//functions should preferably be static as they should be stateless public static ServerResponse createUser(string email, string password, string passwordConf) { //check to see if the email is already taken long id = SqliteHandler.getUserId(email); if (id != -1) { //return a failure with an error message an no payload return(new ServerResponse(false, "email already exists", null)); } //check to see if passwords match if (password.Equals(passwordConf) == false) { return(new ServerResponse(false, "passwords do not match", null)); } //Down the line do some call to send an email to the user, for now do nothing //grab the user id of the created user //hash the password password = hashPassword(password); id = SqliteHandler.createUser(email, password); if (id == -1) { //there was some failure return(new ServerResponse(false, "there was an error creating the user", null)); } UserModel newUser = SqliteHandler.getUser(id); //grab the created user if (newUser != null) { //return a success with a success message and put the user into the payload return(new ServerResponse(true, "account created successfully", newUser)); } else { //there was some failure return(new ServerResponse(false, "there was an error grabbing the created the user", null)); } }