Add type hints and tests to analysis package

[joschaschmiedt]

While exploring the API of the analysis package, I saw that there is an implicit abstraction of the Continuous and Spikes classes. I made that abstraction explicit (adding ContinuousAbstract and SpikesAbstract interfaces) and added type hints throughout the analysis package.

I've also added test datasets for the binary, open-ephys and NWB data formats as well as test cases for reading those data in. While doing so I fixed potential bugs

• There was a typo on a float64 dtype (see ecd427b)
• Reading in the Spikes from the open-ephys format test dataset causes a reshaping error (see test_spike_data in test_openephys_format).
• The BinaryRecording contained a call to the non-existent function create_channel_map

If you find any of this useful, feel free to merge and modify my suggestions.

Here's the complete CHANGELOG:

• Dropped support for Python < 3.9
• Refactoring without new functionality or API changes
  • The Continuous and Spike classes of the three formats now have an explicit interface
    (i.e. abstract parent class) and have been renamed to BinaryContinuous, BinarySpike etc.
  • The metadata of Continuous and Spike in the analysis package now are typed dataclasses
    instead of dict objects . This makes accessing metadata more reliable.
  • Type hints have been added to the analysis package.
  • Automated tests for reading Binary, NWB and OpenEphys data formats have been added (incl. GitHub action)
  • Added a RecordingFormat enum for the three formats
  • Added a JSON schema for validating oebin files
  • Added a uv.lock file for reproducible development environments.
• BinaryContinuous and BinarySpike now have __str__ methods to give an overview over
  their contents.

[jsiegle]

Thanks for this! Let us know when you're finished making changes and we will test it out.

[joschaschmiedt]

@jsiegle, I think I'm done with changes from my side. I'd be happy if you could test it out.

[jsiegle]

Thanks, we should be able to take a closer look at this next week.