RESTful v/s MQ. Differences and other key features apart from Guaranteed Delivery

Question

Ok..So I have started studying about MQ and its purpose/usecase etc... My existing application (Web made using JSP etc..) uses RestFUL interface to communicate with a remote ser

Answer 1

Both are abstractions but on different levels Your application can provide RESTful API, but under the hood it will utilize various components, among which is message queues.

Short and dirty: RESTful declares best practices how to build app or components, MQ served for messaging between components.

You may be confused with RPC, but in a web context it's not the same as MQ.