CrawlController.start() should take a Crawler object, not a class

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I would like to configure my crawler with some settings by a constructor, but 
this is difficult to do, as CrawlController.start() does not accept an object, 
only a class.

Can we please add a version of CrawlController.start() that accepts a crawler 
object?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by apenneba...@42six.com on 16 Sep 2013 at 2:23

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I really second this one.

Original comment by avrah...@gmail.com on 29 Jul 2014 at 1:01

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Our multi threading crawler needs the same crawler object for each thread.

So the best way of doing it is by sending the actual class (and having static 
[class] fields for different needed properties of the class).

We can change this and send a class instance instead by using a good cloning 
library - but that has it's own faults so currently we won't change the 
mechanism.

Original comment by avrah...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2014 at 11:08

• Changed state: WontFix
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect