From ad840a785c2d404122da84df96b7e5984c8cef21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucy Ciara Herud-Thomassen <86323303+LucyCiara@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:45:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix[UserService]: re-implement email checker for sign-up

---
 src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/user/UserService.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/user/UserService.java b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/user/UserService.java
index 6bee483..e6439f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/user/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/group5/app/model/user/UserService.java
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public boolean registerUser(String role, String firstName, String lastName,
         firstName == null || firstName.trim().isEmpty() ||
         lastName == null || lastName.trim().isEmpty() ||
         email == null || email.trim().isEmpty() ||
-        passwordHash == null || passwordHash.trim().isEmpty()) {
+        passwordHash == null || passwordHash.trim().isEmpty() ||
+        this.getUserByEmail(email) != null) {
       return false;
     }
     User user;