@Override public void createUser(UserDetails user) { User castedUser = (User) user; this.verifyUser(castedUser); castedUser.setAuthorities(this.returnUserLevelAuthorities()); castedUser.setPassword(SecurityConfiguration.passwordEncoder.encode(castedUser.getPassword())); try { this.userRepository.save(castedUser); } catch (Exception e) { logger.error(e.getMessage()); throw e; } }