safely call hoptoad

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module MyApp
  class Notifier

    class << self      
      def notify(*args)
        safely_trigger(Airbrake, :notify, args)
      end
      
      def safely_trigger(klass, method, args)
        #simple, safe; heavy but it isn't called very often!
        Thread.new do
          begin
            klass.send(method, *args)
          rescue Exception => e
            # don't die because of stupid exceptions
            Rails.logger.error "SweetSpot::Notifier failure: #{e.message}\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n  ")}"
            nil
          end
        end
      end
      private :safely_trigger
    end

  end
end