SAOP vs RESTful web services

SOAP vs RESTful Difference

	SOAP	RESTful
Developer View	Object Oriented	Resource oriented
Standards Based	Yes	No
Security	SSL, WS-Security	SSL
Transactions	WS-Atomic transaction	No
Reliability	WS-Reliable Messaging	Application Specific
Performance	Good	Better
Caching	No	GET operation can be cached.
Message Size	Heavy , has SOAP and WS-* specific mark-up	Lightweight, no extra mark-up
Message  Communication Protocol	XML	XML, JSON, Other valid MIME type.
Message Encoding	Yes	No
Service Description	WSDL	No formal contract defined.
Human Intelligible Payload	No	Yes
Developer Tooling	Yes	Minimal or none
Orientation	Wraps business logic	Accesses resources/data
Abbreviation	Simple Object Access Protocol	Representational State Transfer
Simplicity	No	Yes
Transport Protocol Support	HTTP, SMTP, JMS	HTTP

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