apache / apache/hop

[Feature Request]: Add Mapping (sub-transformation) / Mapping (sub-pipeline)

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Description

### What would you like to happen?

I'd like to request the following step/transform that is present in PDI
Mapping (sub-transformation)
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/401fc700-74b8-472c-9de5-16275573e9b9)
Currently only those are present in Apache HOP
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b37f0ef-6c5f-44ce-bf35-ee1709d9e995)

**We use "mapping (sub-transformation) in several of our projects since it supports more than one "Mapping input"**

Further i should note that if the import tool is used to import transformations to Apache HOP all "Mapping (sub-transformations)" will be replaced by a "Simple-Mapping (sup-pipeline)".
If more then one "Mapping input" is used on those you get a HopExeption:
![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5369e238-dcfe-4408-9a97-2f93f4f3d4b1)

To be able to import all our projects we would need the step "Mapping (sub-transformation)"

### Issue Priority

Priority: 2

### Issue Component

Component: Import, Component: Transforms

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by tracing the import tool's handling of Mapping (sub-transformation) and Simple-Mapping (sub-pipeline), then review the existing transform components. The work is done when imports preserve Mapping (sub-transformation), support more than one Mapping input, and no longer produce the reported HopException.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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