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SpringApp/.vscode/launch.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
 			"mainClass": "com.ip.library.LibraryApplication",
 			"projectName": "library",
-			"args": "--populate",
+			"args": "",
 			"envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env"
 		}
 	]

SpringApp/library/build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
 	id 'java'
-	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.2.4'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.2.2'
 	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.4'
 }
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.3.0'
 	implementation 'org.modelmapper:modelmapper:3.2.0'
 	
+	developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
+
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 }
 

SpringApp/library/src/main/java/com/ip/library/users/service/UserService.java

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class UserService {
     }
 
     public UserEntity create(UserEntity entity) {
-        if (!entity.getRole().equals("user")) {
+        if (entity.getRole() == null || !entity.getRole().equals("user")) {
             entity.setRole("user");
         }
         entity.setBooks(new ArrayList<BookEntity>());