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+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.creators;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.testutil.DatabindTestUtil;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class Creator2135Test extends DatabindTestUtil
+{
+    static class House {
+        @JsonProperty(required = true)
+        List<Brick> bricks = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        @JsonProperty(required = true)
+        Integer houseNumber;
+
+        @JsonCreator
+        public House(@JsonProperty(value = "bricks", required = true) List<Brick> bricks,
+                     @JsonProperty(value = "houseNumber", required = true) Integer houseNumber) {
+            this.bricks.addAll(bricks);
+            this.houseNumber = houseNumber;
+        }
+
+        public List<Brick> getBricks() {
+            return bricks;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getHouseNumber() {
+            return houseNumber;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Brick {
+        @JsonProperty(required = true)
+        final String code;
+
+        boolean creatorCalled;
+        
+        public Brick(@JsonProperty("code") String code) {
+            this.code = code;
+            creatorCalled = true;
+        }
+
+        @JsonCreator
+        static Brick create(String code) {
+             return new Brick(code);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
+
+    @Test
+    void testBricksFromObject() throws Exception {
+        House house = MAPPER.readValue(
+                "{ \"bricks\": [{ \"code\": \"aa\" }, { \"code\": \"abcd\" } ], \"houseNumber\": 99 }", House.class);
+        assertNotNull(house);
+        assertEquals(2, house.getBricks().size());
+        assertTrue(house.bricks.get(0).creatorCalled);
+        assertTrue(house.bricks.get(1).creatorCalled);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBricksFromStrings() throws Exception {
+        House house = MAPPER.readValue(
+                "{ \"bricks\": [\"aa\", \"abcd\"], \"houseNumber\": 99 }", House.class);
+        assertNotNull(house);
+        assertEquals(2, house.getBricks().size());
+        assertTrue(house.bricks.get(0).creatorCalled);
+        assertTrue(house.bricks.get(1).creatorCalled);
+    }
+}