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

## Functions

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