Laravel 5 Commands - dispatch command pipeline - command

Question

Is it possible to create a sort of command pipeline when dispatching a command?
For instance:
$this->dispatch(new UploadFileCommand) would call ValidateFileCommand, WhateverCommand.
It's like pipeThrough but triggers specific commands.

Answer 1

I know you asked this a while ago but thought I'd answer anyway.
artisan make:middleware WhateverPipeline
You would then have to add
use DispatchesCommands;
Then
$this->dispatch(new WhateverCommand());
<?php namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesCommands;
class WhateverPipeline {
use DispatchesCommands;
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
$this->dispatch(new WhateverCommand());
return $next($request);
}
}
The WhateverCommand would have to not be a queue command to be executed there and then in the pipeline.
You can also dispatch any commands from within WhateverCommand with
use DispatchesCommands;

Answer 2

After talking to some people, I realized I was overthinking this. The solution is simpler than I was imagining. To pipe through commands, just do:
public function whateverMethod(Dispatcher $dispacher) {
$dispached->pipeThrough([]) // arrays with commands
}
Dispacher comes through beautiful laravel 5 method injection!