private User defineBasicUserAttributes() { Date createdOn = new Date(); User createdByUser = (User) SessionService.getSessionAttribute("user"); String createdBy = createdByUser.getUserName(); User newUser = new User(); newUser.setCreatedBy(createdBy); newUser.setCreatedOn(createdOn); newUser.setDisabled(false); newUser.setEmail(email); newUser.setPassword(PasswordService.createHashedPassword(password)); newUser.setUserName(userName); newUser.setFirstName(firstName); newUser.setLastName(lastName); return newUser; }