Extending the SP Dynamic Metadata Provider

[Tom Scavo]

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Rod Widdowson
<rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>> > How do files end up in this directory and what is the file naming convention?
>>
>> Ideally there isn't one and it simply monitors the directory and loads what's there, but that's work.
>
> I think you are confusing the (existing) Directory Metadata Provider where everything in the directory is batch loaded with the
> Dynamic (Directory) Metadata Provider where the file names have to be derived from the entityID, but are only loaded on demand

Yes, good point. Which reminds me, does the dynamic provider remove
expired metadata it finds in the directory? If so, does it do lazy
removal (as expired entities are accessed) or a periodic sweep of the
directory or something else?

Thanks,

Tom