def fromstring(cls, string):
        """
        Create a METS by parsing a string.

        :param str string: String containing a METS document.
        """
        parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
        root = etree.fromstring(string, parser)
        tree = root.getroottree()

        return cls.fromtree(tree)
Create a METS by parsing a string.

        :param str string: String containing a METS document.