load module settings automatically so that they are part of the ModuleState and can be easily accessed by developers

Oqtane.Shared/Models/Module.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using Oqtane.Shared;
+using Oqtane.Shared;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
 
 namespace Oqtane.Models
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ namespace Oqtane.Models
         [NotMapped]
         public string Permissions { get; set; }
 
+        [NotMapped]
+        public Dictionary<string, string> Settings { get; set; }
+
         // PageModule properties
         [NotMapped]
         public int PageModuleId { get; set; }