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

## Functions

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