add easy methods for handling requests and artisan commands

src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernelContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application as ApplicationContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\CachesConfiguration;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\CachesRoutes;
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 use RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request as SymfonyRequest;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response as SymfonyResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
@@ -1079,6 +1083,41 @@ public function handle(SymfonyRequest $request, int $type = self::MAIN_REQUEST,
         return $this[HttpKernelContract::class]->handle(Request::createFromBase($request));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Handle the incoming HTTP request and send the response to the browser.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handleRequest(Request $request)
+    {
+        $kernel = $this->make(HttpKernelContract::class);
+
+        $response = $kernel->handle($request)->send();
+
+        $kernel->terminate($request, $response);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the incoming Artisan command.
+     *
+     * @param  \Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface  $input
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function handleCommand(InputInterface $input)
+    {
+        $kernel = $this->make(ConsoleKernelContract::class);
+
+        $status = $kernel->handle(
+            $input ?: new ArgvInput,
+            new ConsoleOutput
+        );
+
+        $kernel->terminate($input, $status);
+
+        return $status;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine if middleware has been disabled for the application.
      *