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