diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/http/HttpFileContentInfoFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/http/HttpFileContentInfoFactory.java
index b4fb911..dd6948b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/http/HttpFileContentInfoFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/http/HttpFileContentInfoFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileContentInfoFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileContentInfo;
+import org.apache.commons.vfs.util.FileObjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * Description
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@
 {
     public FileContentInfo create(FileContent fileContent) throws FileSystemException
     {
-        HttpFileObject httpFile = (HttpFileObject) fileContent.getFile();
+        HttpFileObject httpFile = (HttpFileObject) (FileObjectUtils
+            .getAbstractFileObject(fileContent.getFile()));
 
         String contentType = null;
         String contentEncoding = null;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/webdav/WebdavFileContentInfoFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/webdav/WebdavFileContentInfoFactory.java
index 2a5dc36..9a288de 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/webdav/WebdavFileContentInfoFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/webdav/WebdavFileContentInfoFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.DefaultFileContentInfo;
 import org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.URLFileName;
+import org.apache.commons.vfs.util.FileObjectUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.property.DavProperty;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.property.DavPropertyName;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav.property.DavPropertyNameSet;
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@
 {
     public FileContentInfo create(FileContent fileContent) throws FileSystemException
     {
-        WebdavFileObject file = (WebdavFileObject) fileContent.getFile();
+        WebdavFileObject file = (WebdavFileObject) (FileObjectUtils
+            .getAbstractFileObject(fileContent.getFile()));
 
         String contentType = null;
         String contentEncoding = null;
diff --git a/xdocs/changes.xml b/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1c5d422..bec2e34 100644
--- a/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
   <body>
     <release version="2.0" date="in SVN" description="">
+      <action dev="rgoers" type="fix" issue="VFS-259" due-to="Marek Zawirski">
+        Http and Webdav FIleContentInfoFactory: undress to AbstractFileObject before casting
+      </action>      
       <action dev="rgoers" type="fix" issue="VFS-261" due-to="Simon Olofsson">
         WebDAV upload corrupts binary files
       </action>