SettingsMetadata

WARNING: This interface may change.

This provides information about the setting - similar to the fields concept for DAO information. As the setting is serialized code creating validation setting input needs to know the data type This also helps move information out of the form layer into the data layer where people can interact with it via the API or other mechanisms. In order to keep this consistent it is important the form layer also leverages it.

Note that this function should never be called when using the runtime getvalue function. Caching works around the expectation it will be called during setting administration

Function is intended for configuration rather than runtime access to settings

The following params will filter the result. If none are passed all settings will be returns

Load the settings files defined in a series of folders.

Load up settings metadata from files.

Filter the settings metadata according to filters passed in. This is a convenience filter and allows selective reverting / filling of settings

Retrieve options from settings metadata