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

## Functions

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