added error for when no parameter fits

- added check to applyParameter that throws an error if the provided param does not match any known param
- added to applyParameter unit test to ensure an error is thrown

closes idaholab#27556

framework/src/utils/InputParameters.C

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "MultiMooseEnum.h"
 #include "ExecFlagEnum.h"
 #include "MooseObject.h"
+#include "FEProblem.h"
 
 #include "libmesh/utility.h"
 #include "libmesh/simple_range.h"
@@ -1156,6 +1157,8 @@ InputParameters::applyParameter(const InputParameters & common,
     // the parameter in the action
     at(local_name)._hit_node = common.getHitNode(common_name);
   }
+  else if (!local_exist && !common_exist)
+    mooseError("Attempted to apply invalid parameter \"", common_name, "\"");
 
   // Enable deprecated message printing
   _show_deprecated_message = true;

unit/src/InputParametersTest.C

@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ TEST(InputParametersTest, applyParameter)
   p2.set<MultiMooseEnum>("enum") = "bar";
   p1.applyParameter(p2, "enum");
   EXPECT_TRUE(p1.get<MultiMooseEnum>("enum").contains("bar"));
+
+  // applyParameter should throw error if input parameter doesn't match any valid parameters
+  EXPECT_THROW(p1.applyParameter(p2, "invalid_param"), std::exception);
 }
 
 TEST(InputParametersTest, applyParametersVector)