You're right; "Dart Types" is slightly ambiguous, it wasn't intended that way. It's possible to deserialise into a Map; but not into a type you defined (or even

You're right; "Dart Types" is slightly ambiguous, it wasn't intended that way. It's possible to deserialise into a Map; but not into a type you defined (or even a built-in type that isn't in a small list of types it knows about).