From c40d8a990e88888f966cb381a5b04222025a421b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn A <spam@rumental.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:08:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] adds WiFi.getPersistent() (#3857)

---
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.cpp | 7 +++++++
 libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.cpp
index 7b90dc310..03255a68c 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ void ESP8266WiFiGenericClass::persistent(bool persistent) {
     _persistent = persistent;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gets the persistent state
+ * @return bool
+ */
+bool ESP8266WiFiGenericClass::getPersistent(){
+    return _persistent;
+}
 
 /**
  * set new mode
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.h b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.h
index 668c9223d..6264e3a55 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/src/ESP8266WiFiGeneric.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ESP8266WiFiGenericClass {
 
         int hostByName(const char* aHostname, IPAddress& aResult);
         int hostByName(const char* aHostname, IPAddress& aResult, uint32_t timeout_ms);
-
+        bool getPersistent();
     protected:
 
         friend class ESP8266WiFiSTAClass;