KvpMap parsed = new KvpMap(kv);
KvpUtils.parse(parsed);
//create/read the request object
DescribeFeatureTypeRequest request = DescribeFeatureTypeRequest.adapt(
dftReqReader.read(dftReqReader.createRequest(), parsed, kv));
//set the base url
//TODO: should this be run through the url mangler? not sure since the uri should
// already be "proxified"
request.setBaseUrl(uri.scheme() + "://" + uri.host() + ":" + uri.port() + uri.path());