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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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```
expand_user_and_vars=True, pass_fds=None, before_communicate_callback=None):
        '''
        Execute a command, returns rc, stdout, and stderr.
        :arg args: is the command to run
            * If args is a list, the command will be run with shell=False.
            * If args is a string and use_unsafe_shell=False it will split args to a list and run with shell=False
            * If args is a string and use_unsafe_shell=True it runs with shell=True.
        :kw check_rc: Whether to call fail_json in case of non zero RC.
            Default False
        :kw close_fds: See documentation for subprocess.Popen(). Default True
        :kw executable: See documentation for subprocess.Popen(). Default None
        :kw data: If given, information to write to the stdin of the command
        :kw binary_data: If False, append a newline to the data.  Default False
        :kw path_prefix: If given, additional path to find the command in.
            This adds to the PATH environment variable so helper commands in
            the same directory can also be found
        :kw cwd: If given, working directory to run the command inside
        :kw use_unsafe_shell: See `args` parameter.  Default False
        :kw prompt_regex: Regex string (not a compiled regex) which can be
            used to detect prompts in the stdout which would otherwise cause
            the execution to hang (especially if no input data is specified)
        :kw environ_update: dictionary to *update* os.environ with
        :kw umask: Umask to be used when running the command. Default None
        :kw encoding: Since we return native strings, on python3 we need to
            know the encoding to use to transform from bytes to text.  If you
            want to always get bytes back, use encoding=None.  The default is
            "utf-8".  This does not affect transformation of strings given as
            args.
        :kw errors: Since we return native strings, on python3 we need to
            transform stdout and stderr from bytes to text.  If the bytes are