In this example, we are sharing the difference between SOAP and REST using compassion table. The difference between SOAP and REST are listed below table.
| SOAP | REST |
|---|---|
| It is a protocol. | It is an architectural style. |
| It stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. | It can use soap because it uses any other protocols. |
| It uses services interfaces to expose the business logic. | It uses URI to expose business logic. |
| It permits XML data format only. | It permits different data format such as HTML, XML, JSON etc. |
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