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what's differences Bwtween SOAP and Restfull? What's more, which topic application or program belong to SOAP? what's the key indicator for the differences. Thanks in advance.

jiafu
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  • You can find answer in many web page by simple search such as `SOAP vs Restful`. – Sam Apr 08 '12 at 09:38
  • Your question can duplicate with http://stackoverflow.com/questions/296116/how-do-restful-and-soap-web-services-differ-in-practice too – Sam Apr 08 '12 at 09:39
  • Many thanks, what's more, if webdav method is restfull? – jiafu Apr 08 '12 at 09:44
  • I don't understand your means. – Sam Apr 08 '12 at 09:50
  • FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV – jiafu Apr 08 '12 at 09:56
  • I think don't exist any problem between `Restful` and `WebDAV protocol`. See following urls: * http://wiki.exoplatform.org/xwiki/bin/view/JCR/WebDav * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3745015/webdav-troubles-for-restfull-wcf-web-service * https://wikis.oracle.com/display/Jersey/Jersey+WebDAV+Support+-+Interop – Sam Apr 08 '12 at 10:11
  • I recommend you to read this documentation to learn how REST is used in Java, it might be pretty helpful for you to understand the differences: http://docs.jboss.org/resteasy/docs/2.3.1.GA/userguide/html – Vincent Cantin Apr 08 '12 at 14:40

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SOAP is a particular technology for implementing client / server systems that is based on XML and HTTP.

RESTful is a set of design rules / guidelines for implement web-based services.

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  • Strictly speaking, REST in its purest sense doesn't have anything to do with the web. It's just that it's almost always associated with the web and HTTP as its underlying application protocol. – Brian Kelly Apr 09 '12 at 01:55
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Resources are the key element of a true RESTful design, as opposed to "methods" or "services" used in RPC and SOAP Web Services, respectively.

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