Rename Interfaces to Contracts to better match Laravel conventions

app/Contracts/Controller.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Contracts;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Class Controller
+ */
+abstract class Controller extends \Illuminate\Routing\Controller
+{
+    use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;
+
+    /**
+     * Write a error to the flash and redirect the user to a route
+     *
+     * @param $message
+     * @param $route
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function flashError($message, $route)
+    {
+        flash()->error($message);
+        return redirect(route($route))->withInput();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shortcut function to get the attributes from a request while running the validations
+     *
+     * @param Request $request
+     * @param array   $attrs_or_validations
+     * @param array   $addtl_fields
+     *
+     * @throws \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getFromReq($request, $attrs_or_validations, $addtl_fields = null)
+    {
+        // See if a list of values is passed in, or if a validation list is passed in
+        $is_validation = false;
+        if (\count(array_filter(array_keys($attrs_or_validations), '\is_string')) > 0) {
+            $is_validation = true;
+        }
+
+        if ($is_validation) {
+            $this->validate($request, $attrs_or_validations);
+        }
+
+        $fields = [];
+        foreach ($attrs_or_validations as $idx => $field) {
+            if ($is_validation) {
+                $field = $idx;
+            }
+
+            if ($request instanceof Request) {
+                if ($request->filled($field)) {
+                    $fields[$field] = $request->input($field);
+                }
+            } else {
+                /* @noinspection NestedPositiveIfStatementsInspection */
+                if (array_key_exists($field, $request)) {
+                    $fields[$field] = $request[$field];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($addtl_fields) && \is_array($addtl_fields)) {
+            $fields = array_merge($fields, $addtl_fields);
+        }
+
+        return $fields;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple normalized method for forming the JSON responses
+     *
+     * @param $message
+     * @param null|mixed $count
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function message($message, $count = null)
+    {
+        $attrs = [
+            'message' => $message,
+        ];
+
+        if ($count !== null) {
+            $attrs['count'] = $count;
+        }
+
+        return response()->json($attrs);
+    }
+}