public User createUserInformation( String login, String password, String firstName, String lastName, String email, String langKey) { User newUser = new User(); Authority authority = authorityRepository.findOne("ROLE_USER"); Set<Authority> authorities = new HashSet<>(); String encryptedPassword = passwordEncoder.encode(password); newUser.setLogin(login); // new user gets initially a generated password newUser.setPassword(encryptedPassword); newUser.setFirstName(firstName); newUser.setLastName(lastName); newUser.setEmail(email); newUser.setLangKey(langKey); // new user is not active newUser.setActivated(false); // new user gets registration key newUser.setActivationKey(RandomUtil.generateActivationKey()); authorities.add(authority); newUser.setAuthorities(authorities); userRepository.save(newUser); log.debug("Created Information for User: {}", newUser); return newUser; }