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[jira] [Created] (THRIFT-5216) generate DeepCopy methods

Jens Geyer created THRIFT-5216:
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             Summary: generate DeepCopy methods
                 Key: THRIFT-5216
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-5216
             Project: Thrift
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: netstd - Compiler
            Reporter: Jens Geyer
            Assignee: Jens Geyer


Frequently one runs into a need to create deep copies from Thrift data objects. Since the framework does not really offer support for such a function, it seems helpful to have the Thrift Comnpiler generate the code necessary to support this.

Remarks:
 * Microsoft explicitly discourages developeres to use ICloneable for this as there is no reliable definition whether ICloneable creates shallow or deep copies, so we don't use it either.
 * Although there is no officially set standard, most common naming convention seems to be {{DeepCopy()}} for such a method, so we follow that model but leave room for future changes (i.e. different naming)

 



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