/**
* creates a new user.
*
* @param username the name of the user.
* @param password the password.
* @return the dto object created after registering the user.
*/
public final User register(final String username, final String password) {
User user = new User();
user.setUsername(username);
user.setPassword(password);
user = userService.save(user);
// set the default role for the user
addToDefaultRole(user);
return user;
}
/**
* adds {@code user} to the default role.
*
* @param user the user
*/
private void addToDefaultRole(final User user) {
Role defaultRole = new Role();
defaultRole.setRole(RoleNames.ROLE_USER.ordinal());
defaultRole.setUser(user);
roleRepository.save(defaultRole);
user.setRole(defaultRole);
}
