intermediateManaging Users: UserDetailsService & UserDetailsManager
What is the difference between UserDetailsService and UserDetailsManager?
UserDetailsService is a read-only, single-method interface (loadUserByUsername) — the minimum Spring Security needs to authenticate. UserDetailsManager extends it and adds full user-management operations (createUser, updateUser, deleteUser, changePassword) for applications that also need to manage accounts, not just verify them.
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