From 8653931542bbac424941e8bd875aefe86778c094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doebi <christoph@doeberl.at>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 23:54:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added simple publish method with retained flag

---
 src/PubSubClient.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 src/PubSubClient.h   | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index 43d5ef0a..2106987e 100644
--- a/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ bool PubSubClient::publish(String topic, String payload) {
   return publish(pub);
 }
 
+bool PubSubClient::publish(String topic, String payload, bool retained) {
+  if (!connected())
+    return false;
+
+  MQTT::Publish pub(topic, payload);
+  pub.set_retain(retained);
+  return publish(pub);
+}
+
 bool PubSubClient::publish(String topic, const uint8_t* payload, uint32_t plength, bool retained) {
   if (!connected())
     return false;
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.h b/src/PubSubClient.h
index ab093368..5854ff33 100644
--- a/src/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.h
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ class PubSubClient {
     */
    bool publish(String topic, String payload);
 
+   //! Publish a string payload
+   /*!
+     \param topic Topic of the message
+     \param payload String text of the message
+     \param retained If true, this message will be stored on the server and
+    */
+   bool publish(String topic, String payload, bool retained);
+
    //! Publish an arbitrary data payload
    /*!
      \param topic Topic of the message

From 4cb975a21a122605653bc82bae1cd57b853b4884 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doebi <christoph@doeberl.at>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 13:47:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added default constructor

---
 src/PubSubClient.cpp | 2 ++
 src/PubSubClient.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index 2106987e..e787b300 100644
--- a/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "PubSubClient.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
+PubSubClient::PubSubClient(){}
+
 PubSubClient::PubSubClient(Client& c) :
   _callback(NULL),
   _client(&c),
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.h b/src/PubSubClient.h
index 5854ff33..a4dc3cda 100644
--- a/src/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class PubSubClient {
    /*!
      Use set_server() before connect()
    */
+   PubSubClient();
    PubSubClient(Client& c);
 
    //! Constructor with the server ip address