Support arbitrary account queries via REST

GET /accounts/?q=<query> supports arbitrary account queries now. So
far this REST endpoint was used for account suggestions, suggesting
accounts for a substring that the user has typed. This will continue
to work since this is handled by the default field for account
queries. However if the provided query contains query operators a
full-fledged account query is executed. This is undesired for account
suggestions. This is why the old behaviour for account suggestions is
preserved when the parameter 'suggest' is provided. The web UI and the
java extension API are adapted to set this new parameter for account
suggestions. For old clients the new REST endpoint provides enough
backward compatibility so that they are not breaking as it is rather
unlikely that a substring that was typed by a user contains a query
operator.

Using /accounts/?q=<query> for arbitrary account queries has the
advantage that this is consistent with the REST endpoint for querying
changes which is /changes/?q=<query>.

Rename SuggestAccounts to QueryAccounts to reflect the new
functionality and to have a consistent name with QueryChanges.

Since the account query predicates are now exposed to external users
this change also adds documentation for them.

Change-Id: Iabe3e52893a17a21d4bfdec6dab737e0cebaea23
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <ekempin@google.com>
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