Ava Chow 2f218c664b Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28921: multiprocess: Add basic type conversion hooks
6acec6b9ff multiprocess: Add type conversion code for UniValue types (Ryan Ofsky)
0cc74fce72 multiprocess: Add type conversion code for serializable types (Ryan Ofsky)
4aaee23921 test: add ipc test to test multiprocess type conversion code (Ryan Ofsky)

Pull request description:

  Add type conversion hooks to allow `UniValue` objects, and objects that have `CDataStream` `Serialize` and `Unserialize` methods to be used as arguments and return values in Cap'nProto interface methods. Also add unit test to verify the hooks are working and data can be round-tripped correctly.

  The non-test code in this PR was previously part of #10102 and has been split off for easier review, but the test code is new.

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  This PR is part of the [process separation project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/28722).

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Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

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