Validator that accounts for context of validation

ExampleUsage.php

<?php

// After injecting the class into your controller, you would call it on a method like so

// store here is the context
// this will validate it against that set of rules

$this->validator->validate(Input::all(), 'store');

FormValidationException.php

<?php namespace Acme\Exceptions;


use Illuminate\Support\MessageBag;

class FormValidationException extends \Exception
{

	/**
	 * @var MessageBag
	 */
	protected $errors;

	
	function __construct($message, MessageBag $errors)
	{
		$this->errors = $errors;

		parent::__construct($message);
	}

	public function getErrors()
	{
		return $this->errors;
	}
}

FormValidator.php

<?php namespace Acme\Forms;


use Illuminate\Validation\Factory as Validator;
use Acme\Exceptions\FormValidationException;


abstract class FormValidator {


	/**
	 * @var Validator
	 */
	protected $validator;


	/**
	 * @var Validator
	 */
	protected $validation;


	/**
	 * @param Validator $validator
	 */
	function __construct(Validator $validator) 
	{
		$this->validator = $validator;
	}


	public function validate(array $formData, $context)
	{
		$this->validation = $this->validator->make($formData, $this->getValidationRules($context));

		if($this->validation->fails())
		{
			throw new FormValidationException("Validation failed", $this->getValidationErrors());
		}

		return true;
	}

	protected function getValidationRules($context)
	{

		if(isset($context) && isset($this->rules[$context])) return $this->rules[$context];

		return $this->rules;
	}

	protected function getValidationErrors()
	{
		return $this->validation->errors();
	}

}

UserForm.php

<?php namespace Acme\Forms;

class ClaimsForm extends FormValidator {

	protected $rules = [
		'store' => [
	            "email" => "required|unique",
	            "password" => "required"
		],
		'update' => [
			"email" => "required"
		]
	];

}