1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
index d6c9317f06..99c27ee9d1 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,27 @@ module ActiveSupport
 
     class << self
       def warn(message = nil, callstack = caller)
-        behavior.call(deprecation_message(callstack, message)) if behavior
+        behavior.call(deprecation_message(callstack, message)) if behavior && ! silenced?
       end
 
       def default_behavior
         DEFAULT_BEHAVIORS[RAILS_ENV.to_s] if defined?(RAILS_ENV)
       end
 
+      # Have deprecations been silenced?
+      def silenced?
+        @silenced
+      end
+
+      # Silence deprecations for the duration of the provided block. For internal
+      # use only.
+      def silence
+        old_silenced, @silenced = @silenced, true # We could have done behavior = nil...
+        yield
+      ensure
+        @silenced = old_silenced
+      end
+
       private
         def deprecation_message(callstack, message = nil)
           file, line, method = extract_callstack(callstack)