1Contributing 2============ 3 4If you would like to contribute code you can do so through GitHub by forking 5the repository and sending a pull request. 6 7When submitting code, please make every effort to follow existing conventions 8and style in order to keep the code as readable as possible. Please also make 9sure your code compiles by running `mvn clean verify`. Checkstyle failures 10during compilation indicate errors in your style and can be viewed in the 11`checkstyle-result.xml` file. 12 13Before your code can be accepted into the project you must also sign the 14[Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][1]. 15 16 17 [1]: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDViT2xzUHAwRkI3X3k5Z0lQM091OGc6MQ&ndplr=1 18