diff --git a/src/pyMetricCli/__main__.py b/src/pyMetricCli/__main__.py
index fb816bc..e759fb6 100644
--- a/src/pyMetricCli/__main__.py
+++ b/src/pyMetricCli/__main__.py
@@ -135,28 +135,9 @@ def _import_adapter(adapter_path: str) -> AdapterInterface:
         adapter_instance = adapter.Adapter()
 
     # Check all required attributes and methods of the adapter class.
-    # Must be done as Python does not enforce interfaces.
     if not isinstance(adapter_instance, AdapterInterface):
         LOG.error("The adapter class must inherit from AdapterInterface.")
         adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "output"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have an 'output' attribute.")
-        adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "jira_config"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have a 'jira_config' attribute.")
-        adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "polarion_config"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have a 'polarion_config' attribute.")
-        adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "superset_config"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have a 'superset_config' attribute.")
-        adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "handle_jira"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have a 'handle_jira' method.")
-        adapter_instance = None
-    elif not hasattr(adapter_instance, "handle_polarion"):
-        LOG.error("The adapter class must have a 'handle_polarion' method.")
-        adapter_instance = None
     else:
         LOG.info("Adapter class successfully imported.")
 
diff --git a/src/pyMetricCli/adapter_interface.py b/src/pyMetricCli/adapter_interface.py
index ad96c07..42fe221 100644
--- a/src/pyMetricCli/adapter_interface.py
+++ b/src/pyMetricCli/adapter_interface.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 # Imports
 ################################################################################
 
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
 ################################################################################
 # Variables
 ################################################################################
@@ -42,16 +44,51 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 
-class AdapterInterface():
+class AdapterInterface(ABC):
     """
     Adapter interface class for handling different search results.
     """
 
-    output: dict
-    jira_config: dict
-    polarion_config: dict
-    superset_config: dict
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def output(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Output dictionary.
+        """
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def jira_config(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        JIRA configuration.
+        """
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def polarion_config(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Polarion configuration.
+        """
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def superset_config(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Superset configuration.
+        """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Initializes the adapter.
+        Must be called after the definition of the properties.
+        """
+        assert isinstance(self.output, dict), "output must be a dictionary"
+        assert isinstance(self.jira_config,
+                          dict), "jira_config must be a dictionary"
+        assert isinstance(self.polarion_config,
+                          dict), "polarion_config config must be a dictionary"
+        assert isinstance(self.superset_config,
+                          dict), "superset_config config must be a dictionary"
 
+    @abstractmethod
     def handle_jira(self, _search_results: dict) -> bool:
         """
         Handles the JIRA search results.
@@ -62,8 +99,8 @@ def handle_jira(self, _search_results: dict) -> bool:
         Returns:
             bool: True if the search results were handled successfully, False otherwise.
         """
-        return False
 
+    @abstractmethod
     def handle_polarion(self, _search_results: dict) -> bool:
         """
         Handles the Polarion search results.
@@ -74,7 +111,6 @@ def handle_polarion(self, _search_results: dict) -> bool:
         Returns:
             bool: True if the search results were handled successfully, False otherwise.
         """
-        return False
 
 ################################################################################
 # Functions