+package com.owncloud.android.oc_framework.operations.remote;
+
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.client.methods.DeleteMethod;
+
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.owncloud.android.oc_framework.network.webdav.WebdavClient;
+import com.owncloud.android.oc_framework.network.webdav.WebdavUtils;
+import com.owncloud.android.oc_framework.operations.RemoteOperation;
+import com.owncloud.android.oc_framework.operations.RemoteOperationResult;
+
+/**
+ * Remote operation performing the removal of a remote file or folder in the ownCloud server.
+ * 
+ * @author David A. Velasco
+ * @author masensio
+ */
+public class RemoveRemoteFileOperation extends RemoteOperation {
+    private static final String TAG = RemoveRemoteFileOperation.class.getSimpleName();
+
+    private static final int REMOVE_READ_TIMEOUT = 10000;
+    private static final int REMOVE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 5000;
+
+       private String mRemotePath;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * 
+     * @param remotePath       RemotePath of the remote file or folder to remove from the server
+     */
+       public RemoveRemoteFileOperation(String remotePath) {
+               mRemotePath = remotePath;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Performs the rename operation.
+        * 
+        * @param client        Client object to communicate with the remote ownCloud server.
+        */
+       @Override
+       protected RemoteOperationResult run(WebdavClient client) {
+               RemoteOperationResult result = null;
+        DeleteMethod delete = null;
+        
+        try {
+               delete = new DeleteMethod(client.getBaseUri() + WebdavUtils.encodePath(mRemotePath));
+               int status = client.executeMethod(delete, REMOVE_READ_TIMEOUT, REMOVE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
+               
+               delete.getResponseBodyAsString();   // exhaust the response, although not interesting
+               result = new RemoteOperationResult((delete.succeeded() || status == HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND), status, delete.getResponseHeaders());
+               Log.i(TAG, "Remove " + mRemotePath + ": " + result.getLogMessage());
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+               result = new RemoteOperationResult(e);
+               Log.e(TAG, "Remove " + mRemotePath + ": " + result.getLogMessage(), e);
+
+        } finally {
+               if (delete != null)
+                       delete.releaseConnection();
+        }
+        
+               return result;
+       }
+
+}