Backport of the HCAL negative energy filter code

[igv4321]

Backporting PR #8447, #8923, and #9105

The implementation of the negative energy filter was confirmed to be correct by the HCAL Noise WG using a configuration from a private database.

The filter is still not enabled, pending the GT (requested).

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @igv4321 for CMSSW_7_4_X.

Backport of the HCAL negative energy filter code

It involves the following packages:

CondCore/HcalPlugins
CondCore/Utilities
CondFormats/DataRecord
CondFormats/HcalObjects
CondTools/Hcal
RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecAlgos
RecoLocalCalo/HcalRecProducers

@nclopezo, @cvuosalo, @cerminar, @cmsbuild, @diguida, @slava77, @ggovi, @mmusich can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
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[slava77]

@cmsbuild please test

[cmsbuild]

The tests are being triggered in jenkins.

[cmsbuild]

+1
Tested at: bee9abc
https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-9137/3762/summary.html

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_7_4_X IBs unless changes (tests are also fine). This pull request requires discussion in the ORP meeting before it's merged. @davidlange6, @Degano, @smuzaffar

[igv4321]

Please merge this

[davidlange6]

+1