REST vs web service

Question

In our architecture QIE will be used to transform the JSON into ccda xml. So we are going to send the json object to qie, if so then we have two choices, either to use web service or REST (content encoded). So can anybody let me know which one would be best for us and let me know the reasons for it.

Answer 1

The QIE Web Service is a SOAP Web Service.  It is best used for QIE to QIE Web Service calls.

To setup a REST Web Service with QIE, you would use an HTTP Listener and then configure it to send the Response from the Mapping or Destination Node.

For your specific case, you can use either type of web service, but the HTTP Listener REST Web Service would probably be the simplest to implement on the client side and provide the greatest flexibility on the QIE side for configuring the interface.  Therefore, I would recommend using the HTTP Listener REST Web Service.