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

## Functions

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