+    public Account getAccount() {
+        return mAccount;
+    }
+
+    public void setContentResolver(ContentResolver cr) {
+        mContentResolver = cr;
+    }
+
+    public ContentResolver getContentResolver() {
+        return mContentResolver;
+    }
+
+    public void setContentProvider(ContentProviderClient cp) {
+        mContentProvider = cp;
+    }
+
+    public ContentProviderClient getContentProvider() {
+        return mContentProvider;
+    }
+
+    public Vector<OCFile> getDirectoryContent(OCFile f) {
+        if (f != null && f.isDirectory() && f.getFileId() != -1) {
+            Vector<OCFile> ret = new Vector<OCFile>();
+
+            Uri req_uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(
+                    ProviderTableMeta.CONTENT_URI_DIR,
+                    String.valueOf(f.getFileId()));
+            Cursor c = null;
+
+            if (getContentProvider() != null) {
+                try {
+                    c = getContentProvider().query(req_uri, null,
+                            ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER + "=?",
+                            new String[] { mAccount.name }, null);
+                } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
+                    return ret;
+                }
+            } else {
+                c = getContentResolver().query(req_uri, null,
+                        ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER + "=?",
+                        new String[] { mAccount.name }, null);
+            }
+
+            if (c.moveToFirst()) {
+                do {
+                    OCFile child = createFileInstance(c);
+                    ret.add(child);
+                } while (c.moveToNext());
+            }
+
+            c.close();
+            return ret;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private boolean fileExists(String cmp_key, String value) {
+        Cursor c;
+        if (getContentResolver() != null) {
+            c = getContentResolver()
+                    .query(ProviderTableMeta.CONTENT_URI,
+                            null,
+                            cmp_key + "=? AND "
+                                    + ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER
+                                    + "=?",
+                            new String[] { value, mAccount.name }, null);
+        } else {
+            try {
+                c = getContentProvider().query(
+                        ProviderTableMeta.CONTENT_URI,
+                        null,
+                        cmp_key + "=? AND "
+                                + ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER + "=?",
+                        new String[] { value, mAccount.name }, null);
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                Log.e(TAG,
+                        "Couldn't determine file existance, assuming non existance: "
+                                + e.getMessage());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        boolean retval = c.moveToFirst();
+        c.close();
+        return retval;
+    }
+
+    private Cursor getCursorForValue(String key, String value) {
+        Cursor c = null;
+        if (getContentResolver() != null) {
+            c = getContentResolver()
+                    .query(ProviderTableMeta.CONTENT_URI,
+                            null,
+                            key + "=? AND "
+                                    + ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER
+                                    + "=?",
+                            new String[] { value, mAccount.name }, null);
+        } else {
+            try {
+                c = getContentProvider().query(
+                        ProviderTableMeta.CONTENT_URI,
+                        null,
+                        key + "=? AND " + ProviderTableMeta.FILE_ACCOUNT_OWNER
+                                + "=?", new String[] { value, mAccount.name },
+                        null);
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                Log.e(TAG, "Could not get file details: " + e.getMessage());
+                c = null;
+            }
+        }
+        return c;
+    }
+
+    private OCFile createFileInstance(Cursor c) {
+        OCFile file = null;
+        if (c != null) {
+            file = new OCFile(c.getString(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_PATH)));
+            file.setFileId(c.getLong(c.getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta._ID)));
+            file.setParentId(c.getLong(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_PARENT)));
+            file.setStoragePath(c.getString(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_STORAGE_PATH)));
+            file.setMimetype(c.getString(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_CONTENT_TYPE)));
+            file.setFileLength(c.getLong(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_CONTENT_LENGTH)));
+            file.setCreationTimestamp(c.getLong(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_CREATION)));
+            file.setModificationTimestamp(c.getLong(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_MODIFIED)));
+            file.setLastSyncDate(c.getLong(c
+                    .getColumnIndex(ProviderTableMeta.FILE_LAST_SYNC_DATE)));
+        }
+        return file;
+    }