L2SS-940: Consolidate duplicate code from 877 and 876

tangostationcontrol/VERSION

...tationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/common/type_checking.py

...tationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/antennafield.py

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py

...tationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py

...ol/integration_test/default/statistics/test_writer_sst.py

...rol/tangostationcontrol/test/common/test_type_checking.py

...gostationcontrol/test/devices/test_antennafield_device.py

...rol/tangostationcontrol/test/devices/test_lofar_device.py