> method and are then encoded to
 match the rules of the URI component to which they pertain. All % characters in the stringified values that are not
 followed by two hexadecimal numbers will be encoded.

 A call to the method with an empty parameter map is ignored, i.e. same <code>WebTarget</code> instance is returned.
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 A snapshot of the present configuration of the current (parent) target instance is taken and is inherited by the
 newly constructed (child) target instance.
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