docs: public String getNumericVersionFromVersion(String version)
      {
          MessageVersion recMessageVersion = this.getMessageVersion(version);
          String numericVersion = DBConstants.BLANK;
          if ((recMessageVersion != null) && (!recMessageVersion.getField(MessageVersion.NAMESPACE).isNull()))
              numericVersion = recMessageVersion.getField(MessageVersion.NUMERIC_VERSION).toString();
          if ((numericVersion == null) || (numericVersion.length() == 0))
              numericVersion = "1.000";
          return numericVersion;
      }