Victor Dibia 6359b6a7be
improve component config, add description support in dump_component (#5203)
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## Why are these changes needed?

It is currently hard to add a description to a component (defaults to
None also) .. you have to call super.dump() modify and return. This PR
makes the experience better.

- allows you specify `component_description` and `component_label` as an
optional class var. label is an optional human readable name for the the
component.
- will use component_description if provided int he description field
when dumped if there is no description, will use the first line of class
docstring. Takes advantage of all the good practices we have in writing
good docstrings. label defaults to component type.
 

For example 

```python
model_client=OpenAIChatCompletionClient( model="gpt-4o-2024-08-06" )
config = model_client.dump_component()
print(config.model_dump_json())
```
Note the description field below is no longer None and there is a label
```python
{
  "provider": "autogen_ext.models.openai.OpenAIChatCompletionClient",
  "component_type": "model",
  "version": 1,
  "component_version": 1,
  "description": "Chat completion client for OpenAI hosted models.",
  "label": "OpenAIChatCompletionClient",
  "config": { "model": "gpt-4o-2024-08-06" }
}


```

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