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+package player;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import card.Card;
+import server.ServerGame.PROTOCOL;
+
+public class BasePlayer {
+	protected int id;
+	protected String name;
+	protected Card[] cards;
+	public final PROTOCOL PROTO;
+
+	public BasePlayer(int id, int nrOfCards){
+		this(id, nrOfCards, "");
+	}
+	
+	public BasePlayer(int id, int nrOfCards, String name){
+		this();
+		this.id = id;
+		this.cards = new Card[nrOfCards];
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+	
+	public BasePlayer(JSONObject jo){
+		this();
+		cards = new Card[jo.getJSONArray("cards").length()];
+		fromJson(jo);
+	}
+	
+	private BasePlayer() {
+		PROTO = PROTOCOL.VIBE_DUMB;
+	}
+	
+	public void setCard(int index, Card c){
+		cards[index] = c;
+	}
+	
+	public Card getCard(int index){
+		return cards[index];
+	}
+	
+	public Card[] getCards(){
+		return cards;
+	}
+	
+	public JSONObject toJson(){
+		JSONObject root = new JSONObject();
+		root.put("name", name);
+		root.put("id",  id);
+		root.put("cards", cardsToJson());
+		return root;
+	}
+	
+	private JSONArray cardsToJson(){
+		JSONArray cardArray = new JSONArray();
+		for(Card c : cards){
+			cardArray.put(c.toJson());
+		}
+		return cardArray;
+	}
+	
+	private void fromJson(JSONObject jo){
+		int id = jo.getInt("id");
+		String name = jo.getString("name");
+		JSONArray cardsArray = jo.getJSONArray("cards");
+		for(int i=0; i<cardsArray.length(); ++i){
+			JSONObject card = cardsArray.getJSONObject(i);
+			Card c = new Card(card);
+			cards[i] = c;
+		}
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+}