fix(objc): resolve chained message-send calls [[Foo create] doIt] (#750) (#786)

Ports the #645/#608 chained-receiver mechanism to Objective-C. A message send
whose receiver is itself a message send — `[[Foo create] doIt]` — used to drop
the receiver, so `doIt` name-matched a same-named method on an unrelated class
(commonly a test helper's `init` or an Apple-SDK method).

- objc.ts: getReturnType reads the method's `method_type`, SKIPPING nullability /
  ARC qualifiers (`nonnull instancetype` must yield instancetype, not `nonnull`).
- tree-sitter.ts: the message_expression branch now re-encodes a chained send
  `[[Foo create] doIt]` as `Foo.create().doIt` when the inner receiver is a
  capitalized class and the outer selector is unary.
- name-matcher.ts: `objc` joins the dotted-chain gate + CHAIN_LANGUAGES. A
  class-message factory returns an instance of the RECEIVER class by convention
  (`instancetype`), so when the factory's own return type isn't recoverable
  (`alloc`/`new`/`shared…` return instancetype, or aren't user nodes), the
  receiver's type is the class itself — this resolves the ubiquitous
  `[[X alloc] init]` and singleton chains. resolveMethodOnType validates against
  the class and its supertypes, so a wrong inference yields no edge.

Validation: 4 synthetic tests (factory+decoy, superclass conformance, absent-method
safety, the nonnull-instancetype singleton). Real-repo A/B on SDWebImage (208 files):
+35 / -75 — all corrections (the -75 are wrong `init` mis-matches to a test helper /
wrong class, retargeted to the right class's init in the +35, plus 2 Apple-SDK chains
on unindexed classes). db stable, no node explosion. EXTRACTION_VERSION 14->15.
Full suite green.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Scala method calls made through a companion-object factory, a fluent chain, or a case-class `apply` now resolve to the correct type. A call like `Foo.create().bar()` or `Builder(cfg).bar()` used to drop the receiver, so the chained method silently attached to a same-named method on an unrelated type — most often mis-attributing a standard-library `Option` / `Iterator` `.map` / `.flatMap` / `.foreach` onto your own same-named class. CodeGraph now captures Scala return types (a generic `List[Foo]` resolves to its container `List`, a qualified `pkg.Foo` to `Foo`), infers the chained receiver's type from what the inner call returns or constructs, and resolves the method on it — including methods inherited from a trait the type extends — creating the edge only when that type or one of its traits genuinely has the method (so a wrong inference produces no edge instead of a misleading one). Existing Scala indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (Scala)
- Rust method calls made through a chained associated function now resolve to the correct type. A call like `Foo::new().bar()` or `Foo::with(cfg).build()` used to drop the receiver, so the chained method silently attached to a same-named method on an unrelated type — or didn't resolve. CodeGraph now captures Rust return types (`-> Self` resolves to the implementing type), infers the chained receiver's type from what the associated function returns, and resolves the method on it — including methods provided by a trait the type implements (via the new `impl Trait for Type` relationships) — creating the edge only when the type or one of its traits genuinely has the method. Existing Rust indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (Rust)
- Dart method calls made through a static factory, a factory or named constructor, or a fluent chain now resolve to the correct type. A call like `Foo.create().bar()` used to drop the receiver, so the chained method silently attached to a same-named method on an unrelated type — most often mis-attributing a standard-library `Option` / `Iterator` `.map` / `.where` onto your own same-named class. CodeGraph now indexes Dart **factory and named constructors** (`factory Foo.create()`, `Foo.named()`) as first-class members so calls to them resolve, captures Dart return types (a generic `List<Foo>` resolves to its container `List`), infers the chained receiver's type from what the inner call returns or constructs, and resolves the method on it — including methods inherited from a superclass or mixin — creating the edge only when that type genuinely has the method. Plain construction (`Foo(...)`) is still recorded as instantiation. Existing Dart indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (Dart)
- Objective-C methods called through a chained message send now resolve to the correct class. A call like `[[Foo create] doIt]` used to drop the receiver, so `doIt` silently attached to a same-named method on an unrelated class — most often a test helper or stdlib class. CodeGraph now captures Objective-C method return types and infers the chained receiver's type from what the inner message returns. For the ubiquitous `[[X alloc] init]` and singleton (`[[X sharedInstance] …]`) patterns — where the factory returns `instancetype` — the receiver is the class `X` itself, so the chained method resolves on `X` (including methods inherited from a superclass), creating the edge only when the class genuinely has the method. Existing Objective-C indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (Objective-C)
- Chained method calls now resolve when the chained method is **inherited from a superclass or declared on an interface/protocol** the receiver's type conforms to — for example a call on a sealed-subclass instance (`Either.Right(x).combine(...)`) that invokes a method defined on its parent type. Previously these chains found no caller edge even though the factory's type was known, so the call was invisible to callers, impact, and trace. CodeGraph now walks the type's supertypes (its `extends` / `implements` relationships) to find the method, creating the edge only when a supertype genuinely declares it (so a wrong inference still produces no edge). This makes Java, Kotlin, and C# factory and fluent chains more complete. Existing indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750)
- Swift method calls made through a static factory, fluent chain, or constructor now resolve to the correct class. A call like `Foo.make().draw()` or `Foo().draw()` used to drop the receiver, so the chained method silently attached to a same-named method on an unrelated class — or didn't resolve at all. CodeGraph now captures Swift return types and infers the chained receiver's type from what the inner call returns (or the constructed type), creating the edge only when that class genuinely has the method (so a wrong inference produces no edge instead of a misleading one). Existing Swift indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (Swift)
- C# method calls made through a static factory or fluent chain now resolve to the correct class. A call like `Foo.Create().Bar()` or `JObject.Parse(s).Property(...)` used to lose the receiver's type, so the chained method didn't resolve and the call was invisible to callers/impact/trace. CodeGraph now captures C# return types and infers the chained receiver's type from what the inner call returns, creating the edge only when that class genuinely has the method (so a wrong inference produces no edge). Existing C# indexes should be re-indexed (`codegraph index -f`) to benefit. (#750) (C#)