// non forward case. all local properties are killed anyways, so we can safely plug in a combiner
Channel toCombiner = new Channel(in.getSource());
toCombiner.setShipStrategy(ShipStrategyType.FORWARD);
// create an input node for combine with same DOP as input node
ReduceNode combinerNode = ((ReduceNode) node).getCombinerUtilityNode();
combinerNode.setDegreeOfParallelism(in.getSource().getDegreeOfParallelism());
SingleInputPlanNode combiner = new SingleInputPlanNode(combinerNode, "Combine ("+node.getPactContract().getName()+")", toCombiner, DriverStrategy.SORTED_PARTIAL_REDUCE, this.keyList);
combiner.setCosts(new Costs(0, 0));
combiner.initProperties(toCombiner.getGlobalProperties(), toCombiner.getLocalProperties());