What Is REST Protocol in Web Services?

What Is REST Protocol in Web Services?

In my last post I have discussed about the SOAP protocol, I have also told the disadvantages of SOAP.To get rid of 
1. Bulky 
2. Time consuming
3. Complex 
4. Stateless features of SOAP

REST (Representational State Transfer) came.

This REST-ful web services mainly provides point to point communication over HTTP, REST primarily depends on plain old XML(POX) message for communication