diff --git a/src/JMS/Serializer/GenericSerializationVisitor.php b/src/JMS/Serializer/GenericSerializationVisitor.php
index a704d23bc..4999a1129 100644
--- a/src/JMS/Serializer/GenericSerializationVisitor.php
+++ b/src/JMS/Serializer/GenericSerializationVisitor.php
@@ -24,13 +24,27 @@
 
 abstract class GenericSerializationVisitor extends AbstractVisitor
 {
+    private $navigatorStack;
     private $navigator;
+    private $rootStack;
     private $root;
+    private $dataStackStack;
     private $dataStack;
     private $data;
 
+    public function __construct($namingStrategy)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($namingStrategy);
+        $this->navigatorStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->dataStackStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->rootStack = new \SplStack;
+    }
+
     public function setNavigator(GraphNavigator $navigator)
     {
+        $this->navigatorStack->push($this->navigator);
+        $this->dataStackStack->push($this->dataStack);
+        $this->rootStack->push($this->root);
         $this->navigator = $navigator;
         $this->root = null;
         $this->dataStack = new \SplStack;
@@ -44,6 +58,13 @@ public function getNavigator()
         return $this->navigator;
     }
 
+    public function endNavigator()
+    {
+        $this->navigator = $this->navigatorStack->pop();
+        $this->dataStack = $this->dataStackStack->pop();
+        $this->root = $this->rootStack->pop();
+    }
+
     public function visitNull($data, array $type, Context $context)
     {
         return null;
@@ -169,6 +190,56 @@ public function addData($key, $value)
         $this->data[$key] = $value;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Allows you to remove data from the current object based on name.
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function removeDataPropertyName($propertyName)
+    {
+        $std = new \stdClass();
+        $std->temp = 'temp';
+
+        $propMetadata = new PropertyMetadata($std, "temp");
+        $propMetadata->name = $propertyName;
+        $key = $this->namingStrategy->translateName($propMetadata);
+
+        if (!array_key_exists($key, $this->data)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('There is no data for "%s".', $key));
+        }
+
+        unset($propMetadata);
+        unset($std);
+        unset($this->data[$key]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allows you to remove data from the current object/root element.
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function removeData($key)
+    {
+        if (!array_key_exists($key, $this->data)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('There is no data for "%s".', $key));
+        }
+
+        unset($this->data[$key]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current object
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getData()
+    {
+        return $this->data;
+    }
+
     public function getRoot()
     {
         return $this->root;
diff --git a/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
index 70ea85c8a..f4b992ae7 100644
--- a/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ public function serialize($data, $format, SerializationContext $context = null)
         return $this->serializationVisitors->get($format)
             ->map(function(VisitorInterface $visitor) use ($context, $data, $format) {
                 $this->visit($visitor, $context, $visitor->prepare($data), $format);
+                $result = $visitor->getResult();
+                $visitor->endNavigator();
 
-                return $visitor->getResult();
+                return $result;
             })
             ->getOrThrow(new UnsupportedFormatException(sprintf('The format "%s" is not supported for serialization.', $format)))
         ;
diff --git a/src/JMS/Serializer/XmlSerializationVisitor.php b/src/JMS/Serializer/XmlSerializationVisitor.php
index 6a4850fff..28a0669b3 100644
--- a/src/JMS/Serializer/XmlSerializationVisitor.php
+++ b/src/JMS/Serializer/XmlSerializationVisitor.php
@@ -31,18 +31,31 @@ class XmlSerializationVisitor extends AbstractVisitor
 {
     public $document;
 
+    private $documentStack;
     private $navigator;
+    private $navigatorStack;
     private $defaultRootName = 'result';
     private $defaultRootNamespace;
     private $defaultVersion = '1.0';
     private $defaultEncoding = 'UTF-8';
     private $stack;
+    private $stackStack;
     private $metadataStack;
+    private $metadataStackStack;
     private $currentNode;
     private $currentMetadata;
     private $hasValue;
     private $nullWasVisited;
 
+    public function __construct($namingStrategy)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($namingStrategy);
+        $this->navigatorStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->documentStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->stackStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->metadataStackStack = new \SplStack;
+    }
+
     public function setDefaultRootName($name, $namespace = null)
     {
         $this->defaultRootName = $name;
@@ -69,6 +82,10 @@ public function setDefaultEncoding($encoding)
 
     public function setNavigator(GraphNavigator $navigator)
     {
+        $this->navigatorStack->push($this->navigator);
+        $this->documentStack->push($this->document);
+        $this->stackStack->push($this->stack);
+        $this->metadataStackStack->push($this->metadataStack);
         $this->navigator = $navigator;
         $this->document = null;
         $this->stack = new \SplStack;
@@ -80,6 +97,14 @@ public function getNavigator()
         return $this->navigator;
     }
 
+    public function endNavigator()
+    {
+        $this->navigator = $this->navigatorStack->pop();
+        $this->document = $this->documentStack->pop();
+        $this->stack = $this->stackStack->pop();
+        $this->metadataStack = $this->metadataStackStack->pop();
+    }
+
     public function visitNull($data, array $type, Context $context)
     {
         if (null === $this->document) {
diff --git a/src/JMS/Serializer/YamlSerializationVisitor.php b/src/JMS/Serializer/YamlSerializationVisitor.php
index 933aa9f80..d5d711e79 100644
--- a/src/JMS/Serializer/YamlSerializationVisitor.php
+++ b/src/JMS/Serializer/YamlSerializationVisitor.php
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ class YamlSerializationVisitor extends AbstractVisitor
     public $writer;
 
     private $navigator;
+    private $navigatorStack;
     private $stack;
+    private $stackStack;
     private $metadataStack;
+    private $metadataStackStack;
     private $currentMetadata;
 
     public function __construct(PropertyNamingStrategyInterface $namingStrategy)
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@ public function __construct(PropertyNamingStrategyInterface $namingStrategy)
         parent::__construct($namingStrategy);
 
         $this->writer = new Writer();
+
+        $this->navigatorStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->stackStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->metadataStackStack = new \SplStack;
     }
 
     public function setNavigator(GraphNavigator $navigator)
@@ -52,6 +59,16 @@ public function setNavigator(GraphNavigator $navigator)
         $this->writer->reset();
         $this->stack = new \SplStack;
         $this->metadataStack = new \SplStack;
+        $this->navigatorStack->push($this->navigator);
+        $this->stackStack->push($this->stack);
+        $this->metadataStackStack->push($this->metadataStack);
+    }
+
+    public function endNavigator()
+    {
+        $this->navigator = $this->navigatorStack->pop();
+        $this->stack = $this->stackStack->pop();
+        $this->metadataStack = $this->metadataStackStack->pop();
     }
 
     public function visitNull($data, array $type, Context $context)