diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 308dde3..5133431 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="gis-viewer-3.6.2-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gis-viewer-PRIVATE/gis-viewer-PRIVATE">
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gis-viewer-3.9.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gis-viewer-TRUNK/gis-viewer-TRUNK">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gisviewerapp/client/WmsRequestConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gisviewerapp/client/WmsRequestConverter.java
index 686fe9f..5056c14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gisviewerapp/client/WmsRequestConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/gisviewerapp/client/WmsRequestConverter.java
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewerapp.client;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewer.client.GisViewerPanel;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewer.client.GisViewerPanel.LayerType;
-import org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewerapp.shared.WmsParameters;
+import org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewer.client.commons.utils.WmsUrlValidator;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.Window;
 
+
 /**
- * @author Francesco Mangiacrapa francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it
- * @Oct 9, 2014
+ * The Class WmsRequestConverter.
  *
+ * @author Francesco Mangiacrapa francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it
+ * Dec 10, 2015
  */
 public class WmsRequestConverter {
 	
@@ -28,17 +31,27 @@ public class WmsRequestConverter {
 	private boolean isExternal = false;
 	private boolean isBase = false;
 	private boolean displayInLayerSwitcher = false;
-	private ArrayList<String> styles;
 	private boolean onTop = true;
 	private ArrayList<String> listStyles;
 	private String wmsRequest;
+	private HashMap<String, String> noWMSParams;
+	
 	/**
-	 * 
+	 * Instantiates a new wms request converter.
+	 *
+	 * @param gisViewerPanel the gis viewer panel
 	 */
 	public WmsRequestConverter(GisViewerPanel gisViewerPanel) {
 		this.gisViewer = gisViewerPanel;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Parses the request.
+	 *
+	 * @param wmsRequest the wms request
+	 * @param displayName the display name
+	 * @throws Exception the exception
+	 */
 	public void parseRequest(String wmsRequest, String displayName) throws Exception{
 		this.wmsRequest = wmsRequest;
 		
@@ -52,133 +65,202 @@ public class WmsRequestConverter {
 //			throw new Exception("Bad server request '?' not found!");
 		}
 		
-		//FIND LAYERS NAME (AND TITLE)
-		String value = getValueOfParameter(WmsParameters.LAYERS, wmsRequest);
-		if(value==null || value.isEmpty()){
+		WmsUrlValidator urlValidator = new WmsUrlValidator(wmsRequest);
+		String layerName = urlValidator.getValueOfParsedWMSParameter(org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewer.client.commons.utils.WmsParameters.LAYERS);
+		
+		if(layerName==null || layerName.isEmpty()){
 			Window.alert("Bad wms request LAYER parameter not found!");
 			throw new Exception("Layer name not found!");
 		}else{
-			displayLayerName = value;
-			title = value;
+			displayLayerName = layerName;
+			title = layerName;
 			if(displayName!=null && !displayName.isEmpty())
 				displayLayerName = displayName;
 		}
 		
-		//FIND STILE
-		listStyles = new ArrayList<String>();
-		String style = getValueOfParameter(WmsParameters.STYLES, wmsRequest);
-		listStyles.add(style);
-	}
-	
-	public void addRequestToGisViewer(){
-		gisViewer.addLayerByWms(GisViewerPanel.LayerType.FEATURETYPE, displayLayerName, title, url, isExternal, isBase, displayInLayerSwitcher, listStyles, wmsRequest, onTop);
-	}
-	
-	private String getValueOfParameter(WmsParameters wmsParam, String url){
-		ConstantGisViewerApp.logger.log(Level.INFO, "finding: "+wmsParam +" into "+url);
+		this.listStyles = new ArrayList<String>();
+		String style = urlValidator.getValueOfParsedWMSParameter(org.gcube.portlets.user.gisviewer.client.commons.utils.WmsParameters.STYLES);
+		this.listStyles.add(style);
 		
-		String urlLower = url.toLowerCase();
-		int index = urlLower.indexOf(wmsParam.getParameter().toLowerCase());
-//		logger.trace("start index of "+wmsParam+ " is: "+index);
-		String value = "";
-		if(index > -1){
-			
-			int start = index + wmsParam.getParameter().length()+1; //add +1 for char '='
-			
-			String sub = url.substring(start, url.length()); 
-			
-			int indexOfSeparator = sub.indexOf("&");
-			
-			int end = indexOfSeparator!=-1?indexOfSeparator:sub.length();
-			
-			value = sub.substring(0, end);
+		Map<String, String> noWms = urlValidator.getMapWmsNotStandardParams();
+		this.noWMSParams = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		if(noWms!=null && noWms.size()>0){
+			this.noWMSParams.putAll(noWms);
 		}
-		ConstantGisViewerApp.logger.log(Level.INFO, "return value: "+value);
-		
-		return value;
-		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Adds the request to gis viewer.
+	 */
+	public void addRequestToGisViewer(){
+		gisViewer.addLayerByWms(GisViewerPanel.LayerType.FEATURETYPE, displayLayerName, title, url, isExternal, isBase, displayInLayerSwitcher, listStyles, wmsRequest, onTop, noWMSParams);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the layer type.
+	 *
+	 * @return the layer type
+	 */
 	public LayerType getLayerType() {
 		return layerType;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the title.
+	 *
+	 * @return the title
+	 */
 	public String getTitle() {
 		return title;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the layer name.
+	 *
+	 * @return the layer name
+	 */
 	public String getLayerName() {
 		return displayLayerName;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the url.
+	 *
+	 * @return the url
+	 */
 	public String getUrl() {
 		return url;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is external.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is external
+	 */
 	public boolean isExternal() {
 		return isExternal;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is base.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is base
+	 */
 	public boolean isBase() {
 		return isBase;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is display in layer switcher.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is display in layer switcher
+	 */
 	public boolean isDisplayInLayerSwitcher() {
 		return displayInLayerSwitcher;
 	}
 
-	public ArrayList<String> getStyles() {
-		return styles;
-	}
-
+	/**
+	 * Checks if is on top.
+	 *
+	 * @return true, if is on top
+	 */
 	public boolean isOnTop() {
 		return onTop;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the list styles.
+	 *
+	 * @return the list styles
+	 */
 	public ArrayList<String> getListStyles() {
 		return listStyles;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the layer type.
+	 *
+	 * @param layerType the new layer type
+	 */
 	public void setLayerType(LayerType layerType) {
 		this.layerType = layerType;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the title.
+	 *
+	 * @param title the new title
+	 */
 	public void setTitle(String title) {
 		this.title = title;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the layer name.
+	 *
+	 * @param layerName the new layer name
+	 */
 	public void setLayerName(String layerName) {
 		this.displayLayerName = layerName;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the url.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the new url
+	 */
 	public void setUrl(String url) {
 		this.url = url;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the external.
+	 *
+	 * @param isExternal the new external
+	 */
 	public void setExternal(boolean isExternal) {
 		this.isExternal = isExternal;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the base.
+	 *
+	 * @param isBase the new base
+	 */
 	public void setBase(boolean isBase) {
 		this.isBase = isBase;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the display in layer switcher.
+	 *
+	 * @param displayInLayerSwitcher the new display in layer switcher
+	 */
 	public void setDisplayInLayerSwitcher(boolean displayInLayerSwitcher) {
 		this.displayInLayerSwitcher = displayInLayerSwitcher;
 	}
 
-	public void setStyles(ArrayList<String> styles) {
-		this.styles = styles;
-	}
-
+	/**
+	 * Sets the on top.
+	 *
+	 * @param onTop the new on top
+	 */
 	public void setOnTop(boolean onTop) {
 		this.onTop = onTop;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the list styles.
+	 *
+	 * @param listStyles the new list styles
+	 */
 	public void setListStyles(ArrayList<String> listStyles) {
 		this.listStyles = listStyles;
 	}
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -188,7 +270,7 @@ public class WmsRequestConverter {
 		builder.append(layerType);
 		builder.append(", title=");
 		builder.append(title);
-		builder.append(", layerName=");
+		builder.append(", displayLayerName=");
 		builder.append(displayLayerName);
 		builder.append(", url=");
 		builder.append(url);
@@ -198,12 +280,14 @@ public class WmsRequestConverter {
 		builder.append(isBase);
 		builder.append(", displayInLayerSwitcher=");
 		builder.append(displayInLayerSwitcher);
-		builder.append(", styles=");
-		builder.append(styles);
 		builder.append(", onTop=");
 		builder.append(onTop);
 		builder.append(", listStyles=");
 		builder.append(listStyles);
+		builder.append(", wmsRequest=");
+		builder.append(wmsRequest);
+		builder.append(", noWMSParams=");
+		builder.append(noWMSParams);
 		builder.append("]");
 		return builder.toString();
 	}