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<h4>parseOctalOrBinary</h4>
<pre>public static&nbsp;long&nbsp;parseOctalOrBinary(byte[]&nbsp;buffer,
                                      int&nbsp;offset,
                                      int&nbsp;length)</pre>
<div class="block">Compute the value contained in a byte buffer.  If the most
 significant bit of the first byte in the buffer is set, this
 bit is ignored and the rest of the buffer is interpreted as a
 binary number.  Otherwise, the buffer is interpreted as an
 octal number as per the