Friday, 2 June 2017

Difference between SOAP and REST



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SOAP

SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol.

SOAP uses WSDL to communicate with web service.

SOAP is a protocol.

SOAP uses services interface to expose the business logic.

SOAP defines W3C standards strictly to be followed.

SOAP requires more bandwidth and resource.

SOAP defines its own security.


SOAP permits XML data format only.
REST

REST stands for Representational State Transfer.

REST uses WADL to communicate with web service.

REST is a architectural style.

REST uses URI to expose the business logic.

REST does not define any standard like SOAP.

REST requires less bandwidth and resource.

REST inherits security measure from the underlying transport.

REST allows multiple file format like plain text, XML, JSON, HTML etc.

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