title: Data Structure of the Periodic Table of Elements
body: <p>My goal is to use the periodic table of elements (or a list) to get information about a specific element in Java. I want to search it by atomic number and symbol (but that conversion should be simple).</p>
  
  <p>I found that information in <a href="https://code.google.com/p/jquery-pte/downloads/detail?name=jquery.pte.json&amp;can=2" rel="nofollow">this JQuery plugin</a>. But it is stored as a JSON file.</p>
  
  <p>It seems like it would be most efficient to hardcode the information (since it doesn't change too often and due to performance reasons), but how do I convert JSON to a hardcoded <code>enum</code>?</p>