Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Web Services – Key Terminology

This video provides an overview of web services, focusing on key terminology such as request, response, message exchange format, service provider, service consumer, service definition, and transport mechanisms. It explains how web services operate, the roles of providers and consumers, and the formats and protocols used for communication. The video aims to clarify these concepts for future lessons.

What is the primary role of a request in a web service?

• To specify the transport method

• To define the service endpoint

• To act as input to the service

• To provide output from the service

Which format is NOT typically used for message exchange in web services?

• XML

• YAML

• JSON

• CSV

Who is responsible for hosting the web service?

• Service Consumer

• Service Provider

• Service Definition

• Service Transport

What does the service definition specify?

• The programming language of the service

• The type of transport used

• The format and structure of requests and responses

• The URL of the service

Which transport method involves placing a message in a queue?

• SMTP

• MQ

• FTP

• HTTP