Add documentation links to common exceptions

src/Autofac/Core/Activators/Reflection/ReflectionActivator.cs

@@ -290,12 +290,24 @@ private string GetBindingFailureMessage(BoundConstructor[] constructorBindings)
             reasons.Append(invalid.Description);
         }
 
-        return string.Format(
-            CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
-            ReflectionActivatorResources.NoConstructorsBindable,
-            ConstructorFinder,
-            _implementationType,
-            reasons);
+        if (ConstructorFinder is DefaultConstructorFinder)
+        {
+            // Simplify the text for the common default finder case (to make the message easier to understand).
+            return string.Format(
+                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
+                ReflectionActivatorResources.NoConstructorsBindableDefaultBinder,
+                _implementationType,
+                reasons);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return string.Format(
+                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
+                ReflectionActivatorResources.NoConstructorsBindable,
+                ConstructorFinder,
+                _implementationType,
+                reasons);
+        }
     }
 
     private void InjectProperties(object instance, IComponentContext context)

src/Autofac/Core/Activators/Reflection/ReflectionActivatorResources.resx

@@ -126,4 +126,9 @@
   <data name="NoConstructorsBindable" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>None of the constructors found with '{0}' on type '{1}' can be invoked with the available services and parameters:{2}</value>
   </data>
-</root>
+  <data name="NoConstructorsBindableDefaultBinder" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>None of the constructors found on type '{0}' can be invoked with the available services and parameters:{1}
+
+See https://autofac.rtfd.io/help/no-constructors-bindable for more info.</value>
+  </data>
+</root>

src/Autofac/Core/Lifetime/MatchingScopeLifetimeResources.resx

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
-  <!-- 
-    Microsoft ResX Schema 
-    
+  <!--
+    Microsoft ResX Schema
+
     Version 2.0
-    
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
     associated with the data types.
-    
+
     Example:
-    
+
     ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
     <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
     <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@
         <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
         <comment>This is a comment</comment>
     </data>
-                
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
     name/value pairs.
-    
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
     mimetype set.
-    
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
     extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-    
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
     read any of the formats listed below.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
 
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
             : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@
   <data name="MatchingScopeNotFound" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>No scope with a tag matching '{0}' is visible from the scope in which the instance was requested.
 
-If you see this during execution of a web application, it generally indicates that a component registered as per-HTTP request is being requested by a SingleInstance() component (or a similar scenario). Under the web integration always request dependencies from the dependency resolver or the request lifetime scope, never from the container itself.</value>
+If you see this during execution of a web application, it generally indicates that a component registered as per-HTTP request is being requested by a SingleInstance() component (or a similar scenario). Under the web integration always request dependencies from the dependency resolver or the request lifetime scope, never from the container itself.
+
+See https://autofac.rtfd.io/help/no-matching-scope for more info.</value>
   </data>
-</root>
+</root>

src/Autofac/Core/Registration/ComponentNotRegisteredExceptionResources.resx

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <root>
-  <!-- 
-    Microsoft ResX Schema 
-    
+  <!--
+    Microsoft ResX Schema
+
     Version 2.0
-    
-    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
-    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
-    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes
     associated with the data types.
-    
+
     Example:
-    
+
     ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
     <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
     <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
@@ -26,36 +26,36 @@
         <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
         <comment>This is a comment</comment>
     </data>
-                
-    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple
     name/value pairs.
-    
-    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
-    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
-    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
-    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
     mimetype set.
-    
-    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
-    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
     extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
-    
-    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
-    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
     read any of the formats listed below.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
-    
+
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+    value   : The object must be serialized with
             : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
 
     mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
-    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array
             : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
             : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
     -->
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <data name="Message" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The requested service '{0}' has not been registered. To avoid this exception, either register a component to provide the service, check for service registration using IsRegistered(), or use the ResolveOptional() method to resolve an optional dependency.</value>
+    <value>The requested service '{0}' has not been registered. To avoid this exception, either register a component to provide the service, check for service registration using IsRegistered(), or use the ResolveOptional() method to resolve an optional dependency.
+
+See https://autofac.rtfd.io/help/service-not-registered for more info.</value>
   </data>
-</root>
+</root>

test/Autofac.Test/Core/Activators/Reflection/ReflectionActivatorTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Autofac Project. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
 
+using System.Reflection;
 using Autofac.Core;
 using Autofac.Core.Activators.Reflection;
 using Autofac.Test.Scenarios.ConstructorSelection;
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ public void NonPublicConstructorsIgnored()
         var dx = Assert.Throws<DependencyResolutionException>(() =>
             invoker(Factory.CreateEmptyContainer(), Factory.NoParameters));
 
-        Assert.Contains(typeof(DefaultConstructorFinder).Name, dx.Message);
+        Assert.Contains(typeof(InternalDefaultConstructor).Name, dx.Message);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -338,6 +339,20 @@ public void ConstructorSelectorCannotReturnInvalidBinding()
         Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => invoker(container, Factory.NoParameters));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void CustomBinderNameIncludedInErrorMessage()
+    {
+        var target = Factory.CreateReflectionActivator(typeof(InternalDefaultConstructor), new SimpleConstructorFinder());
+
+        // Constructor finding happens at pipeline construction; not when the pipeline is invoked.
+        var invoker = target.GetPipelineInvoker(Factory.CreateEmptyComponentRegistry());
+
+        var dx = Assert.Throws<DependencyResolutionException>(() =>
+            invoker(Factory.CreateEmptyContainer(), Factory.NoParameters));
+
+        Assert.Contains(typeof(SimpleConstructorFinder).Name, dx.Message);
+    }
+
     private class MisbehavingConstructorSelector : IConstructorSelector
     {
         public BoundConstructor SelectConstructorBinding(BoundConstructor[] constructorBindings, IEnumerable<Parameter> parameters)
@@ -346,6 +361,11 @@ public BoundConstructor SelectConstructorBinding(BoundConstructor[] constructorB
         }
     }
 
+    private class SimpleConstructorFinder : IConstructorFinder
+    {
+        public ConstructorInfo[] FindConstructors(Type targetType) => targetType.GetDeclaredPublicConstructors();
+    }
+
     public class AcceptsIntParameter
     {
         public AcceptsIntParameter(int i)

test/Autofac.Test/Factory.cs

@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ public static ReflectionActivator CreateReflectionActivator(Type implementation,
             properties);
     }
 
+    public static ReflectionActivator CreateReflectionActivator(Type implementation, IConstructorFinder customFinder)
+    {
+        return new ReflectionActivator(
+            implementation,
+            customFinder,
+            new MostParametersConstructorSelector(),
+            NoParameters,
+            NoProperties);
+    }
+
     public static ReflectionActivator CreateReflectionActivator(Type implementation, IConstructorSelector customSelector)
     {
         return new ReflectionActivator(