Added 'ast_json_object_string_get' to the JSON wrapper in order to make it a
little easier to retrieve a string field from the JSON object.

Also added an 'ast_strings_equal' function that safely checks (checks for NULLs)
for equality between two strings.

Change-Id: I26f0a16d61537505eb41b4b05ef2e6d67fc2541b