Duplicate data from an existing Item to a new WorskpaceItem, aka clone/copy item

[MMilosz]

References

• Fixes Copying existing item  #1757
• Rest PR Duplicate data from an existing Item to a new WorskpaceItem, aka clone/copy item DSpace#9608

Description

This PR introduces the ability to create a new WorkspaceItem by reusing properties from an existing Item, kind of like how versioning works now, but resulting in a partially completed edit form of a new Item. Some existing code from the versioning infrastructure was adapted and integrated as two new methods, copy and clone, within the ItemService, and tweaked, just to make things work more smoothly.

Here's a preview:

dspace_clone_item_feat.mp4

Instructions for Reviewers

As my REST PR introduces a change in the existing endpoint, pressing the clone button will not work without the REST PR.

On the Angular side:

• Login as admin and either deposit a new item or locate an existing one.
• Navigate to the item management page (edit -> status).
• Between move and delete, a new button should be visible for cloning the item. Click it, select any collection, then click save.
• The browser should redirect the user to the edit form, similar to what happens after creating a new item. However, most of the metadata should be copied from the previous item.

On the REST side:

Example request (endpoint, header, body):

POST /api/submission/workspaceitems?owningCollection=:collectionUuid
Content-Type: text/uri-list

http://localhost:8080/server/api/core/items/:itemUuid

Response should show a new WorkspaceItem with some of the metadata copied from the specified :itemUuid. Although some of the metadata will be omitted to prevent duplicates or multiple values in places they shouldn't occur – see nonCopyableMetadataFields in core-services.xml.

Checklist

• My PR is small in size (e.g. less than 1,000 lines of code, not including comments & specs/tests), or I have provided reasons as to why that's not possible.
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[kshepherd]

Hi @MMilosz just leaving my comment about angular test results here too, since I put my main review in the DSpace#9608 PR:

The very first time I cloned an item, I got the "success" notification and just stayed on the item page. The cloned item was created in my workspace as expected, once I went to My DSpace, but in all my other tests the clone action also directed me to the form for the new workspace item. I couldn't reproduce this afterwards, but I wanted to note it here.