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

## Functions

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