Update planner error description with better error messages

.npmignore

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mocha.opts
 prettier.config.mjs
 PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
 renovate.json
+scripts
 src
 temp
 test

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
+- Updated planner with better error description when a binding can not be properly resolved.
 
 ### Fixed
 

src/constants/error_msgs.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ export const AMBIGUOUS_MATCH: string =
 export const CANNOT_UNBIND: string = 'Could not unbind serviceIdentifier:';
 export const NOT_REGISTERED: string =
   'No matching bindings found for serviceIdentifier:';
-export const MISSING_INJECTABLE_ANNOTATION: string =
-  'Missing required @injectable annotation in:';
+export const TRYING_TO_RESOLVE_BINDINGS: (name: string) => string = (
+  name: string,
+) => `Trying to resolve bindings for "${name}"`;
 export const UNDEFINED_INJECT_ANNOTATION: (name: string) => string = (
   name: string,
 ) =>

src/planning/planner.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ function _getActiveBindings(
   _validateActiveBindingCount(
     target.serviceIdentifier,
     activeBindings,
+    parentRequest,
     target,
     context.container,
   );
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ function _getTargetMetadata(
 function _validateActiveBindingCount(
   serviceIdentifier: interfaces.ServiceIdentifier,
   bindings: interfaces.Binding<unknown>[],
+  parentRequest: interfaces.Request | null,
   target: interfaces.Target,
   container: interfaces.Container,
 ): interfaces.Binding<unknown>[] {
@@ -161,6 +163,11 @@ function _validateActiveBindingCount(
           serviceIdentifierString,
           getBindings,
         );
+
+        if (parentRequest !== null) {
+          msg += `\n${ERROR_MSGS.TRYING_TO_RESOLVE_BINDINGS(getServiceIdentifierAsString(parentRequest.serviceIdentifier))}`;
+        }
+
         throw new Error(msg);
       }
 

test/planning/planner.test.ts

@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ describe('Planner', () => {
     };
 
     expect(throwFunction).to.throw(
-      'No matching bindings found for serviceIdentifier: Function',
+      `No matching bindings found for serviceIdentifier: Function
+Trying to resolve bindings for "Ninja"`,
     );
   });
 });