Using custom serialization between ActionScript and Java
If the standard mechanisms for serializing and deserializing data between ActionScript on the client and Java on the
server do not meet your needs, you can write your own serialization scheme. You implement the ActionScript-based
flash.utils.IExternalizable interface on the client and the corresponding Java-based java.io.Externalizable interface
on the server.
A typical reason to use custom serialization is to avoid passing all of the properties of either the client-side or server-
side representation of an object across the network tier. When you implemen ...
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