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

## Functions

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