feat(aria): add provider to disable console warnings.

src/core/services/aria/aria.js

@@ -1,11 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * @ngdoc module
+ * @name material.core.aria
+ * @description
+ * Aria Expectations for ngMaterial components.
+ */
+angular
+  .module('material.core')
+  .provider('$mdAria', MdAriaProvider);
+
+/**
+ * @ngdoc service
+ * @name $mdAriaProvider
+ * @module material.core.aria
+ *
+ * @description
+ *
+ * Modify options of the `$mdAria` service, which will be used by most of the Angular Material components.
+ **
+ *
+ * You are able to disable `$mdAria` warnings, by using the following markup.
+ * <hljs lang="js">
+ *   app.config(function($mdAriaProvider) {
+ *     // Globally disables all ARIA warnings.
+ *     $mdAriaProvider.disableWarnings();
+ *   });
+ * </hljs>
+ *
+ */
+function MdAriaProvider() {
 
-angular.module('material.core')
-  .service('$mdAria', AriaService);
+  var self = this;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether we should show ARIA warnings in the console, if labels are missing on the element
+   * By default the warnings are enabled
+   */
+  self.showWarnings = true;
+
+  return {
+    disableWarnings: disableWarnings,
+    $get: function($$rAF, $log, $window, $interpolate) {
+      return MdAriaService.apply(self, arguments);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * @ngdoc method
+   * @name $mdAriaProvider#disableWarnings
+   */
+  function disableWarnings() {
+    self.showWarnings = false;
+  }
+}
 
 /*
  * @ngInject
  */
-function AriaService($$rAF, $log, $window, $interpolate) {
+function MdAriaService($$rAF, $log, $window, $interpolate) {
+
+  // Load the showWarnings option from the current context and store it inside of a scope variable,
+  // because the context will be probably lost in some function calls.
+  var showWarnings = this.showWarnings;
 
   return {
     expect: expect,
@@ -32,7 +87,7 @@ function AriaService($$rAF, $log, $window, $interpolate) {
       defaultValue = angular.isString(defaultValue) ? defaultValue.trim() : '';
       if (defaultValue.length) {
         element.attr(attrName, defaultValue);
-      } else {
+      } else if (showWarnings) {
         $log.warn('ARIA: Attribute "', attrName, '", required for accessibility, is missing on node:', node);
       }
 

src/core/services/aria/aria.spec.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 describe('$mdAria service', function() {
+
   beforeEach(module('material.core'));
 
-  describe('expecting attributes', function(){
+  describe('expecting attributes', function() {
+
     it('should warn if an invalid element is specified', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $log, $mdAria) {
       spyOn($log, 'warn');
       var target = $compile('<div></div>')($rootScope);
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ describe('$mdAria service', function() {
       expect($log.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
     }));
 
-    it('should warn if element is emtpry attribute', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $log, $mdAria) {
+    it('should warn if element is empty attribute', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $log, $mdAria) {
       spyOn($log, 'warn');
       var button = $compile('<button aria-label=""><md-icon></md-icon></button>')($rootScope);
 
@@ -93,4 +95,21 @@ describe('$mdAria service', function() {
 
   });
 
-});
+  describe('with disabled warnings', function() {
+
+    beforeEach(module('material.core', function($mdAriaProvider) {
+      $mdAriaProvider.disableWarnings();
+    }));
+
+    it('should not warn if warnings are disabled', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $log, $mdAria) {
+      spyOn($log, 'warn');
+      var button = $compile('<button aria-label><md-icon></md-icon></button>')($rootScope);
+
+      $mdAria.expect(button, 'aria-label');
+
+      expect($log.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }));
+
+  })
+
+});