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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def copy(self, name=None):
 """ Creates a copy of this attribute. :param name: the new name, uses the old one if None :type name: str :return: the copy of the attribute :rtype: Attribute """

        if name is None:
            return Attribute(
                javabridge.call(self.jobject, "copy", "()Ljava/lang/Object;"))
        else:
            return Attribute(
                javabridge.call(self.jobject, "copy", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Lweka/core/Attribute;", name))