+    
+    public static String getParentPath(String remotePath) {
+        String parentPath = new File(remotePath).getParent();
+        parentPath = parentPath.endsWith(OCFile.PATH_SEPARATOR) ? parentPath : parentPath + OCFile.PATH_SEPARATOR;
+        return parentPath;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates and populates a new {@link OCFile} object with the data read from the server.
+     * 
+     * @param remote    remote file read from the server (remote file or folder).
+     * @return          New OCFile instance representing the remote resource described by we.
+     */
+    public static OCFile fillOCFile(RemoteFile remote) {
+        OCFile file = new OCFile(remote.getRemotePath());
+        file.setCreationTimestamp(remote.getCreationTimestamp());
+        file.setFileLength(remote.getLength());
+        file.setMimetype(remote.getMimeType());
+        file.setModificationTimestamp(remote.getModifiedTimestamp());
+        file.setEtag(remote.getEtag());
+        file.setPermissions(remote.getPermissions());
+        file.setRemoteId(remote.getRemoteId());
+        return file;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates and populates a new {@link RemoteFile} object with the data read from an {@link OCFile}.
+     * 
+     * @param oCFile    OCFile 
+     * @return          New RemoteFile instance representing the resource described by ocFile.
+     */
+    public static RemoteFile fillRemoteFile(OCFile ocFile){
+        RemoteFile file = new RemoteFile(ocFile.getRemotePath());
+        file.setCreationTimestamp(ocFile.getCreationTimestamp());
+        file.setLength(ocFile.getFileLength());
+        file.setMimeType(ocFile.getMimetype());
+        file.setModifiedTimestamp(ocFile.getModificationTimestamp());
+        file.setEtag(ocFile.getEtag());
+        file.setPermissions(ocFile.getPermissions());
+        file.setRemoteId(ocFile.getRemoteId());
+        return file;
+    }
+