Master Java Web Services and REST API with Spring Boot- Important How Questions related to Web Services

The video tutorial introduces web services, highlighting their key features such as application interaction, platform independence, and network communication. It explains how data exchange occurs through requests and responses, emphasizing the importance of platform-independent formats like XML and JSON. The tutorial also covers service definitions, which specify request and response formats and endpoints, ensuring applications can interact with web services effectively.

What are the three key characteristics of a web service?

• User-to-user interaction, platform dependence, local communication

• Application-to-application interaction, platform independence, network communication

• User-to-application interaction, platform dependence, network communication

• Application-to-user interaction, platform independence, network communication

In the context of web services, what is the term used for the input sent to a web service?

• Query

• Output

• Request

• Response

Which of the following is NOT a popular data exchange format for web services?

• XAML

• HTML

• XML

• JSON

What does JSON stand for?

• JavaScript Object Notation

• JavaScript Online Notation

• JavaScript Output Notation

• JavaScript Open Notation

What is the purpose of making requests and responses platform independent?

• To increase the speed of data exchange

• To enhance security

• To ensure compatibility across different platforms

• To reduce the size of data packets

How does an application know the format of a request and response in a web service?

• Through a service definition

• By trial and error

• By using a debugger

• Through user input

What is specified in a service definition?

• The server location

• The structure of the request and response

• The user interface design

• The programming language used