[PJUG Javamail] SOAP or REST?

[Kent Spaulding]

http://rest.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl

more specifically:

http://rest.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HowSoapComparesToRest

The crux of this is that REST uses HTTP as it was designed, as an  
application protocol.  SOAP, not so much?

On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Michael Phoenix wrote:

> Just off the top of my head it seems that I remember learning that a
> big advantage with REST is that everything needed to understand the
> message is sent in the message packet itself.
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Siraj Podikunju <sirajp at spconsult.com 
> > wrote:
>> I could not make it to the meeting last night but this was the  
>> question
>> I had been hoping to get an answer to.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Richard Johnson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Thanks Sean for yet another wonderful presentation last night.  We
>>> didn't really discuss why one would choose a REST connection or SOAP
>>> connection when setting up services or clients, other than the  
>>> obvious
>>> "because that's what's provided."  Are there distinctions that make
>>> such a discussion worthwhile?    At the risk of a religious war,  
>>> I'll
>>> toss out the question.
>>>
>>> Why should I choose either SOAP or REST when setting up an
>>> architecture for services or clients?
>> --
>> Siraj Podikunju
>> SP Consulting, Inc.
>> Tel: 360-600-6608
>> Fax: 360-260-3448
>> E-Mail: sirajp at spconsult.com
>>
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