inary from a stream containing a binary encoded in Erlang
 external format.</div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>buf</code> - the stream containing the encoded binary.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangDecodeException.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang">OtpErlangDecodeException</a></code> - if the buffer does not contain a valid external
                representation of an Er