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

## Functions

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