code: protected Boolean getEscapeQueryChars() {
  
          Boolean isEscape = parseOptionalBooleanValue(m_configObject, JSON_KEY_ESCAPE_QUERY_CHARACTERS);
          return (null == isEscape) && (m_baseConfig != null)
          ? Boolean.valueOf(m_baseConfig.getGeneralConfig().getEscapeQueryChars())
          : isEscape;
      }
docs: Returns the flag, indicating if the characters in the query string that are commands to Solr should be escaped.
  @return the flag, indicating if the characters in the query string that are commands to Solr should be escaped.