2 files changed, 36 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/ng/animate.js b/src/ng/animate.js
index b662d9c1..fa5b936d 100644
--- a/src/ng/animate.js
+++ b/src/ng/animate.js
@@ -61,6 +61,28 @@ var $AnimateProvider = ['$provide', function($provide) {
     $provide.factory(key, factory);
   };
 
+  /**
+   * @ngdoc function
+   * @name ng.$animateProvider#classNameFilter
+   * @methodOf ng.$animateProvider
+   *
+   * @description
+   * Sets and/or returns the CSS class regular expression that is checked when performing
+   * an animation. Upon bootstrap the classNameFilter value is not set at all and will
+   * therefore enable $animate to attempt to perform an animation on any element.
+   * When setting the classNameFilter value, animations will only be performed on elements
+   * that successfully match the filter expression. This in turn can boost performance
+   * for low-powered devices as well as applications containing a lot of structural operations.
+   * @param {RegExp=} expression The className expression which will be checked against all animations
+   * @return {RegExp} The current CSS className expression value. If null then there is no expression value
+   */
+  this.classNameFilter = function(expression) {
+    if(arguments.length === 1) {
+      this.$$classNameFilter = (expression instanceof RegExp) ? expression : null;
+    }
+    return this.$$classNameFilter;
+  };
+
   this.$get = ['$timeout', function($timeout) {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
index 16d0aa0d..08c088e9 100644
--- a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
+++ b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
         });
       });
 
+      var classNameFilter = $animateProvider.classNameFilter();
+      var isAnimatableClassName = !classNameFilter
+              ? function() { return true; }
+              : function(className) {
+                return classNameFilter.test(className);
+              };
+
       function lookup(name) {
         if (name) {
           var matches = [],
@@ -569,17 +576,20 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
         and the onComplete callback will be fired once the animation is fully complete.
       */
       function performAnimation(animationEvent, className, element, parentElement, afterElement, domOperation, doneCallback) {
-        var node = extractElementNode(element);
+        var currentClassName, classes, node = extractElementNode(element);
+        if(node) {
+          currentClassName = node.className;
+          classes = currentClassName + ' ' + className;
+        }
+
         //transcluded directives may sometimes fire an animation using only comment nodes
         //best to catch this early on to prevent any animation operations from occurring
-        if(!node) {
+        if(!node || !isAnimatableClassName(classes)) {
           fireDOMOperation();
           closeAnimation();
           return;
         }
 
-        var currentClassName = node.className;
-        var classes = currentClassName + ' ' + className;
         var animationLookup = (' ' + classes).replace(/\s+/g,'.');
         if (!parentElement) {
           parentElement = afterElement ? afterElement.parent() : element.parent();