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| 7 | class DestinationRegistry  | 
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| 8 | { | 
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| 9 | /**  | 
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| 10 | * @var null|DestinationRegistry  | 
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| 11 | */  | 
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| 12 | private static $instance = null;  | 
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| 14 | /**  | 
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| 15 | * @var Destination[]  | 
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| 16 | */  | 
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| 17 | protected $destinations = [];  | 
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| 19 | /**  | 
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| 20 | * @return DestinationRegistry  | 
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| 21 | */  | 
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| 22 | public static function instance(): DestinationRegistry  | 
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| 31 | /**  | 
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| 32 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 33 | * @param Destination $destination  | 
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| 34 | */  | 
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| 35 | public function set(string $name, Destination $destination)  | 
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| 40 | /**  | 
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| 41 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 42 | * @return Destination  | 
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| 43 | */  | 
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| 44 | public function get(string $name): Destination  | 
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| 57 | }  | 
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| 58 | 
Let’s assume you have a class which uses late-static binding:
The code above will run fine in your PHP runtime. However, if you now create a sub-class and call the
getSomeVariable()on that sub-class, you will receive a runtime error:In the case above, it makes sense to update
SomeClassto useselfinstead: