Avoiding discarding exception details of MissingMethodException in RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl

src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/RuntimeType.CoreCLR.cs

@@ -3915,13 +3915,18 @@ private void CreateInstanceCheckThis()
                 }
 
                 MethodBase? invokeMethod;
-                object? state = null;
+                object? state;
 
                 try
                 {
                     invokeMethod = binder.BindToMethod(bindingAttr, cons, ref args, null, culture, null, out state);
                 }
-                catch (MissingMethodException) { invokeMethod = null; }
+                catch (MissingMethodException innerMME)
+                {
+                    // Rethrows to rewrite a message to include the class name.
+                    // Make sure the original exception is set as an inner exception.
+                    throw new MissingMethodException(SR.Format(SR.MissingConstructor_Name, FullName), innerMME);
+                }
 
                 if (invokeMethod is null)
                 {

src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.Runtime.Tests/System/ActivatorTests.cs

@@ -107,6 +107,105 @@ public void CreateInstance_PublicOnlyTypeWithPrivateDefaultConstructor_ThrowsMis
             Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(TypeWithPrivateDefaultConstructor), nonPublic: false));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CreateInstance_WithCustomBinder_ThrowsMissingMethodException()
+        {
+            // MissingMethodException not caused by a binder must not contain an inner exception.
+            var mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(TypeWithPrivateDefaultConstructor), nonPublic: false));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Tests.ActivatorTests+TypeWithPrivateDefaultConstructor", mme.Message);
+            Assert.Null(mme.InnerException);
+
+            mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(TypeWithoutDefaultCtor)));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Tests.ActivatorTests+TypeWithoutDefaultCtor", mme.Message);
+            Assert.Null(mme.InnerException);
+
+            // MissingMethodException caused by a binder must be wrapped.
+            mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(object), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new MissingMethodException("Hello, World!!") },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Object", mme.Message);
+            Assert.NotNull(mme.InnerException);
+            Assert.IsType<MissingMethodException>(mme.InnerException);
+            Assert.Equal("Hello, World!!", mme.InnerException.Message);
+
+            mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(Random), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new MissingMethodException("good-bye...") },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Random", mme.Message);
+            Assert.NotNull(mme.InnerException);
+            Assert.IsType<MissingMethodException>(mme.InnerException);
+            Assert.Equal("good-bye...", mme.InnerException.Message);
+
+            // Any other exceptions will not be caught.
+            Assert.Throws<Exception>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(object), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new Exception() },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(object), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new ArgumentNullException() },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Throws<FileNotFoundException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(Random), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new FileNotFoundException() },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(Random), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => throw new InvalidOperationException() },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+
+            // MissingMethodException must not contain an inner exception when BindToMethod returns null.
+            mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(object), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => null },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Object", mme.Message);
+            Assert.Null(mme.InnerException);
+
+            mme = Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() => Activator.CreateInstance(
+                typeof(Random), BindingFlags.CreateInstance,
+                new CustomBinder() { BindToMethodAction = () => null },
+                null, null, null
+            ));
+            Assert.Contains("System.Random", mme.Message);
+            Assert.Null(mme.InnerException);
+        }
+
+        class CustomBinder : Binder
+        {
+            public required Func<MethodBase?> BindToMethodAction { get; init; }
+
+            public override MethodBase BindToMethod(BindingFlags bindingAttr, MethodBase[] match, ref object?[] args, ParameterModifier[]? modifiers, CultureInfo? culture, string[]? names, out object? state)
+            {
+                state = null;
+                return this.BindToMethodAction()!;
+            }
+
+            public override FieldInfo BindToField(BindingFlags bindingAttr, FieldInfo[] match, object value, CultureInfo? culture)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public override object ChangeType(object value, Type type, CultureInfo? culture)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public override void ReorderArgumentArray(ref object?[] args, object state)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public override MethodBase? SelectMethod(BindingFlags bindingAttr, MethodBase[] match, Type[] types, ParameterModifier[]? modifiers)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public override PropertyInfo? SelectProperty(BindingFlags bindingAttr, PropertyInfo[] match, Type? returnType, Type[]? indexes, ParameterModifier[]? modifiers)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void CreateInstance_NullableType_ReturnsNull()
         {

src/mono/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/RuntimeType.Mono.cs

@@ -1549,13 +1549,18 @@ private void CreateInstanceCheckThis()
                         }
 
                         MethodBase? invokeMethod;
-                        object? state = null;
+                        object? state;
 
                         try
                         {
                             invokeMethod = binder.BindToMethod(bindingAttr, cons, ref args, null, culture, null, out state);
                         }
-                        catch (MissingMethodException) { invokeMethod = null; }
+                        catch (MissingMethodException innerMME)
+                        {
+                            // Rethrows to rewrite a message to include the class name.
+                            // Make sure the original exception is set as an inner exception.
+                            throw new MissingMethodException(SR.Format(SR.MissingConstructor_Name, FullName), innerMME);
+                        }
 
                         if (invokeMethod == null)
                         {