# 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.

#### Since

0.7

#### Parameters

<T>

The type of object which this plugin can configure.

#### Inheritors

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

## Functions

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