Simple example how the gson streaming api might be used from clojure.

gistfile1.clj

(import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader)
(import com.google.gson.Gson)

(def data "[{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"Thing1\"},{\"id\":3,\"name\":\"Thing2\"},{\"id\":4,\"name\":\"Thing3\"}]")
(def gson (Gson.))
(defrecord example [id name])

(defn to-record [java-map]
  (map->example (into {} (map
    (juxt
      #(keyword (key %))
      #(val %))
    java-map))))

(defn readJsonStream [in]
  (let [reader (JsonReader. in)]
    (do
      (.beginArray reader)
      (loop [data []]
        (if (.hasNext reader)
            (recur (conj data (to-record (.fromJson gson reader example))))
            (do (doto reader
                    (.endArray)
                    (.close))
                data))))))
           
(readJsonStream (java.io.StringReader. data))