Allow setting the ignore list off for exceptions on a per exception l…

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CHANGELOG.markdown

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 0.8.5
+  - Allow setting the ignore list off for exceptions on a per
+    exception level.
+
 ### 0.8.4
   - Log ignored exceptions
 

examples/lib/chatterbox/exception_notification_example.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
         Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.configure { |c| c.ignore = Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.default_ignored_exceptions }
       end
 
+      it "does not notify" do
+        Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.configure { |c| c.ignore << RuntimeError }
+        Chatterbox.expects(:notify).never
+        Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(:exception => RuntimeError.new)
+      end
+
       it "returns nil for explicit exception" do
         Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.configure { |c| c.ignore << RuntimeError }
         Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(RuntimeError.new).should be_nil
@@ -32,9 +38,22 @@
         Chatterbox.logger.expects(:debug).once
         Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(RuntimeError.new)
       end
+
+      describe "with the ignore list manually turned off" do
+        it "notifies" do
+          Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.configure { |c| c.ignore << RuntimeError }
+          Chatterbox.expects(:notify)
+          Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(:exception => RuntimeError.new, :use_ignore_list => false)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe "when not on ignore list" do
+      it "notifies" do
+        Chatterbox.expects(:notify)
+        Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(:exception => Exception.new)
+      end
+
       it "logs nothing" do
         Chatterbox.logger.expects(:debug).never
         Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification.handle(:exception => Exception.new)

lib/chatterbox/exception_notification.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module ExceptionNotification
     # * Objects are simply treated as a 'summary' message were an exception may not be necessary
     def handle(args)
       hsh = normalize_to_hash(args)
-      return if on_ignore_list?(hsh[:exception])
+      return if use_ignore_list?(hsh) && on_ignore_list?(hsh[:exception])
       hsh = Extracter.wrap(hsh)
       hsh = RailsExtracter.wrap(hsh)
       hsh = Presenter.render(hsh)
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ def normalize_to_hash(args)
       end
     end
 
+    # Check to see if we should use ignore list for this exception - 
+    # first use the value from the passed in options, otherwise
+    # use the configuration value (which defaults to true)
+    def use_ignore_list?(hsh)
+      return hsh[:use_ignore_list] if hsh.key?(:use_ignore_list)
+      configuration.use_ignore_list
+    end
+
     def on_ignore_list?(exception)
       ignored = configuration.ignore.include?(exception.class) || 
                 configuration.ignore.include?(exception.class.to_s)
@@ -37,8 +45,14 @@ def log_ignored_exception(exception)
       Chatterbox.logger.debug { %[Chatterbox::ExceptionNotification ignoring exception: "#{exception}" as its on the ignore list] }
     end
 
+    # Default configuration for ExceptionNotification
+    #   :ignore => array of exceptions to ignore by default
+    #   :use_ignore_list => whether to use the ignore list - 
+    #     defaults to true, and can be overidden on per exception level
     def configuration
-      @configuration ||= OpenStruct.new(:ignore => default_ignored_exceptions)
+      @configuration ||= OpenStruct.new(
+        :ignore => default_ignored_exceptions,
+        :use_ignore_list => true)
     end
 
     # Configure ExceptionNotification