Сбой активности на setAdapter (ArrayAdapter);

Попытка написать свой первый ArrayAdapter для Android, на данный момент безуспешна. Он аварийно завершает работу в строке setAdapter (adapter); и вызывает исключение NullPointerException.

ContractTestActivity:

public class ContractTestActivity extends Activity {

    private ArrayList<Contract> contracts;
    public final String TAG = "ContractTest";
    //public Contract newContract = new Contract();

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        ListView list;
        list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);
        ArrayAdapter<Contract> adapter = new ContractAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, contracts);
        list.setAdapter(adapter);
    }
}

ContractAdapter:

public class ContractAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Contract> {


        private ArrayList<Contract> contracts;

        public ContractAdapter(Context context, int view, ArrayList<Contract> passedContracts) {
                super(context, view, passedContracts);
                contracts = passedContracts;
        }

        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return contracts.size();
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
                View currentView = convertView;
                LayoutInflater currentViewInflater = (LayoutInflater)getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                currentView = currentViewInflater.inflate(android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, null);
                Contract currentContract = contracts.get(position);
                TextView text = (TextView) currentView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
                text.setText(currentContract.getName());
                return currentView;
        }

}

Contract:

public class Contract extends ContractTestActivity {

    private String name;
    private float payRate;
    private int hoursWorked;
    private int holidays;

    public Contract() {

    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

}

Предложения?