Got at least one data fetching method working; turns out, we can't use a patched LogicStack to get the data

Vendor/Swan.Lite-3.1.0/Configuration/SettingsProvider.cs

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+using Swan.Formatters;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Swan.Configuration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a provider to save and load settings using a plain JSON file.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example>
+    /// The following example shows how to save and load settings.
+    /// <code>
+    /// using Swan.Configuration;
+    /// 
+    /// public class Example
+    /// { 
+    ///     public static void Main()
+    ///     {
+    ///         // get user from settings
+    ///         var user = SettingsProvider&lt;Settings&gt;.Instance.Global.User;
+    ///             
+    ///         // modify the port
+    ///         SettingsProvider&lt;Settings&gt;.Instance.Global.Port = 20;
+    ///             
+    ///         // if we want these settings to persist
+    ///         SettingsProvider&lt;Settings&gt;.Instance.PersistGlobalSettings();
+    ///     }
+    ///         
+    ///     public class Settings
+    ///     {
+    ///         public int Port { get; set; } = 9696;
+    ///         
+    ///         public string User { get; set; } = "User";
+    ///     }
+    /// }
+    /// </code>
+    /// </example>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of settings model.</typeparam>
+    public sealed class SettingsProvider<T>
+        : SingletonBase<SettingsProvider<T>>
+    {
+        private readonly object _syncRoot = new object();
+
+        private T _global;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the configuration file path. By default the entry assembly directory is used
+        /// and the filename is 'appsettings.json'.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The configuration file path.
+        /// </value>
+        public string ConfigurationFilePath { get; set; } =
+            Path.Combine(SwanRuntime.EntryAssemblyDirectory, "appsettings.json");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the global settings object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The global settings object.
+        /// </value>
+        public T Global
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                lock (_syncRoot)
+                {
+                    if (Equals(_global, default(T)))
+                        ReloadGlobalSettings();
+
+                    return _global;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reloads the global settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ReloadGlobalSettings()
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(ConfigurationFilePath) == false || File.ReadAllText(ConfigurationFilePath).Length == 0)
+            {
+                ResetGlobalSettings();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            lock (_syncRoot)
+                _global = Json.Deserialize<T>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigurationFilePath));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Persists the global settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void PersistGlobalSettings() => File.WriteAllText(ConfigurationFilePath, Json.Serialize(Global, true));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resets the global settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ResetGlobalSettings()
+        {
+            lock (_syncRoot)
+                _global = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
+
+            PersistGlobalSettings();
+        }
+    }
+}