension(20000, emptyList()))
+        val minRequiredInstances = results.getOptYDimensionValue(20000)
 
         assertNotNull(minRequiredInstances)
-        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!.get())
+        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!)
     }
 
-    private fun buildLoadDimension(load: Int): LoadDimension {
-        return LoadDimension(load, emptyList())
-    }
 
-    private fun buildResourcesDimension(resources: Int): Resource {
-        return Resource(resources, emptyList())
-    }
 
-    private fun Results.setResult(load: Int, resources: Int, successful: Boolean) {
-        this.setResult(
-            Pair(
-                buildLoadDimension(load),
-                buildResourcesDimension(resources)
-            ),
-            successful
-        )
+    private fun Results.setResult(load: Int, resource: Int, successful: Boolean) {
+        this.setResult(Pair(load, resource),successful)
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt
similarity index 52%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt
index 1af6f548b219697009c688ace712a9f7f5620bd0..820dc7564aac2497a2884ca004f15110bc5465f7 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-package theodolite
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
 
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.InitialGuessSearchStrategy
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
 import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.PrevResourceMinGuess
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TestExperimentRunnerImpl
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.guessstrategy.PrevInstanceOptGuess
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
@@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ class InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest {
             arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
             arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
         )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..6).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val guessStrategy = PrevResourceMinGuess()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val guessStrategy = PrevInstanceOptGuess()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
         val strategy = InitialGuessSearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor,guessStrategy, results)
 
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        val expected: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6))
         expected.add(null)
 
         for (load in mockLoads) {
-            val returnVal : Resource? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
+            val returnVal : Int? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
             if(returnVal != null) {
-                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal.get()}'" }
+                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal}'" }
             }
             else {
                 logger.info { "returnVal is null." }
@@ -65,23 +65,23 @@ class InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest {
             arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
             arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
         )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..6).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val guessStrategy = PrevResourceMinGuess()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val guessStrategy = PrevInstanceOptGuess()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
         val strategy = InitialGuessSearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor,guessStrategy, results)
 
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        val expected: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 1, 4, 6).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 1, 4, 6))
         expected.add(null)
 
         for (load in mockLoads) {
-            val returnVal : Resource? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
+            val returnVal : Int? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
             if(returnVal != null) {
-                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal.get()}'" }
+                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal}'" }
             }
             else {
                 logger.info { "returnVal is null." }
@@ -103,24 +103,24 @@ class InitialGuessSearchStrategyTest {
                 arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
                 arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
         )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..6).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val guessStrategy = PrevResourceMinGuess()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val guessStrategy = PrevInstanceOptGuess()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
         val strategy = InitialGuessSearchStrategy(benchmarkExecutor, guessStrategy, results)
 
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        var expected: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList(listOf(2, 3, 0, 4, 6).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        var expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(2, 3, 0, 4, 6))
         expected.add(null)
         expected = ArrayList(listOf(null) + expected)
 
         for (load in mockLoads) {
-            val returnVal : Resource? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
+            val returnVal : Int? = strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources)
             if(returnVal != null) {
-                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal.get()}'" }
+                logger.info { "returnVal '${returnVal}'" }
             }
             else {
                 logger.info { "returnVal is null." }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearchTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearchTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bae944801fcacf40431559a0e7ddeb78923d2173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/core/strategies/searchstrategy/RestrictionSearchTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.searchstrategy
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.TestExperimentRunnerImpl
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.Metric
+import rocks.theodolite.core.strategies.restrictionstrategy.LowerBoundRestriction
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
+
+@QuarkusTest
+class RestrictionSearchTest {
+
+
+    @Test
+    fun restrictionSearchTestLinearSearch() {
+        val mockResults = arrayOf(
+            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+        )
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
+        val linearSearch = LinearSearch(benchmarkExecutor)
+        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
+        val strategy =
+            RestrictionSearch(benchmarkExecutor, linearSearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
+
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6))
+        expected.add(null)
+
+        for (load in mockLoads) {
+            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(actual, expected)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun restrictionSearchTestFullSearch() {
+        val mockResults = arrayOf(
+                arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
+                arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+        )
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
+        val fullSearch = FullSearch(benchmarkExecutor)
+        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
+        val strategy =
+                RestrictionSearch(benchmarkExecutor, fullSearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
+
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6))
+        expected.add(null)
+
+        for (load in mockLoads) {
+            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(actual, expected)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun restrictionSearchTestBinarySearch() {
+        val mockResults = arrayOf(
+            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
+        )
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutorImpl =
+            TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 0)
+        val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutorImpl)
+        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
+        val strategy = RestrictionSearch(benchmarkExecutorImpl, binarySearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
+
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6))
+        expected.add(null)
+
+        for (load in mockLoads) {
+            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(actual, expected)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun restrictionSearchTestBinarySearch2() {
+        val mockResults = arrayOf(
+            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true, true),
+            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true)
+        )
+        val mockLoads: List<Int> = (0..6).toList()
+        val mockResources: List<Int> = (0..7).toList()
+        val results = Results(Metric.from("demand"))
+        val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder = TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder()
+        val sloChecker = Slo()
+        val benchmarkExecutor = TestExperimentRunnerImpl(results, mockResults, benchmarkDeploymentBuilder, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 0)
+        val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutor)
+        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
+        val strategy =
+            RestrictionSearch(benchmarkExecutor, binarySearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
+
+        val actual: ArrayList<Int?> = ArrayList()
+        val expected: ArrayList<Int?> =
+            ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7))
+
+        for (load in mockLoads) {
+            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(actual, expected)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommandTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandTest.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommandTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandTest.kt
index 47f0e52f45e46e3cda093ff1b9722071f22ef7e8..afc86fc2663d07ab3711533f0d01797bd7311363 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommandTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ActionCommandTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodBuilder
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
-import theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteController
-import theodolite.execution.operator.TheodoliteOperator
-import theodolite.util.ActionCommandFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.TheodoliteController
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.TheodoliteOperator
+
 
 @QuarkusTest
 class ActionCommandTest {
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ class ActionCommandTest {
     @BeforeEach
     fun setUp() {
         server.before()
-        val operator = TheodoliteOperator()
+        val operator = TheodoliteOperator(server.client)
         this.controller = operator.getController(
-            client = server.client,
-            executionStateHandler = operator.getExecutionStateHandler(client = server.client),
-            benchmarkStateChecker = operator.getBenchmarkStateChecker(client = server.client)
+            executionStateHandler = operator.getExecutionStateHandler(),
+            benchmarkStateChecker = operator.getBenchmarkStateChecker()
         )
 
         val pod: Pod = PodBuilder().withNewMetadata()
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt
similarity index 95%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt
index 33a4572e368655744185312ff2352b1294d7bef6..87058706c1a315c98ba098e6c5835f3a57343112 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ConfigMapResourceSetTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
-import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
 import registerResource
-import theodolite.TestBenchmark
-import theodolite.execution.operator.BenchmarkCRDummy
-import theodolite.execution.operator.ExecutionClient
-import theodolite.execution.operator.ExecutionEventHandler
-import theodolite.execution.operator.ExecutionStateHandler
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRDummy
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.ExecutionClient
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 
 // TODO move somewhere else
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ErrorChannelMessage.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ErrorChannelMessage.kt
similarity index 94%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ErrorChannelMessage.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ErrorChannelMessage.kt
index df57a2529653a39ccbde14b4a91d30352224457e..4181b7cbb90fd0c6bd2db78753560092d7ea60ca 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ErrorChannelMessage.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ErrorChannelMessage.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.mockwebserver.internal.WebSocketMessage
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
index 6a31875d00c8f578dcc475c3de21e130c595f673..1c5f32159713e7ace6857caf0f97b43c90cb36e0 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.benchmark
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import registerResource
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManagerTest.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManagerTest.kt
index ee80d55caf995642f6fff04cfeeb66bc08ab93d3..90dd01626a7c18e0b6f8d6018aae54297e758464 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/K8sManagerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSetsTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSetsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0a6c120ca6c3397e8d41cd9f42b536b3e053caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/ResourceSetsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
+import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+@QuarkusTest
+@WithKubernetesTestServer
+internal class ResourceSetsTest {
+
+    @KubernetesTestServer
+    private lateinit var server: KubernetesServer
+
+    @TempDir
+    @JvmField
+    final var tempDir: Path? = null
+
+    private val objectMapper: ObjectMapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory())
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        server.before()
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+        server.after()
+    }
+
+    private fun deployAndGetResource(vararg resources: HasMetadata): ConfigMapResourceSet {
+        val configMap = ConfigMapBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata().withName(resources[0].metadata.name).endMetadata()
+            .let {
+                resources.foldIndexed(it) { i, b, r ->
+                    b.addToData("resource_$i.yaml", objectMapper.writeValueAsString(r))
+                }
+            }
+            .build()
+
+        server.client.configMaps().createOrReplace(configMap)
+
+        val resourceSet = ConfigMapResourceSet()
+        resourceSet.name = resources[0].metadata.name
+
+        return resourceSet
+    }
+
+    private fun copyTestResourceFile(fileName: String, tempDir: Path) {
+        val stream = javaClass.getResourceAsStream("/k8s-resource-files/$fileName")
+            ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("File does not exist")
+        val target = tempDir.resolve(fileName)
+        Files.copy(stream, target)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testLoadConfigMap() {
+        val resource = ConfigMapBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata()
+            .withName("test-configmap")
+            .endMetadata()
+            .build()
+        deployAndGetResource(resource)
+
+        val yamlString =
+            """
+            configMap:    
+                name: test-configmap
+                files:
+            """
+
+        val resourcesSet: ResourceSets = objectMapper.readValue(yamlString, ResourceSets::class.java)
+        assertTrue(resourcesSet.fileSystem == null)
+        assertTrue(resourcesSet.configMap != null)
+
+        val configMap = resourcesSet.loadResourceSet(server.client)
+        assertEquals(1, configMap.size)
+        assertTrue(configMap.toList().first().second is ConfigMap)
+        assertTrue(configMap.toList().first().second.toString().contains(other = resource.metadata.name))
+
+        assertEquals(configMap.elementAt(0).second, resource)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testLoadFileSystem(@TempDir tempDir: Path) {
+        copyTestResourceFile("test-deployment.yaml", tempDir)
+
+        val resourceSet = FileSystemResourceSet()
+        resourceSet.path = tempDir.toString()
+        resourceSet.files = listOf("test-deployment.yaml")
+        assertEquals(1, resourceSet.getResourceSet(server.client).size)
+
+        val yamlString =
+            """
+            fileSystem:    
+                path: ${resourceSet.path}
+                files:
+                    - test-deployment.yaml
+            """
+
+        val resourcesSet: ResourceSets = objectMapper.readValue(yamlString, ResourceSets::class.java)
+        assertTrue(resourcesSet.fileSystem != null)
+        assertTrue(resourcesSet.configMap == null)
+
+        val fileSystem = resourcesSet.loadResourceSet(server.client)
+        assertEquals(fileSystem.size, 1)
+        assertTrue(fileSystem.elementAt(0).second is HasMetadata)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testEmptyResourceSets() {
+        val resourceSet = ResourceSets()
+
+        assertThrows<DeploymentFailedException> {
+            resourceSet.loadResourceSet(server.client)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt
similarity index 56%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt
index 68b08c294128368ee1b65549aa85c877bd4bf313..92bc2fd26a8c5e9d77b0729731b3e65833b3dd08 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkDeployment
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.BenchmarkDeployment
 
 class TestBenchmarkDeployment : BenchmarkDeployment {
     override fun setup() {}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc7c9d6ae9a5fe158f7ba9243f23442acde001ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.PatcherDefinition
+
+class TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder(): BenchmarkDeploymentBuilder {
+
+    override fun buildDeployment(
+            load: Int,
+            loadPatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+            resource: Int,
+            resourcePatcherDefinitions: List<PatcherDefinition>,
+            configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
+            loadGenerationDelay: Long,
+            afterTeardownDelay: Long,
+            waitForResourcesEnabled: Boolean
+    ): BenchmarkDeployment {
+        return TestBenchmarkDeployment()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestExperimentRunnerImpl.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestExperimentRunnerImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..896beed83e0c9436c3aadc83b1e395df06b1f5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/TestExperimentRunnerImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes
+
+import rocks.theodolite.core.Results
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark.Slo
+import rocks.theodolite.core.ExperimentRunner
+
+class TestExperimentRunnerImpl(
+        results: Results,
+        private val mockResults: Array<Array<Boolean>>,
+        private val benchmarkDeploymentBuilder: TestBenchmarkDeploymentBuilder,
+        private val slo: List<Slo>,
+        private val executionId: Int,
+        private val loadGenerationDelay: Long,
+        private val afterTeardownDelay: Long
+) : ExperimentRunner(
+        results
+) {
+
+    override fun runExperiment(load: Int, resource: Int): Boolean {
+        val result = this.mockResults[load][resource]
+        this.results.setResult(Pair(load, resource), result)
+        return result
+    }
+}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
similarity index 75%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
index cbddbfbfc5d6f838677c6d04b0a0c79f59d8bc66..2bd52d55bb3acd3e37d53d22a1a434d53c1fff95 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/BenchmarkCRDummy.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.Resources
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.util.KafkaConfig
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
 
 class BenchmarkCRDummy(name: String) {
 
@@ -20,15 +17,16 @@ class BenchmarkCRDummy(name: String) {
         kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer = ""
         kafkaConfig.topics = emptyList()
 
+
         benchmarkCR.spec = benchmark
         benchmarkCR.metadata.name = name
         benchmarkCR.kind = "Benchmark"
         benchmarkCR.apiVersion = "v1"
+        benchmark.waitForResourcesEnabled = false
 
-
-        benchmark.infrastructure = Resources()
-        benchmark.sut = Resources()
-        benchmark.loadGenerator = Resources()
+        benchmark.infrastructure = KubernetesBenchmark.Resources()
+        benchmark.sut = KubernetesBenchmark.Resources()
+        benchmark.loadGenerator = KubernetesBenchmark.Resources()
 
         benchmark.infrastructure.resources = emptyList()
         benchmark.sut.resources = emptyList()
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ class BenchmarkCRDummy(name: String) {
 
         benchmark.resourceTypes = emptyList()
         benchmark.loadTypes = emptyList()
+        benchmark.slos = mutableListOf()
         benchmark.kafkaConfig = kafkaConfig
         benchmark.name = benchmarkCR.metadata.name
     }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/CRDExecutionTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/CRDExecutionTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7de76acfe7aac9b92628e87b9911599a13ab438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/CRDExecutionTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResourceList
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
+import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.ExecutionEventHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.ExecutionStateHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.TheodoliteController
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.util.ConfigurationOverride
+import java.io.FileInputStream
+
+
+// TODO move somewhere else
+typealias ExecutionClient = MixedOperation<ExecutionCRD, KubernetesResourceList<ExecutionCRD>, Resource<ExecutionCRD>>
+
+@WithKubernetesTestServer
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class CRDExecutionTest {
+
+     @KubernetesTestServer
+     private lateinit var server: KubernetesServer
+
+     lateinit var executionClient: ExecutionClient
+
+     lateinit var controller: TheodoliteController
+
+     lateinit var stateHandler: ExecutionStateHandler
+
+     lateinit var eventHandler: ExecutionEventHandler
+
+     @BeforeEach
+     fun setUp() {
+          server.before()
+
+          this.server.client
+                  .apiextensions().v1()
+                  .customResourceDefinitions()
+                  .load(FileInputStream("crd/crd-execution.yaml"))
+                  .create()
+
+          this.executionClient = this.server.client.resources(ExecutionCRD::class.java)
+
+          this.controller = mock()
+          this.stateHandler = ExecutionStateHandler(server.client)
+          this.eventHandler = ExecutionEventHandler(this.controller, this.stateHandler)
+     }
+
+     @AfterEach
+     fun tearDown() {
+          server.after()
+     }
+
+     @Test
+     fun checkParsingCRDTest(){
+          // BenchmarkExecution from yaml
+          val execution = executionClient.load(ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("k8s-resource-files/test-execution.yaml")).create().spec
+
+          assertEquals(0, execution.executionId)
+          assertEquals("test", execution.name)
+          assertEquals("uc1-kstreams", execution.benchmark)
+          assertEquals(mutableListOf<ConfigurationOverride?>(), execution.configOverrides)
+
+          assertEquals("NumSensors", execution.loads.loadType)
+          assertEquals(listOf(25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000),execution.loads.loadValues)
+
+          assertEquals("Instances", execution.resources.resourceType)
+          assertEquals(listOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), execution.resources.resourceValues)
+
+          assertEquals("demand", execution.execution.metric)
+          assertEquals(300, execution.execution.duration)
+          assertEquals(1, execution.execution.repetitions)
+
+          assertEquals("RestrictionSearch", execution.execution.strategy.name)
+          assertEquals("LinearSearch", execution.execution.strategy.searchStrategy)
+          assertEquals(listOf("LowerBound"), execution.execution.strategy.restrictions)
+     }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionCRDummy.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRDummy.kt
similarity index 78%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionCRDummy.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRDummy.kt
index 9274e283b48a6fd9b30d5ce0aff3cb8b995e0ce5..871471ee941f5cf2d254fb2bd70556f161d8d4de 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionCRDummy.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionCRDummy.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionStatus
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
 
 class ExecutionCRDummy(name: String, benchmark: String) {
 
@@ -36,16 +33,24 @@ class ExecutionCRDummy(name: String, benchmark: String) {
         resourceDef.resourceType = ""
         resourceDef.resourceValues = emptyList()
 
+        val strat = BenchmarkExecution.Strategy()
+        strat.name = ""
+        strat.restrictions = emptyList()
+        strat.guessStrategy = ""
+        strat.searchStrategy = ""
+
+
         val exec = BenchmarkExecution.Execution()
         exec.afterTeardownDelay = 0
         exec.duration = 0
         exec.loadGenerationDelay = 0
         exec.repetitions = 1
-        exec.restrictions = emptyList()
-        exec.strategy = ""
+        exec.metric = ""
+        exec.strategy = strat
+
 
         execution.benchmark = benchmark
-        execution.load = loadType
+        execution.loads = loadType
         execution.resources = resourceDef
         execution.slos = emptyList()
         execution.execution = exec
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt
index ae80312afd2c128f0f542306a8ffda7f3f53876b..14186ef408acd3233ce866102497bc56af1cdfda 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStateComparatorTest.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-package theodolite.util
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.execution.operator.ExecutionCRDummy
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
 
 
 @QuarkusTest
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt
index 157bc1c03cc40375c928677189f549052e1e134d..4c9326ac2e99dd7dd9707d4db25cb2e9e360ddf9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/model/crd/ExecutionStatusTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.model.crd
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidFormatException
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt
similarity index 85%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt
index 528cfac8066c28bf6382fb97cddf280b3c1de622..d9009222122f99d587c5dc6522a794639a84d4e6 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/BenchmarkStateCheckerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
-import theodolite.benchmark.*
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ActionSelector
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRDummy
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ConfigMapResourceSet
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.PodSelector
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.ResourceSets
 
 internal class BenchmarkStateCheckerTest {
     private val server = KubernetesServer(false, false)
@@ -26,17 +31,17 @@ internal class BenchmarkStateCheckerTest {
     fun setUp() {
         server.before()
         serverCrud.before()
-        val operator = TheodoliteOperator()
+        val operator = TheodoliteOperator(serverCrud.client)
         checker = BenchmarkStateChecker(
             client = server.client,
-            benchmarkCRDClient = operator.getBenchmarkClient(server.client),
-            benchmarkStateHandler = operator.getBenchmarkStateHandler(server.client)
+            benchmarkCRDClient = operator.getBenchmarkClient(),
+            benchmarkStateHandler = operator.getBenchmarkStateHandler()
         )
 
         checkerCrud = BenchmarkStateChecker(
             client = serverCrud.client,
-            benchmarkCRDClient = operator.getBenchmarkClient(serverCrud.client),
-            benchmarkStateHandler = operator.getBenchmarkStateHandler(serverCrud.client)
+            benchmarkCRDClient = operator.getBenchmarkClient(),
+            benchmarkStateHandler = operator.getBenchmarkStateHandler()
         )
 
         val pod: Pod = PodBuilder().withNewMetadata()
@@ -162,16 +167,17 @@ internal class BenchmarkStateCheckerTest {
 
     @Test
     fun checkResources() {
-        val benchmark = BenchmarkCRDummy(
+        val benchmarkCR = BenchmarkCRDummy(
             name = "test-benchmark"
         )
-        benchmark.getCR().spec.setClient(serverCrud.client)
-        val resourceSet = Resources()
+        val benchmark = benchmarkCR.getCR().spec
+
+        val resourceSet = KubernetesBenchmark.Resources()
         resourceSet.resources = listOf(createAndDeployConfigmapResourceSet())
-        benchmark.getCR().spec.infrastructure = resourceSet
-        benchmark.getCR().spec.loadGenerator = resourceSet
-        benchmark.getCR().spec.sut = resourceSet
+        benchmark.infrastructure = resourceSet
+        benchmark.loadGenerator = resourceSet
+        benchmark.sut = resourceSet
 
-        assertEquals(BenchmarkState.READY,checkerCrud.checkResources(benchmark.getCR().spec))
+        assertEquals(BenchmarkState.READY,checkerCrud.checkResources(benchmark))
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ControllerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ControllerTest.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ControllerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ControllerTest.kt
index 7d40f7e45d6aa2c93206a1bad22754fe93b0c100..3120d7420065cfe254d1ed76735ddc8b35d2bc21 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ControllerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ControllerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkState
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.*
+
 
 @QuarkusTest
 class ControllerTest {
@@ -32,11 +31,10 @@ class ControllerTest {
     @BeforeEach
     fun setUp() {
         server.before()
-        val operator = TheodoliteOperator()
+        val operator = TheodoliteOperator(server.client)
         this.controller = operator.getController(
-            client = server.client,
-            executionStateHandler = operator.getExecutionStateHandler(client = server.client),
-            benchmarkStateChecker = operator.getBenchmarkStateChecker(client = server.client)
+            executionStateHandler = operator.getExecutionStateHandler(),
+            benchmarkStateChecker = operator.getBenchmarkStateChecker()
         )
 
         // benchmark
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
index c08e0565375de84a228a28b6d68a0b713af97d0f..e794ae1638bd6c7f265b3b7ffb08c2494ba76a37 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResourceList
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource
 import org.mockito.kotlin.*
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.stream.Stream
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt
index adddc705616935e5440c1c601615ce9a065df4c4..63a669fe67c66b644b6acbabedc5d79afff8ee31 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerTestWithInformer.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource
 import org.mockito.kotlin.*
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
 import java.util.stream.Stream
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt
similarity index 63%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt
index 5dbc515a7799dd51e6395153f13d80650587d7fa..43ff721bd0f964065243188465849354bc7f8b23 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator.ExecutionEventHandler
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 
 class ExecutionEventHandlerWrapper(
-    private val executionEventHandler: ExecutionEventHandler,
-    private val afterOnAddCallback: () -> Unit,
-    private val afterOnUpdateCallback: () -> Unit,
-    private val afterOnDeleteCallback: () -> Unit
+        private val executionEventHandler: ExecutionEventHandler,
+        private val afterOnAddCallback: () -> Unit,
+        private val afterOnUpdateCallback: () -> Unit,
+        private val afterOnDeleteCallback: () -> Unit
 ) : ResourceEventHandler<ExecutionCRD> {
 
     override fun onAdd(execution: ExecutionCRD) {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
similarity index 90%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
index ba65356b65b6ac23ca56c268bb003815917cf162..ebef641d1e0a699ab5e220b0846be654fbefc672 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.execution.operator
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.operator
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
-import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.K8sManager
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionState
 
 @QuarkusTest
 @WithKubernetesTestServer
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cb92423305fd3f724753225d95150d5198f1d306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/AbstractPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.*
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.DeploymentBuilder
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSetBuilder
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+@QuarkusTest
+abstract class AbstractPatcherTest {
+
+    lateinit var resource: List<HasMetadata>
+    lateinit var patcher: Patcher
+    lateinit var value: String
+
+    fun createDeployment(): HasMetadata {
+        return DeploymentBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata()
+                .withName("dummy")
+            .endMetadata()
+            .withNewSpec()
+                .withNewSelector()
+                    .withMatchLabels<String, String>(mapOf("labelName" to "labelValue"))
+                .endSelector()
+                    .withNewTemplate()
+                        .withNewMetadata()
+                            .withLabels<String, String>(mapOf("labelName" to "labelValue"))
+                        .endMetadata()
+                        .withNewSpec()
+                        .withContainers(
+                                ContainerBuilder()
+                                    .withName("container")
+                                    .withImage("test-image")
+                                    .build())
+                            .addNewVolume()
+                                .withName("test-volume")
+                                .withNewConfigMap()
+                                    .withName("test-configmap")
+                                .endConfigMap()
+                            .endVolume()
+                        .endSpec()
+                .endTemplate()
+            .endSpec()
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    fun createStateFulSet(): HasMetadata {
+        return StatefulSetBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata()
+                .withName("dummy")
+            .endMetadata()
+            .withNewSpec()
+                .withNewSelector()
+                    .withMatchLabels<String, String>(mapOf("labelName" to "labelValue"))
+                .endSelector()
+                .withNewTemplate()
+                    .withNewMetadata()
+                        .withLabels<String, String>(mapOf("labelName" to "labelValue"))
+                    .endMetadata()
+                    .withNewSpec()
+                    .addNewVolume()
+                        .withName("test-volume")
+                            .withNewConfigMap()
+                                .withName("test-configmap")
+                            .endConfigMap()
+                        .endVolume()
+                    .endSpec()
+                .endTemplate()
+            .endSpec()
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    fun createService(): HasMetadata {
+        return ServiceBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata()
+            .withName("dummy")
+            .endMetadata()
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    fun createConfigMap(): HasMetadata {
+        return ConfigMapBuilder()
+            .withNewMetadata()
+                .withName("dummy")
+            .endMetadata()
+            .withData<String, String>(mapOf("application.properties" to "propA = valueA"))
+            .build()
+    }
+
+    fun patch() {
+        resource = patcher.patch(resource, value)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    abstract fun validate()
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt
similarity index 82%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt
index 1db1122e1caa5a783159ecaba849b99963e3c2a9..6172454008266c987b335999b7d8bbe67bb0fc02 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ConfigOverrideModifierTest.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.benchmark.KubernetesBenchmark
-import theodolite.execution.operator.BenchmarkCRDummy
-import theodolite.execution.operator.ExecutionCRDummy
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.BenchmarkCRDummy
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.crd.ExecutionCRDummy
 
 @QuarkusTest
 class ConfigOverrideModifierTest {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c9be1b9a59f963c8996e520b55e16caf24cbf6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package theodolite.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.AbstractPatcherTest
+
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher.VolumesConfigMapPatcher
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class DataVolumeLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = VolumesConfigMapPatcher((resource.first() as Deployment).spec.template.spec.volumes[0].configMap.name)
+        value = "new-configMapName"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assert((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.volumes[0].configMap.name == value)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83cd056ac1b56b13fb8f211a2d926f1272c9fb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/EnvVarPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.EnvVarBuilder
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class EnvVarPatcherTest : AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = EnvVarPatcher(variableName = "testEnv", container = "container")
+        value = "testValue"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        val envVar = EnvVarBuilder().withName("testEnv").withValue("testValue").build()
+        resource.forEach {
+        assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.containers[0].env.contains(envVar))
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7b3f803a4e13039b7bb40aec6259f7d9a4fdbb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ImagePatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class ImagePatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest(){
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = ImagePatcher(container = "container")
+        value = "testValue"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.containers[0].image  == value)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..652dda47cef34a7a95e54c36cbe9af9c897b84a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/LabelPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class LabelPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = LabelPatcher("labelName")
+        value = "labelValue"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).metadata.labels.containsKey("labelName"))
+            assertTrue(it.metadata.labels.get("labelName")=="labelValue")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun getVariableName() {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5711a762ab65fc39edf731c21d085d0936a5a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/MatchLabelPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class MatchLabelPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = MatchLabelPatcher("labelName")
+        value = "labelValue"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.selector.matchLabels.containsKey("labelName"))
+            assertTrue(it.spec.selector.matchLabels.get("labelName")=="labelValue")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun getVariableName() {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cb1308cb73dc127661b2c2741fdc3e0460fcfde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NamePatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class NamePatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = NamePatcher()
+        value = "newName"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            println(it.toString())
+            assertTrue(it.toString().contains("name=$value"))
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca8f83518a5bcd96837de96b1879c0de2e9a5773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NodeSelectorPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class NodeSelectorPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = NodeSelectorPatcher("nodeName")
+        value = "nodeValue"
+
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.nodeSelector.containsKey("nodeName"))
+            assertTrue(it.spec.template.spec.nodeSelector["nodeName"] == value)
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8940e288fae79f10e5dcd728121a2dbbf0aaa180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest : AbstractPatcherTest(){
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = NumNestedGroupsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher("10", "500")
+        value = "2"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.replicas == 1)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3bb6ffff4938bcaeb4a0db6487bd4741da75850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher("10")
+        value = "2"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.replicas == 1)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactoryTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactoryTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..010fa1e25fb89619c8954b1bafa52c5389d0a2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/PatcherDefinitionFactoryTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+internal class PatcherDefinitionFactoryTest {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun createPatcherDefinition() {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..852002a07cfb756086afbc6d0573fc548f945683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ReplicaPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class ReplicaPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = ReplicaPatcher()
+        value = "5"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.replicas == 5)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
similarity index 83%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
index 2769f2fef607a03d820b0821969db98894944cb3..b0af74d1e207ee10fac548f27267356711943dd0 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
@@ -7,8 +8,6 @@ import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
-import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 
 /**
  * Resource patcher test
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 @Disabled
 class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
 
-    val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
-
     @KubernetesTestServer
     private lateinit var server: KubernetesServer
 
@@ -51,15 +48,8 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
             "container" to "uc-application"
         )
 
-        patcherFactory.createPatcher(
-            patcherDefinition = defCPU,
-            k8sResources = listOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
-        ).patch(value = cpuValue)
-
-        patcherFactory.createPatcher(
-            patcherDefinition = defMEM,
-            k8sResources = listOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
-        ).patch(value = memValue)
+        PatchHandler.patchResource(mutableMapOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", listOf(k8sResource as HasMetadata))), defCPU, cpuValue)
+        PatchHandler.patchResource(mutableMapOf(Pair("cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", listOf(k8sResource as HasMetadata))), defMEM, memValue)
 
         k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.properties["container"]!! }
             .forEach {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
similarity index 84%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
index dba91eb65d4474d38f64d7fdd7f7ab981f8eb30f..a076e541e742e97ffa95dccff925892dd63ff17a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package theodolite.patcher
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
 import io.smallrye.common.constraint.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 
 /**
  * Resource patcher test
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
     @KubernetesTestServer
     private lateinit var server: KubernetesServer
 
-    val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
-
     fun applyTest(fileName: String) {
         val cpuValue = "50m"
         val memValue = "3Gi"
@@ -48,14 +45,8 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
             "container" to "application"
         )
 
-        patcherFactory.createPatcher(
-            patcherDefinition = defCPU,
-            k8sResources = listOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
-        ).patch(value = cpuValue)
-        patcherFactory.createPatcher(
-            patcherDefinition = defMEM,
-            k8sResources = listOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", k8sResource))
-        ).patch(value = memValue)
+        PatchHandler.patchResource(mutableMapOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", listOf(k8sResource))), defCPU, cpuValue)
+        PatchHandler.patchResource(mutableMapOf(Pair("/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml", listOf(k8sResource))), defMEM, memValue)
 
         k8sResource.spec.template.spec.containers.filter { it.name == defCPU.properties["container"]!! }
             .forEach {
@@ -87,4 +78,4 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
         // Case 4: In the given YAML declaration neither `Resource Request` nor `Request Limit` is defined
         applyTest("/no-resources-deployment.yaml")
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2b2021ec5853af4a2ef087a21bde87fb5bdc847e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/SchedulerNamePatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class SchedulerNamePatcherTest : AbstractPatcherTest(){
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = SchedulerNamePatcher()
+        value = "testScheduler"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.schedulerName == value)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..94073b9f34d6b76d69d82e4ea40ed047a68655ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/TemplateLabelPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class TemplateLabelPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = TemplateLabelPatcher( "labelName")
+        value = "labelValue"
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.metadata.labels.containsKey("labelName"))
+            assertTrue(it.spec.template.metadata.labels["labelName"] =="labelValue")
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcherTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db3fc812e426c0f74cf68d35a158f32a3ec0bc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/patcher/VolumesConfigMapPatcherTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.patcher
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class VolumesConfigMapPatcherTest: AbstractPatcherTest() {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    fun setUp() {
+        resource = listOf(createDeployment())
+        patcher = VolumesConfigMapPatcher("test-configmap")
+        value = "patchedVolumeName"
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    fun tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun validate() {
+        patch()
+        resource.forEach {
+            println((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.volumes[0].configMap.name)
+            assertTrue((it as Deployment).spec.template.spec.volumes[0].configMap.name == value)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactoryTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactoryTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de9d4c60dbad069ccb1229bebb4a4751cf96d98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/rocks/theodolite/kubernetes/slo/SloFactoryTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.slo
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.BenchmarkExecution
+import rocks.theodolite.kubernetes.model.KubernetesBenchmark
+
+@QuarkusTest
+internal class SloFactoryTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun overwriteSloTest() {
+
+        val benchmark = KubernetesBenchmark()
+        val execution = BenchmarkExecution()
+
+        // Define Benchmark SLOs
+        val slo = KubernetesBenchmark.Slo()
+        slo.name="test"
+        slo.sloType="lag trend"
+        slo.prometheusUrl="test.de"
+        slo.offset=0
+
+        val benchmarkSloProperties = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
+        benchmarkSloProperties["threshold"] = "2000"
+        benchmarkSloProperties["externalSloUrl"] = "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+        benchmarkSloProperties["warmup"] = "60"
+
+        slo.properties=benchmarkSloProperties
+
+        benchmark.slos = mutableListOf(slo)
+
+
+        // Define Execution SLOs, benchmark SLO values for these properties should be overwritten
+        val sloConfig = BenchmarkExecution.SloConfiguration()
+        sloConfig.name = "test"
+
+        val executionSloProperties = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
+        // overwriting properties 'threshold' and 'warmup' and adding property 'extensionTest'
+        executionSloProperties["threshold"] = "3000"
+        executionSloProperties["warmup"] = "80"
+        executionSloProperties["extensionTest"] = "extended"
+
+        sloConfig.properties = executionSloProperties
+
+        // SLO has 'name' that isn't defined in the benchmark, therefore it will be ignored by the SloFactory
+        val sloConfig2 = BenchmarkExecution.SloConfiguration()
+        sloConfig2.name = "test2"
+        sloConfig2.properties = executionSloProperties
+
+        execution.slos = listOf(sloConfig, sloConfig2)
+
+        val sloFactory = SloFactory()
+        val combinedSlos = sloFactory.createSlos(execution,benchmark)
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, combinedSlos.size)
+        Assertions.assertEquals("test", combinedSlos[0].name)
+        Assertions.assertEquals("lag trend", combinedSlos[0].sloType)
+        Assertions.assertEquals("test.de", combinedSlos[0].prometheusUrl)
+        Assertions.assertEquals(0, combinedSlos[0].offset)
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(4, combinedSlos[0].properties.size)
+        Assertions.assertEquals("3000", combinedSlos[0].properties["threshold"])
+        Assertions.assertEquals("http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope", combinedSlos[0].properties["externalSloUrl"])
+        Assertions.assertEquals("80", combinedSlos[0].properties["warmup"])
+        Assertions.assertEquals("extended", combinedSlos[0].properties["extensionTest"])
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 580d9e747bde687a91ffb1bce2e7c9dfb6f166a2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/CompositeStrategyTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite
-
-import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.strategies.restriction.LowerBoundRestriction
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.BinarySearch
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.CompositeStrategy
-import theodolite.strategies.searchstrategy.LinearSearch
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-
-@QuarkusTest
-class CompositeStrategyTest {
-
-    @Test
-    fun testEnd2EndLinearSearch() {
-        val mockResults = arrayOf(
-            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
-        )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..6).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 5)
-        val linearSearch = LinearSearch(benchmarkExecutor)
-        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val strategy =
-            CompositeStrategy(benchmarkExecutor, linearSearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
-
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        val expected: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
-        expected.add(null)
-
-        for (load in mockLoads) {
-            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
-        }
-
-        assertEquals(actual, expected)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun testEnd2EndBinarySearch() {
-        val mockResults = arrayOf(
-            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
-        )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..6).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutorImpl =
-            TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 0)
-        val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutorImpl)
-        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val strategy =
-            CompositeStrategy(benchmarkExecutorImpl, binarySearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
-
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        val expected: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
-        expected.add(null)
-
-        for (load in mockLoads) {
-            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
-        }
-
-        assertEquals(actual, expected)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun testEnd2EndBinarySearch2() {
-        val mockResults = arrayOf(
-            arrayOf(true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, true, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, true, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, true, true, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, true, true),
-            arrayOf(false, false, false, false, false, false, false, true)
-        )
-        val mockLoads: List<LoadDimension> = (0..6).map { number -> LoadDimension(number, emptyList()) }
-        val mockResources: List<Resource> = (0..7).map { number -> Resource(number, emptyList()) }
-        val results = Results()
-        val benchmark = TestBenchmark()
-        val sloChecker: BenchmarkExecution.Slo = BenchmarkExecution.Slo()
-        val benchmarkExecutor = TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(mockResults, benchmark, results, listOf(sloChecker), 0, 0, 0)
-        val binarySearch = BinarySearch(benchmarkExecutor)
-        val lowerBoundRestriction = LowerBoundRestriction(results)
-        val strategy =
-            CompositeStrategy(benchmarkExecutor, binarySearch, setOf(lowerBoundRestriction))
-
-        val actual: ArrayList<Resource?> = ArrayList()
-        val expected: ArrayList<Resource?> =
-            ArrayList(listOf(0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7).map { x -> Resource(x, emptyList()) })
-
-        for (load in mockLoads) {
-            actual.add(strategy.findSuitableResource(load, mockResources))
-        }
-
-        assertEquals(actual, expected)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmark.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index b08c1a18a3013e1573e4892f01698b5e509f9609..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmark.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite
-
-import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkDeployment
-import theodolite.util.ConfigurationOverride
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-
-class TestBenchmark : Benchmark {
-
-    override fun setupInfrastructure() {
-    }
-
-    override fun teardownInfrastructure() {
-    }
-
-    override fun buildDeployment(
-        load: LoadDimension,
-        res: Resource,
-        configurationOverrides: List<ConfigurationOverride?>,
-        loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-        afterTeardownDelay: Long
-    ): BenchmarkDeployment {
-        return TestBenchmarkDeployment()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2efddc48cb93a0870d1716c58a7018145c16e2ff..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite
-
-import theodolite.benchmark.Benchmark
-import theodolite.benchmark.BenchmarkExecution
-import theodolite.execution.BenchmarkExecutor
-import theodolite.util.LoadDimension
-import theodolite.util.Resource
-import theodolite.util.Results
-import java.time.Duration
-
-class TestBenchmarkExecutorImpl(
-    private val mockResults: Array<Array<Boolean>>,
-    benchmark: Benchmark,
-    results: Results,
-    slo: List<BenchmarkExecution.Slo>,
-    executionId: Int,
-    loadGenerationDelay: Long,
-    afterTeardownDelay: Long
-) :
-    BenchmarkExecutor(
-        benchmark,
-        results,
-        executionDuration = Duration.ofSeconds(1),
-        configurationOverrides = emptyList(),
-        slos = slo,
-        repetitions = 1,
-        executionId = executionId,
-        loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
-        afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay,
-        executionName = "test-execution"
-    ) {
-
-    override fun runExperiment(load: LoadDimension, res: Resource): Boolean {
-        val result = this.mockResults[load.get()][res.get()]
-        this.results.setResult(Pair(load, res), result)
-        return result
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ResultsTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ResultsTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cfc2ae78e7a8846e3f0fa136699509145e5de22..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/util/ResultsTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.util
-
-import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-
-@QuarkusTest
-internal class ResultsTest {
-
-    @Test
-    fun testMinRequiredInstancesWhenSuccessful() {
-        val results = Results()
-        results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
-        results.setResult(10000, 2, true)
-        results.setResult(20000, 1, false)
-        results.setResult(20000, 2, true)
-
-        val minRequiredInstances = results.getMinRequiredInstances(LoadDimension(20000, emptyList()))
-
-        assertNotNull(minRequiredInstances)
-        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!.get())
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @Disabled
-    fun testMinRequiredInstancesWhenNotSuccessful() {
-        // This test is currently not implemented this way, but might later be the desired behavior.
-        val results = Results()
-        results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
-        results.setResult(10000, 2, true)
-        results.setResult(20000, 1, false)
-        results.setResult(20000, 2, false)
-
-        val minRequiredInstances = results.getMinRequiredInstances(LoadDimension(20000, emptyList()))
-
-        assertNotNull(minRequiredInstances)
-        assertEquals(2, minRequiredInstances!!.get())
-    }
-
-    private fun Results.setResult(load: Int, resources: Int, successful: Boolean) {
-        this.setResult(
-            Pair(
-                LoadDimension(load, emptyList()),
-                Resource(resources, emptyList())
-            ),
-            successful
-        )
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenAllSuccessful() {
-        val results = Results()
-        results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
-        results.setResult(10000, 2, true)
-
-        val test1 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedLoad(LoadDimension(100000, emptyList()))!!.get()
-
-        assertEquals(10000, test1)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun testGetMaxBenchmarkedLoadWhenLargestNotSuccessful() {
-        val results = Results()
-        results.setResult(10000, 1, true)
-        results.setResult(10000, 2, true)
-        results.setResult(20000, 1, false)
-
-        val test2 = results.getMaxBenchmarkedLoad(LoadDimension(100000, emptyList()))!!.get()
-
-        assertEquals(20000, test2)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
index ea9ee8471d3da1dc6011348bd978696bd0fa6f36..ad26f6c658c72231887a8e3cd4c5dc17cc787641 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-benchmark.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: benchmark
 metadata:
   name: example-benchmark
 spec:
+  waitForResourcesEnabled: false
   sut:
     resources:
       - configMap:
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ spec:
           resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
             loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+  slos:
+    - name: "lag trend"
+      sloType: "lag trend"
+      prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
+      offset: 0
+      properties:
+        threshold: 3000
+        externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
+        warmup: 60 # in seconds
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-1.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-1.yaml
index 1407a9952b7454053d204454841d51cfb4d7dbf4..077c4ab410e3fc78a9bb47c563c2b237b922c1ba 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-1.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-1.yaml
@@ -5,24 +5,26 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   name: test
   benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
-  load:
+  loads:
     loadType: "NumSensors"
     loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
   resources:
     resourceType: "Instances"
     resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   slos:
-    - sloType: "lag trend"
+    - name: "lag trend"
       threshold: 2000
       prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
       externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
       offset: 0
       warmup: 60 # in seconds
   execution:
-    strategy: "LinearSearch"
+    strategy:
+      name: "RestrictionSearch"
+      restrictions:
+        - "LowerBound"
+      searchStrategy: "LinearSearch"
     duration: 300 # in seconds
     repetitions: 1
     loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds
-    restrictions:
-      - "LowerBound"
   configOverrides: []
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-update.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-update.yaml
index c075702da218397352f1dc1e5b283534fbb4d718..504a73fe3b325368301897cacdc922e7f6e70430 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-update.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution-update.yaml
@@ -5,25 +5,23 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   name: test
   benchmark: "uc1-kstreams-update"
-  load:
+  loads:
     loadType: "NumSensors"
     loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
   resources:
     resourceType: "Instances"
     resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   slos:
-    - sloType: "lag trend"
-      prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
-      offset: 0
+    - name: "lag trend"
       properties:
         threshold: 2000
-        externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
-        warmup: 60 # in seconds
   execution:
-    strategy: "LinearSearch"
+    strategy:
+      name: "RestrictionSearch"
+      restrictions:
+        - "LowerBound"
+      searchStrategy: "LinearSearch"
     duration: 300 # in seconds
     repetitions: 1
     loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds
-    restrictions:
-      - "LowerBound"
   configOverrides: []
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution.yaml
index e12c851da5d8a79f57b1fa59b86239c219370c0f..2bd0bfc4b3602c52fc3cc5cce9729777c21f4ac4 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/test-execution.yaml
@@ -5,25 +5,23 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   name: test
   benchmark: "uc1-kstreams"
-  load:
+  loads:
     loadType: "NumSensors"
     loadValues: [25000, 50000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000]
   resources:
     resourceType: "Instances"
     resourceValues: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   slos:
-    - sloType: "lag trend"
-      prometheusUrl: "http://prometheus-operated:9090"
-      offset: 0
+    - name: "lag trend"
       properties:
         threshold: 2000
-        externalSloUrl: "http://localhost:80/evaluate-slope"
-        warmup: 60 # in seconds
   execution:
-    strategy: "LinearSearch"
+    strategy:
+      name: "RestrictionSearch"
+      restrictions:
+        - "LowerBound"
+      searchStrategy: "LinearSearch"
     duration: 300 # in seconds
     repetitions: 1
     loadGenerationDelay: 30 # in seconds
-    restrictions:
-      - "LowerBound"
   configOverrides: []