Fail with an actionable error when NelmioApiDocBundle is unconfigured

[stixx]

Problem

CollectNelmioApiDocRoutesPass::process() returned early when the nelmio_api_doc.areas parameter was missing:

if (!$container->hasParameter('nelmio_api_doc.areas')) {
    return;
}

That skip is silent, but it also means the pass never registers stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.routes_locator or the stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.path_patterns parameter — and config/routing.php references both unconditionally:

->arg('$routesLocator', service('stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.routes_locator'))
->arg('$pathPatterns', param('stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.path_patterns'));

So the container fails to compile and cache:clear reports that stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.routes_locator does not exist, with nothing pointing at the real cause.

This is easy to hit in practice when NelmioApiDocBundle's Flex recipe is skipped: Composer installs the package, but it never lands in config/bundles.php and never gets a package config. The bundle depends on Nelmio being configured, not merely installed.

Change

• The pass now throws a LogicException naming which half of the setup is missing. It checks hasExtension('nelmio_api_doc') to distinguish "not registered in config/bundles.php" from "registered but has no configuration, so it defined no areas", and includes the bundles.php entry plus a copy-pasteable nelmio_api_doc.yaml.
• README gains an install step for configuring Nelmio, and the requirement is listed under Requirements.

Tests

testProcessWithoutParameter asserted the old silent-skip behaviour and has been replaced by one test per branch. Full suite (209 tests), PHPStan and PHP-CS-Fixer all pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Added clear setup errors when NelmioApiDocBundle is not registered or configured.
  • Installation now provides actionable guidance for resolving missing bundle registration or documentation area configuration.

• Documentation

  • Updated installation requirements to include NelmioApiDocBundle 5.8 or later.
  • Added instructions for registering the bundle and defining at least one documentation area.

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Walkthrough

The compiler pass now throws descriptive exceptions when NelmioApiDocBundle is missing or unconfigured. The README documents the required bundle registration and API area configuration. Unit tests cover both failure cases.

Changes

NelmioApiDoc configuration validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Compiler configuration validation src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CollectNelmioApiDocRoutesPass.php	process() now throws a LogicException when nelmio_api_doc.areas is absent. The error identifies missing bundle registration or missing package configuration.
Setup documentation and failure-path tests README.md, tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CollectNelmioApiDocRoutesPassTest.php	The README documents NelmioApiDocBundle 5.8+, bundle registration, and area configuration. Tests verify both descriptive exception messages.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to add42

The PR replaces an indirect container error with a targeted Nelmio configuration failure, but the README still describes the obsolete missing-service behavior and one error branch can direct already-registered applications toward the wrong setup fix. This is a bounded documentation and error-guidance issue that is mergeable with explicit follow-up.

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Docstring coverage is 16.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 62-63: Update the README text describing the container compilation
failure so it documents the actionable LogicException raised by the compiler
pass before stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.routes_locator is accessed, and direct
users to the relevant setup instructions instead of describing the obsolete
missing-service error.

In `@src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CollectNelmioApiDocRoutesPass.php`:
- Around line 72-75: Update the setup message construction in the compiler pass
so the unregistered branch mentions adding the NelmioApiDocBundle entry, while
the branch where hasExtension('nelmio_api_doc') is true only instructs the user
to create or update config/packages/nelmio_api_doc.yaml. Keep the existing
guidance for each branch otherwise unchanged.

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[stixx]

Both points were valid; fixed in b65c6aa.

• The shared remedy told users to add the config/bundles.php entry even on the branch where hasExtension('nelmio_api_doc') is true and the bundle is therefore already registered. Each branch now carries only its own instruction, and the test asserts config/bundles.php is absent from the registered-but-unconfigured message.
• The README still described the old missing-service error; it now describes the exception.

While here, the two message tests became a #[DataProvider] per the project guidelines, and comments were trimmed. 209 tests pass, PHPStan and PHP-CS-Fixer clean.

[stixx]

Ran the same review treatment as #34. One gap worth closing, fixed in c8191f0; no defects found in the change itself.

Verified both branches actually fire during a real container build. This was the main risk: the bundle's own prepend() writes nelmio_api_doc config, so I wanted to confirm nothing upstream fails first and skips the pass. Booting a kernel without NelmioApiDocBundle produces exactly the intended message — prependExtensionConfig() for an unregistered extension is silently ignored, so the pass is reached.

Added functional coverage. The unit tests call process() directly, which cannot catch an upstream ordering problem — the same blind spot that let the routing bug in #34 ship. MissingNelmioConfigurationTest boots a kernel without the bundle registered. With the throw reverted it fails with the original symptom:

The service "...NelmioAreaRoutesChecker" has a dependency on a non-existent service "stixx_openapi_command.nelmio.routes_locator"

Note on the second branch's reach. "Registered but not configured" is narrower than it looks: with the default problem_details: true, our prepend() supplies Nelmio config, Nelmio's extension loads and defines a default area, so the parameter is always set. That branch is only reachable with problem_details: false and no user Nelmio config. The message is correct for it; it stays unit-tested rather than functionally tested, since TestKernel auto-loads extensions and cannot reproduce it.

One observation, out of scope for this diff. NelmioAreaRoutesChecker::matchesByRouteName() does return false when a locator entry is not a RouteCollection, which abandons the remaining areas instead of skipping just that one. Pre-existing and unrelated to this PR — mentioning it since it is the same silent-degradation family these two PRs have been clearing out.

210 tests, PHPStan max and PHP-CS-Fixer clean. CodeRabbit's CHANGES_REQUESTED predates the fixes in b65c6aa and likely needs a re-review to clear.