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

## Functions

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