feat: add getMany settings API#163
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Description
Hello! This PR proposes adding a small
getMany()convenience API for retrieving multiple settings in one call:Settings::getMany()This follows the recently merged batch write APIs from #161, but keeps the read side intentionally simple. The new method behaves like calling
get()repeatedly for each requested key, while preserving the requested keys in the returned array.Why
Applications and modules often need to read a related group of settings together, such as when preparing configuration forms, loading module preferences, or gathering setup values.
With this PR, callers can group those reads directly:
This returns:
[ 'App.siteName' => 'My Great Site', 'App.siteEmail' => 'support@example.com', ]Behavior
getMany()follows the same behavior as repeated calls toget():Class.propertysyntaxnullScope
This PR does not add handler-level batch read methods or optimized read paths. The existing handlers already cache hydrated data, and keeping this first step at the
SettingsAPI level avoids expanding the handler contract unnecessarily.Tests and Docs
This PR adds tests for stored values, config fallback values, contextual reads, missing values, requested key preservation, and empty input.
The user guide is updated with
getMany()examples.Checklist: