diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index 4448600..d94cd62 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -1221,12 +1221,13 @@ public:
 		\tparam SourceEncoding Encoding of input stream
 		\tparam InputStream Type of input stream, implementing Stream concept
 		\param is Input stream to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename SourceEncoding, typename InputStream>
-	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is) {
+	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is, size_t limit = 0) {
 		ValueType::SetNull(); // Remove existing root if exist
-		GenericReader<SourceEncoding, Encoding, Allocator> reader(&GetAllocator());
+		GenericReader<SourceEncoding, Encoding, Allocator> reader(limit, &GetAllocator());
 		ClearStackOnExit scope(*this);
 		parseResult_ = reader.template Parse<parseFlags>(is, *this);
 		if (parseResult_) {
@@ -1240,21 +1241,23 @@ public:
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag.
 		\tparam InputStream Type of input stream, implementing Stream concept
 		\param is Input stream to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename InputStream>
-	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is) {
-		return ParseStream<parseFlags,Encoding,InputStream>(is);
+	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return ParseStream<parseFlags,Encoding,InputStream>(is, limit);
 	}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text from an input stream (with \ref kParseDefaultFlags)
 	/*! \tparam InputStream Type of input stream, implementing Stream concept
 		\param is Input stream to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
 	template <typename InputStream>
-	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is) {
-		return ParseStream<kParseDefaultFlags, Encoding, InputStream>(is);
+	GenericDocument& ParseStream(InputStream& is, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return ParseStream<kParseDefaultFlags, Encoding, InputStream>(is, limit);
 	}
 	//!@}
 
@@ -1265,30 +1268,33 @@ public:
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag.
 		\tparam SourceEncoding Transcoding from input Encoding
 		\param str Mutable zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename SourceEncoding>
-	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str) {
+	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
 		GenericInsituStringStream<Encoding> s(str);
-		return ParseStream<parseFlags | kParseInsituFlag, SourceEncoding>(s);
+		return ParseStream<parseFlags | kParseInsituFlag, SourceEncoding>(s, limit);
 	}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text from a mutable string
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag.
 		\param str Mutable zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags>
-	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str) {
-		return ParseInsitu<parseFlags, Encoding>(str);
+	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return ParseInsitu<parseFlags, Encoding>(str, limit);
 	}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text from a mutable string (with \ref kParseDefaultFlags)
 	/*! \param str Mutable zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 		\return The document itself for fluent API.
 	*/
-	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str) {
-		return ParseInsitu<kParseDefaultFlags, Encoding>(str);
+	GenericDocument& ParseInsitu(Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return ParseInsitu<kParseDefaultFlags, Encoding>(str, limit);
 	}
 	//!@}
 
@@ -1299,28 +1305,31 @@ public:
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag (must not contain \ref kParseInsituFlag).
 		\tparam SourceEncoding Transcoding from input Encoding
 		\param str Read-only zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename SourceEncoding>
-	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str) {
+	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
 		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(!(parseFlags & kParseInsituFlag));
 		GenericStringStream<SourceEncoding> s(str);
-		return ParseStream<parseFlags, SourceEncoding>(s);
+		return ParseStream<parseFlags, SourceEncoding>(s, limit);
 	}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text from a read-only string
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag (must not contain \ref kParseInsituFlag).
 		\param str Read-only zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags>
-	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str) {
-		return Parse<parseFlags, Encoding>(str);
+	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return Parse<parseFlags, Encoding>(str, limit);
 	}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text from a read-only string (with \ref kParseDefaultFlags)
 	/*! \param str Read-only zero-terminated string to be parsed.
+		\param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
 	*/
-	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str) {
-		return Parse<kParseDefaultFlags>(str);
+	GenericDocument& Parse(const Ch* str, size_t limit = 0) {
+		return Parse<kParseDefaultFlags>(str, limit);
 	}
 	//!@}
 
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/error/en.h b/include/rapidjson/error/en.h
index 6317957..e9a5d1d 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/error/en.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/error/en.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ inline const RAPIDJSON_ERROR_CHARTYPE* GetParseError_En(ParseErrorCode parseErro
 		case kParseErrorNumberMissExponent:				return RAPIDJSON_ERROR_STRING("Miss exponent in number.");
 
 		case kParseErrorTermination:					return RAPIDJSON_ERROR_STRING("Terminate parsing due to Handler error.");
+		case kParseErrorUnspecificSyntaxError:			return RAPIDJSON_ERROR_STRING("Unspecific syntax error.");
+		case kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded:			return RAPIDJSON_ERROR_STRING("Parsing stack size limit is exceeded.");
 
 		default:
 			return RAPIDJSON_ERROR_STRING("Unknown error.");
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/error/error.h b/include/rapidjson/error/error.h
index b183917..a47dfaa 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/error/error.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/error/error.h
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ enum ParseErrorCode {
 	kParseErrorNumberMissFraction,				//!< Miss fraction part in number.
 	kParseErrorNumberMissExponent,				//!< Miss exponent in number.
 
-	kParseErrorTermination						//!< Parsing was terminated.
+	kParseErrorTermination,						//!< Parsing was terminated.
+	kParseErrorUnspecificSyntaxError,			//!< Unspecific syntax error.
+	kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded			//!< Parsing stack size limit is exceeded.
 };
 
 //! Result of parsing (wraps ParseErrorCode)
diff --git a/include/rapidjson/reader.h b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
index 0644030..69d8cd8 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/reader.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/reader.h
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ namespace rapidjson {
 enum ParseFlag {
 	kParseDefaultFlags = 0,			//!< Default parse flags. Non-destructive parsing. Text strings are decoded into allocated buffer.
 	kParseInsituFlag = 1,			//!< In-situ(destructive) parsing.
-	kParseValidateEncodingFlag = 2	//!< Validate encoding of JSON strings.
+	kParseValidateEncodingFlag = 2,	//!< Validate encoding of JSON strings.
+	kParseIterativeFlag = 4			//!< Iterative(constant complexity in terms of function call stack size) parsing.
 };
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ namespace internal {
 template<typename Stream, int = StreamTraits<Stream>::copyOptimization>
 class StreamLocalCopy;
 
-//! Do copy optimziation.
+//! Do copy optimization.
 template<typename Stream>
 class StreamLocalCopy<Stream, 1> {
 public:
@@ -272,10 +273,11 @@ public:
 	typedef typename SourceEncoding::Ch Ch; //!< SourceEncoding character type
 
 	//! Constructor.
-	/*! \param allocator Optional allocator for allocating stack memory. (Only use for non-destructive parsing)
+	/*! \param limit Parsing stack size limit(in bytes). Pass 0 means no limit.
+		\param allocator Optional allocator for allocating stack memory. (Only use for non-destructive parsing)
 		\param stackCapacity stack capacity in bytes for storing a single decoded string.  (Only use for non-destructive parsing)
 	*/
-	GenericReader(Allocator* allocator = 0, size_t stackCapacity = kDefaultStackCapacity) : stack_(allocator, stackCapacity), parseResult_() {}
+	GenericReader(size_t limit = 0, Allocator* allocator = 0, size_t stackCapacity = kDefaultStackCapacity) : stack_(allocator, stackCapacity), kStackSizeLimit_(limit), parseResult_() {}
 
 	//! Parse JSON text.
 	/*! \tparam parseFlags Combination of \ref ParseFlag.
@@ -287,9 +289,13 @@ public:
 	*/
 	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename InputStream, typename Handler>
 	ParseResult Parse(InputStream& is, Handler& handler) {
+		if (parseFlags & kParseIterativeFlag)
+			return IterativeParse<parseFlags>(is, handler);
+
 		parseResult_.Clear();
 
 		ClearStackOnExit scope(*this);
+
 		SkipWhitespace(is);
 
 		if (is.Peek() == '\0') {
@@ -565,8 +571,14 @@ private:
 			if (c == '\\') {	// Escape
 				is.Take();
 				Ch e = is.Take();
-				if ((sizeof(Ch) == 1 || unsigned(e) < 256) && escape[(unsigned char)e])
+				if ((sizeof(Ch) == 1 || unsigned(e) < 256) && escape[(unsigned char)e]) {
+					if (!(parseFlags & kParseInsituFlag)) {
+						if (!CheckStackSpaceQuota(sizeof(Ch))) {
+							RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded, is.Tell() - 1);
+						}
+					}
 					os.Put(escape[(unsigned char)e]);
+				}
 				else if (e == 'u') {	// Unicode
 					unsigned codepoint = ParseHex4(is);
 					if (codepoint >= 0xD800 && codepoint <= 0xDBFF) {
@@ -585,6 +597,11 @@ private:
 			}
 			else if (c == '"') {	// Closing double quote
 				is.Take();
+				if (!(parseFlags & kParseInsituFlag)) {
+					if (!CheckStackSpaceQuota(sizeof(Ch))) {
+						RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded, is.Tell() - 1);
+					}
+				}
 				os.Put('\0');	// null-terminate the string
 				return;
 			}
@@ -786,8 +803,434 @@ private:
 		}
 	}
 
-	static const size_t kDefaultStackCapacity = 256;	//!< Default stack capacity in bytes for storing a single decoded string. 
+	// Iterative Parsing
+
+	// States
+	enum IterativeParsingState {
+		IterativeParsingStartState = 0,
+		IterativeParsingFinishState,
+		IterativeParsingErrorState,
+
+		// Object states
+		IterativeParsingObjectInitialState,
+		IterativeParsingMemberKeyState,
+		IterativeParsingKeyValueDelimiterState,
+		IterativeParsingMemberValueState,
+		IterativeParsingMemberDelimiterState,
+		IterativeParsingObjectFinishState,
+
+		// Array states
+		IterativeParsingArrayInitialState,
+		IterativeParsingElementState,
+		IterativeParsingElementDelimiterState,
+		IterativeParsingArrayFinishState,
+
+		cIterativeParsingStateCount
+	};
+
+	// Tokens
+	enum IterativeParsingToken {
+		IterativeParsingLeftBracketToken = 0,
+		IterativeParsingRightBracketToken,
+
+		IterativeParsingLeftCurlyBracketToken,
+		IterativeParsingRightCurlyBracketToken,
+
+		IterativeParsingCommaToken,
+		IterativeParsingColonToken,
+
+		IterativeParsingStringToken,
+		IterativeParsingFalseToken,
+		IterativeParsingTrueToken,
+		IterativeParsingNullToken,
+		IterativeParsingNumberToken,
+
+		cIterativeParsingTokenCount
+	};
+
+	IterativeParsingToken Tokenize(Ch c) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case '[': return IterativeParsingLeftBracketToken;
+		case ']': return IterativeParsingRightBracketToken;
+		case '{': return IterativeParsingLeftCurlyBracketToken;
+		case '}': return IterativeParsingRightCurlyBracketToken;
+		case ',': return IterativeParsingCommaToken;
+		case ':': return IterativeParsingColonToken;
+		case '"': return IterativeParsingStringToken;
+		case 'f': return IterativeParsingFalseToken;
+		case 't': return IterativeParsingTrueToken;
+		case 'n': return IterativeParsingNullToken;
+		default: return IterativeParsingNumberToken;
+		}
+	}
+
+	IterativeParsingState Predict(IterativeParsingState state, IterativeParsingToken token) {
+		// current state x one lookahead token -> new state
+		static const char G[cIterativeParsingStateCount][cIterativeParsingTokenCount] = {
+			// Start
+			{
+				IterativeParsingArrayInitialState,	// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectInitialState,	// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Colon
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState			// Number
+			},
+			// Finish(sink state)
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState
+			},
+			// Error(sink state)
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState
+			},
+			// ObjectInitial
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectFinishState,	// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Colon
+				IterativeParsingMemberKeyState,		// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState			// Number
+			},
+			// MemberKey
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Comma
+				IterativeParsingKeyValueDelimiterState,	// Colon
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState				// Number
+			},
+			// KeyValueDelimiter
+			{
+				IterativeParsingArrayInitialState,		// Left bracket(push MemberValue state)
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectInitialState,		// Left curly bracket(push MemberValue state)
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Colon
+				IterativeParsingMemberValueState,		// String
+				IterativeParsingMemberValueState,		// False
+				IterativeParsingMemberValueState,		// True
+				IterativeParsingMemberValueState,		// Null
+				IterativeParsingMemberValueState		// Number
+			},
+			// MemberValue
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectFinishState,		// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingMemberDelimiterState,	// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Colon
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState				// Number
+			},
+			// MemberDelimiter
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Colon
+				IterativeParsingMemberKeyState,		// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,			// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState			// Number
+			},
+			// ObjectFinish(sink state)
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState
+			},
+			// ArrayInitial
+			{
+				IterativeParsingArrayInitialState,		// Left bracket(push Element state)
+				IterativeParsingArrayFinishState,		// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectInitialState,		// Left curly bracket(push Element state)
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Colon
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// String
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// False
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// True
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// Null
+				IterativeParsingElementState			// Number
+			},
+			// Element
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left bracket
+				IterativeParsingArrayFinishState,		// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Left curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingElementDelimiterState,	// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Colon
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// String
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// False
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// True
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Null
+				IterativeParsingErrorState				// Number
+			},
+			// ElementDelimiter
+			{
+				IterativeParsingArrayInitialState,		// Left bracket(push Element state)
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right bracket
+				IterativeParsingObjectInitialState,		// Left curly bracket(push Element state)
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Right curly bracket
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Comma
+				IterativeParsingErrorState,				// Colon
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// String
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// False
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// True
+				IterativeParsingElementState,			// Null
+				IterativeParsingElementState			// Number
+			},
+			// ArrayFinish(sink state)
+			{
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState, IterativeParsingErrorState,
+				IterativeParsingErrorState
+			}
+		}; // End of G
+
+		return (IterativeParsingState)G[state][token];
+	}
+
+	// Make an advance in the token stream and state based on the candidate destination state which was returned by Transit().
+	// May return a new state on state pop.
+	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename InputStream, typename Handler>
+	IterativeParsingState Transit(IterativeParsingState src, IterativeParsingToken token, IterativeParsingState dst, InputStream& is, Handler& handler) {
+		int c = 0;
+		IterativeParsingState n;
+		bool hr;
+
+		switch (dst) {
+		case IterativeParsingStartState:
+			RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(false);
+			return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+
+		case IterativeParsingFinishState:
+			return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingErrorState:
+			return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingObjectInitialState:
+		case IterativeParsingArrayInitialState:
+			// Push the state(Element or MemeberValue) if we are nested in another array or value of member.
+			// In this way we can get the correct state on ObjectFinish or ArrayFinish by frame pop.
+			n = src;
+			if (src == IterativeParsingArrayInitialState || src == IterativeParsingElementDelimiterState)
+				n = IterativeParsingElementState;
+			else if (src == IterativeParsingKeyValueDelimiterState)
+				n = IterativeParsingMemberValueState;
+			// Check stack space limit.
+			if (!CheckStackSpaceQuota(sizeof(IterativeParsingState) + sizeof(int))) {
+				RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR_NORETURN(kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded, is.Tell());
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			// Push current state.
+			*stack_.template Push<IterativeParsingState>(1) = n;
+			// Initialize and push the member/element count.
+			*stack_.template Push<int>(1) = 0;
+			// Call handler
+			if (dst == IterativeParsingObjectInitialState)
+				hr = handler.StartObject();
+			else
+				hr = handler.StartArray();
+			// On handler short circuits the parsing.
+			if (!hr) {
+				RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR_NORETURN(kParseErrorTermination, is.Tell());
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			else {
+				is.Take();
+				return dst;
+			}
+
+		case IterativeParsingMemberKeyState:
+			ParseString<parseFlags>(is, handler);
+			if (HasParseError())
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			else
+				return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingKeyValueDelimiterState:
+			if (token == IterativeParsingColonToken) {
+				is.Take();
+				return dst;
+			}
+			else
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+
+		case IterativeParsingMemberValueState:
+			// Must be non-compound value. Or it would be ObjectInitial or ArrayInitial state.
+			ParseValue<parseFlags>(is, handler);
+			if (HasParseError()) {
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingElementState:
+			// Must be non-compound value. Or it would be ObjectInitial or ArrayInitial state.
+			ParseValue<parseFlags>(is, handler);
+			if (HasParseError()) {
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingMemberDelimiterState:
+		case IterativeParsingElementDelimiterState:
+			is.Take();
+			// Update member/element count.
+			*stack_.template Top<int>() = *stack_.template Top<int>() + 1;
+			return dst;
+
+		case IterativeParsingObjectFinishState:
+			// Get member count.
+			c = *stack_.template Pop<int>(1);
+			// If the object is not empty, count the last member.
+			if (src == IterativeParsingMemberValueState)
+				++c;
+			// Restore the state.
+			n = *stack_.template Pop<IterativeParsingState>(1);
+			// Transit to Finish state if this is the topmost scope.
+			if (n == IterativeParsingStartState)
+				n = IterativeParsingFinishState;
+			// Call handler
+			hr = handler.EndObject(c);
+			// On handler short circuits the parsing.
+			if (!hr) {
+				RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR_NORETURN(kParseErrorTermination, is.Tell());
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			else {
+				is.Take();
+				return n;
+			}
+
+		case IterativeParsingArrayFinishState:
+			// Get element count.
+			c = *stack_.template Pop<int>(1);
+			// If the array is not empty, count the last element.
+			if (src == IterativeParsingElementState)
+				++c;
+			// Restore the state.
+			n = *stack_.template Pop<IterativeParsingState>(1);
+			// Transit to Finish state if this is the topmost scope.
+			if (n == IterativeParsingStartState)
+				n = IterativeParsingFinishState;
+			// Call handler
+			hr = handler.EndArray(c);
+			// On handler short circuits the parsing.
+			if (!hr) {
+				RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR_NORETURN(kParseErrorTermination, is.Tell());
+				return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+			}
+			else {
+				is.Take();
+				return n;
+			}
+
+		default:
+			RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(false);
+			return IterativeParsingErrorState;
+		}
+	}
+
+	template <typename InputStream>
+	void HandleError(IterativeParsingState src, InputStream& is) {
+		if (HasParseError()) {
+			// Error flag has been set.
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if (src == IterativeParsingStartState && is.Peek() == '\0')
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorDocumentEmpty, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingStartState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorDocumentRootNotObjectOrArray, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingFinishState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorDocumentRootNotSingular, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingObjectInitialState || src == IterativeParsingMemberDelimiterState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorObjectMissName, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingMemberKeyState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorObjectMissColon, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingMemberValueState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorObjectMissCommaOrCurlyBracket, is.Tell());
+
+		else if (src == IterativeParsingElementState)
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorArrayMissCommaOrSquareBracket, is.Tell());
+
+		else
+			RAPIDJSON_PARSE_ERROR(kParseErrorUnspecificSyntaxError, is.Tell());
+	}
+
+	template <unsigned parseFlags, typename InputStream, typename Handler>
+	ParseResult IterativeParse(InputStream& is, Handler& handler) {
+		parseResult_.Clear();
+		ClearStackOnExit scope(*this);
+		IterativeParsingState state = IterativeParsingStartState;
+
+		SkipWhitespace(is);
+		while (is.Peek() != '\0') {
+			IterativeParsingToken t = Tokenize(is.Peek());
+			IterativeParsingState n = Predict(state, t);
+			IterativeParsingState d = Transit<parseFlags>(state, t, n, is, handler);
+
+			if (d == IterativeParsingErrorState) {
+				HandleError(state, is);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			state = d;
+			SkipWhitespace(is);
+		}
+
+		// Handle the end of file.
+		if (state != IterativeParsingFinishState)
+			HandleError(state, is);
+
+		return parseResult_;
+	}
+
+	bool CheckStackSpaceQuota(size_t size) const {
+		return kStackSizeLimit_ == 0 || (stack_.GetSize() + size <= kStackSizeLimit_);
+	}
+
+	static const size_t kDefaultStackCapacity = 256;	//!< Default stack capacity in bytes for storing a single decoded string.
 	internal::Stack<Allocator> stack_;	//!< A stack for storing decoded string temporarily during non-destructive parsing.
+	const size_t kStackSizeLimit_; //!< Stack size limit(in bytes). A value of 0 means no limit.
 	ParseResult parseResult_;
 }; // class GenericReader
 
diff --git a/test/perftest/rapidjsontest.cpp b/test/perftest/rapidjsontest.cpp
index 6f0808e..0b52e8a 100644
--- a/test/perftest/rapidjsontest.cpp
+++ b/test/perftest/rapidjsontest.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ TEST_F(RapidJson, SIMD_SUFFIX(ReaderParse_DummyHandler)) {
 	}
 }
 
+TEST_F(RapidJson, SIMD_SUFFIX(ReaderParseIterative_DummyHandler)) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < kTrialCount; i++) {
+		StringStream s(json_);
+		BaseReaderHandler<> h;
+		Reader reader;
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(s, h));
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_F(RapidJson, SIMD_SUFFIX(ReaderParseIterativeInsitu_DummyHandler)) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < kTrialCount; i++) {
+		StringStream s(json_);
+		BaseReaderHandler<> h;
+		Reader reader;
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag|kParseInsituFlag>(s, h));
+	}
+}
+
 TEST_F(RapidJson, SIMD_SUFFIX(ReaderParse_DummyHandler_ValidateEncoding)) {
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < kTrialCount; i++) {
 		StringStream s(json_);
diff --git a/test/unittest/readertest.cpp b/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
index a7d286e..1919e94 100644
--- a/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ struct StreamTraits<CustomStringStream<Encoding> > {
 	enum { copyOptimization = 1 };
 };
 
-} // namespace rapdijson
+} // namespace rapidjson
 #endif 
 
 TEST(Reader, CustomStringStream) {
@@ -707,6 +707,243 @@ TEST(Reader, Parse_IStreamWrapper_StringStream) {
 	EXPECT_FALSE(reader.HasParseError());	
 }
 
+// Test iterative parsing.
+
+#define TESTERRORHANDLING(text, errorCode, offset)\
+{\
+	StringStream json(text); \
+	BaseReaderHandler<> handler; \
+	Reader reader; \
+	reader.IterativeParse<kParseDefaultFlags>(json, handler); \
+	EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError()); \
+	EXPECT_EQ(errorCode, reader.GetParseErrorCode()); \
+	EXPECT_EQ(offset, reader.GetErrorOffset()); \
+}
+
+TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_ErrorHandling) {
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\": a}", kParseErrorValueInvalid, 6u);
+
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("", kParseErrorDocumentEmpty, 0u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("1", kParseErrorDocumentRootNotObjectOrArray, 0u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{}{}", kParseErrorDocumentRootNotSingular, 2u);
+
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{1}", kParseErrorObjectMissName, 1u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\", 1}", kParseErrorObjectMissColon, 4u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\"}", kParseErrorObjectMissColon, 4u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\": 1", kParseErrorObjectMissCommaOrCurlyBracket, 7u);
+	TESTERRORHANDLING("[1 2 3]", kParseErrorArrayMissCommaOrSquareBracket, 3u);
+}
+
+template<typename Encoding = UTF8<> >
+struct IterativeParsingReaderHandler {
+	typedef typename Encoding::Ch Ch;
+
+	const static int LOG_NULL = -1;
+	const static int LOG_BOOL = -2;
+	const static int LOG_INT = -3;
+	const static int LOG_UINT = -4;
+	const static int LOG_INT64 = -5;
+	const static int LOG_UINT64 = -6;
+	const static int LOG_DOUBLE = -7;
+	const static int LOG_STRING = -8;
+	const static int LOG_STARTOBJECT = -9;
+	const static int LOG_ENDOBJECT = -10;
+	const static int LOG_STARTARRAY = -11;
+	const static int LOG_ENDARRAY = -12;
+
+	const static size_t LogCapacity = 256;
+	int Logs[LogCapacity];
+	size_t LogCount;
+
+	IterativeParsingReaderHandler() : LogCount(0) {
+	}
+
+	bool Null() { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_NULL; return true; }
+
+	bool Bool(bool) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_BOOL; return true; }
+
+	bool Int(int) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_INT; return true; }
+
+	bool Uint(unsigned) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_INT; return true; }
+
+	bool Int64(int64_t) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_INT64; return true; }
+
+	bool Uint64(uint64_t) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_UINT64; return true; }
+
+	bool Double(double) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_DOUBLE; return true; }
+
+	bool String(const Ch*, SizeType, bool) { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_STRING; return true; }
+
+	bool StartObject() { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_STARTOBJECT; return true; }
+
+	bool EndObject(SizeType c) {
+		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity);
+		Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_ENDOBJECT;
+		Logs[LogCount++] = (int)c;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	bool StartArray() { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity); Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_STARTARRAY; return true; }
+
+	bool EndArray(SizeType c) {
+		RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(LogCount < LogCapacity);
+		Logs[LogCount++] = LOG_ENDARRAY;
+		Logs[LogCount++] = (int)c;
+		return true;
+	}
+};
+
+TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_General) {
+	{
+		StringStream is("[1, {\"k\": [1, 2]}, null, false, true, \"string\", 1.2]");
+		Reader reader;
+		IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> handler;
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.IterativeParse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_FALSE(r.IsError());
+		EXPECT_FALSE(reader.HasParseError());
+
+		int e[] = {
+			handler.LOG_STARTARRAY,
+			handler.LOG_INT,
+			handler.LOG_STARTOBJECT,
+			handler.LOG_STRING,
+			handler.LOG_STARTARRAY,
+			handler.LOG_INT,
+			handler.LOG_INT,
+			handler.LOG_ENDARRAY, 2,
+			handler.LOG_ENDOBJECT, 1,
+			handler.LOG_NULL,
+			handler.LOG_BOOL,
+			handler.LOG_BOOL,
+			handler.LOG_STRING,
+			handler.LOG_DOUBLE,
+			handler.LOG_ENDARRAY, 7
+		};
+
+		EXPECT_EQ(sizeof(e) / sizeof(int), handler.LogCount);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < handler.LogCount; ++i) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(e[i], handler.Logs[i]) << "i = " << i;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_Count) {
+	{
+		StringStream is("[{}, {\"k\": 1}, [1], []]");
+		Reader reader;
+		IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> handler;
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.IterativeParse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_FALSE(r.IsError());
+		EXPECT_FALSE(reader.HasParseError());
+
+		int e[] = {
+			handler.LOG_STARTARRAY,
+			handler.LOG_STARTOBJECT,
+			handler.LOG_ENDOBJECT, 0,
+			handler.LOG_STARTOBJECT,
+			handler.LOG_STRING,
+			handler.LOG_INT,
+			handler.LOG_ENDOBJECT, 1,
+			handler.LOG_STARTARRAY,
+			handler.LOG_INT,
+			handler.LOG_ENDARRAY, 1,
+			handler.LOG_STARTARRAY,
+			handler.LOG_ENDARRAY, 0,
+			handler.LOG_ENDARRAY, 4
+		};
+
+		EXPECT_EQ(sizeof(e) / sizeof(int), handler.LogCount);
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < handler.LogCount; ++i) {
+			EXPECT_EQ(e[i], handler.Logs[i]) << "i = " << i;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Test iterative parsing on kParseErrorTermination.
+struct HandlerTerminateAtStartObject : public IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> {
+	bool StartObject() { return false; }
+};
+
+struct HandlerTerminateAtStartArray : public IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> {
+	bool StartArray() { return false; }
+};
+
+struct HandlerTerminateAtEndObject : public IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> {
+	bool EndObject(SizeType) { return false; }
+};
+
+struct HandlerTerminateAtEndArray : public IterativeParsingReaderHandler<> {
+	bool EndArray(SizeType) { return false; }
+};
+
+TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_ShortCircuit) {
+	{
+		HandlerTerminateAtStartObject handler;
+		Reader reader;
+		StringStream is("[1, {}]");
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError());
+		EXPECT_EQ(kParseErrorTermination, r.Code());
+		EXPECT_EQ(4u, r.Offset());
+	}
+
+	{
+		HandlerTerminateAtStartArray handler;
+		Reader reader;
+		StringStream is("{\"a\": []}");
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError());
+		EXPECT_EQ(kParseErrorTermination, r.Code());
+		EXPECT_EQ(6u, r.Offset());
+	}
+
+	{
+		HandlerTerminateAtEndObject handler;
+		Reader reader;
+		StringStream is("[1, {}]");
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError());
+		EXPECT_EQ(kParseErrorTermination, r.Code());
+		EXPECT_EQ(5u, r.Offset());
+	}
+
+	{
+		HandlerTerminateAtEndArray handler;
+		Reader reader;
+		StringStream is("{\"a\": []}");
+
+		ParseResult r = reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+		EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError());
+		EXPECT_EQ(kParseErrorTermination, r.Code());
+		EXPECT_EQ(7u, r.Offset());
+	}
+}
+
+TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_LimitStackSize) {
+	BaseReaderHandler<> handler;
+	Reader reader(20);
+	StringStream is("[[[]]]");
+
+	ParseResult r = reader.Parse<kParseIterativeFlag>(is, handler);
+
+	EXPECT_TRUE(reader.HasParseError());
+	EXPECT_EQ(kParseErrorStackSizeLimitExceeded, r.Code());
+	EXPECT_EQ(2u, r.Offset());
+}
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 RAPIDJSON_DIAG_POP
 #endif