Preserve bitmap-backed `RowSelection` in `ParquetAccessPlan`
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Description
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
[arrow-rs#10141](https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/10141) allows `RowSelection` to be backed by a `BooleanBuffer`.
However, `ParquetAccessPlan::into_overall_row_selection` currently calls `RowSelection::iter()` and converts each selection into a `Vec`. This materializes mask-backed selections as RLE and loses the bitmap backing before it reaches the Parquet reader.
This issue is blocked until DataFusion upgrades to an Arrow/Parquet release containing `arrow-rs#10141`.
### Describe the solution you'd like
- Validate selection length using `row_count() + skipped_row_count()` instead of `iter()`.
- When all row-group selections are mask-backed, concatenate their `BooleanBuffer`s directly.
- Represent scanned row groups as all-set bitmap ranges and omit skipped row groups.
- Keep the existing selector path as the fallback for selector-backed or mixed inputs.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
Converting selectors back to a bitmap in the Parquet reader does not help because the large intermediate `Vec` has already been allocated.
### Additional context
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