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[MOD-14953] Add calcDistanceForQuery to IndexCalculatorInterface#1

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Describe the changes in the pull request

This PR adds a new calcDistanceForQuery API in IndexCalculatorInterface that lets us separate distance calculation of a query and a candidate from distance calculation of two candidates.

It enables distance compute of asymmetric distances (FP32/FP16 query vs. SQ8 candidate) alongside symmetric distances(SQ8 candidate vs. SQ8 candidate).

Which issues this PR fixes

  1. [MOD-14953]

Main objects this PR modified

  1. IndexCalculatorInterface — Add calcDistanceForQuery API
  2. DistanceCalculatorCommon — Add common implementation
  3. HNSWIndex classes — Change API from calcDistance to calcDistanceForQuery when it is used for query distance calculation
  4. VecSimIndexAbstract class — Add calcDistanceForQuery API for VecSimIndexAbstract class
  5. Tests — Add component test

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  • This PR introduces API changes
  • This PR introduces serialization changes

Add calcDistanceForQuery() API and use it in HNSW index
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