# How to become a contributor and submit your own code

## Contributor License Agreements

We'd love to accept your patches! Before we can take them, we have to jump a couple of legal
hurdles.

Please fill out either the individual or corporate Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

  * If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you own the intellectual
    property, then you'll need to sign an [individual CLA]
    (https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual).
  * If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work, then you'll need to
    sign a [corporate CLA](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate).

Follow either of the two links above to access the appropriate CLA and instructions for how to sign
and return it. Once we receive it, we'll be able to accept your pull requests.

## Contributing A Patch

1. Submit an issue describing your proposed change.
2. The repo owner will respond to your issue promptly.
3. If your proposed change is accepted, and you haven't already done so, sign a Contributor License
   Agreement (see details above).
4. Fork the repo, develop and test your code changes.
5. Ensure that your code adheres to the existing style. Refer to the
   [Google Java Style Guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html) for the recommended
   coding standards.
6. Ensure that your code has an appropriate set of unit tests which all pass.
7. Submit a pull request.
