- REST is simpler and light weight than SOAP.
- REST can straight away provide the data in the JSON format. Where as in SOAP additional step of converting the XML to JSON is needed, which is an overhead.
- Any browse can act as the REST client, where as for SOAP services, SOAP client must be wrote to access the SOAP services.
- SOAP uses the WSDL to expose the we services, which is complex. Where REST is simpler to use.
- Transactions are supported in SOAP where as in REST it is not.
- JAX-WS is the JAVA API for the SOAP services. JAX-RS is the java API for building the REST ful web services.
Tutorial of RESTful web services using the Jersey(JAX-RS 311 reference implementation) can be found at Restful web services tutorial.
More concepts and detailed explanation on Restful web services can be found at Concepts of REST
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