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

## Functions

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