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##### SUMMARY

Since https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57145, `elements=str` in Arguments_spec raises an error. We need to use elements="str" instead. I've done a workaround for VMware ( ansible-collections/vmware#235 ), but we may see more cases like that in the future. Is this an expected behaviour?

```python
        associable_object_types=dict(
            type='list',
             elements=str,
        ),
```

The error:


```
The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_vmware_category_payload_w4g0m32x/ansible_vmware_category_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1775, in _handle_elements
    validated_params.append(type_checker(value, **kwargs))
fatal: [testhost]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "associable_object_types": [
                "Folder"
            ],
            "category_cardinality": "multiple",
            "category_description": "Folder",
            "category_name": "Folder",
            "hostname": "vcenter.test",
            "password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 443,
            "protocol": "https",
            "state": "present",
            "username": "administrator@vsphere.local",
            "validate_certs": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Elements value for option associable_object_types is of type <class 'str'> and we were unable to convert to str: 'param' is an invalid keyword argument for str()"
}

```

##### ISSUE TYPE
- Bug Report

##### COMPONENT NAME

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

##### ANSIBLE VERSION
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```paste below
devel
```
''' Return SHA1 hex digest of local file using digest_from_file(). '''
        return self.digest_from_file(filename, 'sha1')
    def sha256(self, filename):
        ''' Return SHA-256 hex digest of local file using digest_from_file(). '''
        return self.digest_from_file(filename, 'sha256')
    def backup_local(self, fn):
        '''make a date-marked backup of the specified file, return True or False on success or failure'''
        backupdest = ''
        if os.path.exists(fn):
            
            ext = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d@%H:%M:%S~", time.localtime(time.time()))
            backupdest = '%s.%s.%s' % (fn, os.getpid(), ext)
            try:
                self.preserved_copy(fn, backupdest)
            except (shutil.Error, IOError) as e:
                self.fail_json(msg='Could not make backup of %s to %s: %s' % (fn, backupdest, to_native(e)))
        return backupdest
    def cleanup(self, tmpfile):
        if os.path.exists(tmpfile):
            try:
                os.unlink(tmpfile)
            except OSError as e:
                sys.stderr.write("could not cleanup %s: %s" % (tmpfile, to_native(e)))
    def preserved_copy(self, src, dest):