diff --git a/agit/src/main/java/com/commonsware/cwac/sacklist/SackOfViewsAdapter.java b/agit/src/main/java/com/commonsware/cwac/sacklist/SackOfViewsAdapter.java
index ac7db8c1..708f5a68 100755
--- a/agit/src/main/java/com/commonsware/cwac/sacklist/SackOfViewsAdapter.java
+++ b/agit/src/main/java/com/commonsware/cwac/sacklist/SackOfViewsAdapter.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * adapters (e.g., SectionedAdapter) that might have an
  * arbitrary number of rows, so it all appears seamless.
  */
-public class SackOfViewsAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
+public abstract class SackOfViewsAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
     private List<View> views = null;
 
     /**
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public SackOfViewsAdapter(List<View> views) {
      *
      * @param position Position of the item whose data we want
      */
-    public Object getItem(int position) {
+    public View getItem(int position) {
         return (views.get(position));
     }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,5 @@ public long getItemId(int position) {
      * @param position Position of the item whose data we want
      * @param parent   ViewGroup containing the returned View
      */
-    protected View newView(int position, ViewGroup parent) {
-        throw new RuntimeException("You must override newView()!");
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    protected abstract View newView(int position, ViewGroup parent) ;
+}