refactor(core): remove out-of-scope HTTP/2 client/proxy, reorganize docs, refresh README

HttpProxy and Http2Client (719 LOC) shipped a reverse-proxy adapter and outbound HTTP/2
client from flash core with zero callers anywhere in the server itself — only each
other and their own tests. An HTTP/1.1+2 server framework has no business bundling an
outbound client; that capability belongs in its own flash-extensions/flash-ext-*
module if/when it's needed. Removed, along with the now-dead src/bench load driver
that depended on Http2Client (no replacement client written here — flagged as
follow-up work, not silently dropped).

docs/http2/ had accumulated core, cross-protocol documentation alongside genuine
HTTP/2-protocol internals: HTTP1-HARDENING, TRANSPORT, MESSAGE-MODEL,
TRAILERS-AND-STREAMING and BYTES all describe machinery HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 share, not
HTTP/2 specifically. Moved to a new docs/core/, leaving docs/http2/ to the protocol
layers, wire internals and operational docs that are actually HTTP/2-specific.
CLEARTEXT-AND-PROXY.md renamed to CLEARTEXT.md and its now-removed upstream-client
section cut, matching the source removal above.

README.md: removed the "HTTP/2 upstream proxy" section (documented the deleted
HttpProxy/Http2Client), the flash-bench module row and build command (not a module
that exists in this repo), and fixed every doc link to the new docs/core/ paths.
Added the new FlashConfiguration.maxConnections field to the configuration reference.

src/bench/ (a load-test harness distinct from the JMH suite, not wired into any Maven
profile or CI) is committed here for the first time.
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# Trailers and streaming
Flash exposes the same request and response model on HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2. Request trailers are
available through `Request.trailers()` after the body has reached EOF. Calling it earlier throws
`IllegalStateException`; this prevents handlers from observing an incomplete trailer section.
HTTP/1.1 reads trailers from the final chunk, while HTTP/2 decodes the trailing HEADERS block in
the connection's existing HPACK context.
Response trailers are added with `Response.trailer(name, value)` or a `PreEncodedHeader`. HTTP/1.1
uses chunked framing and writes the fields after the zero chunk. HTTP/2 writes a trailing HEADERS
block with `END_STREAM`; the final DATA frame deliberately does not carry `END_STREAM`.
`Response.streaming(producer)` is the push alternative to `stream(InputStream, length)` and
`chunked(InputStream)`. Its `ResponseStream` is a bounded blocking bridge. A producer runs on a
virtual thread and blocks when the protocol writer or the HTTP/2 flow-control windows cannot make
progress. This keeps backpressure explicit without callbacks or reactive types:
```java
return response.type("application/grpc").streaming(stream -> {
try {
for (byte[] message : messages) stream.write(message, 0, message.length);
stream.trailer("grpc-status", "0");
} catch (IOException failure) {
throw new UncheckedIOException(failure);
}
});
```
The transport supports the primitives required by gRPC, but the core does not provide protobuf
codecs, generated stubs, service descriptors, or a gRPC service API. Those belong in a future
`flash-ext-grpc` module. `GrpcInteropTest` verifies the boundary with the external `grpcurl` client
and a hand-written wire-format handler.
CONNECT requests follow RFC 9113 request pseudo-header rules: `:authority` is required and
`:scheme`/`:path` are forbidden. Their DATA remains subject to the ordinary request limits,
timeouts and two-level flow control.