Fix psycopg array parameter handling for Cypher queries

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Problem

When using psycopg (Python PostgreSQL driver) to execute Cypher queries with array parameters through ArcadeDB's PostgreSQL wire protocol, a ClassCastException occurred:

class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class java.util.Collection

This happened when passing list parameters for use in Cypher IN clauses:

rids_list = ['#1:65543', '#1:229405', '#1:155652', ...]
query_params = {'ids': rids_list}
cursor.execute(
    '{cypher} MATCH (n:CHUNK) WHERE ID(n) IN %(ids)s RETURN n.text as text, ID(n) as id',
    query_params
)

Root Cause

psycopg serializes list parameters as PostgreSQL array strings (e.g., {val1,val2,val3}). When parameter type codes are UNSPECIFIED (0), ArcadeDB's deserialization was returning these as raw Strings instead of parsing them into Collections. This caused issues when Cypher queries tried to use them as lists in IN clauses.

Solution

Modified PostgresType.deserializeText() to automatically detect and parse PostgreSQL array format strings into Lists when the type code is UNSPECIFIED:

if (code == 0) { // UNSPECIFIED
  // Try to detect if this is a PostgreSQL array format
  if (str.startsWith("{") && str.endsWith("}")) {
    // Parse as an array using the TEXT array parser
    return parseArrayFromString(str, s -> s);
  }
  return str;
}

This fix is minimal (6 lines), operates at the deserialization layer for consistency across all query languages, and is fully backwards compatible.

Testing

• ✅ All 18 existing PostgresW integration tests pass
• ✅ Cypher functionality verified
• ✅ Added Python e2e test for the specific use case
• ✅ No regressions introduced

Fixes #[issue_number]

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>psycopg Error class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class java.util.Collection</issue_title>
<issue_description>Hello,

Took some time but I'm trying to get back into the PSYCOPG driver.

I have this error :

            with self.connection.cursor(row_factory=psycopg.rows.dict_row) as cursor:
                prefix = "" if language == "sql" else f"{{{language}}}"
                cursor.execute(query=prefix+command, params=params)

Where query is :

{cypher}MATCH (n:CHUNK) WHERE ID(n) IN %(ids)s RETURN n.text as text, ID(n) as id\n'

And params are : a list of 50 rids : ['#1:65543', '#1:229405', '#1:155652', '#1:32773', '#1:192584', '#1:225294', '#1:149511', '#1:161805', '#1:65547', '#1:180226', '#1:129039', '#1:301061', '#1:47116', '#1:51227', '#1:186371', '#1:65539', '#1:51226', '#1:190491', '#1:145412', ...]

Got a java error :

 class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class java.util.Collection (java.lang.String and java.util.Collection are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')

🤓

</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>add a test on e2e-python module to replicate the error, then replicate the error with a test on the java side, analyze the error, deliver a fix</agent_instructions>

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Fixes #2559

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