[8.3.0] feat: add support for `.whl` file extension in `repository_ctx.download_and_extract` (#26323)

The `download_and_extract` function supported various archive formats,
but did not recognize `.whl` as a valid file extension for archive
extraction. Since wheel files are ZIP archives with a `.whl` extension
(per PEP 427), this commit adds support for them by treating `.whl`
files the same as other ZIP-based formats.

This enables using Python wheel files directly with rules_multitool and
other tools without requiring workarounds, particularly useful for
air-gapped environments with private PyPI repositories.

Changes:
- Add .whl to ZIP decompressor condition in DecompressorValue.java
- Update error message to include .whl in supported extensions list
- Update API documentation to include .whl as supported archive type
- Add test case for .whl file extension handling

Fixes #26307

RELNOTES[NEW]: `repository_ctx.download_and_extract` now supports the
`.whl` file extension for Python wheel files, treating them as ZIP
archives under PEP 427.

Closes #26308.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 772552704
Change-Id: Id21218bb7f13096e0e493745a18325a2575445ed

Commit
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/d9634ca1c143136ef3b02b5ad8876a62368762b5

Co-authored-by: Alberto Cavalcante <alberto.cavalcante@jpmorgan.com>
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