diff -r 4b0c6ed43234 -r 8e837d1bf446 gstreamer_core/gst/gstxml.c
--- a/gstreamer_core/gst/gstxml.c	Wed Mar 24 17:58:42 2010 -0500
+++ b/gstreamer_core/gst/gstxml.c	Wed Mar 24 18:04:17 2010 -0500
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
  * Additionally one can load saved pipelines into the gst-editor to inspect the
  * graph.
  *
- * #GstElement implementations need to override gst_object_save_thyself() and
- * gst_object_restore_thyself().
+ * #GstElement implementations need to override the save_thyself() and
+ * restore_thyself() virtual functions of #GstObject.
  */
 
 #include "gst_private.h"
@@ -57,36 +57,12 @@
 static GstObjectClass *parent_class = NULL;
 static guint gst_xml_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
 
-GType
-gst_xml_get_type (void)
-{
-  static GType xml_type = 0;
-
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (xml_type == 0)) {
-    static const GTypeInfo xml_info = {
-      sizeof (GstXMLClass),
-      NULL,
-      NULL,
-      (GClassInitFunc) gst_xml_class_init,
-      NULL,
-      NULL,
-      sizeof (GstXML),
-      0,
-      (GInstanceInitFunc) gst_xml_init,
-      NULL
-    };
-
-    xml_type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_OBJECT, "GstXML", &xml_info, 0);
-  }
-  return xml_type;
-}
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstXML, gst_xml, GST_TYPE_OBJECT);
 
 static void
 gst_xml_class_init (GstXMLClass * klass)
 {
-  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
-
-  gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);