Unable to deeply extend Laravel Artisan Command with input passed down - php

Question

Attempting to create a base command, and then extend it. Input provided to the extending command doesn't make it down the tree.
BaseApiClassBuilder.php
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
class BaseApiClassBuilder extends Command
{
// rest of class follows...
}
MakeApiCollection.php
class MakeApiCollection extends BaseApiClassBuilder
{
protected $signature = 'make:apicollection {name} {--namespace=}';
protected $description = 'Make an API Collection/Resource';
// guts of class...
}
Console Command I am running
artisan make:apicollection testApiCollection
Console Error Recieved:
The command defined in "App\Console\Commands\BaseApiClassMaker" cannot
have an empty name.
Similar question to Can you extend Command classes in Laravel but that one is a bit out of date and less specific, and also unanswered.
The error only occurs when I extend my base command, instead of 'command'.
I've determined that the validation isn't called in the constructor, it's actually quite tricky to figure out where the input is being validated, and why it isn't making it all the way down.
No doubt I'm doing something goofy and there's an easy solution... but I can't find it!
I anyone can help me understand this better, comments/answers/feedback very gratefully received. If I'm approaching this completely the wrong way, let me know too. I did notice I could have extended GeneratorCommand instead which has many of the helpers I need, but doesn't seem to solve this problem.

Answer 1

By making the parent class abstract you don't need to define the signature
<?php
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
abstract class BaseCommand extends Command
{
...
}
Later in child class you set the signature as needed
class ChildCommand extends BaseCommand
{
/**
* The name and signature of the console command.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $signature = 'make:apicollection {specific-name} {--namespace=}';