# File lib/mail/elements/mime_version_element.rb, line 7
    def initialize( string )
      parser = Mail::MimeVersionParser.new
      if tree = parser.parse(string)
        @major = tree.major.text_value
        @minor = tree.minor.text_value
      else
        raise Mail::Field::ParseError.new(MimeVersionElement, string, parser.failure_reason)
      end
    end