User and UserDataPersister

User.php

<?php
namespace App\Entity;

use ApiPlatform\Core\Annotation\ApiResource;
use App\Repository\UserRepository;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\EquatableInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\PasswordAuthenticatedUserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\SerializedName;

#[ORM\Table(name: 'users')]
#[ORM\Entity(repositoryClass: UserRepository::class)]
#[ApiResource(
    normalizationContext: ['groups' => ['read:User:collection', 'read:User:item']],
    denormalizationContext: ['groups' => ['write:User:collection', 'write:User:item']],
    paginationEnabled: true,
)]
class User implements UserInterface, PasswordAuthenticatedUserInterface, EquatableInterface, \Serializable
{
    #[ORM\Id]
    #[ORM\GeneratedValue]
    #[ORM\Column(type: 'integer')]
    #[Groups(['read:User:collection', 'read:User:item'])]
    private int $id;

    #[ORM\Column(type: 'string', unique: true, length: 100)]
    #[Groups(['read:User:collection', 'read:User:item', 'write:User:collection', 'write:User:item'])]
    private string $username;

    #[ORM\Column(type: 'string', length: 255, nullable: true)]
    private ?string $password = null;

    #[SerializedName('password')]
    #[Groups(['write:User:collection', 'write:User:item'])]
    private ?string $plain_password = null;

    // setter and getter for other fields
  
  
    public function setPassword(?string $password): self
    {
        $this->password = $password;

        return $this;
    }

    public function getPlainPassword(): ?string
    {
        return $this->plain_password;
    }

    public function setPlainPassword(?string $plain_password): self
    {
        $this->plain_password = $plain_password;

        return $this;
    }

UserDataPersister.php

<?php
namespace App\DataPersister;

use ApiPlatform\Core\DataPersister\DataPersisterInterface;
use App\Entity\User;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
use Symfony\Component\PasswordHasher\Hasher\UserPasswordHasherInterface;

class UserDataPersister implements DataPersisterInterface
{
    public function __construct(private EntityManagerInterface $entityManager, private UserPasswordHasherInterface $passwordHasher)
    {
    }

    public function supports($data): bool
    {
        return $data instanceof User;
    }

    /**
     * @param User $data
     */
    public function persist($data): object
    {
        if ($data->getPlainPassword()) {
            $data->setPassword($this->passwordHasher->hashPassword($data, $data->getPlainPassword()));
            $data->eraseCredentials();
        }

        $this->entityManager->persist($data);
        $this->entityManager->flush();

        return $data;
    }

    public function remove($data)
    {
        $this->entityManager->remove($data);
        $this->entityManager->flush();
    }
}