MDEV-27018 IF and COALESCE lose "json" propertybb-10.5-bar-MDEV-27018

Hybrid functions (IF, COALESCE, etc) did not preserve the JSON property
from their arguments. The same problem was repeatable for single row subselects.

The problem happened because the method Item::is_json_type() was inconsistently
implemented across the Item hierarchy. For example, Item_hybrid_func
and Item_singlerow_subselect did not override is_json_type().

Solution:

- Removing Item::is_json_type()

- Implementing specific JSON type handlers:
  Type_handler_string_json
  Type_handler_varchar_json
  Type_handler_tiny_blob_json
  Type_handler_blob_json
  Type_handler_medium_blob_json
  Type_handler_long_blob_json

- Reusing the existing data type infrastructure to pass JSON
  type handlers across all item types, including classes Item_hybrid_func
  and Item_singlerow_subselect. Note, these two classes themselves do not
  need any changes!

- Extending the data type infrastructure so data types can inherit
  their properties (e.g. aggregation rules) from their base data types.
  E.g. VARCHAR/JSON acts as VARCHAR, LONGTEXT/JSON acts as LONGTEXT
  when mixed to a non-JSON data type. This is done by:
    - adding virtual method Type_handler::type_handler_base()
    - adding a helper class Type_handler_pair
    - refactoring Type_handler_hybrid_field_type methods
      aggregate_for_result(), aggregate_for_min_max(),
      aggregate_for_num_op() to use Type_handler_pair.

This change also fixes:

  MDEV-27361 Hybrid functions with JSON arguments do not send format metadata

Also, adding mtr tests for JSON replication. It was not covered yet.
And the current patch changes the replication code slightly.

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