trying to reproduce issue #42, no luck yet.

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/deser/TestCreatorsDelegating.java

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static FactoryBean711 create(@JacksonInject String n1, int a, @JacksonInj
     /* Unit tests
     /**********************************************************
      */
-    
+
     public void testBooleanDelegate() throws Exception
     {
         ObjectMapper m = mapperWithModule();

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/afterburner/deser/TestFinalFields.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.deser;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.AfterburnerTestBase;
+
+public class TestFinalFields extends AfterburnerTestBase
+{
+    static class Address {
+        public int zip1, zip2;
+
+        public Address() { }
+        public Address(int z1, int z2) {
+            zip1 = z1;
+            zip2 = z2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+    static class Organization
+    {
+        public final long id;
+        public final String name;
+        public final Address address;
+
+        @JsonCreator
+        public Organization(@JsonProperty("id") long id,
+                @JsonProperty("name") String name,
+                @JsonProperty("address") Address address)
+        {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.name = name;
+            this.address = address;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    /**********************************************************
+    /* Unit tests
+    /**********************************************************
+     */
+
+    public void testFinalFields() throws Exception
+    {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = mapperWithModule();
+        String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(new Organization[] {
+                new Organization(123L, "Corp", new Address(98040, 98021))
+        });
+        Organization[] result = mapper.readValue(json, Organization[].class);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertEquals(1, result.length);
+        assertNotNull(result[0]);
+        assertNotNull(result[0].address);
+        assertEquals(98021, result[0].address.zip2);
+    }
+}