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

## Functions

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