diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/BlockingGetRecordsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/BlockingGetRecordsCache.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4dc271d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/BlockingGetRecordsCache.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker;
+
+import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.model.GetRecordsResult;
+import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+@CommonsLog
+public class BlockingGetRecordsCache extends GetRecordsCache {
+    private final int maxRecordsPerCall;
+    private final GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy;
+
+    public BlockingGetRecordsCache(final int maxRecordsPerCall, final GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy) {
+        this.maxRecordsPerCall = maxRecordsPerCall;
+        this.getRecordsRetrievalStrategy = getRecordsRetrievalStrategy;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public GetRecordsResult getNextResult() {
+        return validateGetRecordsResult(getRecordsRetrievalStrategy.getRecords(maxRecordsPerCall));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void shutdown() {
+        // Nothing to do here.
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/GetRecordsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/GetRecordsCache.java
index d9114304..15d0b402 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/GetRecordsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/GetRecordsCache.java
@@ -2,17 +2,26 @@ package com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.model.GetRecordsResult;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 /**
  * This class is used as a cache for Prefetching data from Kinesis.
  */
-public interface GetRecordsCache {
+public abstract class GetRecordsCache {
     /**
      * This method returns the next set of records from the Cache if present, or blocks the request till it gets the
      * next set of records back from Kinesis.
      * 
      * @return The next set of records.
      */
-    GetRecordsResult getNextResult();
+    public abstract GetRecordsResult getNextResult();
     
-    void shutdown();
+    public abstract void shutdown();
+    
+    protected GetRecordsResult validateGetRecordsResult(final GetRecordsResult getRecordsResult) {
+        if (getRecordsResult == null) {
+            return new GetRecordsResult().withRecords(Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+        return getRecordsResult;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/DefaultGetRecordsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
similarity index 68%
rename from src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/DefaultGetRecordsCache.java
rename to src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
index fb75e170..0b9373e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/DefaultGetRecordsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
@@ -20,38 +20,35 @@ import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
  * GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy is a blocking call.
  */
 @CommonsLog
-public class DefaultGetRecordsCache implements GetRecordsCache {
+public class PrefetchGetRecordsCache extends GetRecordsCache {
     private LinkedBlockingQueue<GetRecordsResult> getRecordsResultQueue;
     private int maxSize;
     private int maxByteSize;
     private int maxRecordsCount;
     private final int maxRecordsPerCall;
     private final GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy;
-    private final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+    private final ExecutorService executorService;
     
     private volatile int currentSizeInBytes = 0;
     private volatile int currentRecordsCount = 0;
-    private DataFetchingStrategy dataFetchingStrategy;
     
     private boolean started = false;
 
-    public DefaultGetRecordsCache(final int maxSize, final int maxByteSize, final int maxRecordsCount,
-                                  final int maxRecordsPerCall, @NonNull final DataFetchingStrategy dataFetchingStrategy,
-                                  @NonNull final GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy) {
+    public PrefetchGetRecordsCache(final int maxSize, final int maxByteSize, final int maxRecordsCount,
+                                   final int maxRecordsPerCall, @NonNull final DataFetchingStrategy dataFetchingStrategy,
+                                   @NonNull final GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy,
+                                   @NonNull final ExecutorService executorService) {
         this.getRecordsRetrievalStrategy = getRecordsRetrievalStrategy;
         this.maxRecordsPerCall = maxRecordsPerCall;
-        this.dataFetchingStrategy = dataFetchingStrategy;
-
-        if (this.dataFetchingStrategy.equals(DataFetchingStrategy.PREFETCH_CACHED)) {
-            this.maxSize = maxSize;
-            this.maxByteSize = maxByteSize;
-            this.maxRecordsCount = maxRecordsCount;
-            this.getRecordsResultQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(this.maxSize);
-        }
+        this.maxSize = maxSize;
+        this.maxByteSize = maxByteSize;
+        this.maxRecordsCount = maxRecordsCount;
+        this.getRecordsResultQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(this.maxSize);
+        this.executorService = executorService;
     }
     
     private void start() {
-        if (dataFetchingStrategy.equals(DataFetchingStrategy.PREFETCH_CACHED)) {
+        if (!started) {
             log.info("Starting prefetching thread.");
             executorService.execute(new DefaultGetRecordsCacheDaemon());
         }
@@ -64,16 +61,12 @@ public class DefaultGetRecordsCache implements GetRecordsCache {
             start();
         }
         GetRecordsResult result = null;
-        if (dataFetchingStrategy.equals(DataFetchingStrategy.PREFETCH_CACHED)) {
-            try {
-                result = getRecordsResultQueue.take();
-                updateBytes(result, false);
-                updateRecordsCount(result, false);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                log.error("Interrupted while getting records from the cache", e);
-            }
-        } else {
-            result = validateGetRecordsResult(getRecordsRetrievalStrategy.getRecords(maxRecordsPerCall));
+        try {
+            result = getRecordsResultQueue.take();
+            updateBytes(result, false);
+            updateRecordsCount(result, false);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            log.error("Interrupted while getting records from the cache", e);
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -103,13 +96,6 @@ public class DefaultGetRecordsCache implements GetRecordsCache {
         }
     }
     
-    private GetRecordsResult validateGetRecordsResult(final GetRecordsResult getRecordsResult) {
-        if (getRecordsResult == null) {
-            return new GetRecordsResult().withRecords(Collections.emptyList());
-        }
-        return getRecordsResult;
-    }
-    
     private class DefaultGetRecordsCacheDaemon implements Runnable {
         @Override
         public void run() {