feat(wallet): support calldata in forest-wallet send

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Summary of changes

forest-wallet send already routes eth targets to InvokeContract, but there was no way to attach calldata, so it couldn't actually call a method on a contract (the message params were always empty).

Changes introduced in this pull request:

• Add --params-hex to forest-wallet send. The hex calldata (a leading 0x is accepted) is decoded and, for an InvokeContract target, CBOR-wrapped as a byte string the way the EVM actor expects, matching what lotus send --params-hex produces. For any other method the decoded bytes are used verbatim. Empty or absent calldata yields empty params.
• Add --method to set the message method number explicitly. Like lotus send, an explicit method is rejected for a contract target, whose method is always InvokeContract.
• Factored the method resolution and param encoding into small pure helpers and covered them with unit tests (contract vs non-contract method resolution, the --method guard, CBOR-wrapping of calldata, raw passthrough, 0x prefix handling, and invalid hex).

Reference issue to close (if applicable)

Closes #7472

Other information and links

The issue also suggests replacing some lotus wallet send usages in the dev tooling with the forest one. I left that for a follow-up: the one obvious call site (src/dev/subcommands/devnet_cmd/eth_gas.rs) intentionally submits via Lotus to prove Forest's gas estimate lands on a different node, so swapping it would defeat that test's purpose. Happy to migrate whichever call sites you'd like in a follow-up.

Change checklist

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• I have made sure the CHANGELOG is up-to-date. All user-facing changes should be reflected in this document.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added optional hexadecimal calldata support to forest-wallet send through --params-hex.
  • Added support for specifying explicit method numbers with --method.
  • Contract calls now validate method options and encode calldata appropriately.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of empty and invalid hexadecimal calldata input.

• Documentation

  • Updated the changelog with the new wallet send options.

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Walkthrough

forest-wallet send now accepts optional hexadecimal calldata and explicit method numbers. Contract calls reject method overrides and CBOR-wrap calldata. Non-contract calls use decoded bytes directly. Tests cover validation and encoding behavior.

Changes

Wallet send calldata support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Send options and parameter encoding src/wallet/subcommands/wallet_cmd.rs, CHANGELOG.md	The send command accepts --params-hex and --method, validates method overrides, encodes calldata for contract and non-contract calls, constructs message parameters, and tests valid, empty, prefixed, and invalid input.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1c7c6

The changelog currently describes a contract-method invocation that the CLI rejects, which could confuse users about supported wallet-send behavior. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to correct the documentation.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WalletCommands_Send
  participant SendProcessing
  participant MethodValidation
  participant CalldataEncoding
  participant Message
  WalletCommands_Send->>SendProcessing: pass params_hex and method
  SendProcessing->>MethodValidation: resolve and validate method
  SendProcessing->>CalldataEncoding: encode optional hexadecimal calldata
  CalldataEncoding-->>SendProcessing: raw or CBOR-wrapped params
  SendProcessing->>Message: construct send message with method and params

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Suggested reviewers: lesnyrumcajs, akaladarshi

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The PR implements calldata, method handling, and tests, but does not replace the requested lotus wallet send usages in issue #7472.	Replace the selected lotus wallet send usages with the Forest implementation, or remove that requirement from issue #7472.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: adding calldata support to forest-wallet send.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changelog, CLI options, encoding logic, validation, and tests directly support the objectives in issue #7472.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 32: Correct the CHANGELOG entry describing forest-wallet send so it
states that --method sets the message method number for non-contract targets,
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