# Plugin

interface Plugin<T>(source)

A `Plugin` represents an extension to Gradle. A plugin applies some configuration to a target object. Usually, this target object is a org.gradle.api.Project, but plugins can be applied to any type of objects.

#### Parameters

<T>

The type of object which this plugin can configure.

#### Inheritors

JavaGradlePluginPlugin
WrapperPlugin
BuildInitPlugin
AntlrPlugin
XCTestConventionPlugin
CppUnitTestPlugin
NativeTestingBasePlugin
NativeBinariesTestPlugin
GoogleTestPlugin
GoogleTestConventionPlugin
CUnitConventionPlugin
CUnitPlugin
ApplicationPlugin
GroovyPlugin
GroovyBasePlugin
JavaLibraryPlugin
JavaLibraryDistributionPlugin
JavaTestFixturesPlugin
WarPlugin
JavaPlugin
JvmTestSuitePlugin
TestReportAggregationPlugin
JavaBasePlugin
JvmToolchainsPlugin
JvmToolchainManagementPlugin
SoftwareReportingTasksPlugin
ProjectReportsPlugin
HelpTasksPlugin
JavaPlatformPlugin
JvmEcosystemPlugin
BasePlugin
ReportingBasePlugin
EarPlugin
JacocoReportAggregationPlugin
JacocoPlugin
ScalaPlugin
ScalaBasePlugin
SwiftPackageManagerExportPlugin
AssemblerPlugin
AssemblerLangPlugin
CppBasePlugin
CppApplicationPlugin
CppLangPlugin
CppPlugin
CppLibraryPlugin
ObjectiveCLangPlugin
ObjectiveCPlugin
NativeBasePlugin
WindowsResourcesPlugin
WindowsResourceScriptPlugin
ObjectiveCppLangPlugin
ObjectiveCppPlugin
CLangPlugin
CPlugin
SwiftApplicationPlugin
SwiftBasePlugin
SwiftLibraryPlugin
MicrosoftVisualCppCompilerPlugin
ClangCompilerPlugin
GccCompilerPlugin
SwiftCompilerPlugin
NativeComponentPlugin
NativeComponentModelPlugin
SigningPlugin
VersionCatalogPlugin
IvyPublishPlugin
MavenPublishPlugin
PublishingPlugin
TestSuiteBasePlugin
TestingModelBasePlugin
TestingBasePlugin
DistributionPlugin
DistributionBasePlugin
LifecycleBasePlugin
LanguageBasePlugin
ComponentModelBasePlugin
BinaryBasePlugin
ComponentBasePlugin
BuildDashboardPlugin

## Functions

apply
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abstract fun apply(target: T)
Apply this plugin to the given target object.