 parseOctal function above.</div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>buffer</code> - The buffer from which to parse.</dd>
<dd><code>offset</code> - The offset into the buffer from which to parse.</dd>
<dd><code>length</code> - The maximum number of bytes to parse.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>The long value of the octal or binary string.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> -