diff --git a/Classes/Client/AbstractClient.php b/Classes/Client/AbstractClient.php
index 0d0d7b7..8ac20c1 100644
--- a/Classes/Client/AbstractClient.php
+++ b/Classes/Client/AbstractClient.php
@@ -17,18 +17,43 @@ abstract class Client_AbstractClient {
 	 */
 	protected $group;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var mixed Instance of Protocol_AbstractProtocolHandler
+	 */
+	protected $protocolHandler;
+
 	/**
 	 * Contains a reference to the ClientManager in order to change stuff on the fly.
 	 * @var Client_ClientManager
 	 */
 	protected $clientManager;
 
+	/**
+	 * Injects ProtocolHandler
+	 * @param unknown_type $protocolHandler
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function injectProtocolHandler($protocolHandler) {
+		$this->protocolHandler = $protocolHandler;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Forwards incoming data to the ProtocolParser.
+	 * Calls protected processData()
+	 * @param string $rawData
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function putRawData($rawData) {
+		$contentObject = $this->protocolHandler->parse($rawData);
+		$this->processContentObject($contentObject);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * This function will be the main entry point of any client.
 	 * @param string $data
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	abstract public function processData($data);
+	abstract protected function processContentObject($contentObject);
 
 	/**
 	 * This function will load the given config.
@@ -50,7 +75,6 @@ abstract class Client_AbstractClient {
 		$this->group = $group;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Injects ClientManager
 	 * @param Client_ClientManager $clientManager
diff --git a/Classes/Client/ClientManager.php b/Classes/Client/ClientManager.php
index 6865f58..1c5dbdd 100644
--- a/Classes/Client/ClientManager.php
+++ b/Classes/Client/ClientManager.php
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class Client_ClientManager {
 			$client->loadConfig($this->configPool[$connectionHandler->getID()]);
 		}
 		$client->injectClientManager($this);
+		$client->injectProtocolHandler(new Protocol_IrcProtocolHandler());
 		$client->setID($connectionHandler->getID());
 		$client->setGroup($connectionHandler->getGroup());
 		$this->clientPool[$connectionHandler->getID()] = $client;
diff --git a/Classes/Client/IrcClient.php b/Classes/Client/IrcClient.php
index cf91bf3..9b06ced 100644
--- a/Classes/Client/IrcClient.php
+++ b/Classes/Client/IrcClient.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Client_IrcClient extends Client_AbstractClient {
 
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor.
+	 * @return void
 	 */
 	function __construct() {
 		$this->nick = "Serena";
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ class Client_IrcClient extends Client_AbstractClient {
 	 * @param string $data
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function processData($data) {
+	public function processContentObject($contentObject) {
+		$data = $contentObject->rawData;
 		//echo "[RECV] ".$data;
 
 		$this->clientManager->sendToGroup("srv", "[#".$this->ID."] ".$data."\r\n\r\n");
diff --git a/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolContentObject.php b/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolContentObject.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9b203d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolContentObject.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * The abstract ContentObject that will contain
+ * "parsed data" from the ProtocolHandler
+ * @author JPT
+ * @abstract
+ * @package Protocol
+ */
+abstract class Protocol_AbstractProtocolContentObject {
+
+	/**
+	 * Contains the raw data.
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	public $rawData;
+
+	/**
+	 * Default constructor.
+	 * Sets the rawData field.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	function __construct($rawData) {
+		$this->rawData = $rawData;
+	}
+}
+?>
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diff --git a/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolHandler.php b/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolHandler.php
index fe5885c..cf87df6 100644
--- a/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolHandler.php
+++ b/Classes/Protocol/AbstractProtocolHandler.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ abstract class Protocol_AbstractProtocolHandler {
 	/**
 	 * Parses incoming data, returns a ProtocolObject
 	 * @param string $data
-	 * @return Protocol_ProtocolObejct
+	 * @return mixed instance of Protocol_AbstractProtocolContentObject
 	 */
 	abstract public function parse($data);
 
diff --git a/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolContentObject.php b/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolContentObject.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3d8335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolContentObject.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ContentObject for IRC Protocol
+ * @author JPT
+ * @package Protocol
+ */
+class Protocol_IrcProtocolContentObject extends Protocol_AbstractProtocolContentObject {
+
+}
+?>
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diff --git a/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolHandler.php b/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4e87b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Protocol/IrcProtocolHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * The ProtocolHandler for the IRC Protocol.
+ * @author JPT
+ * @package Protocol
+ */
+class IrcProtocolHandler extends Protocol_AbstractProtocolHandler {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $data
+	 * @return Protocol_IrcProtocolContentObject
+	 */
+	public function parse($data) {
+		return new Protocol_IrcProtocolContentObject($data);
+	}
+}
+?>
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