app/InteractsWithSparkHooks.php
public function callCustomValidator($callback, Request $request, array $arguments = [])
    {
        if (is_string($callback)) {
            list($class, $method) = explode('@', $callback);

            $callback = [app($class), $method];
        }

        $validator = call_user_func($callback, array_merge([$request], $arguments));

        $validator = $validator instanceof ValidatorContract
                        ? $validator
                        : Validator::make($request->all(), $validator);

        if ($validator->fails()) {
            $this->throwValidationException($request, $validator);
        }
    }
public function callCustomValidator($callback, Request $request, array $arguments = [])
    {
        if (is_string($callback)) {
            list($class, $method) = explode('@', $callback);

            $callback = [app($class), $method];
        }

        $validator = call_user_func($callback, array_merge([$request], $arguments));

        $validator = $validator instanceof ValidatorContract
                        ? $validator
                        : Validator::make($request->all(), $validator);

        if ($validator->fails()) {
            $this->throwValidationException($request, $validator);
        }
    }
Get the response from a custom validator callback.

@param  callable|string  $callback
@param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
@param  array  $arguments
@return void