New URLConfig protocols - list-to-array and list-to-dict

[LuisSanchez25]

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What does the code in this PR do / what does it improve?

This code enables the user to change the format of the output of the url-protocol, some corrections require dictionaries while others require arrays. In Xedocs all of the data is stored in lists therefore this transformation stage is necessary to enable us to change the format of the output to a dictionary or an array.

Can you briefly describe how it works?

It works by taking the output of the URLConfig and depending on the added field changing the output from a list to either a dictionary with keys or an array.

Can you give a minimal working example (or illustrate with a figure)?

This code reprocesses some XENONnT data using a correction stored in xedocs

import cutax
import xedocs as xd

run_id = '047493'
st_xd = cutax.contexts.xenonnt_online()
st_xd.set_config({"rel_extraction_eff":"objects-to-dict://xedocs://"
"rel_extraction_effs"
"?version=v!&context=staging_db&run_id=047122&partition=['ab','cd']&key_attr=partition&value_attr=value"})

kr_ei_xd = st_xd.get_array(run_id, 'event_info')

Please include the following if applicable:

• Update the docstring(s)
• Update the documentation
• Tests to check the (new) code is working as desired.
• Does it solve one of the open issues on github?

Notes on testing

• Until the automated tests pass, please mark the PR as a draft.
• On the XENONnT fork we test with database access, on private forks there is no database access for security considerations.

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[jmosbacher]

@LuisSanchez25 thanks for this PR, I think its important to mention that these protocols can be used independently from xedocs and describe them in a generic manner in the comments and naming within the code.
e.g. i would replace docs with objects and maybe even generalize the objects-to-dicts protocol to handle lists of dicts as well as lists of python objects.

[jmosbacher]

I made a few changes including comments. All that is missing are tests.

[JoranAngevaare]

Tests also fail because of:

On the XENONnT fork we test with database access, on private forks there is no database access for security considerations.

I'll change the testing to fix this

[JoranAngevaare]

github closed this PR by accident but the failing tests should be resolved in #1105

[jmosbacher]

Thanks @JoranAngevaare !
@LuisSanchez25 just add tests and then you can mark this ready for review

[jmosbacher]

I have made the changes I requested already.

[jmosbacher]

@JoranAngevaare any comments before we merge?

[JoranAngevaare]

Looks good. Only smaller suggestions, if you like any of them, you can add them but this state is already good. Thanks!

[JoranAngevaare]

Thanks! Looks good!