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+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
+
+namespace Message
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Message class to handle traffic between clients and server
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Message
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// identifier for the message
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Identifier
+        {
+            get;set;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// payload of the message, the actual text
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Payload
+        {
+            get;set;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// constructs a new message with the given parameters
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="identifier">the identifier</param>
+        /// <param name="payload">the payload</param>
+        public Message(string identifier, string payload)
+        {
+            this.Identifier = identifier;
+            this.Payload = payload;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// serializes this object to a JSON string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>a JSON representation of this object</returns>
+        public string Serialize()
+        {
+            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// deserializes a JSON string into a new Message object
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="json">the JSON string to deserialize</param>
+        /// <returns>a new <c>Message</c> object from the JSON string</returns>
+        public static Message Deserialize(string json)
+        {
+            return (Message)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
+        }
+    }
+
+    
+}