protected final User createUser(String name) {

        UserAdmin useradmin = getService(UserAdmin.class);

        User user = (User) useradmin.createRole(name, Role.USER);

        if (user == null) {

            user = useradmin.getUser("username", name);

        }

        else {

            user.getProperties().put("username", name);

        }

        return user;

    }