Add schema and serialization support for autoentities wildcard patterns

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Why make this change?

Closes #[issue number not provided]

Enables configuration-driven automatic entity generation through wildcard pattern matching against database objects. The schema now supports defining entity templates with include/exclude patterns and default permissions.

What is this change?

Added autoentities section to the configuration schema and corresponding C# models for serialization/deserialization:

Schema Definition (schemas/dab.draft.schema.json):

• Pattern matching: include, exclude (T-SQL LIKE syntax), name (interpolation: {schema}_{object})
• Template configuration: mcp, rest, graphql, health, cache
• Required permissions array with role-based actions

Object Models (src/Config/ObjectModel/):

• AutoEntityPatterns - Pattern matching rules
• AutoEntityTemplate - Template config with sub-records for each endpoint type
• AutoEntity - Combines patterns, template, permissions
• RuntimeAutoEntities - Collection class implementing IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, AutoEntity>>
• RuntimeConfig.AutoEntities - Optional nullable property

Serialization (src/Config/Converters/):

• RuntimeAutoEntitiesConverter - Custom JSON converter following RuntimeEntitiesConverter pattern

Example configuration:

{
  "autoentities": {
    "public-tables": {
      "patterns": {
        "include": "dbo.%",
        "exclude": "dbo.internal_%",
        "name": "{schema}_{object}"
      },
      "template": {
        "rest": { "enabled": true },
        "graphql": { "enabled": true }
      },
      "permissions": [
        { "role": "anonymous", "actions": ["read"] }
      ]
    }
  }
}

How was this tested?

• Unit Tests

New test CanLoadConfigWithAutoEntities validates:

• Deserialization of multiple auto-entity definitions
• Pattern properties (include/exclude/name)
• Template settings across all endpoint types
• Permissions array structure

Sample Request(s)

N/A - This change adds schema and serialization infrastructure. Actual pattern matching and entity generation logic is not included in this PR.

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Serialization/Deserialization of Wildcard properties</issue_title>
<issue_description>Need to create the new properties from Wildcard inside of the schema. The format is as following:

{
  "autoentities": {
    "{definition-name}": {

      "patterns": {
        "include": "%.%", // default: null. mssql syntax (T-SQL LIKE)
        "exclude": "sales.%", // default: null. mssql syntax (T-SQL LIKE)
        "name": "{schema}{object}" // default: null. interpolation syntax (must be unique)
      },

      "template": {
        "mcp": { "dml-tool": "<boolean>" }, // default: true
        "rest": { "enabled": "<boolean>" }, // default: true
        "graphql": { "enabled": "<boolean>" }, // default: true
        "health": { "enabled": "<boolean>" }, // default: true
        "cache": {
          "enabled": "<boolean>", // default: false
          "ttl-seconds": "<integer>", // default: null
          "level": "<enum>" // default: null
        }
      },

      "permissions": [ // at least one is required
        {
          "role": "<string>",
          "actions": [
            "*",
            "create",
            "read",
            "update",
            "delete"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Create the properties mentioned in the task inside of the schema file.</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Serialization/Deserialization of Wildcard properties #2962

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