From 48e008d2712d7c846fc79285a77959ed36f14ae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tommy Lillehagen <tommy@lillehagen.me>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:16:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] CORDA-2783 - Improve error message for initial registration
 with devMode=true (#4928)

---
 node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/NodeCmdLineOptions.kt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/NodeCmdLineOptions.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/NodeCmdLineOptions.kt
index 019d5f4b24..17eab97839 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/NodeCmdLineOptions.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/NodeCmdLineOptions.kt
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ open class SharedNodeCmdLineOptions {
 class InitialRegistrationCmdLineOptions : SharedNodeCmdLineOptions() {
     override fun parseConfiguration(configuration: Config): Valid<NodeConfiguration> {
         return super.parseConfiguration(configuration).doIfValid { config ->
-            require(!config.devMode || config.devModeOptions?.allowCompatibilityZone == true)
+            require(!config.devMode || config.devModeOptions?.allowCompatibilityZone == true) {
+                "Cannot perform initial registration when 'devMode' is true, unless 'devModeOptions.allowCompatibilityZone' is also true."
+            }
             require(config.compatibilityZoneURL != null || config.networkServices != null) {
                 "compatibilityZoneURL or networkServices must be present in the node configuration file in registration mode."
             }