+GST_API
+GQuark gst_parse_error_quark (void);
+/**
+ * GST_PARSE_ERROR:
+ *
+ * Get access to the error quark of the parse subsystem.
+ */
+#define GST_PARSE_ERROR gst_parse_error_quark ()
+
+/* FIXME 2.0: rename to GstParseLaunchError, this is not only related to
+ *parsing */
+/**
+ * GstParseError:
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_SYNTAX: A syntax error occurred.
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_ELEMENT: The description contained an unknown element
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY: An element did not have a specified property
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_LINK: There was an error linking two pads.
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_COULD_NOT_SET_PROPERTY: There was an error setting a property
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY_BIN: An empty bin was specified.
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY: An empty description was specified
+ * @GST_PARSE_ERROR_DELAYED_LINK: A delayed link did not get resolved.
+ *
+ * The different parsing errors that can occur.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_SYNTAX,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_ELEMENT,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_LINK,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_COULD_NOT_SET_PROPERTY,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY_BIN,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_EMPTY,
+ GST_PARSE_ERROR_DELAYED_LINK
+} GstParseError;
+
+/**
+ * GstParseFlags:
+ * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_NONE: Do not use any special parsing options.
+ * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_FATAL_ERRORS: Always return %NULL when an error occurs
+ * (default behaviour is to return partially constructed bins or elements
+ * in some cases)
+ * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS: If a bin only has a single element,
+ * just return the element.
+ * @GST_PARSE_FLAG_PLACE_IN_BIN: If more than one toplevel element is described
+ * by the pipeline description string, put them in a #GstBin instead of a
+ * #GstPipeline. (Since: 1.10)
+ *
+ * Parsing options.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+ GST_PARSE_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+ GST_PARSE_FLAG_FATAL_ERRORS = (1 << 0),
+ GST_PARSE_FLAG_NO_SINGLE_ELEMENT_BINS = (1 << 1),
+ GST_PARSE_FLAG_PLACE_IN_BIN = (1 << 2)
+} GstParseFlags;
+
+#define GST_TYPE_PARSE_CONTEXT (gst_parse_context_get_type())
+
+/**
+ * GstParseContext:
+ *
+ * Opaque structure.
+ */
+typedef struct _GstParseContext GstParseContext;
+
+/* create, process and free a parse context */
+
+GST_API
+GType gst_parse_context_get_type (void);
+
+GST_API
+GstParseContext * gst_parse_context_new (void) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+
+GST_API
+gchar ** gst_parse_context_get_missing_elements (GstParseContext * context) G_GNUC_MALLOC;
+
+GST_API
+void gst_parse_context_free (GstParseContext * context);
+
+GST_API
+GstParseContext * gst_parse_context_copy (const GstParseContext * context);