Cleanup, fixes and new features around Sinks

In details :

• small fixes on the BaseSink interface
• new regular flushing feature for BaseSink
  • a new flush method was added, called both at the end (finalize) and regularly if auto flush is activated (via non 0 AutoFlushPeriod property)
• new unit testing for BaseSink, both for the regular flushing and previous existing (and not yet tested) features
• replaced virtual methods toJSON, reset and mergeAndReset with free functions
• adapted existing Sinks to new features

mentioned in merge request !1435 (closed)

mentioned in merge request lhcb/LHCb!4022 (merged)

mentioned in merge request lhcb/Rec!3356 (closed)

mentioned in merge request lhcb/Allen!1156 (merged)

mentioned in issue lhcb/LHCb#294

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assigned to @clemenci

added lhcb-gaudi-head label

changed milestone to %v36r13

removed lhcb-gaudi-head label

@fwinkl, these changes are backward incompatible. Are you affected by them?

added 2 commits

• 6c13c603 - Replaced virtual method reset and toJSON with hidden friends in Entities used by Sinks
• 8e79cace - Fixed and improved mergeAndReset for counters

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changed the description

resolved all threads

mentioned in merge request lhcb/Online!820 (merged)

added 3 commits

• d53f3a37 - Added final & regular flushing feature to BaseSink
• a986e1ac - Replaced virtual method reset and toJSON with hidden friends in Entities used by Sinks
• ed61ff78 - Fixed and improved mergeAndReset for counters

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mentioned in merge request lhcb/Online!823 (merged)

changed milestone to %v37r0

mentioned in issue lhcb/Moore#558 (closed)