Fix #1711

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.8.9.1 (not yet released)
+2.8.10 (not yet released)
 
 #1657: `StdDateFormat` deserializes dates with no tz/offset as UTC instead of
   configured timezone
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
   with a recursive value type
  (reported by Kevin G)
 #1679: `StackOverflowError` in Dynamic `StdKeySerializer`
+#1711: Delegating creator fails to work for binary data (`byte[]`) with
+ binary formats (CBOR, Smile)
 
 2.8.9 (12-Jun-2017)
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BeanDeserializerBase.java

@@ -1266,9 +1266,8 @@ public Object deserializeFromString(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
         if (_objectIdReader != null) {
             return deserializeFromObjectId(p, ctxt);
         }
-        /* Bit complicated if we have delegating creator; may need to use it,
-         * or might not...
-         */
+        // Bit complicated if we have delegating creator; may need to use it,
+        // or might not...
         JsonDeserializer<Object> delegateDeser = _delegateDeserializer();
         if (delegateDeser != null) {
             if (!_valueInstantiator.canCreateFromString()) {
@@ -1379,6 +1378,18 @@ public Object deserializeFromEmbedded(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
         if (_objectIdReader != null) {
             return deserializeFromObjectId(p, ctxt);
         }
+        // 26-Jul-2017, tatu: as per [databind#1711] need to support delegating case too
+        JsonDeserializer<Object> delegateDeser = _delegateDeserializer();
+        if (delegateDeser != null) {
+            if (!_valueInstantiator.canCreateFromString()) {
+                Object bean = _valueInstantiator.createUsingDelegate(ctxt,
+                        delegateDeser.deserialize(p, ctxt));
+                if (_injectables != null) {
+                    injectValues(ctxt, bean);
+                }
+                return bean;
+            }
+        }
 
         // TODO: maybe add support for ValueInstantiator, embedded?