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

## Functions

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