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