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+package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser
+
+import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
+import org.scalatest.FlatSpec
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
+
+object Dog
+{
+  def apply(n: String, thinking: Boolean) = {
+    val dog = new Dog
+    dog.name = n
+    dog.brain = new dog.Brain
+    dog.brain.isThinking = thinking
+    dog
+  }
+}
+class Dog
+{
+  var name: String = _
+  var brain: Brain = _
+
+  class Brain {
+    var isThinking: Boolean = _
+    def parentName = name
+  }
+
+}
+
+// Cribbed from the same named test in jackson-databind
+@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
+class TestInnerClass extends DeserializerTest with FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
+
+  def module = DefaultScalaModule
+
+  "Deserializer" should "support nested inner classes as values" in {
+    val input = Dog("Smurf", thinking = true)
+    val json = mapper.writeValueAsString(input)
+    val output = deserialize[Dog](json)
+
+    output.name should be === ("Smurf")
+    output.brain should not be (null)
+    output.brain.isThinking should be (true)
+    output.brain.parentName should be === ("Smurf")
+    output.name = "Foo"
+    output.brain.parentName should be === ("Foo")
+  }
+
+}