Get points for SpatialVPP from user object

[aprilnovak]

This adds the capability for the SpatialUserObjectVectorPostprocessor to automatically figure out a set of points at which the user object obtains unique spatial values.

Reason

Greatly simplify VPP usage in Cardinal, where we have spatial user objects that bin according to a subchannel discretization where the user never provides a points or points_file, but instead the bin centroids are centers of triangular and 4-sided polygons in space.

Design

A good example for the design is seen for the NearestPointLayered...-type user objects. These are given a set of nearest points from the user and a layering discretization along a Cartesian axis. If the nearest points are:

1.0 2.0 3.0
1.5 2.5 3.5
1.6 2.6 3.6

and there are 2 layers in the y-direction in a domain with y coordinate spanning from 0 to 1.0, then the computed points are:

1.0 0.25 3.0 # first nearest point, at the centers of the 2 y layers
1.0 0.75 3.0

1.5 0.25 3.5 # second nearest point, at the centers of the 2 y layers
1.5 0.75 3.5

1.6 0.25 3.6 # third nearest point, at the centers of the 2 y layers
1.6 0.75 3.6

Impact

New feature, no expected changes to APIs.

Closes #18931

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[andrsd]

Some input files are still using use_points_from_uo and that's why tests are failing. You can ./run_tests --error-unused to find them, @aprilnovak .

[aprilnovak]

Thanks @andrsd! Accidentally missed those