diff --git a/jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/libs/jse/JavaMember.java b/jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/libs/jse/JavaMember.java
index cc03f754..95e9bbee 100644
--- a/jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/libs/jse/JavaMember.java
+++ b/jse/src/main/java/org/luaj/vm2/libs/jse/JavaMember.java
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-* Copyright (c) 2011 Luaj.org. All rights reserved.
-*
-* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-*
-* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-* 
-* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-* THE SOFTWARE.
-******************************************************************************/
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Luaj.org. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ ******************************************************************************/
 package org.luaj.vm2.libs.jse;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import org.luaj.vm2.Varargs;
 import org.luaj.vm2.libs.VarArgFunction;
 import org.luaj.vm2.libs.jse.CoerceLuaToJava.Coercion;
@@ -28,10 +29,10 @@ import org.luaj.vm2.libs.jse.CoerceLuaToJava.Coercion;
 /**
  * Java method or constructor.
  * <p>
- * Primarily handles argument coercion for parameter lists including scoring of compatibility and 
+ * Primarily handles argument coercion for parameter lists including scoring of compatibility and
  * java varargs handling.
  * <p>
- * This class is not used directly.  
+ * This class is not used directly.
  * It is an abstract base class for {@link JavaConstructor} and {@link JavaMethod}.
  * @see JavaConstructor
  * @see JavaMethod
@@ -40,20 +41,20 @@ import org.luaj.vm2.libs.jse.CoerceLuaToJava.Coercion;
  */
 abstract
 class JavaMember extends VarArgFunction {
-	
+
 	static final int METHOD_MODIFIERS_VARARGS = 0x80;
 
 	final Coercion[] fixedargs;
 	final Coercion varargs;
-	
+
 	protected JavaMember(Class[] params, int modifiers) {
 		boolean isvarargs = ((modifiers & METHOD_MODIFIERS_VARARGS) != 0);
-		fixedargs = new Coercion[isvarargs? params.length-1: params.length];
+		fixedargs = new CoerceLuaToJava.Coercion[isvarargs? params.length-1: params.length];
 		for ( int i=0; i<fixedargs.length; i++ )
 			fixedargs[i] = CoerceLuaToJava.getCoercion( params[i] );
 		varargs = isvarargs? CoerceLuaToJava.getCoercion( params[params.length-1] ): null;
 	}
-	
+
 	int score(Varargs args) {
 		int n = args.narg();
 		int s = n>fixedargs.length? CoerceLuaToJava.SCORE_WRONG_TYPE * (n-fixedargs.length): 0;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class JavaMember extends VarArgFunction {
 				s += varargs.score( args.arg(k+1) );
 		return s;
 	}
-	
+
 	protected Object[] convertArgs(Varargs args) {
 		Object[] a;
 		if ( varargs == null ) {
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ class JavaMember extends VarArgFunction {
 				a[i] = fixedargs[i].coerce( args.arg(i+1) );
 		} else {
 			int n = Math.max(fixedargs.length,args.narg());
+			// This situation indicates that the method has only one input parameter,
+			// and the parameter is a variable parameter type, etc: append(String...args).
+			if (n == 0 && varargs instanceof CoerceLuaToJava.ArrayCoercion) {
+				return new Object[] {Array.newInstance(((CoerceLuaToJava.ArrayCoercion)varargs).componentType,0)};
+			}
 			a = new Object[n];
 			for ( int i=0; i<fixedargs.length; i++ )
 				a[i] = fixedargs[i].coerce( args.arg(i+1) );
@@ -81,4 +87,4 @@ class JavaMember extends VarArgFunction {
 		}
 		return a;
 	}
-}
+}
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