Merge pull request #542 in ZP/z-push from bugfix/ZP-1229-strict-type-checking-in-syncobject.equals to develop

* commit 'c2be331d':
  ZP-1229 Fixed whitespace.
  ZP-1229  Add new optional parameter to Syncobject.equals() for strict type checking, and undo the global change made to use strict checking introduced by ZP-1088. Released under the Affero GNU General Public License (AGPL) version 3.