1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/registry_key.rb b/lib/chef/provider/registry_key.rb
index 5e8dbe9bd8..58b0a19586 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/registry_key.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/registry_key.rb
@@ -70,27 +70,51 @@ class Chef
         end
       end
 
+      def key_missing?(values, name)
+        values.each do |v|
+          return true unless v.has_key?(name)
+        end
+        false
+      end
+
       def define_resource_requirements
         requirements.assert(:create, :create_if_missing, :delete, :delete_key) do |a|
           a.assertion { registry.hive_exists?(@new_resource.key) }
           a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::Win32RegHiveMissing, "Hive #{@new_resource.key.split("\\").shift} does not exist")
         end
+
         requirements.assert(:create) do |a|
           a.assertion { registry.key_exists?(@new_resource.key) }
           a.whyrun("Key #{@new_resource.key} does not exist. Unless it would have been created before, attempt to modify its values would fail.")
         end
+
         requirements.assert(:create, :create_if_missing) do |a|
-          #If keys missing in the path and recursive == false
+          # If keys missing in the path and recursive == false
           a.assertion { !registry.keys_missing?(@current_resource.key) || @new_resource.recursive }
           a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::Win32RegNoRecursive, "Intermediate keys missing but recursive is set to false")
           a.whyrun("Intermediate keys in #{@new_resource.key} do not exist. Unless they would have been created earlier, attempt to modify them would fail.")
         end
+
         requirements.assert(:delete_key) do |a|
-          #If key to be deleted has subkeys but recurssive == false
+          # If key to be deleted has subkeys but recurssive == false
           a.assertion { !registry.key_exists?(@new_resource.key) || !registry.has_subkeys?(@new_resource.key) || @new_resource.recursive }
           a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::Win32RegNoRecursive, "#{@new_resource.key} has subkeys but recursive is set to false.")
           a.whyrun("#{@current_resource.key} has subkeys, but recursive is set to false. attempt to delete would fails unless subkeys were deleted prior to this action.")
         end
+
+        requirements.assert(:create, :create_if_missing) do |a|
+          # If type key missing in the RegistryKey values hash
+          a.assertion { !key_missing?(@new_resource.values, :type) }
+          a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::RegKeyValuesTypeMissing, "Missing type key in RegistryKey values hash")
+          a.whyrun("Type key does not exist. Attempt would fail unless the complete values hash containing all the keys does not exist for registry_key resource's create action.")
+        end
+
+        requirements.assert(:create, :create_if_missing) do |a|
+          # If data key missing in the RegistryKey values hash
+          a.assertion { !key_missing?(@new_resource.values, :data) }
+          a.failure_message(Chef::Exceptions::RegKeyValuesDataMissing, "Missing data key in RegistryKey values hash")
+          a.whyrun("Data key does not exist. Attempt would fail unless the complete values hash containing all the keys does not exist for registry_key resource's create action.")
+        end
       end
 
       def action_create