Introduce new API DownCastToMessage/DynamicCastToMessage as a replacement for down_cast/dynamic_cast from MessageLite to Message. #16819
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Introduce new API DownCastToMessage/DynamicCastToMessage as a replacement for down_cast/dynamic_cast from MessageLite to Message.
The new functions work even when RTTI is not present.
Also, add an assertion in DownCast to make sure we don't use it for message types. Message types have dedicated cast functions that should be used instead.