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+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/UserServiceBean.java	Tue Sep 08 17:00:21 2015 +0200
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+package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse;
+
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.AuthenticatedUser;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import javax.ejb.EJB;
+import javax.ejb.Stateless;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+
+@Stateless
+@Named
+public class UserServiceBean {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UserServiceBean.class.getCanonicalName());
+
+    @PersistenceContext
+    EntityManager em;
+    
+    @EJB IndexServiceBean indexService;
+
+    public AuthenticatedUser save( AuthenticatedUser user ) {
+        if ( user.getId() == null ) {
+            em.persist(this);
+        } else {
+            user = em.merge(user);
+        }
+        em.flush();
+
+        return user;
+    }
+
+}