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

## Functions

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