Sfdc soap vs rest
- 1. Apex Wrapper Class By: Gaurav Singh Soap Vs Rest By: Gaurav Singh
- 2. SOAP VS REST SOAP REST • SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol • SOAP is a protocol • In SOAP, the WSDL file provides the client with the necessary information which can be used to understand what services the web service can offer. • SOAP requires more bandwidth for its usage • REST stands for Representational State Transfer • REST is an Architectural style • REST use Uniform Service locators to access to the components on the hardware device • REST does not need much bandwidth when requests are sent to the server
- 3. Conti... SOAP REST • SOAP can only work with XML format • SOAP can't use REST because it is a protocol • REST permits different data format such as Plain text, HTML, XML, JSON, etc • REST can use SOAP web services because it is a concept and can use any protocol like HTTP, SOAP
- 4. Which one one should go for • Limited resources and bandwidth • Statelessness : If there is no need to maintain a state of information from one request to another then REST should be used. If you need a proper information flow wherein some information from one request needs to flow into another then SOAP is more suited for that purpose
- 5. Conti.. • Caching : If there is a need to cache a lot of requests then REST is the perfect solution. At times, clients could request for the same resource multiple times. This can increase the number of requests which are sent to the server. By implementing a cache, the most frequent queries results can be stored in an intermediate location. So whenever the client requests for a resource, it will first check the cache. If the resources exist then, it will not proceed to the server. So caching can help in minimizing the amount of trips which are made to the web server
- 6. Conti.. • Coding REST Services and subsequent implementation is far easier than SOAP. So if a quick win solution is required for web services, then REST is the way to go
- 7. SOAP • Asynchronous processing and subsequent invocation A Formal means of communication • Stateful operations • Lack of Security • Lack of state
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