Module: make ConfigManager available

src/core/module/Module.cpp

@@ -82,3 +82,17 @@ bool Module::has_detector(std::string name) {
 Configuration& Module::get_configuration() {
     return m_config;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @throws InvalidModuleActionException If this method is called from the constructor or destructor
+ * @warning This function technically allows to write to the configurations of other modules, but this should never be done
+ */
+ConfigManager* Module::getConfigManager() {
+    if(conf_manager_ == nullptr) {
+        throw InvalidModuleActionException("Cannot access the config manager in constructor or destructor.");
+    };
+    return conf_manager_;
+}
+void Module::set_config_manager(ConfigManager* conf_manager) {
+    conf_manager_ = conf_manager;
+}

src/core/module/Module.hpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "ModuleIdentifier.hpp"
 #include "core/clipboard/Clipboard.hpp"
-#include "core/config/Configuration.hpp"
+#include "core/config/ConfigManager.hpp"
 #include "core/detector/Detector.hpp"
 #include "exceptions.h"
 
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ namespace corryvreckan {
          */
         virtual void finalise(){};
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Get the config manager object to allow to read the global and other module configurations
+         * @return Pointer to the config manager
+         */
+        ConfigManager* getConfigManager();
+
         /**
          * @brief Get ROOT directory which should be used to output histograms et cetera
          * @return ROOT directory for storage
@@ -176,6 +182,13 @@ namespace corryvreckan {
         ModuleIdentifier get_identifier() const;
         ModuleIdentifier identifier_;
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Set the link to the config manager
+         * @param conf_manager ConfigManager holding all relevant configurations
+         */
+        void set_config_manager(ConfigManager* config);
+        ConfigManager* conf_manager_{nullptr};
+
         /**
          * @brief Set the output ROOT directory for this module
          * @param directory ROOT directory for storage

src/core/module/ModuleManager.cpp

@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ void ModuleManager::initialiseAll() {
     // Loop over all modules and initialise them
     LOG(STATUS) << "=================| Initialising modules |==================";
     for(auto& module : m_modules) {
+        // Pass the config manager to this instance
+        module->set_config_manager(conf_manager_);
+
         // Create main ROOT directory for this module class if it does not exists yet
         LOG(TRACE) << "Creating and accessing ROOT directory";
         std::string module_name = module->getConfig().getName();