Purpose

Added a public static property called PublicPreferenceSettings to DynamoModel class, so that nodes and other components that are not fully aware of the context they're executed in can still access these properties.

The property should be thread-safe as it's read-only :

• read : public access
• write : private access

Also added lines to update the static property whenever the instance-based PreferenceSettings gets updated within the DynamoModel class.

Tested by

• building
• running DynamoSandbox
• changing Dynamo settings (such as show connectors or adding a new custom package path)
• nodes reading the static property see the updates

Declarations

Check these if you believe they are true

• The code base is in a better state after this PR
• Is documented according to the standards
• The level of testing this PR includes is appropriate
• User facing strings, if any, are extracted into *.resx files
• All tests pass using the self-service CI.
• Snapshot of UI changes, if any.
• Changes to the API follow Semantic Versioning, and are documented in the API Changes document.

Reviewers

@radumg

FYIs