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

## Functions

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