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