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

## Functions

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