code: public static String escapeQueryParam(final String queryParam, final boolean strict) {
          return (strict ? STRICT_ESCAPER : ESCAPER).escapeQueryParam(queryParam);
      }
docs: Escapes a string as a URI query parameter (same as a strict query, but also escaping & and =)
  @param queryParam the parameter to escape
  @param strict whether or not to do strict escaping
  @return the escaped string