In the BlazeDS dev guide there is the following statement (when talking about explicitly mapping between Java and ActionScript) :
http://livedocs.adobe.com/blazeds/1/blazeds_devguide/help.html?content =serialize_data_2.html
Note: In Flex 1.5, java.util.Map was sent as an associative or ECMA Array. This is no longer a recommended practice. You can enable legacy Map support to associative Arrays, but Adobe recommends against doing this.
Why is this not recommended by Adobe?
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