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

## Functions

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