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

## Functions

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