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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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devel
```
diff['before']['attributes'] = existing.get('attr_flags')
                    if 'after' not in diff:
                        diff['after'] = {}
                    diff['after']['attributes'] = '%s%s' % (attr_mod, attributes)
                if not self.check_mode:
                    try:
                        rc, out, err = self.run_command(attrcmd)
                        if rc != 0 or err:
                            raise Exception("Error while setting attributes: %s" % (out + err))
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.fail_json(path=to_text(b_path), msg='chattr failed',
                                       details=to_native(e), exception=traceback.format_exc())
        return changed
    def get_file_attributes(self, path):
        output = {}
        attrcmd = self.get_bin_path('lsattr', False)
        if attrcmd:
            attrcmd = [attrcmd, '-vd', path]
            try:
                rc, out, err = self.run_command(attrcmd)
                if rc == 0:
                    res = out.split()
                    output['attr_flags'] = res[1].replace('-', '').strip()
                    output['version'] = res[0].strip()
                    output['attributes'] = format_attributes(output['attr_flags'])
            except Exception:
                pass
        return output
    @classmethod
    def _symbolic_mode_to_octal(cls, path_stat, symbolic_mode):