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

## Functions

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