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

## Functions

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