working out peer module loading

include/ConfigManager.hpp

@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ class ConfigManager {
          */
         bool hasConfigKey(const char* section, const char* key) const;
 
+        // getter for _module_path
+        void setModulePath(const std::string& module_path);
+
+        // setter for _module_path
+        std::string getModulePath() const;
+
     private:
         /**
          * @brief Default section name to use when none is specified
@@ -199,6 +205,8 @@ class ConfigManager {
          * @brief Configuration data structure: section -> key -> value
          */
         std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> _config_data;
+
+        std::string _module_path;
 };
 
 /**

include/module_interface.hpp

@@ -141,5 +141,16 @@ extern "C" {
      * @param level The log level as an integer (0=FATAL, 1=ERROR, 2=WARN, 3=INFO, 4=DEBUG)
      */
     void dpm_set_logging_level(int level);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Gets the derived module path from the global configuration
+     *
+     * Allows modules to retrieve the configured module path used by DPM.
+     * This path is determined at runtime based on CLI arguments, configuration files,
+     * and defaults, in order of precedence.
+     *
+     * @return The module path as a string
+     */
+    const char* dpm_get_module_path(void);
 }
 /** @} */