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+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONTokener;
+
+import card.Card;
+import player.BasePlayer;
+
+public class MainTest {
+	private static class Opts {
+		String playerFile;
+
+		Opts(String[] args) {
+			// TODO dummy
+			// TODO error handling here, ctor is assumed to never fail
+			playerFile = "test.json";
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		Opts opts = new Opts(args);
+		JSONTokener jt = null;
+		try {
+			FileReader fr = new FileReader(new File(opts.playerFile));
+			jt = new JSONTokener(fr);
+		} catch (JSONException | IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		JSONObject o = new JSONObject(jt);
+
+		BasePlayer p = new BasePlayer(o);
+
+		System.out.println(p.toJson().toString(4));
+	}
+
+}