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

## Functions

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