Hi everyone.

For the HW3 Question 1 (User registration)

I'm trying to create a user with this input:
{
    "email": "test@test.com",
    "first_name": "test_name",
    "last_name": "test_lastname",
    "major_or_organizational_unit": "Computer Science",
    "password": "password",
    "title": "Event_organizer",
    "username": "test_username",
    "roles": [2]
}

I created a constructor for the Role entity like so:

@JsonCreator
    public Role(@JsonProperty("id") Long id)
    {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = "";
    }

but I get a 400 error with this description: The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).

If I remove the @JsonProperty("id") like this:

@JsonCreator
    public Role(Long id)
    {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = "";
    }

it works but the Role in the database is updated such that it only has an id. The name is overwritten with an empty string.

Does anyone know how to pass only the role ( [2] ) and have the system create a role with that id and the corresponding name and attach it to the User object?

Thank you very much, Professor.

It works perfectly well now.