diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index bd5a4266361..637fc1d7ba7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package kubectl
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -34,13 +33,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/conversion"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	utilerrors "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/jsonpath"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 )
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ func GetPrinter(format, formatArgument string) (ResourcePrinter, bool, error) {
 	case "yaml":
 		printer = &YAMLPrinter{}
 	case "name":
-		printer = &NamePrinter{}
+		printer = &NamePrinter{
+			Typer:   runtime.ObjectTyperToTyper(api.Scheme),
+			Decoder: latest.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(),
+		}
 	case "template", "go-template":
 		if len(formatArgument) == 0 {
 			return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("template format specified but no template given")
@@ -197,62 +200,47 @@ func (p *VersionedPrinter) HandledResources() []string {
 
 // NamePrinter is an implementation of ResourcePrinter which outputs "resource/name" pair of an object.
 type NamePrinter struct {
+	Decoder runtime.Decoder
+	Typer   runtime.Typer
 }
 
 // PrintObj is an implementation of ResourcePrinter.PrintObj which decodes the object
 // and print "resource/name" pair. If the object is a List, print all items in it.
 func (p *NamePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
-	objvalue := reflect.ValueOf(obj).Elem()
-	kindString := objvalue.FieldByName("Kind")
-	groupVersionString := objvalue.FieldByName("APIVersion")
-	kind := unversioned.GroupVersionKind{}
-	if !kindString.IsValid() {
-		kindString = reflect.ValueOf("<unknown>")
-	}
-	kind.Kind = kindString.String()
+	gvk, _, _ := p.Typer.ObjectKind(obj)
 
-	if !groupVersionString.IsValid() {
-		groupVersionString = reflect.ValueOf("<unknown>/<unknown>")
-	}
-	gv, err := unversioned.ParseGroupVersion(groupVersionString.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		kind.Group = gv.Group
-		kind.Version = gv.Version
-	}
-
-	if kind.Kind == "List" {
-		items := objvalue.FieldByName("Items")
-		if items.Type().String() == "[]runtime.RawExtension" {
-			for i := 0; i < items.Len(); i++ {
-				rawObj := items.Index(i).FieldByName("RawJSON").Interface().([]byte)
-				scheme := api.Scheme
-				groupVersionKind, err := scheme.DataKind(rawObj)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				decodedObj, err := scheme.DecodeToVersion(rawObj, unversioned.GroupVersion{})
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				tpmeta := unversioned.TypeMeta{
-					APIVersion: groupVersionKind.GroupVersion().String(),
-					Kind:       groupVersionKind.Kind,
-				}
-				s := reflect.ValueOf(decodedObj).Elem()
-				s.FieldByName("TypeMeta").Set(reflect.ValueOf(tpmeta))
-				p.PrintObj(decodedObj, w)
+	if meta.IsListType(obj) {
+		items, err := meta.ExtractList(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if errs := runtime.DecodeList(items, p.Decoder, runtime.UnstructuredJSONScheme); len(errs) > 0 {
+			return utilerrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+		}
+		for _, obj := range items {
+			if err := p.PrintObj(obj, w); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
-		} else {
-			return errors.New("the list object contains unrecognized items.")
 		}
-	} else {
-		name := objvalue.FieldByName("Name")
-		if !name.IsValid() {
-			name = reflect.ValueOf("<unknown>")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// TODO: this is wrong, runtime.Unknown and runtime.Unstructured are not handled properly here.
+
+	name := "<unknown>"
+	if acc, err := meta.Accessor(obj); err == nil {
+		if n := acc.GetName(); len(n) > 0 {
+			name = n
 		}
-		_, resource := meta.KindToResource(kind, false)
+	}
+
+	if gvk != nil {
+		// TODO: this is wrong, it assumes that meta knows about all Kinds - should take a RESTMapper
+		_, resource := meta.KindToResource(*gvk, false)
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s/%s\n", resource.Resource, name)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "<unknown>/%s\n", name)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -1742,9 +1730,8 @@ func NewJSONPathPrinter(tmpl string) (*JSONPathPrinter, error) {
 
 // PrintObj formats the obj with the JSONPath Template.
 func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
-	var queryObj interface{}
-	switch obj.(type) {
-	case *v1.List, *api.List:
+	var queryObj interface{} = obj
+	if meta.IsListType(obj) {
 		data, err := json.Marshal(obj)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -1753,8 +1740,6 @@ func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &queryObj); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	default:
-		queryObj = obj
 	}
 
 	if err := j.JSONPath.Execute(w, queryObj); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer_test.go
index 1f71995a264..3dc43870b75 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer_test.go
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
 	kubectltesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	yamlserializer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime/serializer/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/sets"
 
@@ -121,17 +123,17 @@ func TestPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 		{"test jsonpath", "jsonpath", "{.metadata.name}", podTest, "foo"},
 		{"test jsonpath list", "jsonpath", "{.items[*].metadata.name}", podListTest, "foo bar"},
 		{"test jsonpath empty list", "jsonpath", "{.items[*].metadata.name}", emptyListTest, ""},
-		{"test name", "name", "", podTest, "/foo\n"},
+		{"test name", "name", "", podTest, "pod/foo\n"},
 		{"emits versioned objects", "template", "{{.kind}}", testapi, "Pod"},
 	}
 	for _, test := range printerTests {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 		printer, found, err := GetPrinter(test.Format, test.FormatArgument)
 		if err != nil || !found {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %#v", err)
+			t.Errorf("in %s, unexpected error: %#v", test.Name, err)
 		}
 		if err := printer.PrintObj(test.Input, buf); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %#v", err)
+			t.Errorf("in %s, unexpected error: %#v", test.Name, err)
 		}
 		if buf.String() != test.Expect {
 			t.Errorf("in %s, expect %q, got %q", test.Name, test.Expect, buf.String())
@@ -175,8 +177,8 @@ func testPrinter(t *testing.T, printer ResourcePrinter, unmarshalFunc func(data
 	}
 	// Use real decode function to undo the versioning process.
 	poutput = kubectltesting.TestStruct{}
-	err = runtime.YAMLDecoder(testapi.Default.Codec()).DecodeInto(buf.Bytes(), &poutput)
-	if err != nil {
+	s := yamlserializer.NewDecodingSerializer(testapi.Default.Codec())
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(s, buf.Bytes(), &poutput); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(testData, poutput) {
@@ -196,8 +198,7 @@ func testPrinter(t *testing.T, printer ResourcePrinter, unmarshalFunc func(data
 	}
 	// Use real decode function to undo the versioning process.
 	objOut = api.Pod{}
-	err = runtime.YAMLDecoder(testapi.Default.Codec()).DecodeInto(buf.Bytes(), &objOut)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(s, buf.Bytes(), &objOut); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(obj, &objOut) {
@@ -463,7 +464,10 @@ func TestPrinters(t *testing.T) {
 		"template":             templatePrinter,
 		"template2":            templatePrinter2,
 		"jsonpath":             jsonpathPrinter,
-		"name":                 &NamePrinter{},
+		"name": &NamePrinter{
+			Typer:   runtime.ObjectTyperToTyper(api.Scheme),
+			Decoder: latest.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(),
+		},
 	}
 	objects := map[string]runtime.Object{
 		"pod":             &api.Pod{ObjectMeta: om("pod")},
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
index c1f3c54ae45..49e36b882e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 type SortingPrinter struct {
 	SortField string
 	Delegate  ResourcePrinter
+	Decoder   runtime.Decoder
 }
 
 func (s *SortingPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, out io.Writer) error {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (s *SortingPrinter) sortObj(obj runtime.Object) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	sorter, err := SortObjects(objs, s.SortField)
+	sorter, err := SortObjects(s.Decoder, objs, s.SortField)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (s *SortingPrinter) sortObj(obj runtime.Object) error {
 	return meta.SetList(obj, objs)
 }
 
-func SortObjects(objs []runtime.Object, fieldInput string) (*RuntimeSort, error) {
+func SortObjects(decoder runtime.Decoder, objs []runtime.Object, fieldInput string) (*RuntimeSort, error) {
 	parser := jsonpath.New("sorting")
 
 	field, err := massageJSONPath(fieldInput)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func SortObjects(objs []runtime.Object, fieldInput string) (*RuntimeSort, error)
 		switch u := item.(type) {
 		case *runtime.Unknown:
 			var err error
-			if objs[ix], err = api.Codec.Decode(u.RawJSON); err != nil {
+			if objs[ix], _, err = decoder.Decode(u.RawJSON, nil, nil); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer_test.go
index 8aed8a5b0af..d62acacf07c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/sorting_printer_test.go
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
 	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
 func encodeOrDie(obj runtime.Object) []byte {
-	data, err := api.Codec.Encode(obj)
+	data, err := runtime.Encode(latest.Codecs.LegacyCodec(api.SchemeGroupVersion), obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ func TestSortingPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		sort := &SortingPrinter{SortField: test.field}
+		sort := &SortingPrinter{SortField: test.field, Decoder: latest.Codecs.UniversalDecoder()}
 		if err := sort.sortObj(test.obj); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v (%s)", err, test.name)
 			continue