diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/Spr7283Tests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/Spr7283Tests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.context.support;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Scott Andrews
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ */
+public class Spr7283Tests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testListWithInconsistentElementType() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("spr7283.xml", getClass());
+		List list = ctx.getBean("list", List.class);
+		assertEquals(2, list.size());
+		assertTrue(list.get(0) instanceof A);
+		assertTrue(list.get(1) instanceof B);
+    }
+
+
+    public static class A {
+    	public A() {}
+    }
+
+    public static class B {
+    	public B() {}
+    }
+        
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/spr7283.xml b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/support/spr7283.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean"/>
+
+    <util:list id="list">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.context.support.Spr7283Tests$A"/>
+		<bean class="org.springframework.context.support.Spr7283Tests$B"/>
+	</util:list>
+    
+</beans>