REST v/s SOAP

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Hi
    Could any body please comment on this? Each pros and cons(if any)
Can REST do all things that SOAP does

Thanks in advance
Sijo

[Margareth_Florian (Margareth Florián)]

Hi, Sijo

SOAP and REST are different thinks.

SOAP is and envelop protocol like HTTP.

REST is a design style for a stateless client-server architecture. in REST a web service is viewed as a resource and it is accesed trough its URI.

Margareth

[radar (Ryan Bigg)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST#REST_versus_RPC