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What Is A Web Service

Web services are web application components that can be published, found, and used on the World Wide Web. They communicate over HTTP and provide a standard means of interoperating between software applications running on different platforms and frameworks. There are two main types of web services: SOAP web services which use XML and HTTP to allow applications to communicate; and RESTful web services which use HTTP requests to access and use representations of web resources and have advantages of being fast and requiring less bandwidth.

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What Is A Web Service

Web services are web application components that can be published, found, and used on the World Wide Web. They communicate over HTTP and provide a standard means of interoperating between software applications running on different platforms and frameworks. There are two main types of web services: SOAP web services which use XML and HTTP to allow applications to communicate; and RESTful web services which use HTTP requests to access and use representations of web resources and have advantages of being fast and requiring less bandwidth.

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1. What is a Web service?

Web services are web application components.


Web services can be published, found, and used on the Web.
Web services are client and server applications that communicate over the World Wide Webs
(WWW) HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). As described by the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), web services provide a standard means of interoperating between software applications
running on a variety of platforms and frameworks. Web services are characterized by their great
interoperability and extensibility, as well as their machine-processable descriptions, thanks to the use
of XML. Web services can be combined in a loosely coupled way to achieve complex operations.
Programs providing simple services can interact with each other to deliver sophisticated added-value
services.

As you can see in the fi gure, java, .net or PHP applications can
communicate with other applications through web service over the
network. For example, java application can interact with Java, .Net
and PHP applications. So web service is a language independent way
of communication.

Types of webservices.
SOAP web services.
RESTful web services.
SOAP Web Services

SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is a XML-based


protocol for accessing web services. SOAP is a W3C recommendation
for communication between two applications.

SOAP is XML based protocol. It is platform independent and language


independent. By using SOAP, you will be able to interact with other
programming language applications.
Language and Platform independent : SOAP web services can be
written in any programming language and executed in any platform.

RESTful Web Services

REST stands for Representational State Transfer. REST is an architectural


style not a protocol.

Advantages of RESTful Web Services

Fast: RESTful Web Services are fast because there is no strict


specification like SOAP. It consumes less bandwidth and resource.

Language and Platform independent : RESTful web services can be


written in any programming language and executed in any platform.

No

SOAP

REST

SOAP is a protocol.

REST is an architectural style.

SOAP stands for Simple Object


Access Protocol.

REST stands for REpresentational


State Transfer.

SOAP can't use REST because


it is a protocol.

REST can use SOAP web services


because it is a concept and can use
any protocol like HTTP, SOAP.

SOAP uses services interfaces


to expose the business logic.

REST uses URI to expose


business logic.

SOAP defines standards to be


strictly followed.

REST does not define too much


standards like SOAP.

SOAP defines standards to be


strictly followed.

REST does not define too much


standards like SOAP.

SOAP requires more


bandwidth and resource than
REST.

SOAP defines its own security. RESTful web services inherits


security measures from the
underlying transport.

SOAP permits XML data format


only.

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SOAP is less preferred than


REST.

2. Diagram examples

REST requires less bandwidth and


resource than SOAP.

REST permits different data format


such as Plain text, HTML, XML,
JSON etc.
REST more preferred than SOAP.

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