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

## Functions

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