diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/OperationSetPersistentPresenceIcqImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/OperationSetPersistentPresenceIcqImpl.java
index 57b0d7ac2..8d9781628 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/OperationSetPersistentPresenceIcqImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/OperationSetPersistentPresenceIcqImpl.java
@@ -399,6 +399,80 @@ ContactIcqImpl createVolatileContact(Screenname screenname)
         return ssContactList.createVolatileContact(screenname);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns a unresolved contact from the specified
+     * <tt>address</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>. The method will not try
+     * to establish a network connection and resolve the newly created Contact
+     * against the server. The protocol provider may will later try and resolve
+     * the contact. When this happens the corresponding event would notify
+     * interested subscription listeners.
+     *
+     * @param address an identifier of the contact that we'll be creating.
+     * @param persistentData a String returned Contact's getPersistentData()
+     * method during a previous run and that has been persistently stored
+     * locally.
+     * @param parentGroup the group that the unresolved contact should belong to.
+     * @return the unresolved <tt>Contact</tt> created from the specified
+     * <tt>address</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>
+     */
+    public Contact createUnresolvedContact(String address,
+                                           String persistentData,
+                                           ContactGroup parentGroup)
+    {
+        /**@todo implement createUnresolvedContact() */
+        System.out.println("@todo implement createUnresolvedContact()");
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns a unresolved contact from the specified
+     * <tt>address</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>. The method will not try
+     * to establish a network connection and resolve the newly created Contact
+     * against the server. The protocol provider may will later try and resolve
+     * the contact. When this happens the corresponding event would notify
+     * interested subscription listeners.
+     *
+     * @param address an identifier of the contact that we'll be creating.
+     * @param persistentData a String returned Contact's getPersistentData()
+     * method during a previous run and that has been persistently stored
+     * locally.
+     *
+     * @return the unresolved <tt>Contact</tt> created from the specified
+     * <tt>address</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>
+     */
+    public Contact createUnresolvedContact(String address,
+                                           String persistentData)
+    {
+        /**@todo implement createUnresolvedContact() */
+        System.out.println("@todo implement createUnresolvedContact()");
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns a unresolved contact group from the specified
+     * <tt>address</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>. The method will not try
+     * to establish a network connection and resolve the newly created
+     * <tt>ContactGroup</tt> against the server or the contact itself. The
+     * protocol provider will later resolve the contact group. When this happens
+     * the corresponding event would notify interested subscription listeners.
+     *
+     * @param groupUID an identifier, returned by ContactGroup's getGroupUID,
+     * that the protocol provider may use in order to create the group.
+     * @param persistentData a String returned ContactGroups's getPersistentData()
+     * method during a previous run and that has been persistently stored
+     * locally.
+     * @param parentGroup the group under which the new group is to be created
+     * or null if this is group directly underneath the root.
+     * @return the unresolved <tt>ContactGroup</tt> created from the specified
+     * <tt>uid</tt> and <tt>persistentData</tt>
+     */
+    public ContactGroup createUnresolvedContactGroup(String groupUID,
+        String persistentData, ContactGroup parentGroup)
+    {
+
+        return null;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Persistently adds a subscription for the presence status of the  contact
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/RootContactGroupIcqImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/RootContactGroupIcqImpl.java
index 92dca5ed7..c101b1aba 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/RootContactGroupIcqImpl.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/icq/RootContactGroupIcqImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class RootContactGroupIcqImpl
 {
     private String ROOT_CONTACT_GROUP_NAME = "ContactListRoot";
     private List subGroups = new LinkedList();
+    private boolean isResolved = false;
 
     /**
      * An empty list that we use when returning an iterator.
@@ -261,4 +262,43 @@ public boolean isPersistent()
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns null as no persistent data is required and the group name is
+     * sufficient for restoring the contact.
+     * <p>
+     * @return null as no such data is needed.
+     */
+    public String getPersistentData()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether or not this group has been resolved against the
+     * server. Unresolved groups are used when initially loading a contact
+     * list that has been stored in a local file until the presence operation
+     * set has managed to retrieve all the contact list from the server and has
+     * properly mapped groups to their on-line buddies.
+     * @return true if the group has been resolved (mapped against a buddy)
+     * and false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isResolved()
+    {
+        return isResolved;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a <tt>String</tt> that uniquely represnets the group. In this we
+     * use the name of the group as an identifier. This may cause problems
+     * though, in clase the name is changed by some other application between
+     * consecutive runs of the sip-communicator.
+     *
+     * @return a String representing this group in a unique and persistent
+     * way.
+     */
+    public String getUID()
+    {
+        return getGroupName();
+    }
+
 }