Make it clear when a value injector is missing

source/poodinis/autowire.d

@@ -206,10 +206,14 @@ private QualifierType createOrResolveInstance(MemberType, QualifierType, bool cr
 
 private void injectValue(string member, size_t memberIndex, string key, Type)(shared(DependencyContainer) container, Type instance) {
 	alias MemberType = typeof(Type.tupleof[memberIndex]);
-	auto injector = container.resolve!(ValueInjector!MemberType);
-	instance.tupleof[memberIndex] = injector.get(key);
-	debug(poodinisVerbose) {
-		printDebugValueInjection(typeid(Type), &instance, member, typeid(MemberType), key);
+	try {
+		auto injector = container.resolve!(ValueInjector!MemberType);
+		instance.tupleof[memberIndex] = injector.get(key);
+		debug(poodinisVerbose) {
+			printDebugValueInjection(typeid(Type), &instance, member, typeid(MemberType), key);
+		}
+	} catch (ResolveException e) {
+		throw new ValueInjectionException(format("Could not inject value of type %s into %s.%s: value injector is missing for this type.", typeid(MemberType), typeid(Type), member));
 	}
 }
 

source/poodinis/container.d

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import poodinis.registration;
 import poodinis.autowire;
 import poodinis.context;
 import poodinis.factory;
+import poodinis.valueinjection;
 
 /**
  * Exception thrown when errors occur while resolving a type in a dependency container.
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ class ResolveException : Exception {
 	this(string message, TypeInfo resolveType) {
 		super(format("Exception while resolving type %s: %s", resolveType.toString(), message));
 	}
+
+	this(Throwable cause, TypeInfo resolveType) {
+		super(format("Exception while resolving type %s", resolveType.toString()), cause);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -286,7 +291,12 @@ synchronized class DependencyContainer {
 		}
 
 		Registration registration = getQualifiedRegistration(resolveType, qualifierType, cast(Registration[]) *candidates);
-		return resolveAutowiredInstance!QualifierType(registration);
+
+		try {
+			return resolveAutowiredInstance!QualifierType(registration);
+		} catch (ValueInjectionException e) {
+			throw new ResolveException(e, resolveType);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private QualifierType resolveAutowiredInstance(QualifierType)(Registration registration) {

source/poodinis/valueinjection.d

@@ -11,23 +11,40 @@
  */
 module poodinis.valueinjection;
 
+import std.exception;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when something goes wrong during value injection.
+ */
+class ValueInjectionException : Exception {
+	mixin basicExceptionCtors;
+}
+
 /**
  * UDA used for marking class members which should be value-injected.
  *
  * A key must be supplied, which can be in any format depending on how
  * a value injector reads it.
  *
+ * When the injector throws a ValueNotAvailableException, the value is
+ * not injected and will keep its original assignment.
+ *
  * Examples:
  * ---
  * class MyClass {
  *     @Value("general.importantNumber")
- *     private int number;
+ *     private int number = 8;
  * }
  * ---
  */
 struct Value {
+	/**
+	 * The textual key used to find the value by injectors.
+	 *
+	 * The format is injector-specific.
+	 */
 	string key;
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Interface which should be implemented by value injectors.

test/poodinis/valueinjectiontest.d

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 import poodinis;
 
+import std.exception;
+
 version(unittest) {
 	struct Thing {
 		int x;
@@ -58,4 +60,13 @@ version(unittest) {
 		assert(instance.name == "Le Chef");
 		assert(instance.thing.x == 8899);
 	}
+
+	// Test injection of values throws exception when injector is not there
+	unittest {
+		auto container = new shared DependencyContainer();
+		container.register!MyConfig;
+		assertThrown!ResolveException(container.resolve!MyConfig);
+
+		assertThrown!ValueInjectionException(autowire(container, new MyConfig()));
+	}
 }