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

## Functions

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