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RESTful web services

REST stands for Representational State Transfer. RESTful web services are considered a performance-efficient alternative to the SOAP web services. REST is an architectural style, not a protocol. Refer to the following diagram:

The characteristics of RESTful web services are as follows:

Performance: RESTful web services give better performance efficiency compared to SOAP web services as they don't have strict specifications, unlike SOAP. RESTful web services consume less network bandwidth and resource allocation for information exchange.
Language and platform independence: RESTful web services can be developed using diverse ...

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