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

## Functions

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