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+<?php
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\PhpDocExtractor;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\JsonEncoder;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ArrayDenormalizer;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ObjectNormalizer;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
+
+class DeserializeNestedArrayOfObjectsTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function provider()
+    {
+        return [
+            //from property PhpDoc
+            [Zoo::class],
+            //from argument constructor PhpDoc
+            [ZooImmutable::class],
+        ];
+    }
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provider
+     */
+    public function testPropertyPhpDoc($class)
+    {
+        //GIVEN
+        $json = <<<EOF
+{
+    "animals": [
+        {"name": "Bug"}
+    ]
+}
+EOF;
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array(
+            new ObjectNormalizer(null,null, null, new PhpDocExtractor()),
+            new ArrayDenormalizer(),
+        ), array('json' => new JsonEncoder()));
+        //WHEN
+        /** @var Zoo $zoo */
+        $zoo = $serializer->deserialize($json, $class, 'json');
+        //THEN
+        self::assertCount(1, $zoo->getAnimals());
+        self::assertInstanceOf(Animal::class, $zoo->getAnimals()[0]);
+    }
+}
+
+class Zoo {
+    /** @var Animal[] */
+    private $animals = [];
+    /**
+     * @return Animal[]
+     */
+    public function getAnimals(): array
+    {
+        return $this->animals;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @param Animal[] $animals
+     */
+    public function setAnimals(array $animals): void
+    {
+        $this->animals = $animals;
+    }
+}
+
+class ZooImmutable {
+    /** @var Animal[] */
+    private $animals = [];
+    /**
+     * @param Animal[] $animals
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $animals = [])
+    {
+        $this->animals = $animals;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @return Animal[]
+     */
+    public function getAnimals(): array
+    {
+        return $this->animals;
+    }
+}
+
+class Animal {
+    /** @var string */
+    private $name;
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     */
+    public function setName(?string $name): void
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+}