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

## Functions

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