# 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
JvmToolchainManagementPlugin
JvmToolchainsPlugin
BasePlugin
ReportingBasePlugin
SoftwareReportingTasksPlugin
ProjectReportsPlugin
SigningPlugin
EarPlugin
JacocoPlugin
JacocoReportAggregationPlugin
VersionCatalogPlugin
PublishingPlugin
ScalaPlugin
ScalaBasePlugin
SwiftPackageManagerExportPlugin
CppApplicationPlugin
CppLibraryPlugin
CppBasePlugin
CppPlugin
CppLangPlugin
SwiftBasePlugin
SwiftApplicationPlugin
SwiftLibraryPlugin
NativeBasePlugin
XCTestConventionPlugin
CppUnitTestPlugin
NativeTestingBasePlugin
NativeBinariesTestPlugin
TestingModelBasePlugin
TestingBasePlugin
TestSuiteBasePlugin
GoogleTestPlugin
GoogleTestConventionPlugin
CUnitConventionPlugin
CUnitPlugin
NativeComponentModelPlugin
NativeComponentPlugin
AssemblerPlugin
AssemblerLangPlugin
ObjectiveCPlugin
ObjectiveCLangPlugin
ObjectiveCppLangPlugin
ObjectiveCppPlugin
WindowsResourcesPlugin
WindowsResourceScriptPlugin
CLangPlugin
CPlugin
LanguageBasePlugin
ComponentModelBasePlugin
LifecycleBasePlugin
BinaryBasePlugin
ComponentBasePlugin
IvyPublishPlugin
MavenPublishPlugin
ClangCompilerPlugin
GccCompilerPlugin
MicrosoftVisualCppCompilerPlugin
SwiftCompilerPlugin
BuildDashboardPlugin
DistributionPlugin
DistributionBasePlugin

## Functions

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