This concept is unique to View, so I think it's fair to implement this by default

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewPropertyDescriptor.java

@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public abstract class ViewPropertyDescriptor extends Descriptor<ViewProperty> {
      * @return null
      *      if the implementation choose not to add any property object for such view.
      */
-    public abstract ViewProperty newInstance(View view);
+    public ViewProperty newInstance(View view) {
+        return null;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Whether or not the described property is enabled in the current context.