# 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
GoogleTestConventionPlugin
GoogleTestPlugin
CppUnitTestPlugin
NativeTestingBasePlugin
NativeBinariesTestPlugin
CUnitPlugin
CUnitConventionPlugin
XCTestConventionPlugin
ApplicationPlugin
GroovyBasePlugin
GroovyPlugin
JavaLibraryDistributionPlugin
JavaLibraryPlugin
JavaTestFixturesPlugin
WarPlugin
JavaPlugin
JvmTestSuitePlugin
TestReportAggregationPlugin
JavaBasePlugin
JvmToolchainsPlugin
JvmToolchainManagementPlugin
ProjectReportsPlugin
SoftwareReportingTasksPlugin
HelpTasksPlugin
JavaPlatformPlugin
JvmEcosystemPlugin
BasePlugin
ReportingBasePlugin
EarPlugin
JacocoReportAggregationPlugin
JacocoPlugin
ScalaBasePlugin
ScalaPlugin
SwiftPackageManagerExportPlugin
AssemblerPlugin
AssemblerLangPlugin
ObjectiveCLangPlugin
ObjectiveCPlugin
WindowsResourcesPlugin
WindowsResourceScriptPlugin
ObjectiveCppLangPlugin
ObjectiveCppPlugin
SwiftApplicationPlugin
SwiftLibraryPlugin
SwiftBasePlugin
CppApplicationPlugin
CppBasePlugin
CppLibraryPlugin
CppLangPlugin
CppPlugin
NativeBasePlugin
CLangPlugin
CPlugin
NativeComponentPlugin
NativeComponentModelPlugin
MicrosoftVisualCppCompilerPlugin
ClangCompilerPlugin
SwiftCompilerPlugin
GccCompilerPlugin
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.