From c655b7a893ba662f6d268e798e7f1b6590bca9e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Cooney <kcooney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:22:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [wpilibj] Add Preferences.getNetworkTable() (#7962)

---
 .../src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java | 9 +++++++++
 .../test/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/PreferencesTest.java | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java b/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
index b0ab57224e..28dde09e2a 100644
--- a/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
+++ b/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ public final class Preferences {
             });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the network table used for preferences entries.
+   *
+   * @return the network table used for preferences entries
+   */
+  public static NetworkTable getNetworkTable() {
+    return m_table;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets the preferences keys.
    *
diff --git a/wpilibj/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/PreferencesTest.java b/wpilibj/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/PreferencesTest.java
index 7b11a90ff7..bf846b8e89 100644
--- a/wpilibj/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/PreferencesTest.java
+++ b/wpilibj/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/PreferencesTest.java
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ class PreferencesTest {
         "Preferences was not empty!  Preferences in table: " + Arrays.toString(keys.toArray()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void getNetworkTableTest() {
+    NetworkTable networkTable = Preferences.getNetworkTable();
+
+    assertEquals(m_table, networkTable);
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest
   @MethodSource("defaultKeyProvider")
   void defaultKeysTest(String key) {