Copy constructor and implement Clonable
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                 Key: ETCH-78
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ETCH-78
             Project: Etch
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: java-binding
         Environment: Java
            Reporter: Shin Phuong
            Priority: Minor


Request for a copy constructor or implement clonable for deep-copying for Java 
Etch classes.  (Or both)
Eg.

EtchObject old = new EtchObject(Field1 a, Field2 b...);
EtchObject clone = new EtchObject(old);

Copies all fields (including subfields (eg. Other Etch classes)) n-levels deep. 
Where n is the number of levels of depth in the Etch object to be copied. The 
new object will not reference any of the same objects inside the old. 

struct EtchObject {
    int field1 // level-0
    List field2 // level-1 (all items in list, assuming objects inside list are 
primitives; else level-n)
    EtchObject2 field3;
}

struct EtchObject2 {
    string name;
    List field1a; 
}

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