private ConnectionSettings getConnectionSettings(final HttpServletRequest req)
{
final ConnectionSettings settings = new ConnectionSettings();
final String dateTimeFormatString = getAttribute(req, ConnectionSettings.DATE_TIME_FORMAT);
if (dateTimeFormatString != null) {
final DateTimeFormat dateTimeFormat = DateTimeFormat.valueOf(dateTimeFormatString.toUpperCase());
if (dateTimeFormat != null) {
settings.setDateTimeFormat(dateTimeFormat);
}
}
return settings;