diff --git a/vapi/gstreamer-0.10.vapi b/vapi/gstreamer-0.10.vapi
index 75f793c..e47a4a7 100644
--- a/vapi/gstreamer-0.10.vapi
+++ b/vapi/gstreamer-0.10.vapi
@@ -1280,16 +1280,17 @@ namespace Gst {
 	public class XML : Gst.Object {
 		public void* ns;
 		public weak GLib.List topelements;
-		public unowned Gst.Element get_element (uchar[] name);
+		[CCode (cname = "gst_xml_parse_element")]
+		public unowned Gst.Element get_element (string name);
 		public unowned GLib.List get_topelements ();
 		public static unowned Gst.Element make_element (void* cur, Gst.Object parent);
 		[CCode (has_construct_function = false)]
 		public XML ();
 		[NoWrapper]
 		public virtual void object_saved (Gst.Object object, void* self);
-		public bool parse_doc (void* doc, uchar[] root);
-		public bool parse_file (uchar[] fname, uchar[] root);
-		public bool parse_memory (uchar[] buffer, uint size, string root);
+		public bool parse_doc (void* doc, string root);
+		public bool parse_file (string fname, string root);
+		public bool parse_memory (string buffer, uint size, string root);
 		public static void* write (Gst.Element element);
 		public static int write_file (Gst.Element element, GLib.FileStream @out);
 		public virtual signal void object_loaded (Gst.Object object, void* self);
diff --git a/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10-custom.vala b/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10-custom.vala
index 11560ca..c54f972 100644
--- a/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10-custom.vala
+++ b/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10-custom.vala
@@ -233,5 +233,17 @@ namespace Gst {
 		public uint array_get_size ();
 		public weak Gst.Value? array_get_value (uint index);
 		public void array_prepend_value (Gst.Value prepend_value);
-	} 
+	}
+
+    public class XML
+    {
+    	[CCode (cname = "gst_xml_parse_doc")]
+        public bool parse_doc(void* doc, string root);
+     	[CCode (cname = "gst_xml_parse_file")]
+        public bool parse_file(string fname, string root);
+      	[CCode (cname = "gst_xml_parse_memory")]
+        public bool parse_memory(string buffer, uint size, string root);
+       	[CCode (cname = "gst_xml_parse_element")]
+        public unowned Element get_element(string name);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10.metadata b/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10.metadata
index 310c154..11eeb9e 100644
--- a/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10.metadata
+++ b/vapi/packages/gstreamer-0.10/gstreamer-0.10.metadata
@@ -401,4 +401,8 @@ GstURIHandler::new_uri has_emitter="1"
 gst_uri_handler_get_protocols is_array="1"
 gst_uri_handler_get_protocols_full is_array="1"
 gst_version_string transfer_ownership="1"
+gst_xml_parse_doc hidden="1"
+gst_xml_parse_file hidden="1"
+gst_xml_parse_memory hidden="1"
+gst_xml_get_element hidden="1"
 xml* name="pointer"