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

## Functions

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