Use plug-in metadata for file renaming?

Hi there,
I'm writing a plug-in that adds a new export method to Lightroom and that defines some plug-in metadata fields.  I'd like the users to use these metadata fields to define their file renaming pattern in the export dialog. That means I'd like to create a token pattern from a plug-in metadata field.
Is there a way to accomplish this?
Regards,
Robin

I don't believe there's any way to incorporate plugin metadata fields directly into the builtin renaming patterns.   A couple of possibilities for alternate solutions:
- Appropriate an existing metadata field that the renaming patterns know about (e.g. Description Writer) and have your plugin set that field with the desired custom metadata using photo:setRawMetadata(). 
- Use or adapt the Exportant plugin, which provides greatly expanded file renaming possibilities.  The author Role Cole contributes here and is very helpful.

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