Add user registration

[gopi-k-rayini]

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[SBurns002]

Approving - I just have a question about the UserType and how we're going to use it. I see we are using a getUserType in the Controller and the User.java file also has functionality to force the User Type to not be null - but where are we setting it? I don't think the user will be registering it, but I do see it as part of the JSON string for the /register endpoint. Are we just going to automatically set up everyone as an employee for now?

[gopi-k-rayini]

Yes we should be setting everyone up as an employee. I know we decided on not scoping to employer, so that won't be used unless we plan on expanding the scope!