From 497ce71a778541f98993fc2000e0ca7081b0293f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Alloway <dan@micahsix.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:58:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] example class extending the main client

---
 tests/LateStaticClient.php | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/LateStaticClient.php

diff --git a/tests/LateStaticClient.php b/tests/LateStaticClient.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f06fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/LateStaticClient.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace League\StatsD\Test;
+
+class LateStaticClient extends \League\StatsD\Client
+{
+
+}

From 2c84453416f9be6292fa93e23b9174efb84ae6b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Alloway <dan@micahsix.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:58:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] test to ensure instance of proper class

---
 tests/LateStaticClientTest.php | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/LateStaticClientTest.php

diff --git a/tests/LateStaticClientTest.php b/tests/LateStaticClientTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f7e5a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/LateStaticClientTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace League\StatsD\Test;
+
+class LateStaticClientTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public function testStaticInstance()
+    {
+        $client = new LateStaticClient();
+        $instance = LateStaticClient::instance();
+        $this->assertTrue($instance instanceof LateStaticClient);
+    }
+
+}

From 43e8fb07cc41a284fc3b1f6f67e5b02f7609e4af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Alloway <dan@micahsix.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:59:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] use late-static binding to new up the client class

---
 src/Client.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 1c751c7..2b2c5ba 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Client
     public static function instance($name = 'default')
     {
         if (! isset(self::$instances[$name])) {
-            self::$instances[$name] = new Client($name);
+            self::$instances[$name] = new static($name);
         }
         return self::$instances[$name];
     }