[Simple-support] Array deserialization issue, with test and patch

[Shevek <sh...@an...>]

I last posted about this in 2012, and here it is again, only this time 
with a standalone test case, as well as a patch. The issue hasn't 
changed, and neither has the patch, but hopefully having the test will help.

Test fails without patch, passes with patch. All other tests pass with 
patch.

Please, please, please fix this. It's been bugging us for two years now, 
and we've been carrying custom binaries of simple-xml in all our 
repositories.

Previous thread (2012) was: "RegistryStrategy causes NPE when Converter 
is used"

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1336375189.50334.YahooMailClassic%40web161005.mail.bf1.yahoo.com&forum_name=simple-support

I mirrored simple-xml to github to make it easier to write and run 
tests. I also discovered that the simple-xml test suite fails on modern 
JDK due to https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028111

S.