code: public static void ignoreExceptionByDefault(final Class<? extends Throwable> exceptionType) {
          defaultExceptionIgnorer = new PredicateExceptionIgnorer(new Predicate<Throwable>() {
              public boolean matches(Throwable e) {
                  return e.getClass().equals(exceptionType);
              }
          });
      }
docs: Instruct Awaitility to ignore caught exception of the given type during condition evaluation.
  Exceptions will be treated as evaluating to <code>false</code>. Your test will not fail
  upon an exception matching the supplied exception type, unless it times out.