diff --git a/misphelper/src/Ride.java b/misphelper/src/Ride.java
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+public class Ride {
+
+    private static long count = 0L;
+
+    private String rideID;
+    private String request;
+    private String data;
+
+    // FUTURE it might be possible to use a ride for many requests.
+    // private List<String> requests = new ArrayList<>();
+    // private Map<String,String> data = new HashMap<>();
+
+
+    public Ride() {
+        rideID = "" + count++;
+    }
+
+    public Ride(String json){
+        json = json.replace("{","").replace("}","");
+        String[] split = json.split(",");
+        rideID = split[0].split(":")[1];
+        request = split[1].split(":")[1];
+        data = split[2].split(":")[1];
+    }
+
+
+
+
+    public void setRequest(String request) {
+        this.request = request;
+    }
+
+    public void setData(String data){
+        this.data = data;
+    }
+
+    public String getRequest(){
+        return this.request;
+    }
+
+    public String getData(){
+        return this.data;
+    }
+
+    public String getRideID(){
+        return this.rideID;
+    }
+
+    private String brace(String foo){
+        return "\""+foo+"\"";
+    }
+
+    public String json(){
+        String[] keys = {"rideID", "request", "data"};
+        String[] values = { rideID, request, data};
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("{");
+        for (int i =0; i<keys.length; i++){
+            sb.append(brace(keys[i]));
+            sb.append(":");
+            sb.append(brace(values[i]));
+            if (i+1 < keys.length){
+                sb.append(",");
+            }
+        }
+        sb.append("}");
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}